"Steve" wrote in message
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On 16 Aug 2004 13:30:18 GMT, Steveo wrote:

I use an HR2510 on CB in my truck, big deal.

I use an HR2600 on CB in my truck. I love it!

Braggart!

I'm using an Icom IC-706MKII and a 102" steel whip in my car. It works
great. It's a bit of an overkill, but it does everything I want, and it's
built
like a ....... Beats the crap out of everything else I've owned. I'm not
bragging - really. I just got tired of the problems and limitations of my
previous converted radios and got serious. There are lots of them
available used
and cheap. I've seen them as low as $300 used and for less than $800 new.
You
have to exercise restraint though. Transmit on the ham bands any they will
come
looking for you. Fake calls signs don't work as 99% (well, it's most
likely
less, but you get the idea) of the hams check online to see if it's legit.
It's
not the FCC you have to worry about most of the time. Stay off the ham
bands and
they pretty much leave you alone.

Steve


Braggart!

-Dr.X

"Twistedhed" wrote in message
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From: Dr.X@null (Dr.X)

heh-heh... I'll have to admit I made a very
stupid decision to stay. When they said it was
cat 2 and heading north and to evacuate here
in Pinellas county, I stayed. I live in what they
call "Zone A", the first to evac., lowest
elevation.




You're down there in Kool Aid's area. I'm down with some of the
southside radios, but in north Pinellas.

I'm in South Pinellas but north side of St. Pete around the Gandy.

Yep. Next time, I'm seeking higher ground and
better shelter. I'll be taking pictures of the
storm from over thata-way ----.
....
You and me both. You can caravan with us as we head to South Beach for
the next one.

um... a great big convoy? lol

I'm in North Pinellas. What's your home frequency? Send me an email and
tell me if you don't want to display it on the group.

Since I've only just begun getting back into radio (after 10 years not
playin' around with it), I don't really have a home freq. I usually leave my
radio on 29am when I'm driving and my friends know to switch there to give
me a shout. This lets me listen to the stereo too. But I also flip the vfo
up a few kc's and ssb to listen when the skip rolls in. Also listen to the
clowns on 35am. I only get to play in the vehicle since I live in an
apartment. No base antenna. :-(

I'll send you an email with my on air id. (sent)

-Dr.X

From: Dr.X@null (Dr.X)
"Twistedhed" wrote in message
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From: Dr.X@null (Dr.X)
heh-heh... I'll have to admit I made a very

stupid decision to stay. When they said it was

cat 2 and heading north and to evacuate here

in Pinellas county, I stayed. I live in what they

call "Zone A", the first to evac., lowest

elevation.


You're down there in Kool Aid's area. I'm down with some of the
southside radios, but in north Pinellas.


I'm in South Pinellas but north side of St. Pete

around the Gandy.

Yep. Next time, I'm seeking higher ground and
better shelter. I'll be taking pictures of the

storm from over thata-way ----.
...

You and me both. You can caravan with us as we head to South Beach for
the next one.


um... a great big convoy? lol



Why not? We can have a mini-road trip, keep in touch with radios, get
some good grub at a roadside mom and pop joint somewhere in the
sticks,,,like YeeHaw Junction, but then that would be the long way to S.
Beach.


_
I'm in North Pinellas. What's your home frequency? Send me an email and
tell me if you don't want to display it on the group.


Since I've only just begun getting back into

radio (after 10 years not playin' around with it),
I don't really have a home freq. I usually leave

my radio on 29am when I'm driving and my

friends know to switch there to give me a

shout. This lets me listen to the stereo too. But
I also flip the vfo up a few kc's and ssb to

listen when the skip rolls in.



Welcome back to radio. The frequencies you mentioned in your email I
also occasionally check out.


Also listen to the clowns on 35am.


Addressed in email.


I only get to

play in the vehicle since I live in an apartment.
No base antenna. :-(


How bad ya' wanna talk g? You can always figure something out to get
ya' on the air from an apartment,,,,,maybe a dipole or a temporary
setup, from a mag mount on something to a noground marine mount or maybe
something completely temporary,,,like an antron painted a dark color and
unfurled only at night off the balcony right against the building g .



I'll send you an email with my on air id. (sent)

-Dr.X


Not sure where your favorite dx spot is down there, but I'm sure you
know of the prime spots by now. Gandy Beach (The Redneck Riviera) is
pretty good.

(Twistedhed) wrote in message ...
Well I'm glad you were ok, Dr.X. It seems to me that a mobile home is
one of the last places I'd want to be in those circumstances. I've seen
what a tornado does to them..shredded like they went thru a wood
chipper.
Hope Twist is ok.
--
Hello Mopar! As Dr. X said, we dodged one hell of a bullet. Crazy thing,
many folks evacuated and went to Orlando and got spanked. Ditto for
those who went south. As for me, I did what I always do on the
weekends,,,I went fishing and had some wet fun, man did it rain and rain
and rain. When they had the eye of the hurricane projected to come
straight into the actual mouth of Tampa Bay (the BAY itself, the actual
body of water), I would have been the first in the country to greet in
when it came ashore, as it would have been at my front door before
anyone elses. An expected 16 to 24 foot surge and I may have been
looking to buy a mobile home after the storm, as my block home would
have been carried off on the crest of a wave.
When they said class IV, I thought this was it.
That last little shift and bobble to the east saved hundreds, if not
thousands of lives. The Tampa Bay area is now the most populated
metropolis in Florida, surpassing the Miami-Metro Dade area. We were
just about to toss the emergency bags and supplies into the truck after
hearing it was a Class IV, when Charlie took a stumble and fall to the
east. Thanks for the good thoughts.


Hello, Twist

My parents live in Sun City Center. They were very happy that the
hurricane struck a different area too. Had a death in the family and
ran into some folks I haven't seen (or heard from either) in 10 years.
Turns out they live in Sun City Center too - but took one of the last
flights out of Tampa to come up for the funeral. They were worried as
to what they would return to, but, of course, had a pleasant surprise.
Of course, many other folks who thought they weren't going to get hit
*did* - and big time too. A few years back we got hit with winds
clocked at 78 MPH and it did tear down some trees - and 78 MPH is a
lot less than the winds that hurricane packed.

Glad you're ok.


73 from Rochester, NY
Jim

On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:28:49 -0400, Dave Hall wrote:

I also run an ICOM 706 (the older MK1) in the mobile. I'm not
especially happy with the performance though. For one thing the
squelch is not a true FM noise gate type of squelch, and it pops open
on the slightest static or hash noise on FM. The other major sore spot
is the noise blanker. For some reason the fine folks at Icom cannot
make a noise blanker which works effectively on all modes. On SSB it
works so-so. On AM and FM it does absolutely nothing. I'd hate to have
to use this rig on CB, as the noise and hash are far worse than on my
old Uniden radio.

I also have a 706 on the base. Without the noise issues of a mobile,
it's a far better performing radio.

Dave
"Sandbagger"
http://home.ptd.net/~n3cvj

They might have fixed those problems with the newer generations - MKII
and MKIIg because I don't have any complaints about mine. Funny about the noise
blanker, I notice a big difference with it on mine. The squelch is a little
funny and hard to get used to with it being the RF gain control in some modes,
and squelch in others. That is weird.

Do you have any filters in it? I have SSB and CW filters installed and
the SSB filter works wonders and combined with the IF shift, you can do some
amazing things with it. I've been able to isolate one person out of a virtual
zoo fest at times using the combination of the two. Yup, I'm really happy with
mine. I know that Icom made a lot of changes to the 706MKII that resolved a lot
of issues with the first one. And the price has plummeted too. I paid over $1300
for mine brand new, and now you can get the MKIIg with a DSP and 440MHz for less
than $800 without the filters or speech module. That's one hell of a price drop.
I've been kicking myself in the ass a long time over that!

Steve

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 08:27:50 GMT, Steve wrote:

On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:28:49 -0400, Dave Hall wrote:

I also run an ICOM 706 (the older MK1) in the mobile. I'm not
especially happy with the performance though. For one thing the
squelch is not a true FM noise gate type of squelch, and it pops open
on the slightest static or hash noise on FM. The other major sore spot
is the noise blanker. For some reason the fine folks at Icom cannot
make a noise blanker which works effectively on all modes. On SSB it
works so-so. On AM and FM it does absolutely nothing. I'd hate to have
to use this rig on CB, as the noise and hash are far worse than on my
old Uniden radio.

I also have a 706 on the base. Without the noise issues of a mobile,
it's a far better performing radio.

Dave
"Sandbagger"
http://home.ptd.net/~n3cvj

They might have fixed those problems with the newer generations - MKII
and MKIIg because I don't have any complaints about mine. Funny about the noise
blanker, I notice a big difference with it on mine. The squelch is a little
funny and hard to get used to with it being the RF gain control in some modes,
and squelch in others. That is weird.

It's just an effect of trying to "multi-task" many functions in a
small radio.


Do you have any filters in it?

Just the standard ones in the mobile. The base unit has the 1.9 Khz
narrow SSB filter.

I have SSB and CW filters installed and
the SSB filter works wonders and combined with the IF shift, you can do some
amazing things with it.

But these are only effective on SSB. SSB performance on my rig is
acceptable. It's AM and FM which fall far short. Not that I use AM all
that much in the mobile, but other people might be considering one of
these radios to use on CB and it's probably not the best choice if you
use AM primarily.



I've been able to isolate one person out of a virtual
zoo fest at times using the combination of the two. Yup, I'm really happy with
mine. I know that Icom made a lot of changes to the 706MKII that resolved a lot
of issues with the first one. And the price has plummeted too. I paid over $1300
for mine brand new, and now you can get the MKIIg with a DSP and 440MHz for less
than $800 without the filters or speech module. That's one hell of a price drop.
I've been kicking myself in the ass a long time over that!

Yep. The prices of the MK-1's came way down too. $400 buys a lot of
radio in this package.

Dave
"Sandbagger"
http://home.ptd.net/~n3cvj

From: (Jim=A0Hampton)
(Twistedhed) wrote in message
...
Well I'm glad you were ok, Dr.X. It seems to me that a mobile home is
one of the last places I'd want to be in those circumstances. I've seen
what a tornado does to them..shredded like they went thru a wood
chipper.
Hope Twist is ok.
--
Hello Mopar! As Dr. X said, we dodged one hell of a bullet. Crazy thing,
many folks evacuated and went to Orlando and got spanked. Ditto for
those who went south. As for me, I did what I always do on the
weekends,,,I went fishing and had some wet fun, man did it rain and rain
and rain. When they had the eye of the hurricane projected to come
straight into the actual mouth of Tampa Bay (the BAY itself, the actual
body of water), I would have been the first in the country to greet in
when it came ashore, as it would have been at my front door before
anyone elses. An expected 16 to 24 foot surge and I may have been
looking to buy a mobile home after the storm, as my block home would
have been carried off on the crest of a wave. When they said class IV, I
thought this was it. That last little shift and bobble to the east saved
hundreds, if not thousands of lives. The Tampa Bay area is now the most
populated metropolis in Florida, surpassing the Miami-Metro Dade area.
We were just about to toss the emergency bags and supplies into the
truck after hearing it was a Class IV, when Charlie took a stumble and
fall to the east. Thanks for the good thoughts.
_

Hello, Twist
My parents live in Sun City Center. They were very happy that the
hurricane struck a different area too. Had a death in the family and ran
into some folks I haven't seen (or heard from either) in 10 years.
=A0=A0Turns out they live in Sun City Center too - but took one of the
last flights out of Tampa to come up for the funeral. They were worried
as to what they would return to, but, of course, had a pleasant
surprise.
=A0=A0Of course, many other folks who thought they weren't going to get
hit *did* - and big time too. A few years back we got hit with winds
clocked at 78 MPH and it did tear down some trees - and 78 MPH is a lot
less than the winds that hurricane packed.
Glad you're ok.
73 from Rochester, NY
Jim
_
Hi Jim! My condolences.
Yea, that's right, I forgot your parents live in the Sun City
hub....now,,when are you coming down to visit them again? Glad they were
ok, Jim. I know they were getting some heavier weather than us, as they
were receiving the outer band weather,,,all we got was some clouds and
breeze. The next day and day after was when we got the rains. I killed a
pygmy rattler in my living room and two more in the yard a day after the
heavy rains. Cooter Mae was acting really strange the day after the
rains and kept barking at the sofa. I thought she may have lost a toy or
something under it and when I moved it to see what she was barking
at.... imagine my surprise when I saw the 12 inch little viper. I
usually don't kill snakes, as I prefer them in my yard as opposed to
their favorite food (citrus rats, mice, etc.) but the boot heel came
down on this little fella. I pulled his fangs with pliers and stuck them
in a little plastic jar and put it on the mantle below the mounted
jackalope and 1978 grandaddy hog head. Thanks for the good thoughts.
After seeing what Charlie did to our friends to the south, I'm with Dr.
X. Color me gone when that next one draws a bead on Tampa Bay.

I'm sorry but I like my 2950. It may not have as pure of an output as some
other radios, but I guaratee it's better than any CB. BTW, the 2950 has 100
Hz steps and an analog clarifier. There's no reason you can't talk to
someone with a VFO. It also has CW. I paid just over $200 for mine brand
new, not $500. I guess my biggest question is if you hate CB radios so much,
what are you doing here?

Chris
"Steve" wrote in message
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| On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 00:47:23 GMT, "Data Flux" -spam wrote:
|
| If you looked at the spectral output of a 2970, you wouldn't be so
| quick to want another one.
|
| You are MUCH better off looking for a used HF ham rig for that $500,
| and you'll be far happier, than using a hacked up CB design.
|
| Isn't that what I just asked for? Another HF ham rig? The RCI-2970
| was technically sold as a ham radio. I'm trying to find another 10
| meter ham rig, with the aforementioned features, that can be modified
| easily to cover at least 26.0-29.6999 TX/RX.
|
| No, what you asked for is another out of band modifiable radio that is a
| thinly disguised CB radio marketed to CBers as an "amateur" radio. You
want
| something like Copper sells, not the kinds of radios that AES, HRO, or any
of
| the other amateur radio dealers sell. The difference in quality is a dead
give
| away too. The RCI29XX radios have managed an uncomfortable crossover, but
are
| still considered extended range CB radios by any serious radio enthusiast.
|
| As an aside, a lot of radios are labeled as "amateur" radios because
| they are sold as (wink, wink) 10 meter radios. Hams wouldn't and don't buy
these
| radios, CBers do, and modify them (hell, most retailers sell an option to
have
| the radio modified for you by them) for extended operation. Most so called
10
| meter radios are sold as AM/FM only when you'd be hard pressed to find a
ham
| today that would use AM. Where is the popular CW mode that no respectful
amateur
| radio would be without? That and these are "channeled" radios and not
equipped
| with VFO tuning. 10KHz stepping is just ludicrous when trying to use SSB.
10 KHz
| steps severely limit the usefulness of the radio when you can not talk to
| someone using a VFO. FM is such a spectrum hog, that it is only used in
the
| uppermost portion of the 10 meter band, and usually for repeater use. SSB,
| specifically USB, is the mode of choice on 10 meters. And finally, you
would be
| hard pressed to find a ham dealer that sells these radios. You find them
at
| places like Copper that sell exclusively to CBers who are entrenched in
their
| inefficient, archaic AM mode, when clearly, SSB is a far superior mode
that
| delivers the most bang for the buck, and the greatest range.
|
| Steve
|