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So I was sitting in the radio room today deciding on what my next project will be. As I was looking at my previous homebrew switch box i decided since ill be putting up an Astro-Plane for local talking and still running a Pdl-2 for dx. Why not make a remote switch box so i don't have to...

Does any one have a Cobra CA-72 they can open up and take a couple of pictures for me? I am having a problem with mine as it seems like its got to much gain on it, picks up to much back ground noise causing it to squeal pretty bad. The mike worked perfect one day and then the next it...

So i know it would be easier to just buy a couple of audio transformers rated 600 ohm in 600 ohm out 1.1 ratio. I like learning as much as i can as far as home brewing goes. Does anyone have a good site to look at that explains more on winding transformers? All the sites I've come...

I've been trying my hand at building an antenna switch box. So far its working. But when i have it inline my swr goes up to 1.7 -2.0.. With out it inline the needle barely moves across the 40 channels. How I've got it constructed is by using a 2x3 plastic project box. I've used...

eSoftAnywhere DSP & More Was just wondering if any one has tryed this program out? I've worked with it a little bit tonight but cant seem to get it figured out. Seems like a pretty interesting program if i could get it figured out. Check it out and tell me what you think or if you...

Ok just sitting here thinking about what the rules are for cw,, is it a no no to tx cw on 11m or can you legally do it?

Howdy folks, been thinking about going up higher with my Pdl 2. Right now to the very top of the antenna, I'm at 36 feet from the ground. Was thinking about going another 15 feet higher. will going higher be better as far as skip goes or will it be pretty much just better for local talking...

Ok I'm trying to rewire the 9/19 switch to work right in this ltd classic. I've looked at a few schematics with no luck of were the wires go on the board and the selector board. Does anyone have a good picture of where the wires go and what the points are numbered In a 2000 china made ltd...

Just an idea that came to thought the other day, would it be possible to make something like a 3 el yagi or dipole antanna for a Gmrs radio, if so how big or how small would it be?

How much would a midland 76-858, its in good conditiond, just wonder what a good asking price would be for it. thanks Mark

Its just been too quiet up here in northern minnesota, got a pdl 2 up in the air now, there has been no skip for some time now, hope the conditions get a little bit better, what are some good listening channels for upper and lower cb channels, the cobra 2000 gtl im running now, some one had...

what is the going rate for an Astroplane? its around 3 years old, it was bought from Copper before they quit making them, no bent tubes, everything is there, minus coax and mast, i have one im planning on selling, and dont know what to ask for it, i wont want to list higher then what they go...

Well tomorrows the big day, I went and picked up a free PDL II from a gentlemen that had no need for it any more, so tomorrow i plan on putting it up and seeing how it works out for me, only gonna run vertical on it for the time being until i can get another coax and a switch box, but even with...

well it seemed that minnesota had a pipe line to Hawaii today, i made a hit out there, my buddy north of me made 3 hits and a buddy west of me made a hit out of his mible, so all in all it was a good day for us, weve been hearing more and more every day it seems so it was bound to open up a...

ok so ive got 2 five foot stainless steel base loaded mag mount antennas laying around that i dont use, woudl it be possible to set them up and use both as a dipole antenna, i was thinking about running the setup vertical, so i was going to run the braided wire to the bottom antenna and the...

As the title says, Ive got a Golden Hooker 2 pill amp that a freind brought me, Ive had it for over 6 months and have not been able to find out what make and model it was,,,, until today,,, i was looking on ebay and came across another amp that is the same as what i have here, i went to google...

well today was a good day. Saved 3 working radios from being tossed in the dump. First were a Cobra 21 A 23 channel and a Hy-Gain III 40 channel. Second was a Uniden pc76xl 40 channel. On the first 2 the landlord was goiing through his garage and gound them sitting on the shelf> came to me...

Is there anyway to tune up a cobra 45wx handheld, i was digging around in some old boxes and found this laying in one of them,,, put freash batterys in and seems to work out good, just wondering if there was anything else i could do to it if its possible at all, seems someone has added channels...

Howdy. Mark here again. Got a question on a pc68 elite. I've looked and have come up empty handed. Does andone know what I need to do to tune up this radio? I've looked at cbtricks and defprom but no luck. Maybe some has a site they know of that has the info I'm looking for. But I'm not...

Made my first contact on skip about a week ago. I'm in northern Mn about 45 miles south of the Canada border. I hit south of Nashville Tn 37lsb. With my barefoot grant xl and a five foot stainless still whip. Not to shabby in my book. I didn't think it was possible to hit the skip lane...