Recent content by c316buckeye

for side mic's sake, this thread should remain active. wasn't right that it had to play possum for years

after learning how it was way more than 1 component, i was thinking just delete the GNF wholesale and use the switch for a high cut to back up the tone. was going to ask the tech to put a high cut on the talkback pot, but that might be wishful thinking as well. he might take a shine to a challenge

been using the same 10ft of lmr400 on a semi truck, then recently put it thru the roof on my car. cheap crimp-on connectors. 75mph salt water in winter. 5+ years service, no land o lakes butter applied

949, a blue collar's dream. GNF, and most importantly, the side mic.

GNF works well when mobile, while in very close range with another radio. it allows me to use am/ssb at a very close range (knowing the mic gain can be backed way down). if your neighbor had a base and you talked to them a lot. it wipes everything out but a very strong signal, including some...

i have a feeling this kind of listing is going to be much more common within the next decade

First off, to all the folks that post and reply to any threads.. THANK YOU. There is a ton to learn, and this has been a great place to do so. i was happy with being on 27.185AM for 20 years, then i found sideband. 5 years later, got a 50A power supply for the 200hd and this is how it showed up...

yup. that's why i don't know what it can do yet. be over drawing p/s. megawatt 33amp on the way will cure that, i guess. these magnums are happy. this poor thing has probably seen over 2hrs/wk of key time on ssb for the last 3 months and loves it.

i like to try to keep stuff under 50%.. i need to get a quiet switching pwr supply that can take the job instead of that 20A pyramid getting worked over. what are you seeing on the 2000 with what drive numbers? any 2 pill likely generates the same S unit on the opposite end of the signal, so i...

had to look inside.. mrf455, straight 4. i was told it was a 2 pill and it has a magnum 4000 sticker looks to have been peeled off and says magnum 2000. i regularly have 45 minute conversations with the qt80 or kpo dx5000 as a driver (power almost all the way down, 60% mic gain). the mini fans...

a souped up cobra 29 can burn up an amp and a dual final radio swinging 3w ssb can talk on a magnum 4000 all day. i wonder if it made a sound when that one resistor blew up. guessing that operator got some smoke

with coax removed and without regard to any other appliances, would killing the breaker to the radio room prevent damage to everything on the bench?

uniden bct7, factory single wire with suction cups on the inside of window. picks up pretty good. base and mobile. sds200 is used for trunking in my county, it rarely goes anywhere else

we always say that lol

this was pulled from a junk pile, tech got it workin. has at least 5 hours of talk time since. long winded, driving with 2-3w ssb and getting just shy of 100. glued 4 minifans together for when i start a qso. no noise or rf, temp stays under 100°. you must have found it on ebay when i wasn't...