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    CMH Electronics / YouTube?

    The 2950 and 2970 are very good radios I am going to be in the market for the 2950 this fall. Since Magnum discontinued their S series and my favorite of all the 257 and 257 HP. I have a old 257 that I bought back in 2003 the only rest its had in those years is being stored for 7 months while...
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    under channel 1

    I use to have a list of which frequencies below 26.965 CH. 1 that could be used without not getting into trouble with Uncle Sam but I guess in the move it got lost on the same list it had the frequencies above 27.405 CH. 40 that was way back in my freeband days and my use of linear amps Chances...
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    VHF June Contest

    Dont know about the rest of you out there but on my end 6 has been dead havent heard nothing since I got up this morning
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    Signal Engineering White Lightnings

    Bad day could have been worse thank god there was no one home I my wife went and got my mother they headed to a shelter basement myself and my daughter was getting new glasses when it hit I made sure they were ok and grabbed a change of clothes and went into work and worked 16 hours a day 7 days...
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    Signal Engineering White Lightnings

    If I am not mistaken didnt they close last time I checked the web site was not working.....Would like to know the demolitions of the Goldenrod 180 half wave omnidirectional antenna had one on a 50 foot mast and a f3 tornado wanted more than I did not only did it take all the antennas I had up...
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    VHF June Contest

    Have plans to work a little 6 call is KI4OYF
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    Magnum 257HP

    Thats my problem is space in my pickup I took out my older magnum 257 with dual 1969s in it due to the fact that the lights quit working and its hard to see it at night I guess its going to be a base until I have the lights fixed. I will check into the optima MK3 or just wait to see what Magnum...
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    Magnum 257HP

    I have been out of the loop for a while and am going to be in the market for a new radio. I have a question. Has Magnum discontinued the 257HP and the S45 radios and if not does anyone have any idea when they will be back min stock ?
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    The F.C.C. in my area!!

    I remember where I use to live back in the 80s there was 3 brothers that put up towers over 100 feet high and had big beams on them ran Tram D201s with 2 KW blackcat amps these brothers lived one on the west end of the county one lived in the east end of the county and one lived right in the...
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    Sheesh

    Sad but true and its the norm for Ebay...A Fool And His Money Are Soon Parted
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    Unusual pulsing signal on 20 meters

    I heard a weird signal or noise on 14.260, 14.292, 14.300, and 14.313 thats as far as I went the signal on my end was a s8 it sounded like "Woody Woodpecker" on crack or tweaking on meth it was on those frequencies at the same time I dont think it was someone QRMing but thats the first time I...
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    The old FCC issued cb call signs

    My first was KBB-6928 I renewed it and was issued the call KBVG-2198 soon after they dropped the license requirement
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    Magnum 257hp Garbage

    Your right they aren't illegal to sell.....where it comes into play is "Easy To Modify" if all you have to do is move a jumper or remove a solder bridge or unsolder a jumper wire that's easy to modify. You can have a 10 meter radio in your vehicle if your a licensed ham don't make any difference...
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    Magnum 257hp Garbage

    I have a feeling that m42duster hit the nail on the head seems that some law enforcement agencies has asked the FCC for help in getting illegal radios export out of vehicles.....from what I have been told by people I know that the FCC has put pressure on companies to get those type or radios out...
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    Magnum 257hp Garbage

    I have a friend that has 2 of them one in his pickup truck and one in hie over the road rig hes had not one problem out of them they both have been there for over a year. You would think the one he has in his over the road rig would be giving trouble but its just as good as the day we put it in...
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    Magnum Radios, Inside and out?

    I own a older Magnum 257 with 2 2SC1969 finals in my truck and I got a Magnum 257HP in the house I really like both the 257s good transmit great receivers im not the type that goes in for all the bells and whistles so that's why I chose the 257s. Plus they are small enough to fit in my pickup...
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    Hang on to those CB Radio Box's!

    As my dad use to say "A Fool And His Money Are Soon Parted" well with ebay that is the case most of the time....Think Ebay should investagate schill bidding going on but they are more interested in the all all mighty dollar
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    Receive Mod For Galaxy DX77HML

    Im looking for some info on the receive modification for the DX77HML I do belive it has the EPT 360014C board I might need to look once more to make sure. I am also going to do have done the extended 10 Meter crystal change to get more of the 10 Meter band. Being that theres not much that...
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    Signal Engineering

    It would be a shame if they did go out of business. I use to have a Goldenrod groundplane that was out of this world
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    Ebay resolution center

    My troubles with ebay started when I made the ebay account to settle my mothers estate who passed in 2008. I had a buyer to first say that that he belived the item was stolen...then he said it was broken...then he didnt receive it. I made pictures and video of the item. I made pictures of...