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  1. Rwb

    anybody try a yaesu ft 3185rasp yet?

    must decided to expensive to sell. and when i see the size ,its huge. that decided for me. since the fluke covid hit it sure tore the world up
  2. Rwb

    11 meter is very quiet?

    when limb broke coupler on my sirro 2008 i didnt get it fully extended. made a jib pole and put pully on it. hand comealong pulled the needed 10 feet up to where its 35 ft to base of antenna, swr flat very flat on 11 meters 10 and 12 it rises to 1:2 to1 to 1:3 to 1. anyhow heard stout...
  3. Rwb

    11 meter is very quiet?

    wasnt good here. lots of voices signal strenght was good but never got a comeback
  4. Rwb

    11 meter is very quiet?

    shut swr meter off. antenna is close nuff . i got rid of my 6666 i never grew to l shut swr meter off.6666 meters are scrwey. and leave antenna alone.its at the point trim a 1/16" n it might go up elsewhere. i traded my 6666 off never got a liking for it
  5. Rwb

    11 meter is very quiet?

    glad im on midwest soil but new madrid is only 330 miles away too.sure hope nobody dies
  6. Rwb

    11 meter is very quiet?

    55% humidity indoors prolly 99% out with 99f in shade
  7. Rwb

    Long shot but hustler mx 270

    Is great antenna till last week.limb hit it just right busted plastic housing and streached coil. In that coil is a ceramic disc that broke. Is there anybody got ability to give me a part number so i can get new disc n solder in? Reason i ask mine shattered n no numbers can be seen .hope i can...
  8. Rwb

    11 meter is very quiet?

    I havnt managed to fire up cb. Went to get my meds .11 meters was dead so fired up kenwood g 707 n 2 meters n 70 cm dead too
  9. Rwb

    11 meter is very quiet?

    yesterday and last nite was quiet as paint drying
  10. Rwb

    11 meter is very quiet?

    yes he was wound for sound with cock at heart.he is witty n full o chit. as you said only 1 on
  11. Rwb

    11 meter is very quiet?

    was dead last nite for me
  12. Rwb

    got the id 4100

    nice condition but just mic and radio. downloaded advanced and regular manuals. i hate pdf manuals as you need to see info on 1 page n 5 pages down for more so its spend too much time scrolling. but after a few programmed freqs i got the hang of it. im liking it better than the 5100 i had due to...
  13. Rwb

    11 meter is very quiet?

    i had an early a 99 was not pure white but a brownish tone. was great,friend few miles away had just like mine. we had a bad storm pass n lightning destroyed both. we bought new a 99 n just could reach each other. old a 99 we always had a 6 or more recive on each other. all 4 had the gp option...
  14. Rwb

    11 meter is very quiet?

    i had i had a tree limb break and hit my 2008 at first sleeve . it did repairable damage. its fixed back up working fine. from that limb any woulda broke. but they are darn decent antennas recieve and tx
  15. Rwb

    Can i get the good the bad the ugly on

    got the 4100.sadly pdf manuals so it was hit n miss but got some programming in. so far so good. took the 2300 to a radio repairman n he said never had he seen solder he couldnt melt.it parts or chuck it material
  16. Rwb

    11 meter is very quiet?

    was learning new radio,new to me. it has pdf manual as they lost the manuals and didnt have 11 meters on till last nite n it was dx out of my range.
  17. Rwb

    11 meter is very quiet?

    was that 2016 heavy? my 2008 is heavy ruggedly built too
  18. Rwb

    Can i get the good the bad the ugly on

    i will probably retire it. it scans great and i got 60 analog scanner freqincys programmed in it. hooked to scanner antenna it hears better than my rs pro 163 via t connecter
  19. Rwb

    Can i get the good the bad the ugly on

    sadly i like the 2300 screen.icons not big nor little. easy to read and my eyes prefer green screens. i see the 4100 will go green also
  20. Rwb

    11 meter is very quiet?

    i just sat n listened to very far off voices on 31 last nite.