Recent content by Ace_King_21

Yes, I am American. Very much so. Why do you ask?

Just put in the diodes, works great I used 2 diodes and that was just perfect. Thanks very much for the tip

. According to The Obama administration, there is a way to keep civies safe during a war. It was more than the H-bombs, Tokyo was obliterated by conventional fire bombings. I personally know 2 people who are still alive today, right now, that lived in Tokyo during the fire bombings of WWII...

You mean you have an instrument rating that is simply out of currency. Its not appropriate to comment on bombing innocent civilians when Pres. Obama just visited Hiroshima - Not such a proud moment in U.S. war history. There is no good story in death to innocent women and children no matter...

Actually the pirates feel that the FCC is restricting the Freedom of Speech Most are contrarian conformists. If they thought they would never get caught, they wouldn't lock their doors and operate in "broad daylight" Most don't do that. Some even obtain amateur radio licensing so the FCC...

w9cll - Do you have your instrument ticket? Commercial Ticket? What endorsements do you currently hold; complex, high performance, CFI? Aviation rocks..I like it, and invested as much time in learning to fly as learning about radio...

Since your brain is already in "Learn Mode" why not just go for Extra ticket. Why accept restrictions? It's really not to hard and I encourage you to go for the top. From the FCC website : "The HF bands can be awfully crowded, particularly at the top of the solar cycle. Once one earns HF...

9C1 Nice radio collection! I see you enjoy the large bandwidth and microprocessor control. Do you use your radios for AM mostly or SSB? How do you find the export performance vs your Madison?

Undertaker - Thanks for the 2950 recommendation, it does seem like a good radio if you can get a square price for it!!!

Nice..just looked it up...lots of stuff on that baby!!! Love the SSB Filter - That must sound fantastic. Thanks Again, Tallman!! Your input to my post does make a difference to me and my decisions. I'm obliged to you.

And Mr Old Crow I can tell u love your 148!!! I hope it never breaks on ya!!!

No cage considered rattled!! Actually, every post with the exception of a few, I have researched. From the Stryker, Magnum S-9, RCI and 148 cb version and the DX version. i do feel an affinity to the 148DX May I ask which manufacture you prefer? As in Kenwood, Icom or Yeasu? I do like that...

So much good information here. Thanks to all who responded with useful 411 and not being drunk behaving like children and cussing at people. Anyway .. Tallman the specs you referenced are for the RX filter not the TX bandwidth ?.. i must have not been clear. At least thats what I think...

Heres the "subjective" specs direct from the manufactures Ranger 2980wx AM / CW: 0.7 µV for 10 db SINAD - Not as good as the 148 SSB .2 uv for 10db SINAD - About the Same as the 148 Spurious Emission - More Than 60 dB - Better than the 148 IF Rejection More than 80 db at 455 KHz Not nearly...

no, specs published by the manufactures Those arent subjective but questionable as far as an export is concerned they barley keep up with the 148 - in specs. who cares about the meter, the robot voice and echo or the 8 watts that hardly makes a difference over 4 watts. Im concered with...