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    Help with HRD Please

    Mike: The Prolific junk does not work with HRD. I had the same problem when first trying to hook my 746 Pro to HRD. You need the FTDI USB driver. (Google is your friend). If the cable has the Prolific chip in it...toss it. It won't work either. There are various places on the net...
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    Gen. Lee: Where to buy?

    Sparky's....definitetly Sparky's... I bought a General Lee from them a little over a year ago. I also had the Top Gun modulators installed...have had nothing but awesome compliments about the radio. Please spare me all the graphs and testing readouts about the Top Guns...they do work as...
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    License Upgrade Question

    There can be any number of reasons for the delay. The most probable cause is a typo or info error on your CSCE form or when the VEC input your information to the FCC office that person may have submitted something other than what is in the database. In other words things aren't matching as...
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    Passed tech exam today

    Congratulations...your journey into the weird world of amateur radio has just begun. Doc is dead on!!!! Bite the bullet and go to Hamtestonline.com and do the general section...it is not that hard...and while your at it you may as well bust the extra tests as well. Hamtestonline.com is...
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    Icom 746 Pro Manual Notch Button

    The manual notch button/switch on my 746 Pro has stopped working. No 'click' to be had when pressing and releasing the button. Before I get too carried away I need some input on the first steps on repairing the issue. I am thinking it may be a sticky switch (or at least hope it is!) and...
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    eBay rip offs post em up

    Ebay EVERYTHING on Ebay is somebody elses discards. Either there is something wrong with it...or they do not anything about it...or it is some piece of junk they picked up along the way and think they can sell it on Ebay for a profit. Ebay is a place to stay away from for all intents and...
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    Question regarding license upgrade

    You can also contact the VEs that administered the test. They in turn can contact the regional VE coordinator who seems to have direct access to the FCC. The VEs messed up my name on the original CSCE...a short email to the VEs...and they emailed the VE coordinator (or whatever the postion is...
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    My first radios

    You can set up an antenna anywhere. The trick is deciding WHAT antenna to use. There are many styles of applications. I suggest you consider making your own. Nothing quite like making your own dipole...and they are easy to make and CHEAP!!!... This will get you into the hobby hip...
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    General Lee from Sparky.

    Morons..they're everywhere!!! Everything posted above is BS!!!... I usually avoid these kinds of assinine posts...but it just annoys the daylights out of me when someone posts something they have absolutely no clue about... I own a GL from Sparkys with the TGs. First off...Sparkys...