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  1. hookedon6

    Small Rant

    exactly, I have had people give me strange looks when they ask about what a dB is,... and I tell them "it's a tenth of a Bel.":tongue:
  2. hookedon6

    Small Rant

    you say Db and they say db
  3. hookedon6

    radio interference opinion

    WD40? ,............ the last time I used it on anything electrical was when I was adjusting the point gap on a distributer,... yeah, it was a long time ago,.... sprayed the inside of the rotor cap and put it back on the housing,... hit the ignition switch, and blew the cap off:crying:
  4. hookedon6

    Small Rant

    I always am at a loss trying to figure out if they mean stacked yagi's or phased arrays (or even both) when people talk about a set of beams.
  5. hookedon6

    Contest stations 10 meters

    yeah, at least here the WX is finally starting to warm up
  6. hookedon6

    Contest stations 10 meters

    exactly correct,....:thumbup1: and I was well within my legal rights Per 97.313 (a) to continue at any (legal) power level I deemed necessary.
  7. hookedon6

    Contest stations 10 meters

    Yeah, I had one of those assholes move in 1 Kc away from me on fone:headbang,........ I turned on the QRO amp & and pointed the antenna at him.<can not stand it> he went away
  8. hookedon6

    HAM Radio

    is this the same radio (with only 20 hours on it) that is for sale on QTH.COM for $950? listings # 1122793 & 1122483:pop:
  9. hookedon6

    co-phaze coax and antenna tuning

    I'm too old to turn my monitor along the proper axis
  10. hookedon6

    D104 T-UP9 Wiring Problem

    if memory serves me correctly, unless you have a radio with an (old type) mechanical switch, then the yellow is not used. has some one changed the cord and possibly just wired the colors to the wrong pins on the mic side of the cable? I agree, the yellow wire(mechanical switch) should not...
  11. hookedon6

    My President has FM hjow does it work?

    are you talking about 27 or 29 MHz?
  12. hookedon6

    Need to hide antennas

    not what you may want to hear, but,........... there are a lot of OTHER rentals on the market. heck, with the housing market as depressed as it is, consider BUYING instead.
  13. hookedon6

    HF and electric cars

    the radio issue aside,....... have you actually computed how long it will take to just break even, considering the initial sale price cost difference and the cost of charging and replacing the battery? when you add in maint, battery replacement, cost of electrical charging, ect, the...
  14. hookedon6

    Radio Amateur Facing Substantial Fine for CB Violation

    gee, I dunno. it really ain't hard to control a couple mile radius on 11 meters. " The FCC said the carrier was interfering with CB communication within an approximately 2 mile radius." the agent reported it was a CB transmitter that was used and there was no mention of any external...
  15. hookedon6

    So now what?

    gee,..... where did he say that?:huh:
  16. hookedon6

    World Wide DX Net this sat??

    9a4w 0n 28.453 Croatia 59+ in West TN got him on first call
  17. hookedon6

    Morse Code?

    my fist is ok,............ it's my spellin that sux
  18. hookedon6

    HANGING A DIPOLE VERTICALLY

    from an RF point of view, it doesn't make any difference. RF is A.C.
  19. hookedon6

    streaming server is up

    there are some up just about 24/7 www.livecbradio.com or www.livecb.weebly.com there are many on line, just do a search for "cb streaming audio"
  20. hookedon6

    Why most repeaters don't use TX PL codes?

    the main reason it that most controllers will not re-transmit a "clean" PL tone they do not completely strip out any tones from the user input and the will transmit a "hum" when the PL encoder is active. also, using PL encode tones and DTMF tones for controller access often can not both be...