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    My first radio

    I went to the meeting last night great bunch of guys (y) They are having a tailgate sale Saturday that would be a great place for me to buy a used radio preferably boat anchor but I have to work Saturday and can not attend. But one of the guys gave me this to play with I have struggled...
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    Spam/ROBO calls

    This probably doesn't belong here feel free of course to delete or move But I'm getting flat out blown up by these calls they put a fake number with a local area code :mad: I finally quit answering if I don't recognize it but it's too late I briefly looked and it says the FCC is responsible...
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    Can I cut the ends off of old cable TV coax and add PL-259 connectors

    It dawned on me I quite a bit of old coax around Right now I'm in in infancy stage of antenna the goal at the moment is to at least get something outside so no it's not gonna be the ultimate end game set up and of course I like to learn as I go along. I'm sure many facepalm moments will...
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    You just never know what lurks below ground (plumbing)

    Had water in the yard starting about three weeks ago We had had some heavy rain so I kinda blew it off Finally decided to take a look What the heck The female adapter on the left side was split/cracked Smdh
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    The very first thing everybody does after passing ham technician exam of course (sarcasm)

    I have a dual variable DC power supply (actually triple if you count the 5V tap) I really want to fix this thing. It is supposed to go from 0-30V DC on left side (slave) and on right side (master) The left side will hit about 13V and then drop to ten or eleven. However when in parallel mode...
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    New "ice pick" (kidding)

    Just wondering what this guy is found it while mowing someone's yard Looks like a co-ax connecter super sized :oops: It's got some numbers on it I figured someone here would know what it was Thanks
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    Socket on the back of some transceivers

    I'm somewhat shopping for a transceiver and some of them have this Just wondered what it is :oops: :D Thanks in advance I'm gonna take my test 27 June and looking for something decent that might partially function and I can work on. At first I kinda ruled out any tubes but now I see that...
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    Question about DC power supply connectors

    Hello to all the wonderful people at worldwideDX you ROCK :cool: I'm wanting to attach some of these connectors to some leads for this power supply Looks pretty straight forward but do I need to solder these guys ? That would be cool if I could just wind it around screw the cap on and...
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    Science project #1 (attempt at wireless transmission)

    I have two old CB radios I am working on and there is little traffic (or they don't work too good) I recently obtained a Dynascan BK 2005 and had an idea maybe I can attach an antenna to the output and see if one of these radios can find it I'm happy to report that it worked good :giggle...
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    BK Precision 1856C 2.4GHz Counter

    Or.....a fool and his money part 73,294,720,947,263 Unpacked it and tried it out So let's see 1,983.2 khz equals about 2 Mhz ? A sigh of relief I guess it works :LOL: :ROFLMAO: Time to do some homework and RTM before I blow it up. Hey yeah this collector of Q302 should have...
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    BK Precision Dynascan Corporation 2005

    Hello gentlemen and ladies hope you are having a wonderful evening. :giggle: Being an (OLD) noob I wanted to get a signal generator that presumably (sorry still learning) would modulate rf with af. I already had this af unit and it has been rock solid However delving into the realm of rf...
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    Johnson Mouse-enger 250

    Hello everyone hope things are going well I thought I would see if you guys thought I could get this Johnson Messenger 250 going. Fortunately most of the damage seems to be on the top of the case it's a shame this seems like good stuff because this sucker is heavy and I have the mic for it...
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    Hi I'm Wesley in Port Neches Tx

    Warning ya might want to come back when you have time or just put me on ignore. I'm 62 fixing to be 63 and really glad to be here thanks for having me. I fully intend to show everyone respect and observe protocol as I will be extremely grateful for any help. About three months ago I found an...