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    Channels to check for dxing into Europe.

    most african and european and orient stations i have made contact with was on 27.555usb, considered the international calling frequency
  2. M

    Channels to check for dxing into Europe.

    nope, when england got ssb they decided on channel 27, because 28 being used for am dxing,, Country Frequency Channel UK 27.275 27 USA 27.385 38 INT 27.385 38
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    Channels to check for dxing into Europe.

    channel 27 is the uk sideband calling channel
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    11 meter is very quiet?

    couple of nights ago at 2 am made a short contact with a fellow 10 miles south of santa ago chile, on channel 19,, from where i am at here in florida about a 4300 mile trip,,, oh and barefoot tram d300 doing 3 watts in to a patriot a99 clone about 30 feet up in air,,,
  5. M

    The CB whip HAM "J" Antenna

    ar2x is what is now a days, i have the original ar2b from the 1980s bought at swap meet for 10 bucks,,
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    The CB whip HAM "J" Antenna

    just a cut up 102 whip into a j pole,, seen it done before, i have a j pole made from tubing and circut board, have made them with copper tubing and made a 11 meter jpole,, they work but with lobes every where,,, i will stay with my ancient cushcraft
  7. M

    need help. icom ic 208h has low voltage

    have you done a partial or full reset? sometimes that is all that is needed,,,
  8. M

    Reclaim LSB 16

    the cheasapeke bay to florida duct open nearly every night, 112 robert on the bay most nights,, other than that quiet every where else,,
  9. M

    New guy test

    50 52 it doesnt matter it is too close,, also,,,, i have the first generation washington when it was a president,, here is a site to help tell when president and uniden split,, https://www.qsl.net/kf6foz/transitional/transitional.html
  10. M

    Roll Call

    was working on a ranch in early 70s,, had cb in all trucks and tractors, they were using executives and generals,,, 5 channel and 6 channel with tunable reciever
  11. M

    Teaberry model t mic

    white 1 shield 3 blue 4 red 2 black and yellow not used,,
  12. M

    Rare President D104 Is this really a thing???

    back in the day yes there was a president d 104 with a tug 8 stand,,, it was the matching setup for the ike madison and washington and one more that has left my mind,, president and dak both did it,,,
  13. M

    Reclaim LSB 16

    so far just some spanish on am but still listening on lsb
  14. M

    Galaxy Saturn problem

    my galaxy 2527 audio was messing up,l intermittent a lot, turned out it was the mike socket, it seems on galaxy big black box radios the mke plug socket is held in place withjust one screw, that is the ground, i took faceplate off like the galaxy tech said to do and reflow the solder joints on...
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    Reclaim LSB 16

    couple of days ago made a contact via the east coast ducting at 10 30 pm to dave in chesapeke bay area,, been quiet so much here,,, thursday weather service said a mass ejection from sun will give auroras,, so expect conditions to get lively,,,
  16. M

    Texas star dx 350 hdv staying keyed up after transmission.

    it happened to me with agalaxy 350, changed the jumper to a longer length 4 feet and it stop the oscillation,,,
  17. M

    Does anybody else hear the chatter on channel 9?

    channel 9 is the world wide spanish speaking channel now,, here in florida all day and night long very busy,,,
  18. M

    Hy gain Vlll mods

    back in the day most guys just got a hygain 675 vfo and kit to wire in and cut the "yellow" wire to use vfo in transmit,,,
  19. M

    New to the site, somewhat new to radio. SWR question.

    as long as ya stay on the same band as the antenna is set for ya ok