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  1. Shadetree Mechanic

    Bias Is Really Just B(ia)S

    I think it might have something to do with the distance of the DX. Several years ago, somewhere on this site, someone was talking about this, but with AM. They were saying that the scratchy overmodulation seems to go away with distance. I run a Cobra 148 as a dedicated station monitor, with...
  2. Shadetree Mechanic

    11 meter is very quiet?

    Not much here, an occasional loud station that I can hear. The rest are way down in the grass, but I can still hear them because my noise floor is s1. It used to be s5 to s7, so I am enjoying it while it lasts...
  3. Shadetree Mechanic

    Cereal motors and parallel universes part deux

    Here is some neat stuff for small motor applications. https://www.mltoys.com
  4. Shadetree Mechanic

    Cereal motors and parallel universes part deux

    I have seen big three phase motors (100hp+) that switch from Y to Delta as they wind up. Used simple timer modules to switch big contactors. My kids power wheels jeep had a setup like that. Series for slow and parallel for fast. When I put a 12v battery in it, I wired them in parallel...
  5. Shadetree Mechanic

    HTX-10 freq expansion with resistor?

    This guy might be able to help, I found his website a while back. I am not affiliated with him and have never used his services, it might be good to email him just to see what he says...
  6. Shadetree Mechanic

    Cobra 135 XLR with DDS installed with TX/RX issue HELP needed

    It might be so wide banded that the sensitivity is reduced?
  7. Shadetree Mechanic

    Anytone AT 5000

    Engineering Service Mode: - Use at your own risk. - Some settings need input from test equipment. If you access a parameter that needs an input from test equipment and you have nothing hooked to the radio, the parameter is set to zero and you now have a door stop. - Hold the knob and Mode...
  8. Shadetree Mechanic

    Galaxy radios is dead

    The Super Star 3900 looks like the Ares 2.
  9. Shadetree Mechanic

    Galaxy radios is dead

    Is the Superstar 676 made by Anytone?
  10. Shadetree Mechanic

    Anytone AT 5000

    I just checked, the three power levels are available in HAM mode.
  11. Shadetree Mechanic

    Anytone AT 5000

    With the white wire jumper in place, selecting HF will give you three power levels in the menu. High power will give you about 25w peak with a 7w carrier.
  12. Shadetree Mechanic

    Anytone AT 5000

    It's the bottom left button to back out of the menu, can't remember what it says. Strange that they relisted it, still being sold by Anytone. Maybe my review was too revealing? I had updated my review with a link to this thread, then when I was waiting for the update to go through, it was...
  13. Shadetree Mechanic

    Eightwood RG400

    Just read the reviews, one guy runs 2Kw through it on a regular basis. I saved it to my list for future purchases.
  14. Shadetree Mechanic

    Anytone AT 5000

    A disc capacitor donated a leg, I stuck it in the holes. Hold Function and turn it on to select HF mode. Afterwards, you can pull the white wire jumper out. I already had the pin jumper to the left, might make a difference. Might not.
  15. Shadetree Mechanic

    Anytone AT 5000

    Here is a picture of the board, the white line on the board between the two holes is where the white wire would be.
  16. Shadetree Mechanic

    Anytone AT 5000

    Attached is the information I got from the seller. I still haven't found the programing file, not even on the Anytone website yet. I also tried adding the white wire, and now can select between HF, Ham and CB. Hold Function on power up. Here is a picture of my serial number. Maybe this was a...
  17. Shadetree Mechanic

    Texas star 500v let out the smoke

    If you found a ball of solider causing problems, it might be a good idea to pull the boards out to make sure there isn't one underneath. I have heard of that happening. If the transistors are all the same temperature, then I would say that they are all working. A dead one will be cold. So if...
  18. Shadetree Mechanic

    Texas Star DX 350 HDV Input SWR

    Bump for someone looking for information.
  19. Shadetree Mechanic

    SWR before linear

    Unfortunately cb amps sometimes are not optimized and get put together with what is on hand. I have had this problem with my 350 when I first got it, the fix is to change the input tune capacitor. Thread 'Texas Star DX 350 HDV Input SWR'...