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  1. guitar_199

    This guy must be smokin' some stuff....

    I asked him if the item in the picture is the item he is selling...... he hasn't responded yet. It was only a couple of hours ago. It could be DAYS before he does. But ...if he says yes.... I'm gonna be out of this house so fast.... I'll draw a 30" vacuum on the room I was in at the...
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    This guy must be smokin' some stuff....

    Then I ran into another ad.... $5. The guy was describing an old "scanner" radio. Describing controls, describing the BNC antenna connector..... the received freq range..... ALL of it... described a scanner. But the picture???? It was an MFJ-259B antenna analyzer and the picture showed...
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    This guy must be smokin' some stuff....

    I know how that works. A while back I bought a couple of Cobra 25's, a couple of Cobra 29's and a Cobra 21 (all 40 channel).... JUST FOR THE PARTS. They were "ugly as home-made sin". Even if they WERE working.... THESE would be the "ugly puppies" that nobody picks to take home. They are just...
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    This guy must be smokin' some stuff....

    sadly.... I don't deserve to have such 'mint' pieces in my collection. ('mint' coming from PAVE-mint ... which these seem to have spent a LOT of time there!!!!!) [edited to add] truly... I am the kind of nut that would like to have a radio like that 21 in my stash.... but not at $150. No way.
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    This guy must be smokin' some stuff....

    The HOUSE should come with them at that price. At least... the DOG should !!!!!!
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    This guy must be smokin' some stuff....

    I was just looking through my local Facebook Marketplace for CB gear.... (right here in my little Deer Park, TX) Found a guy selling 2 radios... A Cobra 21 (plain old 23 channel), and A Cobra 25LTD... $150 EACH!!!!!!!
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    Sams PhotoFacts Collection

    yeah.... but it is ROUND so I fall off of it a lot!!!!!!!!!! ;)
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    Sams PhotoFacts Collection

    See if this will do ya !!!!
  9. guitar_199

    Just got a BK Precision 2831A for the bench, and...

    I have a question. As far as the meter goes I took it out and ran it through it's basic paces and it works like it should. Then I thought about something...... I used a DMM to check continuity between the BLK banana jack and the "safety ground" on the line cord. TOTALLY OPEN!!!!! No...
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    11 meter is very quiet?

    An "antenna guy" after my own heart! How do you do with that????
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    11 meter is very quiet?

    I have one of those!!!! We went to buy a new van one time. Myself, wife, two boys. He wouldn't hit the mark she wanted... I got up and left the table and went out to our car. About a half hour later, one of our boys came out to the car grinning. I asked how it was going. He said "mom's...
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    Cobra 29 LTD Classic R56 and lost ferrite bead

    And, if I am understanding what I have read before about biasing of the RF final, you DO need it there. I am thinking that it serves as an RF choke to keep RF from splitting down into R56. The addition of the choke makes it a higher impedance path to the RF that is "just passin' through" to...
  13. guitar_199

    Got my Tiny SA Ultra (first thoughts)

    I did get a DC block.... as the DC spec on this thing is 5v MAX. The one I bought is 50v and I will use insane care beyond that. I do intend to get at least a 40 dB 10 watt and a 10 and 20 dB behind that just to throw in a bag. For the bench I have a 40 dB sampler with a 300 watt dummy...
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    Got my Tiny SA Ultra (first thoughts)

    I do need to research the PC software angle. I am just hoping that I can find a solution that works for me. I am one of those techie types that runs Linux full time at home. I do have Win10 available (but I have to reboot the laptop to get there), and I do have Wine( it is a "Windows...
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    Got my Tiny SA Ultra (first thoughts)

    https://www2.randl.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=16_16990&products_id=75872 This is it. A radio and electronics business in Ohio...... I ordered it online 6/4 and the delivery was made on Saturday 6/8.... I am in the Houston, TX area. That was pretty quick I think. And...if you...
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    Got my Tiny SA Ultra (first thoughts)

    Well it came in, and the first thing I did was run self-test... which worked. But I came back the next day and ran...and it failed self test #3 which was a "signal level" issue. After researching... one of the first things suggested by the make is..... put a full charge on it!!!! And it...
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    Last Channel 9 real emergency

    i REALLY think that THIS is s true statement. The cell phone "gets around" the chance where somebody might not be listening at the time you need help.
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    Yippeeeee. My Tiny SA Ultra is on it's way!!!!!!

    Yes sir. I got one of those a couple of months ago. While I DID get it to serve my needs in antenna adjustment.... I thought that it MIGHT serve as a spectrum analyzer at LEAST in looking for harmonics. THEN I found the video on YT from IMSAIMAN about using a NanoVNA for a spectrum...
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    Last Channel 9 real emergency

    Once upon a time....... one could key up on CH9 and ask for a REACT monitor (at least in my area!) and have a reasonable chance of getting an answer FROM REACT or even just somebody who kept a radio on 9 when they weren't doing anything else. These days???????? I don't think there is a chance...