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  1. oil2gas

    AMPS from the 70's ...the Good, the Bad, the Ugly?

    I drive a toyota tacoma and have installed behind the seat a Browning LTD 23 channel with extra channels and it drives with 2 watt power up my palomar Tx 75 amplifier and it gets great feedback with the truckers on the interstate hiways and yes they were both purchased in 1975. At the house i...
  2. oil2gas

    SWR's Jo Gunn Pistol 10m/Vertical Antenna

    Instruction sheet God Bless you guys and just received my instruction from gunn and now i knonw why i never hooked it up............. thanks
  3. oil2gas

    SWR's Jo Gunn Pistol 10m/Vertical Antenna

    [I will use this for 11 meters on my FT747GX radio. Puchased this antenna in 2002 and have never used it, BUT now I'm ready BUT lost my instruction sheet and yes i have contacted joe gunn but no telling how long before he answers . Its the one with someting called 5kw Gamma Bar???Its not a...
  4. oil2gas

    Will FT 747 work with which non oem amp?

    Man what a small world, the family and I were transferred there with Arco oil and Gas back in 1975 and left in 1984 and sped a lot of time in wein airline jet ever week ...I lived out on oceanview i think had a A frame and we loved it but got transferred to Saudi Arabia in 84 and finally retired...
  5. oil2gas

    Will FT 747 work with which non oem amp?

    NO I haved owned this rig for 12 years and I have never seen it drift but i'm using it for a base staation. guess i can it drifting if your driving becasue its very touchy on the vfo??? are you in the land of the midnite sun and home of the pipeline?
  6. oil2gas

    Will FT 747 work with which non oem amp?

    FT 747 gx Thanks for such a quick reply and will start lookking for the buffer that should work on any non oem amp. Again thanks and have a good one
  7. oil2gas

    Will FT 747 work with which non oem amp?

    I use a Yaesur FT 747 GX with the FP 757 HD power supply. My question is BACK when i used the FL 2100 with this set up it had a special cable that connected them together...BUT now i am planning on buying a non yaesu amp(solid state) to use as base amp but do I just hook the amp and radio like a...
  8. oil2gas

    2 Pill Low Dead Key Makes Amp Hang Up

    I have the tx 75 and its acting just like you describe? seems like it locks up on key miked and have to turn unit power off to stop transmitting but my tech said it was a bad transistor 2n 2905a????
  9. oil2gas

    Palomar tx75 question

    cottentail , I have the tx 75 in front of me and your right on the part where the finals are located it just says tx75 or tx 100. Guess all you do is change the finals. I have the same tx 75 and its messig up...? it seems like it stays keyed sown when i talk and release the mike? any suggestions...