Recent content by Shadetree Mechanic

If you push the channel up and down buttons together on the mic, it will show the frequency.

My mother in-law recently passed at the age of 94 as she had developed congestive heart failure. She went to the hospital for a week and came home on Hospice with an oxygen tank. Two weeks later she was having great difficulty and we called the Hospice nurse to come out, she confirmed that it...

RIP

RIP JJ, and condolences to the family. We had many great QSOs over the years. His contribution to the hobby and the 858 chassis radios will not be forgotten. We had many discussions through DM on this site, and I am proud to call him my friend. God speed.

I have never had a Bird, but I have three of the discontinued Autek WM-1 meters. I think the Bird is out of my price range for hobby use. I guess the Bird slugs can be calibrated, and it is a robust unit that is capable of measuring a crazy amount of power. But I haven't been able to convince...

Neat looking radio, shame it doesn't have SSB. Kind of looks like the new George/ Washington chassis.

The main reason to lower the carrier is to run an amplifier that isn't linear. A radio that does 10 watts carrier and 40 watts peak might end up doing a 200 watt carrier and swing to 300 watts out of the amp. And sometimes when running a driver amp into a bigger amp, the carrier can't be lowered...

Thanks for the contact, always great to talk to forum members. 73&51 Chris

I will be monitoring 40 USB today while I do stuff around the house. I have it ready so I can flip the switch if needed.

I heard someone calling on 16 lsb this afternoon. I was doing stuff around the house and had my hands full when I heard the call. By the time I got freed up, the caller was gone...