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  1. MisterFatty

    Soldering Irons

    I've used quite a variety over the years, from $4.00 Radio Shack irons, to Expensive Commercial Stations. I currently Have An Antex 18 watt, and an Old Weller WTCPN Station, I've always preferred the station due to stability of the holder/cleaner, and low to operating temperature times. The...
  2. MisterFatty

    Yota's Amps

    Gotta love an Internet Warrior :thumbup:
  3. MisterFatty

    Browning BR-78

    Welcome to the Forum :thumbup: Nothing special, cheap, made in China knock-off, From a company that likes to try and cash-in on other peoples work... Probably not much difference in performance on most of these antennas, thing that will set it apart from your monkey-made is quality... Be a...
  4. MisterFatty

    While You're Retuning The Swap........

    Your probably right I would have never changed your name back, what was it Wire Whiner wasn't it? Much more appropriate :thumbup1:
  5. MisterFatty

    While You're Retuning The Swap........

    Why did they change your name back? :lol:
  6. MisterFatty

    Inside a messenger 2KW (2) drving 16 pills

    I had one of these, I picked it up from Grayslake ILL. Hamfest, back about 15 years ago, transistors were all dead, paid 50 bucks for it... Quite a monster considering when it was built..
  7. MisterFatty

    Colt Excalibur SSB base.

    DX tag was on both the real 148 GTLDX, and the Copy Cybernet made which was an attempt to cash in on the Popularity and scarcity of the Uniden based board. Never forget my first Fake which LES played stupid on, lol...
  8. MisterFatty

    Colt Excalibur SSB base.

    That would be a Fake 148, or a copy based on the O2A, real 148 is an 8719 based Uniden board...
  9. MisterFatty

    got the 8 tube elkin.

    Would imagine its a reference to the shape of the 1625 tubes that were used in some of them....
  10. MisterFatty

    general lee and texas star 667v

    A relatively common mod for the 667V is to disable the driver transistor.
  11. MisterFatty

    mauldroppers amp shootout/comparison ?

    Personally I think the man deserves a place right there with AM Power, God Mother with a Mullet?
  12. MisterFatty

    Ebay

    Not sure what is happening, but it still is not showing under the New Post Button for me, still working as intended...
  13. MisterFatty

    Ebay

    Appears to be working as intended, much better. Thanks!
  14. MisterFatty

    Ebay

    LOL, definitely has my vote for most obnoxious Member
  15. MisterFatty

    Need feedback - swapshop categories & ebay listings section?

    Multiple categories would be nice if they got much more traffic, but right now I don't really see it being needed.
  16. MisterFatty

    Colt Excalibur SSB base.

    Correct, and If I remember right it was very similar to the Palomar SSB500, as well as a few other Cybernet 02A based board SSB radios.
  17. MisterFatty

    mauldroppers amp shootout/comparison ?

    Na they didn't....
  18. MisterFatty

    Ads.

    If enough people contributed to the forum I'd bet the adds would go away.... Adds here are fairly mild, don't bother me really.... One site I visit is horrible, easy way to kill it all is Firefox, and NoScript, you have to allow things to run on a site, Java, Flash, etc.... You can control...
  19. MisterFatty

    Mongoose 450 / Rebel TX500 Schematics

    Can't help on the schematic, but there are 2 mongoose radios on Ebay from the same seller for $15 each, both have problems, but its cheap enough..