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    Is it wrong to find this so funny?

    Seen both like the city bank one better! I like the accident forgiveness ones from Allstate with the girls drooling over Kasey Kane the new one is the one they smash his car with the tire! If your wonderin Im a nascar nut root for Kasey and am a total gear head He made the chase! Go Kasey!
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    need info on transistor

    That was what I thought but when I got to thinking about 2 in paralell I got to thinking about resistors and how they are divided in this configureation and got confuzzed! :? :?
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    need info on transistor

    Never mind I found it :D I'ts a 15db 2-30 MHZ 75w 13.5V Now what would the output be when ya put the 2 together? If you have a hard to find transistor try here http://www.datasheetarchive.com
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    need info on transistor

    I have a Maco Mite 2 dual pill marked TRW the numbers are as follows pt9748 7833 c I have looked in all the normal places And still can't find any info on them! any info or links to info would be helpful Thanx
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    Counter poise

    Building an antenna for 11m I know how to calcalate for the radiator part how would I calculate for the lenght of the GP(counterpoise) Thanx
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    Just for the arguments sake

    Thanx Haminx sorry it took so long to get back been out of town I'll definately look them up local for sure! Kind of strange I don't see many antennas up but they may be runnin mobile! any way thanx Got to eat my pizza! Later!
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    Just for the arguments sake

    We used to invite the local CBers to our Field Day outings. We always had a great weekend, with a party atmosphere. We let the CBers operate the equipment(under the watchful eye of a control op). You should have seen their smiles. We always got a new Ham or two out of the process. Now...
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    Just for the arguments sake

    Here is another idea!! Instead of fighting maybe some hams could invite some of there local cb ops over show them whats possible by getting the ticket and introducing them to a new way of thinking! you know something informal like a grill out with the equipment set up outside! shoot if they...
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    Just for the arguments sake

    alright here we go I was't trying to get into what was or was't legal I was trying to find out why so much fuss about the 10m band when at least in my area there are no coms in some areas it is bieng used and that was explianed! It sounds agian like the fcc mussed up with the whole GMRS...
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    Just for the arguments sake

    tried to post last night but server was down anyway I got lucky my typing class was mostly female!! but I managed to learn anyway got up to 60wpm until fate interviened and I lost my pinkie finger on my right hand! OOOUCH! ------------------------------------------- If you have to stay at a...
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    Just for the arguments sake

    n8yx thank you for your in depth reply and Sonwatcher thanks for your reply very well the piont is made my next Q is pardon my ignorance but you mentioned somthin about MURS?/FRS/GMRS new to me and what frequencies are they on would I have to buy a transiever just for those 5 channels? kind of a...
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    Just for the arguments sake

    The FCC does not control 10M; it is designated by the ITU as an exclusive (primary use) amateur allocation worldwide. __________________________________________________ If this be the case then why can't or won't they do anything to the people who use this band without a ticket?? There...
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    WHAT ARE THE MEANINGS OF YOUR AUTHOR NAMES ?

    switch since ya liked my story a friend of mine went by Bobcat Or 943 He was run over by a model 943 Bobcat! luckily the constuction site was 1 foot deep in mud when we'd get mad at him we caled him the real mud duck!
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    WHAT ARE THE MEANINGS OF YOUR AUTHOR NAMES ?

    Years back in my youth I would talk to an older couple on the 11m band they had a base and me with my dads lowly but trusty cobra 29 I used his handle (silver streak) (he got busted speeding in a 70' GTO silver of course so mom called him silver streak any way was looking for my own call and I...
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    Just for the arguments sake

    Not huntin for Dragons and such just would like to know! bad and good! so far I have heard that much of the activity is local to an area or maybe twice a year dx the evetual piont I'm getting at is that if the band is not bieng optimized local or otherwise what would be so bad about the FCC...
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    Just for the arguments sake

    Monitored from post time until around 12 dead quite! This is just a test remember would like to know how much of this band is bieng used at all legal or otherwise!
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    Shhhh.....be verwey-verwey carweful,

    Paws got an Idea but still aint positive on the ID its been ahwhile remember!! I left OH in 97 so almost 10 years GIVE ME A hint or e-mail me Weatherman49@hotmail.com Glad to hear loony is dion good I miss talkin to those guys and hangin aruond unit 7's shop glad to hear its still open! some...
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    Just for the arguments sake

    OK here goes just turned my scanner to the 28 to 30 mhz band I will leave it there for the next week to see if there is any activity in MY area!! I'll let ya know I am in the El Dorado AR (Union County) area I would make a challange to the rest with scanners or radios caple of recieving these...
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    Shhhh.....be verwey-verwey carweful,

    Paws spent many an hour at the shop in Norwood!! was a member of 2 local cb clubs the double duce in Norwood and 18 around Felicity! Couple of names you might recognize! Loony (T) Bryd Booze hound and several more but its been 10 years so I have forgotten alot of them! but I bet ya may...
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    Shhhh.....be verwey-verwey carweful,

    Pluto your absolutly right !!