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very lil here also but its seems to be starting now;)

yep 41 comes thru my radio like he was next door and not much over talks him where im at in west fl..i usually go to another channel when he starts the normal stuff about people picking on him..if his radio only had a diff operator:lol: i heard you"305 in the portable"from crystal river last...

if your talking about 055 "norm" he is a nice guy to talk to and have a laugh with for sure..i have him logged on the 12th also..great guy! def funny how i can talk 3-6000 miles and not hear most fl locals..i can talk to north fl 50 miles away a few times a week and 20 miles most the...

always whineing someone is picking on him,or purposely talking while others are trying to talk it seems. :bdh:

thanks fellas..i have some rg6 75 ohm coax but it has aluminum braid..can this work in a pinch to test it out or do i have to have copper braid? i just made a 2 meter antenna for my scanner and it works sweet..a lil 20 and 1/2 inch quad element made from 5/32 solid copper..i also used 20ft...

if i get some pl259,s sometime this week im gonna hook 100ft of rg8 to it and see what it shows on the meter before making any matching system. when i get the spreaders just a hair to tight it bows the f.glass rod, so i put a slight tention on it to see if it stretches and straightens its self...

prob better to take the radio to a person that can put it on freq inside the radio..thats better really. i have a 30-35 yr old radio that has been" i think its called" (unlocked) i have to have them tuned in perfect for me to be tuned in perfect on there end..when correct it is fine,but if...

took the old crystal element out of the d104 head an replaced it with a vtec 5.8ghz cordless phone mic and this electret seems to have a lil more deepness and bass to it than the bellsouth electret. sounds superb. i will be riggin a cord today to record the differences on a old cell phone for...

well finished up the loose ends on the mics..still need to get parts to finish the d104 head/hand mic tho. the bulldog/keyer turned out great..spent a lil time making a 1/2 thick aluminum block today then dremeled out the shape of the antenna threaded post so it would swivel real nice,and...

got the driver and reflector strung up and soldered and left them loose till im gonna use them.. then got to to thinking maybe i should get them set perfect and then if they stretch any while sitting a while i can re adjust them. question; if i get the adjustment a fraction too tight all the...

2500 mi to texas with 8 watts swinging 12 from old pres grant..had to make sure she was still alive and well,so pluged it in..guy didnt belive the watts but oh well,i was telling the truth. on the 40 yr old astroplane..;)

so far i am getting great reports this morning from the ink pin/flashlight mic.. i "think "the audio quality is better than the night eagle d104 and the other 2 ive used..including the sedelta echo master,and the dl104 head in hi z mode. the element is from a bellsouth 900mhz cordless...

better pic of the handle..thanks 359,this is gonna be much much better than the dipole thing i made as it was heavy.

think i decided against the last mic using the ear piece of the headset. i like the teloscoping antenna idea better. drilled a small hole in bottom to feed the wire. ran the rca cord with braid and shield thru with no problems. will end up deleting the plastic tip of the mic thats in these...

that didnt take too long so i started another mic project. instead of just having a cool mack bulldog keyer for my mics i figured it eeded a boom taylored for me:whistle: so,i had read where a guy took a cheap panasonic headset for a home phone and used the mic in a project of his own..in the...

so i couldnt get no sleep last night so was up late tossing ideas around for more mics since i have 3 diffrent mic hook ups on the eq.. so i came across and old coleman ink pen/flashlight combo my mother inlaw got me 25 yrs ago..never used it so figured time has come to use it for something more...

recieved the 8 band eq from w2ihy.com monday and got the night eagle mic sounding better then ever per reports i get.. this lead me to wanting to play more searching for that "top shelf"sound we all love to hear.. so next i used the d104 head from an old amplified desk mic.. it is just the...

ive had the w2ihy 8 band eq for almost a week now and all i can say is WOW, i hate to spnd the csh on the eq plus but im sure i will down the road. i run an rci 2995dx all stock except for upgraded fan in the power supply and external fan in the rear.70,s asroplane antenna. this eq made a big...

im sure it wont be long and i will be hearing ya since the addiction just began:D 967 john,west fl

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