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  1. Smokinone

    I need a pwer cable for a very old superstar 360

    should fit https://www.amazon.com/POWER-CORD-Extra-HEAVY-radios/dp/B004XDLQLC?tag=worradfor-20
  2. Smokinone

    11 meter is very quiet?

    Heard ya in there talking to Utah, boomed in then faded back out. I heard a lot Ohio today too.
  3. Smokinone

    Check This Out .... Biggest Baddest Boi & $$$

    This? https://www.worldwidedx.com/threads/davemade-groundplane-birdcage-antenna.253685/
  4. Smokinone

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

    Some early Greg Lake. Although I have a couple of their albums, I'm still not as enthused as much as with his ELP renderings.
  5. Smokinone

    What year and why did you get into the Radio Hobby?

    1975 or 76. My Sergeant bought himself a new Royce and talked me into CB and his 23 channel Sharp 500, which I hooked up in my 1972 Ford custom van with a dual gutter mount antenna system from Lafayette electronics. Anyone remember rain gutters? This has grown to about 50 radios and radio...
  6. Smokinone

    It Bears B*tch'n About eBay Again ··········

    I had a little issue with ebay shutting me down for a password issue, or my VPN use issue. Happened before, I called and got it straight the first time. This recent time, about a week or so ago, I called and tried to get my password issue straightened out and was unable to make headway. I...
  7. Smokinone

    11 meter is very quiet?

    Hearing some very, very faint key ups. Nothing intelligible.
  8. Smokinone

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

    Feelin a little musical this morning.
  9. Smokinone

    Power Supplies

    I've a PYLE, and a TRIPP-LITE, and a few Astron's in the garage that represent my purchases along the way to the 2 60 amp supplies basically in radio room. A 9 Pyramid, 10 Astron, 22 MG and 50 Astron amp in the garage for backups. Never any issues with any of them.
  10. Smokinone

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

    Here's another 11:38 min version. The band just plain rocks. Not to ride on your coat tails Cable Guy, I just love their sound...one of my all-time-favorites. Now I have to go fire up the turntable. Very interesting story about how they got their name...
  11. Smokinone

    3/8-24 CB Antenna Recommendations

    I've been running a Wilson FGT 5 for years on the toolbox in the bed of my Dodge Dually. I have a pretty much flat SWR up into the free band. It's just about centered on the truck, and I used one of those gum drop (?) mounts on the box...
  12. Smokinone

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

    The band was never the same after he got booted.
  13. Smokinone

    touching the meter

    I can't get to my remote pickup to touch it, but when I touch the meter housing itself, I see no changes with my WM-1