Recent content by Shadetree Mechanic

Just got @unit_399 in there with a quick qso. Conditions were very weak, but I made the trip. Great talking to you as always, hoping for better conditions. 73 and 51

I test for the best mic by listening to the transmit audio on a second radio with headphones and no antenna. I thought about making a selector box to switch between microphones quickly, just haven't gotten around to it yet. For non amplified microphones with Ranger/ Uniden/ Cobra radios, the...

I have seen people filter oil with a cotton rope. The oil wicks up to the container above it.

I heard @unit_399 in there earlier, could not get back. Then the bottom fell out, and I packed it up. Try again tomorrow.

How about a shack in a box?

I have a stake body truck, a '93 F350 4x4 dually that I bought from up north about 20 years ago. It has a ton of rust on the frame when I got it, and I knew someday it would be done. Well that was last fall and the passenger side frame broke at the front spring hanger of the rear axle. Rust...

Thunderpole has a new handheld cb called the TX. Unfortunately it doesn't have Sideband.....

Should be the same as the Galaxy 979. https://cbtricks.org/radios/galaxy/dx979_mosfet/

That is a neat radio, but it needs a big frequency display. Maybe one could be made that uses a 5555n2? Something creative would need to be done with the buttons.

Modern vehicles control the alternator with the car's computer. It will vary the output to help motor efficiency which causes the voltage to vary from time to time. On some cars, there is a sensor that the positive battery cable goes through. The car audio guys have the same problem but I am not...