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I have not tried them and do not think I even own one. If I do own one it would be a gift from Gatekeeper. I am not one to chase after max power out of a signal device. So the idea of the 2879C from HG has zero appeal to me since I own 16 or so of the their regular 2879 marked product. I am...

Yes I would agree. I am super polite on the radio not as Frank as I am on internet. Then again when I was on the CB in my early days you had Net Controllers and everything was family oriented. Trash was taken car of either with peer pressure, 20-30 good old boys or lots of letters to the FCC...

Previously I was going to do the 3x9 volt battery mod. I had been just using the 30V batteries since they where still available from Eveready and Excell but now not so much. They have also gotten expensive! Oh how I miss the days of RadioShack pre-cell phone and Chinese toys! I use this meter...

So my high voltage multi-meter is in fantastic shape but takes expensive often hard to find 30V batteries. I was thinking about using a DC-DC bucking transformer to either use a conventional 9V battery or use a cheap 12V powersupply to replace the 30V battery. While I grew up with Bakelite...

Now if we could have a cheap/affordable NRC/DSP that was plug and play, always on and in the audio chain for RX. The small DSP modules are too expensive and they require too much user input. Since it is not a linear or power mic and would likely not come in ark welding blue led's it would not...

THanks for the video!

Nope not everyone! I think electric blue LED's are a sign of trash and low value consumerism. Not as trashy as say Hunter Biden but close!! Blue light destroys your vision especialy night vision, it disrupts your sleep duration, quality and ability to get to sleep. I failed to mention it is...

It is a shame someone lost their life over swindling someone over a radio. Crime seldom pays off long term. It almost always draws like a magnet negative things into your life! When revenge is the order of the day fairness is seldom what comes your way! Now that he is dead I bet if he could...

Back when I drove a Toyota 4Runner and then latter on a Dodge Dakota Quad Cab I had an amp strapped to the back of my 2950. Today I would never put one on the back of a radio unless I had a huge space under the dash or on the top of the dash. Too darn hard to find a place deep enough to mount a...

I have only been saying this for maybe 20 years now. RCI needs to Shrink the RCI2950 down to the size of a Cobra 25-29 size but leave the front design alone. DSP for RX/TX audio, EQ built in RX/TX, user selectable audio band width, compression, selectable notch filter, hi cut, add 6m and give it...

Well it has been a long long time since anyone has brought this up. I think the problem was two fold. TO make it into a 2 piece antenna that would ship without oversized charges it was made too short. They lowered it's gain, changed the take off angle, and made it more prone to RFI especially...

Ebay, Temu, Albia and the like are not for the risk adverse. If you want zero risk than you have to accept much higher prices. Ebay and the like are not a sure thing it is like playing poker in the Wild West of what became America.

Yes but everything is made in China whats your point. Not all of it is junk. Granted it is not 1960-1980 HP or Tektronics or RCA etc...Most of the good stuff has been bought and sold so many times that the Good Stuff needs to be stripped down and rebuilt and certified. If you can even find the...

Oh and when you see people like Gatekeeper, BBi, DonkeyStomper, on and on and on hammering on an amp they just built or just repaired that is not an indication of how you should operate your gear. They are stress testing it to ensure it does not fail before it leaves the shop. There is also some...

It is no secret that I am not a fan of the 955. Not enough power to make most people that buy them happy and too much power to power most older and newer bipolar amps. Why because people always have an amp too small to be safely driven by it always! Not heard one person yet on this sight that...

Not in this case. They have made it too hard for your average golden screw driver type. People will just get an export radio like they have been doing for the last 30 years.

My power supply could handle more I am just a really conservative guy. So you think I should go bigger instead of 1x6 I should consider consider doing 8xMRF458 like the TenTec Hercules II or maybe 10 with a driver or two? I would still need a driver though. The TenTec Hercules II needed...

Love it "And remember, free advice is worth every penny you pay for it." I have 3 sons and the youngest two are 21 I know how free advice works! LOL You put a smile on my face with that gem of wisdom! The TS 667 was just a well known point of reference for desired power output with out driving...

So I have a bunch of MRF 458's and HG 2879's that I purchased long ago for $29 each around 16 or so of each. Most of them are matched pairs or matched quads. I think in my youth I was taught that low gain bipolars where not a problem if drive with a high gain transistors. In my youth high gain...

Ok so I do not feel comfortable working on my slantface Sears RoadTalker. It is fully functional and I am not looking for any mods just recap and alignment. My hands and soldering skills just are not up to this chassis! So is there anyone that has the skill and is taking work? I can...