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These claims are part of the CB myths, I had a big blow out argument with a guy about how his adjustable quarter wave had twice the audio as a loaded antenna......
I think Joe Gunn started this by listing antennas by the " Audio Gain "
Years ago......
Unicorn wank.
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Jeff
Yes they have, back in the early days we got a big red and white ( International Harvester colors) umbrella in the summer and in the winter this was the heater.
Canvas wrap that lets the heat from the engine radiator blow back to the operator.
The one pictured below is the fancy factory model...
I think they weighted more than me too, and Willie, the old guy that ran the boom truck could make or break your day depending on the mood he was in.
And there is nothing like the smell of Corn Silage and Molasses after it has fermented for a while.
Ah to be young again.......
Ahh the smell of fresh cut hay, I remember those days.
Right out of high school I worked for Producers, feeding green cut Hay, cutting corn for Silage, cutting, raking and baleing alfalfa.
I bucked my share of hay bales back in the day.
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Jeff
(Air Conditioning on a tractor? You live the good...
I have watched guys at Tavis Corp do assembly on pressure transducers using microscopes, tedious work and requires a very steady hand.
Not for me any more.
Sucks getting old.....
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Jeff
I am already seeing guys on the FB groups posting about:
"I adjusted the modulation and now FM will not work.
Or
No one can understand me after I turned SSB power up
Or
Can someone share the factory numbers for the service menu, I accidentally changed something and now I have no RX."
I guess...
I don't see any fault with the guy, i would say he is just being honest with you.
After years of working on thru hole stuff some guys don't want to go down the SMD rabbit hole, thus the " this unit is not field serviceable" reply.
It is even difficult for me to work with some of these new, much...
This was back in 2012, what surprised me was the 27" 10K antenna held its own over such a broad bandwidth when I expected to see more loss compared to the longer antennas.
Sure miss hearing Robb on the air...
73
Jeff
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