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    Another Pretty Boy Nascar Nextel Cup champion

    hahahaha just saw this on Arrowslingers Sig testing lol... "Everytime you HATE on Jeff Gordon, God kills a kitten " Gonna be lots of dead cats, maybe even some dogs! lol
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    Another Pretty Boy Nascar Nextel Cup champion

    Yeah that was BS! I doubt they would have gotten away with that with Dale Sr. :) Boy lol, I use to love listening to him on the scanner, still like listening to JR. on the scanner. LOL and Rusty, he was always a kick to listen too.
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    Another Pretty Boy Nascar Nextel Cup champion

    Yepp, NASCAR has turned it into a yuppie sport now days. "Can't do this, don't do that, there's children watching, the sponsors won't like that" and on and on. Sucks so bad these days I actually prefer the local dirt track races they broadcast.
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    WHAT ARE THE MEANINGS OF YOUR AUTHOR NAMES ?

    Ok for starters AK is ALASKA (not the first time i've been acused of being from Arkansas) The bowtie came from a mix of my name Ty, and my love for Chevrolets (Chevy Bowtie) Thus AkBowtie
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    Mobile to Base Amp Conversion

    Thanks, yeah i read that, and looked at his project, pretty awesome :) Didnt help me though. What i'm wanting to do, or know, is what size transformer would have to be used in a base amp and cap size. Basically wondering if these transformers are worth messing with. I cant see throwing them...
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    Mobile to Base Amp Conversion

    What would it take to convert say a 4 or 6 pill mobile into a base unit? A transformer obviously, but how big of one and what other parts ? I've got some brand new never been abused Square D Transformers 240/120 to 24/12 43amp from what i can tell. Part number is 500sv43b. Wondering if these...
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    My Alaska Mess

    Yeah if it would quit raining long enough to put the tower up, i'd have some new pics! Actually it did quit just today, so possibly she'll be going up this weekend. Gotta find me a tower monkey by this weekend!
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    My Alaska Mess

    Matter of fact I still do ! Driving it with my RCI2990, working great!
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    My Alaska Mess

    Ohhhh yessss Paradise! A vacationers dream come true! Adak, gotta love it !
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    My Alaska Mess

    I'll have to listen for him. And yes 11 meters, well 11 and 10, But i was only listening on 10 :)
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    My Alaska Mess

    Hmmmmmm good question Larry huh? I know a few guys that live by the airport that talk.Whats Larry go by ? Hmmmm Ahhhh yessss good old cold bay!!! gotta love it And yessss DX time !!!! Winters comming! IT's actually been good here lately for some DX to Australia and I talked to Finland a...
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    Local Grizzly Bear wants MORE POWER !!!!!

    Anybody else do any combat fishing this year ?? So much for the secret fishing hole !!
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    Local Grizzly Bear wants MORE POWER !!!!!

    He went looking for more Watts but instead found alot of VOLTS 5000 or so they say! Just one of our local, not so smart Grizzly Bears!! LOL Grizzlies bite off too much One bruin dies after chomping 5,000-volt line; another flattens tents By MEGAN HOLLAND Anchorage Daily News...
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    My Alaska Mess

    antenna farm! that it is :) My wife cringes everytime i start looking at putting up another antenna or sat. dishes :) The maco104 works great on the tripod on the roof. The roof peak is right at 35 foot. The tower laying in the driveway is 60 foot, which will be going up this weekend. The 104...
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    My Alaska Mess

    Hopefully soon, my maco104 and my Avanti 5/8 will be on this 60ft tower.
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    My Alaska Mess

    Here's my new project that needs to go up.
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    My Alaska Mess

    Here's what the old mess looked like, almost ashamed of it. Lets see if i did this right :)
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    RCI-2990 help :(

    Ahhhh makes more sense now. I haven't replaced the 2 suspected transistors on that board yet. Maybe i will today and see what happens. Thanks for that info
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    RCI-2990 help :(

    Replaced the 2 resistors, the static is gone, this are normal EXCEPT lol, my freq counter lights are not lighting up, the meters and buttons light up. The dim button seems to just work as an off and on now. I'll keep at it and see what happens. Ohhh yeah, stock mic still makes al the icons...
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    RCI-2990 help :(

    yeah, i'm on to something here though. theres 2 burned resistors on the cpu board R6 and R4 an 82 and a 56 ohm. Going to replace them and check transistors Q2 and Q4. One of those might have went to ground. Stay tuned !!!