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  1. Christopher17

    Any artist out there?

    been working flint for almost 40 years , frustrating hobby but has it's rewards, blacksmithing is pretty satisfying
  2. Christopher17

    Any artist out there?

    Don't draw or paint much anymore, still like to make things
  3. Christopher17

    eBay new payment system

    Strange, I've been a seller on eBay over 20 years, I have multiple items for sale at this time and have received no notification of any change of how money changes hands, I thought eBay owns pay pal? will look into this asap
  4. Christopher17

    Hy-Gain SPT 500 swr

    Top section
  5. Christopher17

    11 meter is very quiet?

    Static S-7/9 a week now, last log entry 3-1 QSO with Jamaica and Bahamas all the usual players several hours, had Guam, puetro rico, and South Africa coming in, unable to complete QSO with those 3 , all on 38LSB
  6. Christopher17

    11 meter is very quiet?

    Mauldroppers is where he said he was going after he had a tussel with admin here , maybe he is coming back at some.point
  7. Christopher17

    BIG PRAYERS TO MY RADIO BROTHERS AND SISTERS

    Sounds bad, we dodged the bullet here, had generator ready, was able to keep power and water going in spite of my house being under construction and new pipes not wrapped yet, lost a few trees and drive way was blocked for a week, we didn't need to go anywhere, Lt. Gov Patrick sent out an email...
  8. Christopher17

    Need fancy label maker suggestions

    I'm happy with my "Brother" lable maker, been using it for 10 years
  9. Christopher17

    Is everyone dead at the rci factory or what

    It's all across , businesses don't have product, gun store out of guns and ammo, the Kawasaki dealer out of UTVs, Stihl chainsaw dealers shelves are bare, lumber yards short of most everything, work is another subject..... blame the Asian flu, blame the election, doesn't really matter, the...
  10. Christopher17

    Best type of coax?

    I bought what I thought is the "good stuff" for my base station, DX Engineering RG8X and am not really happy with it , does some wierd swr things like the cheap mobil stuff, next coax purchase will be RG213
  11. Christopher17

    Another one bites the dust

    https://www.frys.com/
  12. Christopher17

    Sold as-is and No returns due to parts swappers

    Any where there is a free meal warthogs, coyotes, and buzzards are circling
  13. Christopher17

    11 meter is very quiet?

    Brief opening to South America and Caribbean yesterday noonish on 38lsb and up to 27.5550 USB fun while it lasted, still on the home brew 1/4 wave, ice storm over and melted already, 5/8 going back up in a week or so
  14. Christopher17

    11 meter is very quiet?

    Had several Florida stations and Carmine island in Mexico this morning 38lsb as well, ice storm already started, the 5/8 GP coming down after lunch, be back on the 1/4 wave for a week or so
  15. Christopher17

    If you're ever feeling a little stupid...

    been off facebook for a while now, lot of compensators on the technical pages no mater the subject
  16. Christopher17

    11 meter is very quiet?

    Spooky quiet, no S units, no static
  17. Christopher17

    Vintage Shure Brothers mic

    jumpered the transducers today to test sound quality, the Yaesu sounded great, nice rich tone , sideband was pegging the pep meter using my quiet voice, it had been replaced at some point evident by the crappy (failed) soldering attempt and what ever this is (mini-transformer?) was patched in...
  18. Christopher17

    Vintage Shure Brothers mic

    yard sale grab, think black one is to a Yaesu FT101 and the Shure Brothers is a GE EM25A, planning to wire them for cobra uniden 4 pin & see how they sound
  19. Christopher17

    11 meter is very quiet?

    Pile up most of the day, had California, British Columbia, north east states, and Jamaica all at the same time in central Texas