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Time to start a new thread for dredging up some of those humorous old 'Let's-take-a-Stroll-down-Amnesia-Lane' memories.
I'll start:
The year was 1978 and there was I, a carefree (and 'full-of-himself') 18yr old, a waiter at Dan McGrew's restaurant, and living in Danville California, a nice...
I was just reading an old post that I can't believe I never found before today.
http://www.worldwidedx.com/cb-antennas/26551-penetrator.html
Unfortunately it is now closed, but DaveGrantSr made a point I wanted to address, hopefully without so much perceived hostility.
He wrote,
...and I...
I like running 75m / 80m when I'm mobile (400mi / wk) but it's darn tough to get any performance from an antenna which has to clear 13' 6" overpasses on a band where the 1/4 wave is 60 feet.
I have screwed with mag mount Hamsticks centered on the roof and they 'kinda' work. Used a Don...
Just a little post to open up dialog regarding the overall quality of the many 1KW-2KW 3-500Z amps available on the used market.
Starting with the Kenwood TL-922A, What's your opinion?
- I've heard / read it said many times that it's basically the Heathkit SB-220 design, but what isn't...
OK, I just rebuilt 2 Avanti Sigma 5/8 and found out that what Sacramento Sonny had said about "Some do, and some do not have coils" was correct.
I wonder if it was the earlier or the later production which had no internal coil? Did they get smarter or cheaper in their design & production...
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