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Recent content by gallileo60

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    Recommended Uniden repair facility

    Yes they do need recapped...I have called, and e-mailed several people, but so far no luck on finding someone to work on it...Hoping to hear back from rogerbird...
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    Different Look At 102" Whip Discussion

    Are you the same Marconi I used to talk from Houston?
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    Recommended Uniden repair facility

    Will do fourstarburn...Thanks...Shes getting on in years, and im sure a tuneup will put her back in order....Great site here...
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    Recommended Uniden repair facility

    Now that I look I talked to him this morning, and he seemed to be not feeling well, also said he did not use a scope which I thought was a nessesity..Any others around....
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    Recommended Uniden repair facility

    Thanks Ratso......
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    Recommended Uniden repair facility

    I hope this is posted to the right area....Can anyone recommend a good place to have my HR2510 aligned back to factory specs in the Houston, TX. area??? If not in the area, I would not be adverse to shipping it....Thanks, Tom
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    What Is Your Handle # & Location

    Gallileo......1-800.....KD5YQF............Gulf Coast of Texas....
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    What is the deal with the echo??

    Too funny Booty.................
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    What is the deal with the echo??

    I'd rather have my audio not sound so loud, and carry a little less distance than sound like that crap...Never had a problem with anyone hearing me tho, but to each his own I guess...Funny hams that talk around the world all the time do not use echo, the military that depends on communication...
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    What is the deal with the echo??

    Mostly do 2 meter stuff, don't have anything but a moble up right now..Had an inverted V for 75, and Shortwave listening..Maco 5/8th's for Cb, and a 8 element beam for 2 meters, with a uni on top...BUT, like I said Hurricane Ike took out both my pushups, and my tower...I was out of town at the...
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    What is the deal with the echo??

    Oh yeah, ive been on the air as Gallileo since the 70's, used to have a call KFW4568...lol...Been a ham for quite a while, Dad was from the 1930's...Just lost a lot of my gear during Ike, and am just now trying to get it together again..Thanks for the welcome guys...Really its a welcome...
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    What is the deal with the echo??

    Good god, got my Station (CB) back on the air after an absence of a couple of years, and it seems like everybody, and his brother has become an echo freak..It sounds terrible, hard to understand, and ridiculous as well..I like my trans audio to be as clean as FM Broadcast..I guess this is just...
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    What Is Your Handle # & Location

    Gallileo, local........1-800, Long Distance... KD5YQF, Ham.......Galveston Island, Texas
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    SWR Meters make You Stupid!

    Just got to this article, very nice, and very well written, it was not dry, and boring as some "tech" articles are..Thanks for posting..BTW, I know this was old, but just had to comment...