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  1. johnny9

    Product Review: Redman's Extreme Echo/Talkback/Recorder Box

    so does anyone else make something similar?
  2. johnny9

    Requirements for DX

    ssb is the best place for easy contacts imo,as you have a lil more power on sideband than am to get out with. maybe your system is not matched good or something..j9
  3. johnny9

    Loudest Export radio out today?

    we almost talked once a few weeks ago,hahahaha..just wasnt workin for us.. me too,talked to italians,kangaroos,and greenland and all over. past few weeks has had some great dx,ing and talking with some nice folks. i talk long distance mostly as close range within 100 miles and it just...
  4. johnny9

    Requirements for DX

    i talk to folks everday 3,000 miles and further on less radio than you have,and i only run 100 watts if needed.and bottom ring of my astroplane is only 30 ft down in the trees a bit.i have also talked the same distance with 4 watts on a good day. dont give up,keep shouting out and you will find...
  5. johnny9

    Loudest Export radio out today?

    ive had a 2000 model rci 2995dx for a couple months now"green digital with blk background face,but has 2990 finals not mosfets" and by far the best radio ive ever had for getting out around the world..since having it ive talked everywhere in a short time to where it gets boring now and i dont...
  6. johnny9

    Product Review: Redman's Extreme Echo/Talkback/Recorder Box

    anyone else make these similar boxes and sell them? im wanting one for the recording aspect of it,but this thread has me worried about quality. maybe i will call him and tell him things ive read about himself and go from there:D..j9
  7. johnny9

    radio shack element to replace D-104 element

    ive found a good bit of readign and good things said about them radio shack elements in a d104 over the past month.. i may try one myself with the other 7 or so i will be experimenting with.. is it a dynamic? looks like the electret in my sadelta and on many mics.. check out this heil mic...
  8. johnny9

    Hi-Fidelity / Lo-Finance

    i have nothing to add.i just read thru this thread and feel if you had good results and are happy thats what matters. i been tossing these same ideas past couple months,and almost ordered a heil mic and another cheapo but decided against it. i just orered the w2ihy 8 band equalizer myself...
  9. johnny9

    shortening my d104 night eagle

    thanks fellas! i dont sit in a chair at the cb like a lot of people do..i sit in a recliner with the cb on my left and have to pick up whatever mic im using. just figured id post it up incase anyone wanted to do it but thought it would be hard..i think i could do one now in a hr and be...
  10. johnny9

    shortening my d104 night eagle

    im really glad i did this ,much more comfy grabing it and holding it while in the easy chair.. on the plastic push to talk rod dont worry if you hapen to cut it too short,as theres a small hole in the hollow plastic tube and you can add a screw for a fully adjustable ptt rod.. i did this since i...
  11. johnny9

    This guy every day! 38 low!!!

    does he say what rebel son,s signature says lol.. quote; operating conditions are,,operating conditions are,,operating conditions are..bla bla bla radio,50 ft of coax ran to my antron 99 15 ft of coax ran above my trailor home? OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND AGAIN. i change the channel as...
  12. johnny9

    shortening my d104 night eagle

    everything is shortened and tapping the ptt bar tonight..everything went real well and super easy.. heres the shortened parts..notice there is 2 round spacers in the tube to guide the white plastic rod that keys the mic..they have offset holes and dont look like i will be using the one that...
  13. johnny9

    2995dx amp switch install w/pics/questions

    222 wavin a hand too you also.. i hear ya a few times and when i try to get back with ya it never seems to go our way..but i hear ya from time to time,,73,s 967 johnny9
  14. johnny9

    shortening my d104 night eagle

    been playing with mics all day,,sedelta echo master,3 diff d104,s and a cobra dynamic low compresion desk mic..my locals hate the night eagle on lsb but everyone loves it and get great reports from far away, so its time to make if comfy for where i sit and the way id like it to be.. dont care...
  15. johnny9

    2995dx amp switch install w/pics/questions

    think i heard you today 359,,or you have a imposter poseing as you lol..couldnt get out, radio must have been on the low switch:D
  16. johnny9

    2995dx amp switch install w/pics/questions

    my radio is stock and never been touched..just added a switch. treat your new vette like a ford and it will run like a ford :headbang
  17. johnny9

    2995dx amp switch install w/pics/questions

    yep,been talking past few hrs on lsb with 3 watts swing lol..nice to not break in and over power the other locals 20 miles away, and when i asked them with the switch "on" they say they dont even no im there with the switch"off":D 007 stealth mode<gotproof>
  18. johnny9

    2995dx amp switch install w/pics/questions

    hopefully it has the opinions/options you need labled on the speedometer,so you can go 20mph in the left lane, and think your doing 55 and not holding up the folks that actually no how to drive:D than again some dumb azzes think you drive in the left lane and pass on the right in the usa..so...
  19. johnny9

    2995dx amp switch install w/pics/questions

    well,,i wanted to run a 4 watt radio into a smooth tube amp when i wanted to as an option..and it did exactly what i wanted..period! i can be "incognito" in my n.hood with people that are close and not blow out there ears and hear them complain i have to much power,even when turned all the way...
  20. johnny9

    2995dx amp switch install w/pics/questions

    well,,i wanted to run a 4 watt radio into a smooth tube amp when i wanted to as an option..and it did exactly what i wanted..period! i can be "incognito" in my n.hood with people that are close and not blow out there ears and hear them complain i have to much power,even when turned all the way...