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  1. lonestarbandit

    FREQUENCY AND TIME FOR CONTACTS

    Heard @unit_399 calling on 27.385 but Imax wasn't enough to get back to him. Beams down from that tornado that dead centered me. I hollered back but no bueno.
  2. lonestarbandit

    Present "shack"

    Cleaned up revised shack. Can't compete with others per say as I share desk space with the wife lol so I'm limited.
  3. lonestarbandit

    Cobra 139XLR and a 142GTL

    VQ3 has a redesigned mounting system with strong "collars" for the elements. I had no issue with any shifting.
  4. lonestarbandit

    Cobra 139XLR and a 142GTL

    I had the VQ3 till a windstorm snapped my weak rotor and threw it to the ground. Loved that thing once I got it sorted. People thought I was on a much more expensive beam. (I have no locals so everything was skip) Then a tornado hit me last week and wiped my VQUAD (among other house and vehicle...
  5. lonestarbandit

    Mobile Ham operations banned?

    Yes.Troll the police into pulling over then whoopsie, no radio. Could definitely see that happening. Then watch the police tear his vehicle apart on the side of the road looking for said radio..... whoopsie both ways lol
  6. lonestarbandit

    Mobile Ham operations banned?

    Well with the new pushed forward legislation, cars computers and cameras and internal microphones from ostensibly safety and convenience tech packages that spy on you and report back to data centers that recycle your information to insurance companies etc (govt too if course if said entities...
  7. lonestarbandit

    Tornado again

    Yeah they likely won't but I'll try.
  8. lonestarbandit

    MFJ to stop Building

    If I spent 9k on an amplifier my wife might hit me with said brick and walk away....they are pretty though. https://www.ebay.com/itm/166733204281?mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5336136228&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1
  9. lonestarbandit

    Is my tube soft..... very funny .... the AMP tube....

    I approve this message as it means I succeed by doing nothing lol
  10. lonestarbandit

    Tornado again

    I have not tried the Y quad. Due to a small rotor I have used a VQ3 destroyed by wind, and two smaller v quads 1 by a near miss tornado and one by straight line winds. For my available mounting area the vquad is only thing that both fits and gives gain of a 3 element. If the weather Gods would...
  11. lonestarbandit

    Tornado again

    Thanks Brother.
  12. lonestarbandit

    Tornado again

    It turned my vquad into a pretzel....thats the 3rd one..... sigh. Hope I can get insurance to cover it.
  13. lonestarbandit

    Tornado again

    Well not really. Wind loading right? Not much surface area on Imax? Also was a lot of heavy debris being thrown around... the mail box may have been hit by some.
  14. lonestarbandit

    Tornado again

    IMAX survived. Tornado rated!
  15. lonestarbandit

    MFJ to stop Building

    Yes if no one picks up and carries on with Ameritron I mean who else is there at that price point....
  16. lonestarbandit

    Is my tube soft..... very funny .... the AMP tube....

    I know I was answering Lids comment about it looking cooked its just very dark brown lol. I have a brand new one to swap in some day but as I just took a direct hit from a tornado I'm not too worried about the amp atm lol
  17. lonestarbandit

    Tornado again

    Whelp beams wreaked. Again. This time tornado hit us dead on. Touched down in my yard. Wrecked all my neighbors and some of me. Im under the funnel. Luckily my roof stayed on unlike my neighbors. Fence, trees, beam and other propery destroyed. Luckily I was herding wife, 4 cats and a pitbull...