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  1. Pete Fender

    RCI 2995dxfc amplifier

    @linearone I detect a bit of jealousy, as you only can afford a used Realistic 23 channel Radio Shack special.:cool:
  2. Pete Fender

    RCI 2995dxfc amplifier

    Mine is reading 24.0 to32.0 MHz. I don't know if the radio is wide banded enough to use it all.
  3. Pete Fender

    11 meter is very quiet?

    It comes and goes, it's always like that.
  4. Pete Fender

    Public SDR tuning a radio

    Every serious radio user, CB or Amateur, should have a frequency counter. I have a Dost TFC-3001, with Watts, SWR, modulation, and frequency counter. Usually, the person telling me I am off frequency is the one off frequency.
  5. Pete Fender

    Cobra 148 - modulates normally then goes nuts

    Some Cobras (Uniden) were made in Taiwan or Malaysia, they changed to 1/8 Watt components. The Filipino Cobras kept using 1/4 Watt resistors. Same with caps. Most capacitors were 16 Volt, but Filipino ones were rated 25 volt. All of them, after a long time, eventually "dry out," and fail. The...
  6. Pete Fender

    Cobra 148 - modulates normally then goes nuts

    Leave it idling for a while. That may ''wake up'' old components.
  7. Pete Fender

    Cobra 148 - modulates normally then goes nuts

    Those capacitors are over40 years old, if the radio has the mike jack on the left side of the case. Capacitors tend to dry out, the oil can dissipate. If it is one of the older ones, recapping the radio would only improve it. That's just my take on the problem you describe, it sounds like a bad...
  8. Pete Fender

    eBay new payment system

    The original question was, I believe, why eBay requests your Social Security number and other personal identification questions. While eBay is not a bank, Synchrony Bank bought certain financial aspects of financing.. You also must pay taxes as a seller, that comes as part of the sellers fee. As...
  9. Pete Fender

    eBay new payment system

    Before I answer that, I want my lawyer present.
  10. Pete Fender

    eBay new payment system

    Am I being questioned as a witness, or a suspect?
  11. Pete Fender

    eBay new payment system

    The sky is not falling, mankind is falling.
  12. Pete Fender

    eBay new payment system

    I believe in a clean radio signal, not conspiracy theories that prove false after stirring up a lot of paranoia. This "Great Reset" reminds me of the fear of FEMA Camps that we're supposed to be in right now. And the Great Ice Age that was predicted for the 1970's. Never happened!
  13. Pete Fender

    eBay new payment system

    I rarely use cash anymore, my debit card is easier to use. Kids working cash registers don't know how to make change. Be for the pandemic, several studies proved the yearly flu, ant the common cold (A corona virus, of a type) could live inside of currency. Do you really trust the dollar bill you...
  14. Pete Fender

    eBay new payment system

    This explains the set up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchrony_Financial
  15. Pete Fender

    eBay new payment system

    PayPal credit is Synchrony Bank, a subsidiary of GE. It is a real bank. It's the same info any other bank would ask for. So is Amazon card. And Home Depot, Lowe's, and others. https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/paypal-credit/faq
  16. Pete Fender

    Ranger made radios RT1 invasion

    Craig Barkett, at Barkett's Electronics, told me Toshiba is not going to make anymore 2879s. The RT1's are supposed to be heavied up, but the idea of LDMOS technology may be the best way to go. RCI would have to make a 50-60 Volt power supply, which I think can be done. You need a thick, solid...
  17. Pete Fender

    Ranger made radios RT1 invasion

    One LDMOS in all of these radios! The idea is sound, but in practice it would be near impossible.
  18. Pete Fender

    Ranger made radios RT1 invasion

    Allegedly, this is the way to go, just don't overdrive them... https://www.icamanufacturing.com/hg8m
  19. Pete Fender

    Ranger made radios RT1 invasion

    Also, the power wires were tight, no diode problems. Part of the MOSFET problem may be because of static. Tampa is the lightning capital of Florida, and I'm just off Tampa Bay. Our hockey team is called the lightnings, our area football team is the Tampa Storms. I'm not the only one with this...
  20. Pete Fender

    Chuck Norris does not need a linear amplifier, he exudes Wattage,

    Chuck Norris does not need a linear amplifier, he exudes Wattage,