Recent content by BC Coyote

That's a nice looking amp....never seen one of those before which makes me think it's not super common. You may have to buy a dead one for a parts donor. It's also possible that the switch was used in other gear as well. Is there a part number on the switch that you can try and...

FM is amazing that way! I talked to a guy on 26805 a year or so ago who was running 2 watts FM into a 3 foot firestik taped to a metal fence post in his yard. We had a nice long QSO with almost 100% copy. He did fade out briefly a couple times.... He was in Arkansas and I am on the west...

You guys put way too much significance on the DX forecast! I've made some very very good contacts in the last 4-5 days in spite of the bad DX forecast. I've made it to 90 countries now and hoping to get to 100 before this cycle is done. What I've noticed is that the skip has gone very "long"...

There are indeed. Even more, there are LOTS of people running Anytone, CRT, Radioddity and other radios made by Qixiang. Great audio and bang on frequency right out of the box. I also think that a lot of the folks who were running the crap class C gear were "old school" CBers who have passed...

Nailed another new country! 131AT/0 from Guyana on the northeast coast of South America. 27.610 USB. 5/9 copy. Huge signals from all over South America this afternoon........

Hit and miss out here on the west coast. Conditions have been excellent in the late afternoon/early evening for a couple hours, but kinda ho-hum the rest of the day. Still making lots of contacts though, mostly on 36 LSB and 26805 FM.

Finally made contact with Vietnam! 242TW001 on 27.580USB. Just barely made the trip though......bad QRM on both sides. I figured I had a good chance after DX Man worked the same guy a few nights back. 150 watts and a homemade horizontal delta loop. Heard everything from Alaska to Australia...

Ouch! Stuff like that is why I am very happy on 11 meters and have zero interest in getting my ham ticket. It's not the ham hobby, it's some of the people in it that are the big turn off for me.......especially the self appointed "band police" and the chest thumping "ancient elmers". It's...

Thanks for the correction Nomad!

Totally agree. Back over 25 years ago I had one and while it had a couple of quirks it was overall a great radio. After a time I decided to sell it and upgrade to a 2970. Oooof...... That 2970 was the biggest turd ever made. Within a couple months of me owning it the problems started and...

OP was last seen here seven years ago so I'm pretty sure he won't see this !

As B.T.Barnum of American Circus fame said "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public". There's a fool born every minute it seems, and when they grow up they all buy Ranger radios. There's no fixing stupid. I'm certain that Anytone is outselling them...

Qixiang is the company that makes Anytone. CRT, Radioddity, and Stryker pay to have the Anytone radios made with their own branding. The Stryker 955HPC+ is exactly the same inside as the Anytone 5555N2 it just has a different shell and those hideous blue LEDs. Edit to add: Looks like Super...

I would be amazed if the current Tram-Browning company has any connection at all to either the original Tram or Browning companies! Much more likely is that the Tram-Browning brand came up for sale and some overseas company, from China or Korea or wherever, is leveraging the reputation of the...