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I'm looking at buying a working Tektronix 453 oscilloscope. No probes included though. What would you gentlemen suggest as an inexpensive replacement? (Less than $50 shipped ideally) I know you can get a Chinese 10x probe for $10, but I'm a little leery about the quality.

This is the Yaesu FT-270R. It is the bigger cousin to the FT-250R, and carries a few different features from it. The FT270R is absolutely rugged. It's made out of an extremely solid aluminum construction, and because of this, it has some heft to it. It weighs in at 13.8 ounces with antenna...

1990 Honda CRX HF 225,000 miles 55 mpg 102" whip in a Hustler C31 ball, no spring MFJ-1728B 5/8 wave 2m (1/4 wave 6m) I plan to ditch the craptastic yellow fogs and replace them with some Hella 500 fog (flood-type) lights. There's a 23ch SSB Midland in there right now with a...

Boom length is almost 18 feet. Here's some pictures. Neighbor has had it sitting in her basement since the early 80s. I have no idea what this is, or if it goes with.

I picked up a GE 40ch off craigslist for a whole dollar. Long story short, it appears some monkey blew the power protection diode. Makes sense though, because the included 12vdc power cord was chopped and unlabeled. I need the schematic so I can inspect to make sure no other damage was...

I've had my Maco V58 + Diamond F23 on the roof for a while. I finally got around to running a proper ground however. I've had an 8 foot by 5/8" copper-clad rod drove into the ground, but I kept forgetting to get the wire. Well, I was at menards, and I figured why not. I picked up some 6...

Figured we should lump this all into one thread. Top contacts of today: Moorea Island, Aruba, Costa Rica, Caymans 5-9+10, and I couldn't break the pileup :sad: : ZS1ZY, Des, W.South Africa And a lot of uninteresting contacts in there. Very active skywave propagation today!

Alright, so I got ahold of a Rohn AX/BS tower. Surveyor is coming on Friday to mark underground utilities. Once I decide how to do the base, and finish resurfacing the metal, I'm putting this beast up. It's a 40 ft tower, that's rated for 6 sq ft of antenna wind load. The only thing I...

Has anybody tried one of these setups yet? Radio-Tone Duplex repeater controller VX-170 FT-270 new - eBay (item 220665534862 end time Oct-06-10 08:32:52 PDT) VHF 6 CAVITY DUPLEXER for radio repeater N connector - eBay (item 220671339737 end time Oct-18-10 12:50:01 PDT) Seems like a...

I purchased my FT270r from Ham Radio Outlet (hamradio.com) in early February. I bought it, think I was buying an absolutely bulletproof radio, that was water impregnable. Well, I guess I was wrong. I checked and tighted all the connections, and made sure the battery was clipped in...

Well, when I bought my 2m base antenna, the seller decided to throw in this radio with it. It's a Motorola Mocom-10 Low band. I plugged it in, it appears to function. If I turn the squelch off, it produces static, and if I key up, I hear a kerchunk and it appears to draw quite a...

Passed my Tech exam on 21st of March. 6th of April, still no callsign. Who do I grouch to? Do I just call the FCC directly? -Richard-

YouTube - HAM + CB Roof Antenna Tripod Install Does everything look okay so far? Yes, I know I went nuts with the roofing sealant on the bolts... :whistle: 3ft antenna tripod, lag bolted (3/8"x2") into 2x4s on the other side of the roof to help distribute the load, so it's not just...

Decided to try to make my own 11m dipole. Used an SO239 "Tee", and 2 x 239 fittings. I split 16ga lamp wire down the middle. Each leg is 103.25". I soldered one side to the center signal fitting, and the other to the outer ground fitting. So then I went to check the SWR before I hung it...

Well, I had enough with getting walked over like crazy and my range being terrible, even with a 102" whip. So, I decided to do the EKL 40w mod. Now, I don't have TX or RX. When I first turned the radio on, it had feedback through the speaker (LOUD!) for about 3 seconds, then shut off...

Hello, I'm pretty not new to CB radios, but I am new to fixing them. I got a Cobra 29 LTD Classic off of a friend of mine. It powered up okay, the display only works on bright, but I didn't think it was a huge problem. I tested it a spare antenna and with my existing car rig (Cobra 19...