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It will Always be my Opinion because they Always provided Top Notch Service to me & my friends as well. I could not have asked for Anything else & I'm Not a Big Fan of MFJ as a company but AMERITRON Always did an Amazing job when I needed them. Why would I say otherwise when I'm speaking from...

I disagree with your evaluation of the techs at Ameritron. I have been dealing with Rob Hood at Ameritron for many years & he has always been more than willing to assist over the phone so the amplifier did not require shipping back to Ameritron. Before Mike Enus passed away he was the same way...

I run LMR400 on all bands from HF-440 mhz with Zero Issues. I use the ultra flex even on vertical antennas because I want the flexibility it provides with the stranded center. You can't be too careful. Many forget that you don't want non Ultra Flex on any antenna system that is being rotated...

Is being Better than the Worst of the Worst a bragging point?

Hopefully it's much better than the HD1 which was made for DMR. I have owned it for several years & it's far from great. It talks & hears just fine but trying to change memory channels or frequencies can by quiet the trip to the funny farm. My best friend also has one & he Hates it & has stopped...

They make a dipole kit for using dual antennas. It already has everything & all you need are two antennas of the same type or band. Not expensive at all. It makes it far simpler with no guessing. No counterpoise needed.

When I transmit an SSB signal my 998 shows my output at around 19 watts but I'm actually putting out just below 100 watts from the ICOM 7610.. In all other modes the wattmeter on the 998 is pretty close to being correct. I don't use the wattmeter in the 998 since it's not a PEP Reading...

I’m doing it on 10-17 meters and most other Vertical CB antennas will not do so.I have local friends who have tried their base CB antennas and they will not tune and when they do they don’t talk or hear worth a crap. We live just a couple of miles apart yet they can’t work many stations that I...

I keep reading that but I just keep working the World Daily with mine so why would I complain? If it's not broke I'm not going to try & fix it. {:>)

I have been using an ANTRON 99 at 30' for over 20 years & I use it from 10-17 meters with pretty good success. I have worked all over the world with it & it was a gift so I can't complain. I'd buy one as a replacement if needed because it's been thru a lot of Florida thunderstorms, a hail storm...

I use the BHI & ClearSpeech DSP modules or DSP Speakers with every radio I own that does SSB or AM & that includes my ICOM 7610,ICOM 9100,ICOM 7000,& ICOM 703+. I HATE noise so I do what I can to remove any & all of it that I possibly can. I have never heard ANY radio that can compare to the...

FM is far more stressful on finals than SSB & Zero Forward output power. I much prefer AM & SSB over FM any day. I don't understand the thinking of the FCC on adding FM?

I think of FROG because she was a BABE & I wanted her to put her feet on my dashboard so badly. W4KVW {:>)

I believe you can rule out adding FM.I believe the Cobra 2000 is pretty much a Cobra 148 GTL in a Big box?

I use the Harvest Outback 2000 as a portable antenna & it works great. I've never used it on 80 meters since it's not a band that I care much for.It does not have a motor so it's manually tuned.