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If the radios you work on have all the same mic connections you could dedicate one mic as a troubleshooting mic and wire an external switch, like a foot switch, to the mic connector. You could wire a pigtail into the mic connector and then have a couple different kinds of switches that you can...

They don't understand that radio as a hobby is all about discovery, finding things out, actually learning some stuff. You are very limited in all that if just staying on CB. Some will find the motivation to go far beyond that and some will not. Shooting skip on CB doesn't even begin to hold a...

Wear your sunglasses!

The high octane version? Must run on Chevron Custom Supreme.

Never had a need for it. But if it works for some that is great! I don't get into many pileups anymore after 40 years of chasing DX. I'll know when P5, 3Y, and FT/G get on if they ever do!! Pileups in contests are not that hard.

Sometimes spacing, more usually using a bug (banana boat swing) instead of electronic keying. I don't hear many bugs being used anymore but they are certainly out there. I have one but don't use it much. I might if I had an older transceiver I was messing with that didn't have an internal keyer...

Learning Morse code is like anything else. If you want to badly enough you will. Determination and dedication to the task is what it takes. Computer decoding of CW only works so well. In a perfect situation it should decode it perfectly but that is rarely the case. It might do okay enough in an...

Some truth to that but for the largest part everyone is going to go to the band that has the most activity. 10, 12, and 15 are not going to be it these days. Most everyone will be on 20 and 40 for the most part. On 10 the "go to frequency" is 28.380 or .400 or close to that. Someone with a CB...

Yes many people do this and it is nothing new at all. There are of course at least some hams that are on CB with ham gear but many with ham gear are not hams. Just CBers WITH ham gear. A little history about it in a nutshell... Before CB was started in '58 or '59 ( I forget which it was) 11...

Maybe always did! I worked in a ham/cb shop when the 101E and EE was first out and I bet Cbers out bought the hams there 3 to 1 or more. I was amazed at how many buying them were not hams. it may have not been that way with the earlier 101 models but by then the word was out!! Around here I...

I wouldn't want to put together a kit fir a radio that costs as much as this will. Probably won't be worth the savings in kit form. Too many things that can go wrong in putting it together. It's not like a K2 or even a K3. A lot more sensitive components I am sure in a K4. I would hate to button...

No...Not the Beatles album.:D A RADIO! Pretty spiffy. I don't want one but maybe YOU do!! Brochure is here; https://www.lutz-electronics.ch/pdf/K4_Brochure-print_Lutz.pdf

There is a mic adapter cable that comes with the radio when new. It is a 6 pin mic connector on the radio. The adapter allows a 4 pin mic to be used.

I suspect that the display might be difficult to see in a mobile environment during daylight.

I have a 980 and the only thing that I don't like is that there is a slight "pop" noise to the squelch when going in and out that is annoying. It's more noticeable at a low volume. I would like to see more brightness in the display. There is only one color I like, a light blue. I don't care...

Just a CB version of a hybrid mini quad which has been around for ham radio since forever (Mini Products HQ-1) Not sure about the "both polarizations" thing but not buying it without some better explanation. It is a two element beam...And that ain't saying much really. So, not all that...

Cookies... Oreo and Vanilla Wafers should be a schedule1 controlled substance!!

Maybe it just means he hasn't had much for ham gear. Sensitivity itself isn't much of a problem. Designing a quiet receiver is a bigger challenge.

And a mini BBQ!!

Hi neighbor! You kinda almost have to be around here somewhere if you saw that ad. I saw it too. I don't like the sellers attitude about selling it. It's gonna put people off. He's asking a lot for something he knows nothing about.