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    WHERE TO SEND AN OLDER AMERITRON FOR REPAIR

    Hams and their hateful remarks when it comes to any question that enrages them that a unlicensed 11 meter op can somtime buy the same 12k hf rig and yse it in 11 meters and talk on a new one everyday of the week .i dont get hams tgat spend their entire day jamming 38lsb all the while saying...
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    WHERE TO SEND AN OLDER AMERITRON FOR REPAIR

    Ehy wouldent a cheap russian 509 be an easy conversion?
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    cb radio base station antenna question

    Well i have had a few a99s and only 1 imax and never saw much difference when i thought my rx would be better right off the bat,when going from a99 to maxx2000.then tx test with both about 35 miles out same.i put up a spt 500,a sirio 2016,and a old new stock cr-1 cushcraft and had way less noise...
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    cb radio base station antenna question

    Limited and rescricted here.the a99 and the imax have underachieved for me.its probaly my location.both of those at around 35 feet are ok for local. (Wich i have zero interest in) and my 20 doller dr. Dipole,a wavelenth up horzt.outguns both on dx out past 1000 miles.from east coast into europe...
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    A Dipole for your CB Base Station?

    Old link i see but i outgunned many a 5/8thwave vertical and most every 1/2 wave vertical esp the a99 type.i even hung in eith small beams with my fictor dipole up 36 feet horizontal between 2 trees.i put big signals into europe and most of the world with a old kenwood 450sat 100 watts back in...
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    Dr. Dipole question

    I dont talk local and still dont understand the hate you get when your talking all around europe from va but stations in texas an cali are calling you an hour.and old kenwood 450sat and 940sat and even a ranger 2970 im in a good spot i guess and also no beams or verts allowed jus a hidden fmdr...
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    Dr. Dipole question

    I used a dr. Dipole during the end and 2nd peak of cycle 24 2013 2014 and even 2015 i worked all of europe and the u.k scotland an irland italy on a daily basis.probaly 4000 miles or more with 100 watts an the dr dipole horizontal about 20 feet up and even had trees all around it.i blew away...
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    Base Ar 10 wipes the floor with a99

    Well i get this alot for the spelling and the rambleing of topics i get the same on youtube.spell check is not auto on my android an i dont have time to go back to fix them.i have used a stopwatch to check my own stuff.i can type about 170 words on this tiny keyboard with my gigantic ex boxer...
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    ASTROPLANE best vertical antenna ever?

    0 db gain dipole i made for 10 bucks outalking almost every vertical and quad beams.now this was one day.but if va is hearing europe i put big signals in there from va frustating licals on imax 2000s at 80 feet running giant amps.at about 30 feet horizontal inbetween trees with a open hole east...
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    ASTROPLANE best vertical antenna ever?

    Iall i know is on may 7th i talked 11 countries in europe over 500 contacts into germany poland irland england swedan italy france the ukraine.i held 5.9 copies for over 7 hours well into the am hours there and smoked almost all stateside states including va on nothing but a.homade 1/2 wire.i...
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    Base Ar 10 wipes the floor with a99

    Replaced my a99 up about 38 feet in top a oak tree.with no radials on 5 foot of mast with no ground plane kit i did fairly well talked most of the world with 400 watts peak power in 2014 with great cycle 24 conditions.i recently put a aluminum ar 10 ringo in the same spot and my rx got much...
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    38 LSB "Day after Day after Day"..biggest loser on the air.

    Im 388 waving my hand day after day on a short tusty long wire or im in my shortbus portable.they call me special ed the shortbus driver in va.