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I recently sent them my AT-600 PRO & it had a bad solder joint & a bad relay & they repaired it for FREE & paid the return shipping. I also sent them my AT-1000 that I had for more than 12 years & they were unable to repair it so they sent me a NEW AT-1000 PROII for FREE & they paid the shipping...

If mounting on a Corvette or a Fiberglass Boat you should be using a 1/2 wave because it does not require a ground plane.

If you are in a valley a 1/4 wave will perform better than a 1/2 or 5/8th wave because of the angle of takeoff of the signal. If you are in a clear area or on a hill & not in a valley the 5/8th wave will outperform the 1/4 or 1/2 wave antennas.

160 meter season is coming at us really soon.

I own many ASTRON power supplies & None of the models with meters have Any lights in them of any type.

Yet I still work the World every day? I guess that some bands are better than others even in bad times? Japan is coming in well at the moment on 17 Meters & Slovenia on 20 as well.

I found that RADIODDITY had ZERO Support when I purchased a NEW X6100 & it did not work properly. It would transmit & receive at the same time & it was Impossible to make contacts. They offered Zero support or a possible solution. They had me take pictures of the radio for them & I was then...

I contacted them & they requested that I Return it for repair because they could not provide an accurate schematic. The parts had No information on them so they would have been difficult to identify. We did not have much internet access back then. Two friends had the same issues & we all threw...

When I was a kid in the 70's I was using a hand help Radio Shack 4 watt with the extendable steel whip & I was trying to call my brother-in-Law about a mile away, but the skip was terrible so he could not hear each other. A fellow in Minnesota on a base could hear both of us. He relayed a...

Sounds like you have the VOX turned on to me. I would check VOX & Anti Vox.

If the fan comes on you will for it. I was running a 350 watt TE Systems amplifier with mine & working a pileup. It came on & it Scared me because I had never heard the fan. It has a very noticeable sound. I have (2) of the RS-50 amp Astron supplies & I find it strange that they don't have a...

My friends & I found that those & the Tripp Lite power supplies made great dumpster materials. Tripp Lite could not even provide a schematic that included the parts because they told me they were built in Mexico & they were not sure what parts they had in them.

Pyramids are CRAP. I have worn out enough of them to fill up a dumpster. I use Only ASTRON Power Supplies since 2002 & they have never let me down.

The meter in the radio is Crap & adjustable. I have seen them show terrible SWR readings & the SWR is really very good & I have seen them say they were great & they were terrible. NEVER trust the cheap SWR meter built into Any CB Radio. Keep a good external SWR meter inline.

Having voice mail lets them know it's a valid number so they will just keep calling & sharing your number. I stopped them by simply hanging up while it's still ringing & Block the number before it can answer. It then appears like it's a dead number to their system & they stopped calling.