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Favorite CB was the good old President Washington with the uPD858 PLL. Lots of rigs had that chip back then, but the Washington "treated it right" and had a sensitive, yet discriminating front end.(y) My favorite ham rig for the the home is the Kenwood TS850SAT. I still have my OG 850...

Same month, every sixth year --- WoW! Do those stints come with a 5 year warranty, er what? Glad you're still with us, Hawkeye!

The Cb was actually hooked up to it instead of the antenna, and now that Midnight Special and NZ8N explained what it was, it all makes sense. It sure worked, but I couldn't seem to make any contacts with the toy that was in the RV. It probably would turn into a tiki torch in less than 5 seconds...

No need to apologize for your opinion (IMHO) ;) And I've seen things done inside radios that should be considered crimes, so your BASIS for forming those opinion are understandable anyhow. BTW; The only paper I ever had was the GROL ticket I got in the NAVY back in the early 70's. The rest of...

It makes sense, but here's a monkey wrench; The old Radioshack mini CB it was hooked up to actually worked! I can't say, it worked WELL, but I did have ears and good SWR across the 40 (under 1.5). Naturally, the toy CB was removed along with the rest, to make way for a REAL radio. Either the...

This was mounted on the RV I just bought. Of course, I removed it for a PROPER antenna. But i've never seen one of these things before and curiosity is killing me. It appears to be some sort of induction coil that the coax from the radio is connected to --- INSTEAD of the 4FT Firestick itself...

A very old, retired tech here with some "observations".... First, don't knock retirement until you've tried it. ;) Any bench guy worth his salt will always TRY to inform their customers. Yet, in the end, you perform the work they WANT to have done in spite of that advice. I've had to refuse...

WoW! That ship has already sailed.. I just checked out the link and the price has already escalated to $260!! This is gonna be the downside to tariff revenue instead of income taxes, i guess. The 'gubment' is still going to get their 'cut' --- one way or the other.

CBTricks has a lot of archived antenna stuff

I'm amazed at the Radioddity QT60's RX, but the TX setup (IE;"menu") was the standard 'new rig rabbit-hole' --- almost reminded me of a Yaesu FT857D. That one was a real buggerbear to learn. J.J, I'm betting your TX audio range would improve greatly by a mic element swap. It's an electret...

wellalrightythen :unsure:

10&11M are as expected tonight, but 40M is totally useless. At least, down here in SWF

The biggest issue with grounding the grids through RF chokes is the possibility of the choke overheating and opening up. when this happens, the tube is destroyed (regardless of whether it was failing to begin with, or not). This 'event' can also do a lot of "chain reaction" damage, such as plate...

These are very pliable setups. MOST of this gets moved-around a bunch, with some pieces being bought or sold. Some, like the HL2000 and the one TS-850SAT will be here until I'm NOT. In the "ManCave"; 11M; Radioddity QT-60 Pro barefoot (TIC) into an Imax2K at 20ft HF: Twin Kenwood TS-850SAT's...

So far, so good with mine. But I really haven't used it much. It might have something to do with the fact that it serves 'double-duty' with the momentary-on push-button feature and the way it's mounted. Also, those ribbon cables are touchy at their sockets. I noticed that when I thought I broke...

Congrats and i know the feeling first hand, Cable Guy! Same here, never won anything in a drawing in my life that I can recall ---- until November happened. Cool sensation, isn't it? ;)

I'd go with the Maco 5/8 all day long. These fishin poles are fine for what they are, but U/V attacks the glass, and you can expect one to deteriorate much quicker than the Maco. And from first-hand experience, I can declare that lightning seems to be attracted to the fiberglass sticks like a...

Here is SWF, it's the woke woodpecker, and a couple drunks. I might as well pop the seal on this bottle of turkey juice and join in the "fun".... NAH!

Well 10~11 is sure open today! Maybe a bit TOO open. .385 has degraded into sideband superbowl on steroids.. Heavy sigh. It feels like I stepped off into a time-warp back to 1976.