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As long as you're still sure they're farts you're OK, when you can't trust a fart anymore then you're in trouble.:whistle:

If I'm reading your posts right it seems as though how well a part works with the rest of the circuit is more important than any measure of "quality" of a particular part on its own, so all bets are off if you swap a part into a different design. Is this anywhere close to right?

It's all about price point. The goal is to make money not radios, they know most buyers will look for "a good deal" so those are the buyers they try to accommodate. Everyone says they would be willing to pay more for quality but when it's time to open the wallet that's rarely the case.

I ain't got no panties on :whistle:

I see no real purpose for the slang but it doesn't bother me either, different strokes and all. What does make me laugh though are the ones who criticize people who use 10 codes and then go on to use Q codes in voice communications themselves. I see no real purpose for either one in voice...

I usually prefer rye bread and either provolone or swiss cheese with Corned Beef, I usually go with the Guldens spicy brown mustard or a horseradish mustard.

Make sure it really is a full set, often the books for the more popular radios get sold off separate. The sets that I've seen come up for sale around here never seem to be complete.

Must be his Hi-Fi mod, you need thicker wire for that wide audio to fit through.;)

I think everyone here understands that technical explanations can get long, the length of the post should reflect the amount of information contained in it. I don't think you have anything to worry about. It's the guys like me who just post useless gags and one liners that need to keep it short.;)

The subject of the locked thread may not spread but I've seen the participants go on to take pot shots at each other elsewhere on the board.

The problem is locking a thread tends to spread the argument to other threads, you have to weigh the problems associated with letting the problem thread run its course against the disruptions to other threads that locking it causes. There's no easy answer here.

I think that for station monitoring purposes the readings don't have to be accurate as long as they're fairly consistent, I just want to know if something changed.

Banning threads on certain shops could put you on the edge of a very slippery slope. A forum is a community, and like all communities they are going to have assholes. I know this isn't an answer that lightens the load for moderators but I see no way to totally eliminate problems of this nature...

I never realized ham radio and golf had so much in common.:whistle: In all seriousness I do agree with that statement. Sometimes it's important to have an end goal, but not always. Sometimes it can be good to wander down the path and see where you end up. I was never big on making every...

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make them good forum posters, or something like that. The information is out there for those who are willing to listen.

Bird meters really aren't any more accurate than any other good quality meter. Back in the day around here the big stations started using them because they had that magic combination of high power handling and low insertion losses, the smaller stations started running them because that's what...

Is it just me or does seeing adolescent rants like those make you appreciate the time and effort Rabbiporkchop puts into his debates, somebody has to tell Snake that his shills are going to have to up their game if they want to hang here.:whistle:

In the future ham radio will be a phone app with built in artificial intelligence to create artificial "operators" for you to make virtual contacts with.

Welcome to The Internet.:whistle:

Not a ham here but I've noticed the same thing with CB gear. I consider myself a casual CBer but I have a quite substantial collection/accumulation of gear, most of it was just from the occasional deal that I stumbled on over the years. With patience a lot of stuff can be picked up pretty...