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These Guys Need Their Own History Channel Show


AM Power won the 32 pill class.

Yeah, he beat out this guy which tells you what the competition was like.

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LMAO at those tiny cups the winners were awarded in the video Jeff posted...could they really afford them LMAO,LMAO,LMAO....
Hey m42duster, the guy who first speaks in your video, "DX Blanket" is my longtime friend and also my conduit to Dave of Dave Made N.J. who I get to tech all my rigs..and when CCM was a member here was his borrowed nom de plume. I once saw Blanket use the circuit board only, no heat sink, no case, no fan(s) and win three rounds at a key down. He was challenged after two rounds to open his van and show what he was running because he was burying his competition. He allowed the criers to bring their volt meters and when he opened the rear door of his van everyone there couldn't believe what they saw lol.



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LMAO at those tiny cups the winners were awarded in the video Jeff posted...could they really afford them LMAO,LMAO,LMAO....
Hey m42duster, the guy who first speaks in your video, "DX Blanket" is my longtime friend and also my conduit to Dave of Dave Made N.J. who I get to tech all my rigs..and when CCM was a member here was his borrowed nom de plume. I once saw Blanket use the circuit board only, no heat sink, no case, no fan(s) and win three rounds at a key down. He was challenged after two rounds to open his van and show what he was running because he was burying his competition. He allowed the criers to bring their volt meters and when he opened the rear door of his van everyone there couldn't believe what they saw lol.



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I'd like to visit one of these events. Doubt any are held in Ohio.
 
Is AM Power a member here?

Damn, now I wish I had an emoticom that actually showed me falling out my seat, busting my ass laughing so hard...lol lol lol lol lol lol
m42duster, they may not have them in Ohio on a large scale but anytime you have a group of mobile operators they are more than willing to have impromptu keydowns just to show what their mobiles can do. For a larger scale event you may need to look for a keydown in Chicago.



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How best to ask this question?

I've watched many keydown videos and have noticed that the vast majority of participants tend to be African American. None of them have the appearance of being highly educated which would lead to the kind of earnings that could facilitate the construction and purchase of these megawatt mobiles.

So just how the hell do they afford all this high dollar gear?

I've always called them 'welfare stations'. Is this accurate, or an unfair generalization?

Not trying to start a flame war and apologies if anyone is offended. I just want to know, where do they get the money for this? I understand that there is prize money at the keydowns but is it enough to offset the initial cost?
 
I know plenty of dumb bastards that make a shit load more money than I do.

Not saying these guys are dumb or anything... They did invite AM Power though.
 
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How best to ask this question?

I've watched many keydown videos and have noticed that the vast majority of participants tend to be African American. None of them have the appearance of being highly educated which would lead to the kind of earnings that could facilitate the construction and purchase of these megawatt mobiles.

So just how the hell do they afford all this high dollar gear?

I've always called them 'welfare stations'. Is this accurate, or an unfair generalization?

Not trying to start a flame war and apologies if anyone is offended. I just want to know, where do they get the money for this? I understand that there is prize money at the keydowns but is it enough to offset the initial cost?

A lot of team Dave Made as well as other clubs, are not African Americans. Did you also notice that a good percentage of those guys were in their retirement age? Some have been saving and building their stations for years. Let me whisper this, my friend in the first video is in law enforcement for over 2 decades and is currently building a tetrode box. Looks can be deceiving. There's nothing "welfare" about those stations, all green stamps.


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