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  1. c316buckeye

    Any Airband Enthusiasts?

    uniden bct7, factory single wire with suction cups on the inside of window. picks up pretty good. base and mobile. sds200 is used for trunking in my county, it rarely goes anywhere else
  2. c316buckeye

    Feeler Post : Looking for Palomar Skipper / Cobra / Galaxy 200 or 350 XL amplifier or its variants.

    this was pulled from a junk pile, tech got it workin. has at least 5 hours of talk time since. long winded, driving with 2-3w ssb and getting just shy of 100. glued 4 minifans together for when i start a qso. no noise or rf, temp stays under 100°. you must have found it on ebay when i wasn't...
  3. c316buckeye

    Home Radioddity QT80 HF Radio Review

    got a few hours on it now, having problem with driver on my 12 year old laptop, so still running without programming. it makes me miss the k-po dx5000 when moving around. the stock mic sounds good enough to keep, so changing frequency isn't bad. i appreciate all the info folks have posted on...
  4. c316buckeye

    Small station

    how's the radio room doing? conditions have been great lately
  5. c316buckeye

    A friend's station work in progress.

    Mr Radio man doesn't wait for conditions. if he can't find some, i expect he makes his own.
  6. c316buckeye

    curious coax cable (answered)

    that's some fine research and digging you did. seems to be a great price for some dang heavy coax
  7. c316buckeye

    curious coax cable (answered)

    many thanks and welcome to the forum. a friend got 2 fifty foot chunks, he used it without issue on his base edit: the original swr problem was tracked down and determined not to be the coax. i should have posted that
  8. c316buckeye

    Feeler Post : Looking for Palomar Skipper / Cobra / Galaxy 200 or 350 XL amplifier or its variants.

    check your local Craigslist or that facebook? sometimes on that ebay, i sort by distance and stuff right down the road shows up that i didn't see before. due to lack of tech around here, got a new carl built c80. bout close as i could find to what we are both looking for. bout 275 for a new...
  9. c316buckeye

    11 meter is very quiet?

    was camping on 555 and heard Maine @ 5pm(est). went to 36lsb and made a whole bunch of contacts to the northeast in a half hour before they disappeared. got 1st contact to Suriname and Hawaii earlier today. all conditions, well under triple digits. take time, patience, and the right conditions...
  10. c316buckeye

    S meter modification

    https://cbtricks.org/radios/k_po/dx_5000/ downloaded an application for looking at a pdf. not the slightest idea which part of the schematic to find where to connect 2 wires to. couple bucks above my pay grade
  11. c316buckeye

    Schottkey diode/transistor opinions

    as for getting rid of the noise, there are a few different external NRC devices that (according to reviews) do a great job at least calming that down. for lack of knowledge, can you do the hi-cut mod? no idea what that consists of, but lots of people love it
  12. c316buckeye

    Schottkey diode/transistor opinions

    *please note the other modifications available from a certain cb sales .com
  13. c316buckeye

    Schottkey diode/transistor opinions

    the technician i consult is in the hospital or i could ask him the specifics. he advised against it, not because he couldn't do the mod or that the mod didn't work, but he said they "weren't good for the radio". wish i could help more. had a 94hp with them, s1 on ssb & AM, never a problem...
  14. c316buckeye

    Reclaim LSB 16

    looks promising
  15. c316buckeye

    11 meter is very quiet?

    conditions have been like wild mustangs since the x1.1 flare. wide open or nothin
  16. c316buckeye

    Reclaim LSB 16

    bad habit of mine. meant no offense by it. i have learned enough to make contacts on 26.555lsb/27.455usb. very nice folks.
  17. c316buckeye

    11 meter is very quiet?

    my apologies, Mr 226. i was in the mobile in a snow storm. tried to qsy to 560usb, thought you said 360, then you got cut down by others. flipped between 560 and 360 usb and lsb many times trying to catch you without going in a ditch, but no luck. your radio was sounding good as always in...
  18. c316buckeye

    What year and why did you get into the Radio Hobby?

    5 yrs old, parents had a boombox that could tune in some sw. lived on top of a hill. was very interesting to hear voices that were in the air all around me, just had to get the right device to listen. 1995, found a 23ch in the barn. put power to it, popped a fuse. put a bigger fuse in line, POP...
  19. c316buckeye

    11 meter is very quiet?

    i have been between 16lsb, 35lsb, and 40usb for 3hrs and have heard nothing but people speaking (spanish) and AM