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  1. lonestarbandit

    Mobile Ham operations banned?

    Yes.Troll the police into pulling over then whoopsie, no radio. Could definitely see that happening. Then watch the police tear his vehicle apart on the side of the road looking for said radio..... whoopsie both ways lol
  2. lonestarbandit

    Mobile Ham operations banned?

    Well with the new pushed forward legislation, cars computers and cameras and internal microphones from ostensibly safety and convenience tech packages that spy on you and report back to data centers that recycle your information to insurance companies etc (govt too if course if said entities...
  3. lonestarbandit

    Tornado again

    Yeah they likely won't but I'll try.
  4. lonestarbandit

    MFJ to stop Building

    If I spent 9k on an amplifier my wife might hit me with said brick and walk away....they are pretty though. https://www.ebay.com/itm/166733204281?mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5336136228&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1
  5. lonestarbandit

    Is my tube soft..... very funny .... the AMP tube....

    I approve this message as it means I succeed by doing nothing lol
  6. lonestarbandit

    Tornado again

    I have not tried the Y quad. Due to a small rotor I have used a VQ3 destroyed by wind, and two smaller v quads 1 by a near miss tornado and one by straight line winds. For my available mounting area the vquad is only thing that both fits and gives gain of a 3 element. If the weather Gods would...
  7. lonestarbandit

    Tornado again

    Thanks Brother.
  8. lonestarbandit

    Tornado again

    It turned my vquad into a pretzel....thats the 3rd one..... sigh. Hope I can get insurance to cover it.
  9. lonestarbandit

    Tornado again

    Well not really. Wind loading right? Not much surface area on Imax? Also was a lot of heavy debris being thrown around... the mail box may have been hit by some.
  10. lonestarbandit

    Tornado again

    IMAX survived. Tornado rated!
  11. lonestarbandit

    MFJ to stop Building

    Yes if no one picks up and carries on with Ameritron I mean who else is there at that price point....
  12. lonestarbandit

    Is my tube soft..... very funny .... the AMP tube....

    I know I was answering Lids comment about it looking cooked its just very dark brown lol. I have a brand new one to swap in some day but as I just took a direct hit from a tornado I'm not too worried about the amp atm lol
  13. lonestarbandit

    Tornado again

    Whelp beams wreaked. Again. This time tornado hit us dead on. Touched down in my yard. Wrecked all my neighbors and some of me. Im under the funnel. Luckily my roof stayed on unlike my neighbors. Fence, trees, beam and other propery destroyed. Luckily I was herding wife, 4 cats and a pitbull...
  14. lonestarbandit

    Is my tube soft..... very funny .... the AMP tube....

    Oh on the anode? No its one of those old dark brown bakealite things...
  15. lonestarbandit

    Is my tube soft..... very funny .... the AMP tube....

    Yes I was just thinking about that. Sad to see them go. I just sent them an inquiry on the tank coil.
  16. lonestarbandit

    Is my tube soft..... very funny .... the AMP tube....

    Ah. I purchased it used dont know much about its history. Thanks for the direction Lid. I will leave well enough alone.
  17. lonestarbandit

    Is my tube soft..... very funny .... the AMP tube....

    I did notice one thing, other than extremely dirty inside of this amp which I did clean up some.... I do not think my tank coil, that is my tank coil right, is supposed to look like this? And is there any way to clean it without harming it to remove whatever that is ...oxidation, scorching...
  18. lonestarbandit

    MFJ to stop Building

    Wow. I had to send back a brand new MFJ 986 tuner that essentially self destructed on 1st key with my amp.... I just recently came across a used one at a silent keys estate sale for 150 bucks and took a gamble and it works perfectly! Thus I can appreciate they have had some quality issues but...