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  1. AmericanEagle575

    New Radio from Ranger

    Good evening, was visiting the Walcott site and I saw this, interesting that this reminds me of the Galaxy 2547 CB radio, wonder if Ranger is moving away from the Big Black Base style and going for more compact and the Price seems decent enough,just wondering what board will be in it..i/e...
  2. AmericanEagle575

    Merry Christmas WDX Brothers

    Just wanted to wish all of my WDX Brothers out there a very Merry and Blessed upcoming Christmas from Myself and Dad,May your day be filled with lots of Love,Joy and Peace from Family and Friends alike!!!!! 73's
  3. AmericanEagle575

    Things that need to change in the CB service in 2023!

    While I love CB radio,I feel like the FCC needs to get with the program and update the rules concerning 11 meter's, recently I see that we have the FM mode added and the 155 Mile Skip restriction removed which was a start.....now they need to finish the job by increasing the Power levels say: AM...
  4. AmericanEagle575

    Solar Cycle 25

    Good afternoon Radio Friends, just read a article on the website www.chron.com concerning the solar Cycle, basically in a nutshell, scientist's are now saying that the current cycle could be at the maximum by this year's end of 2023, a full 2 years earlier than its projected or should be,so to...
  5. AmericanEagle575

    Please Pray for my Dad and I at this time!!

    Good Morning my Radio Friends, Brought my Dad up to the ER early this Morning due to some Chest Pain,Dad thought it was Heartburn and I didn't want to take any chances, turns out my Dad was having a Heart attack as we speak,they are running tests,etc and he will be admitted of course.....that's...
  6. AmericanEagle575

    This is how last week ended for me!!

    Driving home from work last Friday,lost focus for a sec and didn't allow enough space to stop safely and rear-ended another car, fortunately no one was injured and I just got a warning from the Police , dropped the car off at the dealership yesterday,I'm guessing that it'll take a month to...
  7. AmericanEagle575

    Wouldn't you know..............

    Well as my Radio Friends might remember,Dad and I went on vacation this past week to visit the Flight 93 Memorial for a couple days and had a wonderful time together, we come home on Wednesday the 27th, everything is still good,Thurs or Friday Dad gets sick,thought it was just a really bad head...
  8. AmericanEagle575

    Well it Came.......

    Finally received (no pun intended, LoL ) my brand new Uniden Home Patrol 536,Can't wait to set it up!! Steve
  9. AmericanEagle575

    Thinking about buying a new digital Police scanner!!

    Good Morning, well I'm thinking about purchasing a new scanner for my Radio Desk and I have my choices narrowed down between 2: 1: Uniden Home Patrol 536 Base or 2: Uniden Home Patrol 2 Would appreciate info, opinions, pro's and Cons on each from anyone who has one or has owned one in the...
  10. AmericanEagle575

    Siro 2008

    Well my New Siro 2008 finally came today,now just waiting for a Nice Stretch of warm weather and in-between my work schedule to get this up and running!!
  11. AmericanEagle575

    New Base antenna on the way!

    Good afternoon, just ordered a Siro 2008 to replace the antron 99 I currently have on a five foot mast located on top of roof of my House,hoping to install it during the summer time when it gets warmer!!! From what I hear and have read,it's a better performer than the 99 overall,will be curious...
  12. AmericanEagle575

    Mounting Base station CB antenna

    Thinking about in the summer when the weather is nice,of moving my antron 99 from the vent pipe where I currently have it mounted,to getting a 3 foot heavy duty roof tripod and moving towards a higher part of the roof. The question is: how high of a mast can I safely use without having to use...
  13. AmericanEagle575

    Just ordered a Delta M2 desk mic.......

    Good Morning Radio Friends,. Well since I just rearanged my base setup,of course I felt I needed to add a New mic, LoL, Seriously though I read the reviews on it and it seems like a good mic,but I wanted to hear from any forum members who have this Mike and have used it, your thoughts please,I...
  14. AmericanEagle575

    Changed up my base setup!!

    Well I finally got a bigger table and was able to make some changes on how things were set-up in my Shack!! Hope all of my Radio friends out there have a Merry Christmas from my Family to your's!! AE# 575
  15. AmericanEagle575

    Just ordered a desk mic for my Ranger 2995DxCF!

    Good evening Radio folk's, Just ordered a brand new astatic 878DM for my base station, pretty good price I thought off eBay,looking forward to getting it on Friday!!!
  16. AmericanEagle575

    Brand New Base Set up

    Well Radio Friends, after being under the Weather last week, finally got the time tonight to set up the new base station!! Checked the Swr using the built-in meter and it came up 1.0 on channel 1& 1.1 on channel 40,so I was happy with that,it's nice having everything in one Base unit so to...
  17. AmericanEagle575

    Question about microphones and the Ranger2995DxCF!

    Hello Radio Friends, well I got me a question concerning which mic I should use with my new radio,in the past I have used on my Galaxy Saturn ( back in the 90's) and my Ranger 2950 current base set up( haven't set up the new Rig,still in the box as I was under the weather for almost a week and a...
  18. AmericanEagle575

    Just ordered a brand new Ranger 2995Dx CF off eBay!

    Well Radio Friends,I finally decided to get a new base station,been looking at the Ranger 2995DxCF for sometime now( reminds me of the Galaxy Saturn base station I used to have back in the 90's starting out in the hobby) it came with free shipping and will already be converted and tuned for 11...
  19. AmericanEagle575

    New year,new radio set up kinda

    Well Radio Friends,as you can see I switched out the Uniden 980 and got the Ranger working as my new Base Radio!! Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Blessed New Year!! AE# 575 listening on 27.385 LSB...................... Steve