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  1. M

    Can't believe the dummy load prices!!

    nostalgia,,,, my first dummy load back in early 70s was a 100 watt light bulb and light socket , probably just a few dollars but worked for 4 watt cb radios,,,,, i also later had the pl259 and bayonet bulb dummy
  2. M

    Ah the good old days

    radio shack sold back in 1978 a antenna that they called .64 crossbow, i came across one that had the circuit board loading coil burnt and built a new coil for it works great,,,,
  3. M

    Ah the good old days

    thee .64 is what i have now,, of course some one in its past burned up the circuit board loading coil but i made a new one that will probably do 1k now,,,, any one watch young sheldon? he seems struck on going to radio shack for parts and computers.....
  4. M

    Crystal failure?

    years ago,,, we would come across that problem,, sometimes just heating the crystal up but not the solder joints would bring it back,,, man many years ago,,,,,,
  5. M

    Best Mobile AND Best Base antenna for 2m

    my opinion? hustler cgt 144 for mobile,,, it can be used on 10 meters too,, note that most base loaded 5/8 wave 2 meter can be used for 6 meter work also,,, base? cushcraft arx2b
  6. M

    Reclaim LSB 16

    made it thru to wdx163 mike a lot of noise and now just a lot of spanish stations on am,,,,,,my old tram d300 and a99 clone palomar 75 and d104 mike,,,
  7. M

    CB Tricks site UPDATES/THREAD MERGERS

    https://cbtricks.org/ try this
  8. M

    Need Coax advice for mobile antenna

    i have for 25 plus years have a gull wing tool box with a antenna mount in the center, a hustler c 32 ball converted to a so239 a amphenol 90 degree into rg213 9 feet long to my amp and from amp to radio a 6 foot rg8x works for me swr is 1.3 or better from 26.5 to 27.70 the antenna is a...
  9. M

    STARDUSTER M 400 Assembly help.

    yes the mounting pole has to be metal ,, it is part of the antenna system and if i remember right it had to be at least 10 feet long or more
  10. M

    Uniden President Washington

    https://www.qsl.net/kf6foz/transitional/transitional.html sounds like that is a hacked up radio
  11. M

    2m ground plane kit on automobile

    its is just like a dual band antenna works 2 meter and 10 meter, i have mine mounted on fender and when i want 10 meter i just swap out my icom to my uniden 2600,,swr 28300 to 28500 below 1.5
  12. M

    2m ground plane kit on automobile

    and it will load on 10 meters too,,,,,,
  13. M

    Reclaim LSB 16

    last 2 hours and nothing but am stuff 5 15 pm 2 12 23
  14. M

    Antenna Specialist StarDuster II M 800

    well my 2cents,,, if i remember right the antenna specialist m 400 starduster could be used on 2 meters also,, 144mhz to 148mhz,,, been so long ago,,,
  15. M

    Rarest cb / export you’ve owned

    might not be rare but dont see many,, i just got my tram d300 back from being repaired, man i love it, took out my cobra 142 gtl and put tram in its place, ancient turner +3 and getting good reports back,,
  16. M

    President Washington

    https://www.qsl.net/kf6foz/transitional/transitional.html
  17. M

    Rarest cb / export you’ve owned

    i have 2 diamond 60s one stock the other with 23 channel up and 23 channels down and the clarifier straped to go up 1/2 channel and down 1 channel,,
  18. M

    Reclaim LSB 16

    channel 22?? i thought the idea was to "reclaim 16lsb"