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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on September 15, 2011 at 7:58am

Dawayne,

There's a whole Resonators group here on CBN, called "How loud can we make it?" I know, it's not very obvious, is it?

Do a quick Search, and you can find several threads there on how to build CB resonators.

A similar question to yours came up over there several months ago. Several ideas, such as pie plates, aluminum pot covers, metal hub caps, colanders, tuna cans, cookie tins, coffee cans, old license plates - any of them can be used as a resonator, and many of them can be acquired for literally next to nothing. Dumpster diving has been known to yield such treasures, as havs frequenting garage sales and thrift shops.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Werner on September 15, 2011 at 3:24pm

For two of mine, I've used aluminum serving trays from goodwill for no more than a couple of bucks.
A variety of aluminum cooking utensils make good resonators.

That thin aluminum material can be hard to cut neat holes in; I use a step- drill bit.

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