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    Need Aluminum Cleaning Product Advice

    Good deal I forgot to mention diluting. It's already diluted when I get it so I just kind of forgot about that part. I used to like to watch it in action and would look for stuff to clean just so i could watch it turn black and slide off lol
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    Need Aluminum Cleaning Product Advice

    oops double post....
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    Need Aluminum Cleaning Product Advice

    heheh ^^^^^ :D Yup good ol' mercury works wonders on aluminum **do not try this at home** ;)
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    Need Aluminum Cleaning Product Advice

    I have always used air conditioner core cleaner (acid) on my diamond plate and antennas. just spray it on, wait a minute and rinse it off... looks like brand new. a LOT less work that rubbing paste and working a buffer lol I've been doing that with the toolbox and rails on my 99 silverado since...
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    Help with Resistor value Texas Star DX500

    the only resistors around the relay should be a 68kΩ and a pair of 470Ω dx400-dx500_schematic
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    Just heard listened to my first

    I use my fake call all the time when I'm up to no good. maybe you'll hear me sometime N0QRP If i can ever get a mail drop in the Pacific Atoll islands I'll have a nice vanity call, WH0RE :D
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    PRIDE 100 AMPLIFER... HELP. HELP, HELP

    why start a new thread? your other thread was answered and there were offers of help including pictures of how your amp should look on the inside http://www.worldwidedx.com/general-cb-services-discussion/141318-pride-100-linear-amplifer.html
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    Oklahoma Ham Radio

    if you miss that one maybe you can make the 28th Central Oklahoma Radio Amateurs (CORA) Ham Holiday 2012 VE Testing at Ham Holiday - July 28, 2012 will be on Saturday beginning at 9:00 am.
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    What happend to members avatars?

    strange, this must have been a recent change because when i joined i could edit avatars as well as give myself a custom title. but right before the w9wdx titles were given out i lost that option in my user cp. i know there are a lot of switches and permissions to play with in the admin panel...
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    What happend to members avatars?

    I'm not doubting your word but I've never seen any vbulletin forum where you couldn't add an avatar even if you have zero posts. my edit screen looks like this...
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    What happend to members avatars?

    if you see the option below where it says "use custom avatar" thats what you should check and then either enter a web address where your picture is stored OR use the bottom box and upload one from your pc
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    What happend to members avatars?

    user cp from the menu bar above edit avatar from the left column http://www.worldwidedx.com/profile.php?do=editavatar ;)
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    frying your radio??????

    ^^ :O learned the hard way did ya?
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    frying your radio??????

    I've heard lots of stories from people about this happening to people they knew but never heard about it from anyone that actually had it happen. I'm not saying it can't happen, there's always the possibility of blowing the front end diodes or some little doodad. There's no telling the number...
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    Why does the Audio Cut out.....

    Just as the earlier posts have stated, the switch inside the microphone completes the audio circuit to the speaker when in receive. during transmit the switch opens the receive circuit and closes the transmit circuit. Sure you can ground pin 4 (rx) and have receive audio without a microphone...
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    It's Field Day

    you are 5 9... fiftynine... five nine... cinco nueve how copy
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    Why does the Audio Cut out.....

    get ready for wide open talk back when you transmit :D
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    Water Proofing Antennas

    for around the house stuff i use 3m 2155 splice tape (4$ for a 25' roll) and finish it off with scotch 33. for commercial & cellular i use 1 wrap of 3/4" scotch 33 put on sticky side out, then cover that with butyl then 3 wraps of 1.5" tape. first wrap doesnt get stretched much, second wrap...
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    Are Yaesus being made in China and suffering?

    I'm still waiting for the one of the many chinese companies to try their hand at an HF radio. mobile or base I don't care, just something besides the man-pack that's produced there. maybe i'll get lucky and wouxun or tyt will clone the hilberling pt8000 in yellow and price it cheaper than an...
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    Plastic safe cleaner?

    As long as you use some common sense, YES. If it is wet, let it dry completely before you apply power. I have washed many radios as well as a couple of amplifiers, both tube type and transistor, in the sink with running water and dish soap. I had a friend bring me a cobra 19 that they found...