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Looks like form over function bait. I agree with Brett - I bet the chrome finished plastic head is half size compared to the Shure they are copying. Replace the head with a gooseneck and you have a pretty common CB desk mic design.
"The ON/OFF switch on the neck of the mic is also perfect...
Don't use the "exciter jack" to key the amp and you'll be fine. Use the relay jack to key the amp. The Heil FS2 is fine for this. There is a delay between the amp and exciter being keyed what you depress the switch that prevents hot keying the amp (red cable with the rca male end to amp)...
But they did that to survive. RS was never going to make bank catering to us radio enthusiasts. It's a business that has run it's course and they did what they had to until the end.
Like the saying goes - Nothing lasts forever, except Betty White :)
A couple of months ago there was a forum member with over 40 posts who tried to scam here. Once we confronted him with the fact that the picture of the CB he posted and claimed to be the actual radio, was actually a screen shot from a EU ham's Youtube video, he dissapeared. It was reported...
Good post. On the old site there was no feedback forum per se but you could leave feedback in someone's profile after a sale or purchase. It does help. Overall I think the regulars here aren't going to hose anyone and some of us do a good job of sniffing out the scammers that register and...
Huge difference in price and technology between those two. If you have the $$ buy the 7300. If your budget is geared towards the 718 then I would buy the Yaesu FT-450D. It has the features missing from the 718 and it's at the same price point.
I'm not aphysisy
Like anything else -science is using available data and patterns to identify what may likely happen with the sun. I hope it doesn't but all the data certainly points to that conclusion...
Sadly for anyone just getting interested in radio we may be headed into whats called a "Maunder Minimum". Kind of a dormant period for the sun that could last a long time. Google it.
I have my reloading bench set up now so I have another expensive hobby to empty my bank account into while Mr...
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