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    Contacting Midland

    If the battery is lion you may find a BMS board at Aliexpress that will fit. just don't get the cell too hot when soldering the wires on the cell. You may have a dud cell too. check each individual cell for same voltage. If you have nicad's in there you may find some at battery junction...
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    Something new on this solar cycle!

    I guess I should break out (if I can find it) my old Ramsey 6mtr kit I built back in 1997 or there abouts. I had lot of FM contacts along the east coast from Florida. I also have a FEW Midland high split low band units. Three are programed and tuned up to some 6mtr freqs. OH dang don't have a...
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    Anyone getting snow?

    No snow in north central Floriduh. 32 at 5:15 this morning when I got up Now at 9:50 it's 45. We have to remember the 21st of December was the first day of winter. We still have a way to go. When I lived in New York mountains I had an orange 76 ball on my antenna so I could find my car in the...
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    Learning CW, what method?

    Here in Columbia county the county commisioners (crooks) allowed a foreign country to install and operate commercial chicken farm slap dab in the middle of residential neighborhood. SO we have this odor all year long and flies like we never had before. 12 each 500 foot long by 40 feet wide...
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    Learning CW, what method?

    I think the proper name of this was/is Farnsworth method? Character speed fast with with 5 WPM spacing?
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    Learning CW, what method?

    I had a friend who used the MFJ thing passed his general took it out to the range and used it for target practice LOL!!. Big Al is passed on now. But was a good ham.
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    Learning CW, what method?

    At 17 years old I took a class at a high school one day a week in the evening. We were told to bring in an old TV to tear apart to make the one tube xmitter. We would have to buy the receiver of sorts and the transmit Chrystal. While we were studying theory and working on learning soldering and...
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    Things that work!

    First thing the commercial tower crews do: Use courtesy tape. Just the usual 3M verity put a wrap around the connector nice and even then they use stuff they called Mastic, one layer then another layer of vinyl tape forming a seal. I have recently put the courtesy tape and...