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    CQ DX

    I remember back about 40 years ago I had my Siltronix 1011 over at my buddy's place, we had just finished doing an alignment on it utilizing his service set. When we finished, we were up around 27.555, just surfing around, and we heard one of the locals, boots loaded and 3 sheets to the wind...
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    Yaesu FT-857D FT-897D 857 897 Frequency modification expansion

    Even when sitting on the mike in the mobile?
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    New materal - uncutable ?

    all Chuck Norris would need to do is look at it with a stink eye
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    New materal - uncutable ?

    WHO could afford the deposit on the cans?
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    New materal - uncutable ?

    Its resonant frequency would be dependant on diameter and length. I dont recall the formula off the top of my head, but it is different for every solid at differing temperatures fyi glass is considered a liquid due to the way it flows over time
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    New materal - uncutable ?

    ANYTHING can be cut with the right application of high explosives. Of course if something can be made, it can be unmade with a slight increase of force over that which was used to make it, the laws of physics are not transmuteable.
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    Never mess with an eagle hahaHAHA

    Eagles generally avoid windmills due to the High freq noise they make.
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    Yaesu FT-857D FT-897D 857 897 Frequency modification expansion

    Flyincoyote, what does the magnifying glass got to do with it? he isnt doing the mod at a urinal....
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    Yaesu FT-857D FT-897D 857 897 Frequency modification expansion

    The biggest issue all these years in the future is you STILL LOSE the band edge markers with mods like this
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    Browning Golden Eagle MK III problems

    John (and others) Ive seen many people INDUCE more problems than fixed by replacing these 10-watt resistors with wire wound resistors instead of carbon or carbon film resistors. WIRE WOUND resistors are resistive inductors in radios, If you cant find the right values,in the wattages needed look...
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    Browning Golden Eagle MK III problems

    I know the post I'm replying to is over 9 years old but I didnt see any response that the issue was fixed. I just picked up a beautiful GE MKIII so this caught my eye... Check all your electrolytic capacitors. the age of the radio, means that some of the old caps may have popped. If so, it (one...