Icom IC-7300 HF Transceiver Review
The new Icom IC-7300 direct sampling SDR rig has arrived at my shack! This new rig is a radical departure from the traditional Icom, Kenwood, Yaesu superhet design and instead uses direct sampling...
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Radios For Sale
President Lincoln II President Lincoln the original one. Chipswitch and all the bells and whistles. Each radio is complete with box and wiring harness and brackets. Make offer... Also Magnum 257 Blue...
View ArticleMaco103c Goodbye!
Had this beam over the summer and really a good starting point into how things work for a yagi...always had an imax or a99 and hitting flatside for the first time compared to vertical was really...
View ArticleWhat would you do?
I have an Icom 737. It has not been upgraded or touched in any way. What mods can be done, filters or channel additions or anything. What would you do to it? Thanks Dave
View Article959 has low modulation
I was hoping for a bit of help here guys. I have a 959 that has very low audio and modulation. Low and high carrier settings adjust fine from 1-10 watts. I have replace the driver, and both finals, and...
View ArticleSiltronix LA-550 amplifier has small hum when keyed.
I am working on this amp for a friend when I received amp had a bad vibrating type hum from transformer when just turned on I replaced power rectifier diodes and amp has no hum and is very quiet when...
View ArticleOLD AM CB RADIOS
I am looking to buy a few dozen older AM-only CB radios: 1/2 base stations, and 1/2 mobile. My wife and I run a thermal hot spring resort that is in an area without cellular service, so I hooked up one...
View Articlecbs losing there volume outta speaker andor external speaker
hello everyone, so i gotta situation last 2 radios i had in my mobile lost there volume outta speaker .i even tried a external one with no luck. i popped open the covers just to make sure speaker is...
View ArticleModulation Transformer - Partial Magic Smoke Release
I have a 29 LTD Classic, I was experimenting with an old tip120 variable power mod I found on the web. Upon powering up the radio not keying it, I quickly observed smoke, I unplugged it and looked...
View ArticleSWR problems, mobile.
SWR probs. Everything's working good...Then swr goes nuts. connector is bad, cox is over one year old so replace cox, and connector's...put antenna back in to mount 1.5swr, 34 ohms, X=8, 9...
View ArticleFootswitch/RemAud/HRD
My remotesystem is workink and the RX is OK (Thanks fourstring) Can I have some help with the TX (PTT) FT1200dx/ Footswitch usb/hrd/ scu-17/REmAud/ I have the Mic cable (ft) one end blanc and know the...
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Yaesu ft-2900r frequency modification mars mod
This has improved pictures Bought the FT-2900R on 2/5/2010 Modified as follows: Remove the bottom cover of the radio. Carefully unplug and remove the speaker. Remove all 3 of the knobs from the front...
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Different Look At 102" Whip Discussion
The following doesn't always get brought up in discussions of the venerable 102" stainless steel whip for use as a high reliability, broad-banded, good working antenna for 10-11-12 meters. Very common...
View ArticleAsymod III Hi-Fi / Asymmetric Modulation Cobra 29
Cobra 29 LTD Classic with Asymod III Hi-Fi Asymmetric Modulator installed. Like new condition. - Radio has been completely aligned & Asymod III board tuned by the gentleman that made the board -...
View ArticleBaseline hiss/noise pick up on antennas
I thought I would start a discussion about hiss. Assuming an electrically quiet location away from manmade sources of electromagnetic interference I have noticed significant difference in noise pick...
View ArticleYeticom Optima MKIII Questions?
I have been reading posts on this Radio and from what I see a great choice in Mics is the Icom HM-36 hand mic. Looking on E-bay there are tons of cheap and also newer Icom HM-36 mics. The reviews show...
View ArticleWTB Magnum S9
Looking to purchase a good condition Magnum S9. Either an early one with bipolar 1969 transistors or later with mosfets would be okay. I would also be interested in the S-980 and S-9175 models, if...
View ArticleBeginner questions, bear with me please.
I have dabbled around here/there with CB for over 20 years now, never really got heavy into tuning and tweaking though. I have thought of doing some more in-depth stuff here and there, but my issue is...
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