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Recent content by midnight special

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    dx italy

    2 45 am 027 milano italy into central florida channl 19 so strong a signal,, 49 tampa and a station in palm beach caught him too,,, then a weak station in france but unable to make contact then just as they came in they were gone,,,
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    Make a High Powered ( late 70's ) Radio Shack 5/8 ?

    it can be done with a coil mounted outside of the base ,, i have lost all pics of mine and the thread here on wwdx about where i got info on it pics no longer there,,, i used a radio shack .64 crossbow that some one burned the circuit board loading coil out, this not mine but it is simular...
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    New President Washington Mobile Radio?

    my first gen president washington came with a mobile mounting brackets
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    BEST STOCK UNAMPLIFIED CB HAND MIKE

    others have told me of all the mikes i have the turner +3b and the ssk sounds best on my pesident wshington and tram d300,, on my ratrodded ugly as heck 2 dollar yard sale special cobra 29 i think gtl, has had many face lifts,,, i run a probably 30+year old roadking telex/turner 56, they...
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    Old school President Washington 858 - 50w PEP?

    harmonics,, get a spectrum analyzer,,
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    is it a grant or cobra

    i have a grant xl,,, it has a heat sink on back over the finals,, finals are the right ones,,, but tag was moved to bottom cover i guess,,,my fault with setup is talkback switch put through top cover,,,
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    10 turn pot for Cobra 148GTL Clarifier ?

    i remember years ago ops putting 10 turn on ssb clarifiers but also putting a diode in radio somewhere to make it widebanded,,,,
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    Larson 3rd brakelight antenna mount

    my ford ranger i just took the brake light loose and drilled a hole and installed a mno mount and used a old speedo cable to run coax thru cab roof and pillar to behind seat,,, and because there was a slight lean back i bent the whip some to stand up,,,
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    Daiwa 901 meter issue

    as the joke in the tampa bay area heard when a radio goes south,, ya got a short in it,,,,,
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    Alternative to Channel 19

    1970s california channel 19 east/west 17 north south 19 west of missippi 10 east of,,,, been a long ago....
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    Dummy Load Question

    mfj loose screws/bolts solder joints need reflowed they say it is because mr jue uses mississipi state college kids,,,,
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    AM/FM/Car Stereo

    i always wanted a am/fm/sw for my car but just never throwed the bucks,,,
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    AM/FM/Car Stereo

    back in the day i had a kraco in dash cb/am/fm/cassette sold pickup it went with it,,, about 1980
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    D-104M6B wiring diagram for an ADI AR-147 or AR-146

    power mike is frowned upon use on this radio,, but by the notes i have white is pin one sheild is pin 7 black is pin 8 red is pin 2 yellow and blue not connected,,, and if i rmemeber right piin 5 is 8 volts hot,,, hope i got this down right it was from long ago,,,,