BBI lives very close to me. Been over to his place a few times. Nice guy. When I hear him on 11 meter I shut mine down. His signal is pegging my meter. I had a Navaho radio I heard him on one day. It began to drift badly and never recovered.
I took it in to a local tech to have it checked out. I knew something was wrong. He told me the radios PLL circuit was fried. It was 5 channels off. Of course there are not parts to fix it so I lost that old radio. Miss that radio.
I'm sure it was coincidence but I just won't take that chance again with the radio I have replaced the Navaho with. He seems to know his stuff. Sure knows a lot more than I ever will about building an amp. He is close enough to me when he fires one up it can sure do a number on the front end of a radio I am on. So I use a crappy cheap one to listen in on him now. My regular one gets shut down. He sure sounds like he is having fun. Isn't that what the hobby is all about?