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Thanks. Maine is beautiful, I love living here. It is much better once you get out in the woods a bit. I live about dead center of the state. From my town, if you drew a line due North and another line due West, there isn't a single town or paved road in that whole NW quarter of the state...

I remember we got a Commodore 64. I have no idea what that thing had for specs. I was probably 8. I just remember that my dad spent, what seemed like, all day typing in letters and numbers from a book. By night we had a fishing game. It was like a black blob that was supposed to be a boat...

To be honest, there was nothing in my contract that guaranteed ammo, body armor, weapons, etc. It sucked when I served my active term honorably, completed my active enlistment obligation, got out, got married and then got recalled because it was cheaper to pull me out of civilian life than to...

Yes, when I was re-activated from civilian life, they attached me to a guard unit from Connecticut. I wasn't ever in the guard, so it was a different experience than being active duty in an airborne infantry brigade. There was good and bad in that. With my 6 1/2 years I had in, all I'm...

Fair enough. I guess I never thought of that aspect. If they did know they were committing fraud against the government, then that is equally shameful.

And that was cutting edge "DUDE, it just got my new computer and it has 8MB of ram, and a 356MB hard drive!! This thing is awesome"

When I arrived in Iraq, I was scheduled for missions and they gave me 1 can of .50 cal. ammo. I was told that it was all they could ration to me. So I scrounged from the outgoing unit, 1/67th of 4th inf division, that we were relieving. As they were packing up to redeploy, I went to all the...

Here are my mobile set ups. The everyday driver is my 2002 Chevy 2500HD that is fully bonded with tinned copper ground braids. My 11M set up is a Galaxy 95t2 tuned by Bells CB, TNT600 HD, Dosy SWR/watt meter, all hooked with LMR200, and a 102" on a ball mount behind the cab. It was on the...

I thought that was more the object of question. Sending it over airwaves would work similar to a dial up modem. Just using amateur frequencies instead of the telephone lines for the delivery of the encoded text.

But did they promise you a bonus to get you to sign up? Did they put it in your contract and then garnish your pay to take it back? That is what is being taken from them. If you got the GI Bill to pay for college, that is also an enlistment incentive. Imagine if you were taking classes using...

My recommendation would be to visit the FCC website or ARRL. You should be able to pull up some research material there.

Soldiers caught in loan crackdown Join the military on promises, sign a contract, and have the Government you fight to uphold re-nigh on them. I don't care if the recruitment office was fraudulent or not. Punish them, not the soldiers. It makes me sick. I remember when I was in, I had...

I am very sorry this sort of thing has happened so close to home for you. This doesn't surprise me. Half of what is on TV, in music, and youtube contributes to the desensitization of the youth of America. Then you add the news media advertising the behavior to the punch bowl. Just listen...

I have been using DTB for years also. Screwdriver at Bells also has clean audio. I get at least as many compliments on my Bells tuned radios as my DTB tuned ones. It always depends on what radio I am sending out when I choose who I am sending it to. I emailed Dave a week or so ago about...

My first radio was a Uniden PC76 XLW. It stopped transmitting a few years ago. It sat on a shelf for a while. Then it became parts when I needed a meter and an SO 239. Then I decided to attempt to try and do some home repair. I purchased a new final and driver and soldered them in (too bad...

I am not going to speak as to the accuracy of this particular chart. I am providing it to give you an idea of the change in attenuation and power handling in regard to frequency. It isn't so much in single MHz steps. It is larger changes in frequency that changes the attenuation. Coaxial...

You described it to a T. That is exactly what it is. It is everywhere though. It isn't just a blob here and there. It is almost like an enamel that is coating much of the interior. Even on some parts of the chassis. It does turn to a tan powder if scraped, and my soldering gun made it go...

There is a hardened, almost crystalized, substance inside an old radio I just purchased. It is transparent with a reddish tint. I don't know if I should worry about it or not. The radio doesn't work and I was going to get it repaired, so I want to know if it is important.

No hard feelings at all. That is why I clarified instead of just firing shots back :D. I actually feel the same way. I have rebuked many people who talk down to the inexperienced. That is why it caught me by surprise. I am always picking up for the ones getting dumped on and try real hard...

I like Times Microwave, personally. For a hundred foot run it is not necessary, but if money is no object LMR 400 would be the "biggest and baddest coax" and it will fit into a PL259. You could go with either LMR240 or even LMR200. Both are pretty comparable in attenuation and power handling...