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    Finally got that General! Now I need a hf rig!

    If you are a buyer instead of a builder, put the most money you can into the antenna and get a radio you can live with... if you like to build things....(most of us no longer actually build radios) then get the best rig you can afford and build your antenna...the real trick to this hobby, like...
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    MegaWatt vs. Chinese Imitation 30 amp switching power supply comparison

    I think you will be pleased. I have 3 of them and think they are great.
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    10 meter contest this weekend

    I am not a serious contestor, but I usually participate at some level during most of the contests...I figure I will spend a few hours playing around during this one as well.
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    Leave it to california to ban mobile HF Radio?

    I am afraid that CA and any other state can legally restrict anything they want while driving. The issue here is that the courts have already ruled that driving is NOT a right. So, with that in mind, they are not stepping on your rights when they restrict what you can and can not do while...
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    The oldest ham in the world calling CQ on 7200...

    It would be quite interesting to have an extended rag chew with him
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    Icom IC-2730 Review

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    Hoarder

    now I do not feel so bad about owning 10 HF rigs.
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    are Diamond products just junk?

    so, if i understand the op correctly, he sent the antenna back to DX, and they sent him a replacement and he still has extremely poor performance from the diamond model antenna. Did the op get a new duplexer too? He said the duplexer was bad as well. If he were not saying the repaired antenna...
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    New Ham, Need Help

    yep, lets clean it up a bit... we do not want the new ham to think that all of us are like the drunks on 40M at night.
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    New Ham, Need Help

    where is that you live? It could be that someone on here can help you find the nearest club.
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    New Ham, Need Help

    well one of the posters was absolutely correct... each and every ham has his own idea of what is good and what is not. There are obviously hams in your area, somebody gave you the test. Get with the hams in your area to help you in selecting a good second had rig and helping you select an...
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    ic7600 Vs ftdx5000MPL

    The older 746 (non-pro) is actually a pretty good radio. I have the 756 Pro III as my main shack rig, and have icom 7100's in each of my 3 trucks and in my "go box", but I have two of the old 746's, one 728 and one 706MKIIG that I keep out in my "shop". I use those if I am out there tinkering...
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    ic7600 Vs ftdx5000MPL

    I did post that the revelation of the 7610 coming out changes things a bit. I hope that it is a substantial improvement over the 7600 but I do not really anticipate much in that direction as far as the receiver is concerned. I know that I was not all that impressed with the pro III's...
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    Just getting started

    Starter base? How are you planning on using it? Repeaters only? SSB? 2 meter only or dual band? You looking at analog only or want digital as well? Lots of folks use mobile radios for a base, if all they want is vhf/uhf... I use an icom 910H for my base.
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    ic7600 Vs ftdx5000MPL

    well, now i read that the 7600 is being replaced with the 7610, that throws a whole new wrinkly into the works.
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    ic7600 Vs ftdx5000MPL

    I currently use an icom 756 PRO III as my base rig. I plan on retiring in a couple years, and am thinking about buying a new radio in preperation for that. I like my PRO, there is nothing wrong with it, but it is getting old now, I bought it when they were first released. The 7600, from what I...
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    Amateur radio recruitment

    I remember a time when the extra exam was not all that bad. The tough one was the advanced class exam. The extra seemed easy after that... and back in the day, there was no question pool... you studied the book, and what ever was one the test is what it was... there was no memorizing correct...
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    Amateur radio recruitment

    I find this post interesting. I did not really mind doing away with the CW exams, I took them but in truth did not operate CW myself and I found the "I did it, so they should have to do it" to be a childish argument. I do think however that the method of testing we have today does lead to the...
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    36.2 ohm PL259

    SWR is over rated to begin with....just my contribution to the needless.
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    worktruck install

    That is actually a factory mount from Tarheel. I have that same mount on my farm truck too. It allows the antenna to laydown over the wheelwell.