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Larry - Haven't ta;lked to you in many moons. Where have you been hangin' out ?? What's your contact freq. Love to hook up with you again. - J.J. 399

Whiteastro - I don't recall you saying how tall your antenna is. Antennas work best when the base of the antenna is at least one full wavelength above ground. 36' for 11 meters. Also Stardusters need a 10 foot steel mast below the antenna to function properly. If your setup meets these...

What surprised me was the distance a single LED light bulb can throw its inteference. Every light bulb in our farm house is an LED. I replaced all of the incandescent bulbs some time ago to reduce our electric bill. Keeping the lights in my shack/shop off when I'm on the radio knocked the...

Still thunderstorming from morning to night. But I don't think I missed anything since BC Coyote's Propagation screenshot showed not a single signal eminating from Colombia. - J.J. 399

whiteastro - Tried calling you all day on 38 & 40 but no dice. Pretty much dead, except for the ocassional QSO with a station who managed to break through. Late afternoon SouthEast corner (Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and both Carolinas.) Not much trafffic, so solid contacts. Early...

Use the TRC458 factory Service manual posted on this forum. Identical chassis no digital clock. Realistic TRC-458 FACTORY Service Manual - 399

I agree 100%. The 139XLR (Uniden 858SSb chassis) is by far the better of the two. It was only produced for 3 years ('76 - '78). I run a 139xlr that I bought new. Best Cobra base ever. Because it could be easily modified to exceed FCC limits for output power, modulation, and frequency range...

Now I understand why you have that Ammo can portable. With no doors not very secure. J.J.

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Good Dxin' today up until 2PM. Pretty much everywhere west of the Mississippi. 7 to 9 from every state. Even California. Shut down at 2pm to get some lunch, and when I got back around 3. . . Neg-Nada A little later our daily thunderstorm rolled in and it was disconnect the antenna time...

LSB - I feel your pain. Lost three antennas to a violent windstorm 10 years ago and just got back on the air this last July. The important thing is that no one was hurt, and the house only suffered minimal damage. God was with you. - J.J.

I have a Kenwood TS-430S transceiver that I want to have checked out and brought up to 100%. I looked at the Kenwood on-line site and checked for authorized repair . Their list of international repair centers has not been updated since 2003 and is worthless. I am looking for a company or an...

We.ve been using BAOFENG UV5R hand helds on our farm's base, both mobiles, and one for each of our workers. All bought in 2009. 9 total. The 5 used by our workers are pretty shabby looking, because life isn't harder on a radio then when it's hanging from a Colombian farm worker's belt all day...

I wonder what kind of mike he was using to test that radio. Some kind of "coffin" mike, but I couldn't read the brand. Definitely not the Anytone mike shown in the leadup photo to the video. - 399

We could have had a much longer QSO, but all the inconsiderate operators in Florida kept calling me and covering you up.

I have a bunch of CB hand mikes (about 20 or so) from various manufacturers. I want to test them for output and freq response to find the best performer for my voice. In the past I put a 600 ohm load across each mike output , and ran a 400 hz to 5khz audio sweep thru the mikes. Recorded each...

I was on in the late afternoon today from 4 - 5 pm. NADA !! Totally dead. I took a break for dinner and was back on the air at 6pm. The channels (36 & 37) were rockin'. Made several good QSOs until it died again around 7:30. - 399 J.J.

It poured down rain here all day. That and the lightning and thunder meant no radio. But based on what you guys posted, I didn't miss anything. - 399

Wally - I take two types of testo: Testoviron and Nebido. Both are injectable. Testoviron comes in a syringe and is good for one week. Cost about $5.00 US. Nebido is slow release and is good for a month. Cost $15.00 US. I use the Nebido mostly, but can only get it at pharmacies in Medellin. When...

I'm glad you understand, Wally. Getting old doesn't mean giving up. It just means that it's time to give your body more attention. If it cannot produce the hormones you need, inject them. I don't look my age, and neither does my wife. We both work hard to keep in shape, When we see other people...