Recent content by urbex

Is there any kind of "help the newbie" type guide on verifying that radios have NOT been modified? I've picked up a pair of Cobra 29LTD Classics (one nightwatch, one non-NW) over the past few months (yes, I abandoned the idea of converting a 10m radio), with the intention of putting one in my...

It was my understanding that the Magnum was almost identical to the HTX-10, which is a different radio than the 100. Regardless, mods that's one of the pages that I was looking at on the 100 specifically. But from what I'm gathering is that there's really no gain to be had by what I'm...

No, I really am just asking if there's any technical advantage to doing it that way. If it was just about power, I could pick up a dozen high power amplifiers off Craigslist right now in under an hour, along with three Galaxy radios. If there's no technical merit, I'll pick up another Cobra 29...

There may be a bit of confusion as to what I'm trying to do here, and that probably has a lot to do with how I'm explaining things. What I'm looking at doing is picking up something like the Realistic HTX-100 10 meter ham radio (intended for US market) for about $50 on the used market and...

Funny thing...this is exactly the kind of thing that basically got me banished as a heretic from the QRZ forums when I said I had absolutely zero interest in HF work, lol. I see the radios as tools, not entertainment. I get that some people derive great entertainment from "working the...

I know, I know...converting ham radios to CB radios has been covered so much it's like beating an entire barn's worth of horses. Problem is that I can't seem to find anything that applies to what I'm looking to do. Looking on CB forums, it's all about guys wanting to run big power CB...