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  1. Shadetree Mechanic

    357 can still take care of himself at 52

    I bet he has a lump that Ajax won't take off...
  2. Shadetree Mechanic

    Components

    The shipping rates will likely be reduced as Saskatchewan becomes the 52nd state...
  3. Shadetree Mechanic

    BB-1 ECHO BOARD ie BANDIT ECHO BOARD WORLDS SMALLEST

    Someone actually posted a picture of it right above your first post? Were you going to keep asking every minute until you got a reply???
  4. Shadetree Mechanic

    Texas Star DX500 max input?

    Welcome! With the Toshiba transistors being ancient history, the HG transistors used now days would be considered fragile comparitivly. With the bias that the Texas Star amps have, 60w peak drive would be about all I would try. And that might be pushing it...
  5. Shadetree Mechanic

    11 meter is very quiet?

    I talked to Needle Bender 67 I believe it was, in Texas earlier today. We had to make it quick because a big station in Montana kept stepping on us, but in his defense, he probably couldn't hear us. But he was talking all over the place so he must have been doing something right. We will keep...
  6. Shadetree Mechanic

    Beware of superhawkwss6 on Ebay

    If only there was a way to get him on the radar of some other unscrupulous characters... At the very least, he needs a mail box of magazine subscriptions...
  7. Shadetree Mechanic

    Turbo Electronics Treasure Chest

    If only there was a way to get the scammers from China to see him as an opportunity. Fight fire with fire...
  8. Shadetree Mechanic

    Warning about direct message sales

    Thanks for the heads up Jeff, there will always be unscrupulous people, and there is a temptation to give new members the benefit of the doubt. Beware and be aware...
  9. Shadetree Mechanic

    FCC has removed all the call sign look up pages

    Bureaucracy at it's finest, some how it is possible to effeciently maximize the perils of a shutdown... The FCC will largely be replaced by AI and the Idiocracy will help it come about faster... You can't fix stupid...
  10. Shadetree Mechanic

    11 meter is very quiet?

    Heard a bunch of operators from across the pond this morning when I was in the mobile. A majority of them would QSY to another channel and they couldn't hear me, but I had fun following them around. I wish more American operators would QSY...
  11. Shadetree Mechanic

    If you were a pirate broadcaster, what's playing right now?

    I wonder what he will be doing when he grows up? Surely he will move on to something more challenging...
  12. Shadetree Mechanic

    What electronics have YOU fixed lately?

    Here is a blast from the past, er future. The new T-800 series are scheduled to be released this fall. I hope to acquire one through my back door channels, and if I can get it before it's first boot cycle then I won't have to chop it's head off like last time. The marzel vane flux separator...
  13. Shadetree Mechanic

    11 meter is very quiet?

    We will just have to keep moving higher into the "freeband"...
  14. Shadetree Mechanic

    11 meter is very quiet?

    I was trying to find that the other day. I am going to write that down, 26.805. Thanks!
  15. Shadetree Mechanic

    What was your last meal??

    I haven't tried it yet, I just came back from the store and had to show you guys. :ROFLMAO: I will give a full report this weekend.