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  1. HomerBB

    Where to find this cable

    I'm wanting a RJ45 to RJ45 repeater controller cable for the QYT KT-8900D pre-made. I don't want to make one. I want to buy one. I make antennas, not rj45 cables. Surecom offers an RJ45 to 3.5mm speaker mic cable, but I want to pair two mobiles, not a mobile to HT for crossband use.
  2. HomerBB

    Winter Wonder

    This is my first time to have seen this in nearly 70 years. The snow accumulation on top of our glass deck table slightly melted in yesterday's warm up due to the sun warming the surface of the table, and when the melt refroze last night a layer of ice between the glass table and the snow began...
  3. HomerBB

    IC-2720 Crossband Issue

    I traded for an IC-2720 transceiver and put it to work for crossband purposes. It was easily done, and worked very well... for a while. I do not know what changed, but no amount of resets, setup, and trial gets me what it had been doing. It receives signals from my HT andcretransmits them to...
  4. HomerBB

    WHATS THE POINT re, QT40

    I bought one. I did the jumper conversion to CB. What's the point of the software if that jumper move is all it takes to make the conversion. I don't want it to do repeaters. Also, the thing returns to receive after unkeying the mic very slowly... radio seems to work in sloth mode. Plain...
  5. HomerBB

    Fast and Easy 11 meter 1/2ʎ

    While a 1/2ʎ vertical doesn't raise too many eyebrows in an antenna building environment of cool and exotic, this one is the first 11m antenna I've thrown together in a very long time. Why? Background: My neighbor has long wanted a CB station, but the wife said, "No!" Now, her sudden passing 7...
  6. HomerBB

    What antenna is this.

    As you may know, I spent most of my time making antennas, and those few I've store bought were the old standards, A99, Imax, Sirius GP2745, Astroplane, etc. I have one in possession that looks very similar to the A99, tuning rings, three sections 18.5' long, AND has an adjustable length...
  7. HomerBB

    Texas Star DX667V Question

    I have this amp. It works, however, two or three key ups and smoke ascends from the area of the toroid/resistor combo in the closeup photo. Any ideas? I'm not an electronics tech so, more than an easy cold solder joint touchup it ... If I can sort this out I will be offering this for sale. If...
  8. HomerBB

    MRF300AN/MRF300BN For Sale

    I have two(2) each of these power transistors new. I think the MRF300AN's & MRF300BN's ought to be worth $15 each ×4 = $60 for all 4 +$6 shipping Total $66 Check out their online prices for appreciation for these prices. Thanks, Homer
  9. HomerBB

    Rocket Box HD500 MOS w/driver

    Brand new high drive amplifier with used but good condition driver for sale as a single unit. I got this from a silent key widow. I agreed to help sell some of the things her husband left behind. Until I hooked it up to test the Rocket Box had not been used. My CB could get no more than just...
  10. HomerBB

    TYT TH9800 Issue

    I purchased one of these quad band radios because I wanted a crossband router functioning option. I paid just over $200 new and was delighted at how well it worked when set up. Then, by a couple months of owning it the audio output failed. I had signal, and others heard me when I transmitted...
  11. HomerBB

    Mosfets

    Does anyone here ever use ERF9530, MRF300AN, or MRF300BNs? How useful are they?
  12. HomerBB

    For Sale UBITX 6.1

    Anyone interested in a Ubitx V6.1? (good unit, but I have another one I'm keeping) This one is already assembled, and works as advertised. It's virtually unused, tested it yesterday after it being stored for ~2 years. With an antenna in my attic I made a POTA contact on 14.252 with peak 3watts...
  13. HomerBB

    Which one, and why? Toroids - Baluns and Ununs.

    The question is simple, and geared to my way of thinking. I am always less interested in hieroglyphics, and more interested in what did you do and why YOU chose that one. And, of course, did it work and how well. Especially in multiband antenna use. Making baluns and ununs isn't difficult, but...
  14. HomerBB

    RIP my old project...

    12 years ago I built the tip over mast discussed in the link below. It never failed me, and saw many fun hours of homebrew antennas mounted or attached to it. However, a couple weeks ago my wife and I stood in the backyard and she once again quietly said, "That pole is an ugly and I wish it...
  15. HomerBB

    More Than One Way (to look at a thing)

    You see an insulated portable lunch box. I see 8 perfectly formed 1/2" aluminum Moxon antenna corners. Probably a 2m, and 10m.
  16. HomerBB

    Astatic 200S Mic

    Astatic 200S mic with 1/8" mono plug on the cord. Flea market find priced $54.
  17. HomerBB

    Homebrew of a Different Kind

    In 1996 I resigned from the small Southeast Missouri church where I had been ministering for a few years and purchased a 1957 GMC coach that had been a Greyhound bus in it's youth. I would take it from the weekend camper a singing church band was using it as, and convert it into a full fledged...
  18. HomerBB

    Just QRP fun.

    Again, today, 4/21/22, another great QRP contact on 15m - 21.300 mhz. PV8AL, Hello, in Brazil using 5 watts. My conditions were the uBitx v 6.1 and Imax 2000 @ 37' to the coax connector. Total distance from me, 3,313 miles. Yesterday, 4/20/22, Just for the fun of it, I had a Cleveland Ohio...
  19. HomerBB

    Home Building a Homebrew Manual Tuner

    I have finally began putting together my manual tuner. I rolled those two inductors about 3 years ago. I got busy, and sidetracked. Now, I've just mounted them on the board. I know, primitive, but what else do I do... What I will likely need is some of you who've made your own to offer tips...
  20. HomerBB

    NanoVNA-H4

    I got a little bitty nanovna a while back and didn't like it. I fussed about it and gave it away to someone who uses it. Now, I'm trying again with a newer version 4" screen model. I may need help...