FAQ
 

Steveo wrote:

jim wrote:

Steveo wrote:


wrote:


The Cmd of buttholes sure hasn't made any "DYNO-MITE" pronouncements on
the internet, has he?


He still loves his CB.


only in the biblical sense i take it...


Dunno, he can hardly post without mentioning CB.

heard from enzo lately?

FAQ
 

jim wrote:
Steveo wrote:
heard from enzo lately?

No, wonder where he went?

FAQ
 

Steveo wrote:

jim wrote:

Steveo wrote:
heard from enzo lately?


No, wonder where he went?
dunno. figured he'd be in here lamenting the jets.

FAQ
 

Cmdr Buzz Corey wrote:
wrote:
****stain uses on Usenet? He fakes being a pilot too? lol


Indeed. He claims to have both a now obsolete advanced ham ticket,
(unlikely) and a pilot's license (highly unlikely.)! But he hides
behind a cheezy handle swiped from a cheezy 50's sci-fi show.


LOL at 2test wogie, the porta-a-pottie specialists.

LOL at Butt Cornholer, has to pretend he has a ham and pilot's license.
He's familiar with port-a-potties, though, since that is where he gets
his meals from.

FAQ
 

"jim" wrote in message
...
The Magnum wrote:
Not difficult to deduce that you are a CB-er.


Why is that then.. is it because he has friends, his house isn't full of
bits of old crap and he doesnt stink of wee and biscuits??


biscuits?

Its an old joke referring to the elderly.... ;o)

FAQ
 

"jim" wrote in message
...
Steveo wrote:

jim wrote:

Steveo wrote:
heard from enzo lately?


No, wonder where he went?
dunno. figured he'd be in here lamenting the jets.

Probably washed away in a hurricane somewhere.....
Gra

FAQ
 

The Magnum wrote:

"jim" wrote in message
...

Steveo wrote:


jim wrote:


Steveo wrote:
heard from enzo lately?


No, wonder where he went?

dunno. figured he'd be in here lamenting the jets.


Probably washed away in a hurricane somewhere.....
Gra


nah hurricanes are down south. he's up near me and with the foot of rain
(17 1/2" locally) the past week or so more than likely the 'puter
floated away.

FAQ
 

The Magnum wrote:

"jim" wrote in message
...

The Magnum wrote:

Not difficult to deduce that you are a CB-er.


Why is that then.. is it because he has friends, his house isn't full of
bits of old crap and he doesnt stink of wee and biscuits??



biscuits?


Its an old joke referring to the elderly.... ;o)


aye figured as such. got the wee bit though :)

FAQ
 

FAQ
 

"The Magnum" wrote in message
...

Not difficult to deduce that you are a CB-er.

Why is that then.. is it because he has friends, his house isn't full of
bits of old crap and he doesnt stink of wee and biscuits??


In other words, a serving of Haggis ;)

Landshark


--
The internet is fun but it's no substitute for books, people, nature,
or direct experiences. But you think that you can get everything you
need from your computer, you are a fool.

Frank Gililland

FAQ
 

"Jock." wrote in message
...
On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 19:11:52 +0100, "The Magnum"
wrote:

Hold about a bit matey boy... Just because someone uses a CB doesnt make
them a lower class person or less intellectual than an Amateur radio user.
They may have brains far exceeding yours on several topics, just not on
radio. Just because you know a bit about radio doesnt make you a higher
class of person... IT JUST MEANS YOU KNOW ABOUT RADIO'S..... now try
learning common sense, respect for ones fellow man and remember.. Amateur
Radio.. Just like CB.. is JUST A HOBBY...
I love the bit though where you say "it is neither my wish to insult them"
but you manage to do it anyhow...
10-4 over and out .. or in your case QRT..

Another CB-er and potential F-class adherent.

(You can spot them the minute they put finger to keyboard).

Yet another reason I will never obtain a ham ticket. You seem to think that
your little piece of paper raises your IQ.

FAQ
 

DrDeath wrote:
"Jock." wrote in message
...

On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 19:11:52 +0100, "The Magnum"
wrote:


Hold about a bit matey boy... Just because someone uses a CB doesnt make
them a lower class person or less intellectual than an Amateur radio user.
They may have brains far exceeding yours on several topics, just not on
radio. Just because you know a bit about radio doesnt make you a higher
class of person... IT JUST MEANS YOU KNOW ABOUT RADIO'S..... now try
learning common sense, respect for ones fellow man and remember.. Amateur
Radio.. Just like CB.. is JUST A HOBBY...
I love the bit though where you say "it is neither my wish to insult them"
but you manage to do it anyhow...
10-4 over and out .. or in your case QRT..

Another CB-er and potential F-class adherent.

(You can spot them the minute they put finger to keyboard).


Yet another reason I will never obtain a ham ticket.

Good news for ham radio!

You seem to think that
your little piece of paper raises your IQ.

Yet with you cber IQ you couldn't pass the test even though the answers
to the questions are available.

FAQ
 

Yet another reason I will never obtain a ham ticket.

Good news for ham radio!

Yep, there will be no one left on Ham soon after all the old farts have
died...

You seem to think that
your little piece of paper raises your IQ.

Yet with you cber IQ you couldn't pass the test even though the answers
to the questions are available.

Try taking an IQ test and i bet theres hardly any difference between you and
most people on CB. The only test you would outshine most CBers would be
radio related...

FAQ
 

"The Magnum" wrote in message
...

Yet another reason I will never obtain a ham ticket.

Good news for ham radio!

Yep, there will be no one left on Ham soon after all the old farts have
died...

You seem to think that
your little piece of paper raises your IQ.

Yet with you cber IQ you couldn't pass the test even though the answers
to the questions are available.

Try taking an IQ test and i bet theres hardly any difference between you
and
most people on CB. The only test you would outshine most CBers would be
radio related...

I doubt he knows as much about radio than I do. And from what I have read of
his posts, his IQ is certainly lower than my 147

FAQ
 

From: (Cmdr*Buzz*Corey)
DrDeath wrote:
I doubt he knows as much about radio than I do. And from what I have
read of his posts, his IQ is certainly lower than my 147

147? Yeah right.
_
Why would you disbelieve him? In the 70's, 130 and up was considered
genius. The bar has been raised, today I think it's like 140 or so, so
why is it so difficult for you to understand he can be at 147? Besides,
many of us who were subjected as children to a littany of IQ tests and
the like don't put much stock in them. The worldwide MENSA and the
National GATE groups are full of those who are full of themselves, not
that much unlike the ego one often finds in radio.

FAQ
 

DrDeath wrote:

I doubt he knows as much about radio than I do. And from what I have read of
his posts, his IQ is certainly lower than my 147


147? Yeah right.

FAQ
 

"Cmdr Buzz Corey" wrote in message
...
DrDeath wrote:

I doubt he knows as much about radio than I do. And from what I have read
of his posts, his IQ is certainly lower than my 147
147? Yeah right.

I realize that it is hard for you to comprehend that, with me being a CBer.
Challenging a belief system can be tough. Like your belief that all CBers
are to stupid to pass the ham test, that we sit around all day swilling beer
and saying "ten-fer good buddy". Or my favorite belief you hold, "I have a
ham ticket, that makes me special."

FAQ
 

"DrDeath" wrote in message
...
"Cmdr Buzz Corey" wrote in message
...
DrDeath wrote:

I doubt he knows as much about radio than I do. And from what I have
read
of his posts, his IQ is certainly lower than my 147
147? Yeah right.

I realize that it is hard for you to comprehend that, with me being a
CBer.
Challenging a belief system can be tough. Like your belief that all CBers
are to stupid to pass the ham test, that we sit around all day swilling
beer
and saying "ten-fer good buddy". Or my favorite belief you hold, "I have a
ham ticket, that makes me special."

Why on earth would anyone want to pass an Amateur test to talk to guys like
this is beyond me. At least with CB you can have a laugh and also use it
sensibly without having to dedicate your whole life to the bloody thing....
Those people who look down on CB because they are amateurs really...really
need to get out and experience some life..... and i dont mean down to the
ham rallys to buy some more of someones junk to fill their houses with. Not
all Amateurs are like this but theres a lot that are, and a lot of them sit
in these newsgroups trying to prove something. Sad old farts....

FAQ
 

On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 11:03:45 -0500, "DrDeath" wrote:

"Cmdr Buzz Corey" wrote in message
...
DrDeath wrote:

I doubt he knows as much about radio than I do. And from what I have read
of his posts, his IQ is certainly lower than my 147
147? Yeah right.

I realize that it is hard for you to comprehend that, with me being a CBer.
Challenging a belief system can be tough. Like your belief that all CBers
are to stupid to pass the ham test, that we sit around all day swilling beer
and saying "ten-fer good buddy". Or my favorite belief you hold, "I have a
ham ticket, that makes me special."

Any moron can pick up a microphone.

--

73 de Jock.

Old Glory - a common misspelling. Only the first "l"
is necessary.

FAQ
 

DrDeath wrote:
"Cmdr Buzz Corey" wrote in message
...

DrDeath wrote:

I doubt he knows as much about radio than I do. And from what I have read
of his posts, his IQ is certainly lower than my 147

147? Yeah right.


I realize that it is hard for you to comprehend that, with me being a CBer.
Challenging a belief system can be tough. Like your belief that all CBers
are to stupid...
^^

147?

FAQ
 

DrDeath wrote:
"Cmdr Buzz Corey" wrote in message
...

DrDeath wrote:

I doubt he knows as much about radio than I do. And from what I have read
of his posts, his IQ is certainly lower than my 147

147? Yeah right.


I realize that it is hard for you to comprehend that, with me being a CBer.
Challenging a belief system can be tough. Like your belief that all CBers
are to stupid to pass the ham test, that we sit around all day swilling beer
and saying "ten-fer good buddy". Or my favorite belief you hold, "I have a
ham ticket, that makes me special."



I find that those who brag about their IQs is about all they have to
brag about. I know people with IQs higher then yours who couldn't find
their way to the bathroom and back without help, so what does you IQ
prove? Nothing.

As far as knowing more about radio, I converted my first transmitter, a
Heath DX-60 from controlled carrier AM (you even know what controlled
carrier AM is without looking it up?) to high level plate modulation
(you even know what high level plate modulation is without looking it
up?). I once designed and built my own SSB 80-10 meter transmitter plus
many other pieces of ham equipment. Also constructed a 15 meter three
element beam using gamma matching (you even know what gamma matching is
without looking it up?). What have you designed and built for your 'good
buddy ten-fer ther' cb hobby, mister IQ?

FAQ
 

DrDeath wrote:
I realize that it is hard for you to comprehend that, with me being a CBer.
Challenging a belief system can be tough. Like your belief that all CBers
are to stupid to pass the ham test, that we sit around all day swilling beer
and saying "ten-fer good buddy".

That's downright silly. Y'all gotta have time to put the hammer down and
find y'all's selves a convoy and spot them smokeys from the rockin' chair.
Then y'all gotta test y'all's leenyars by ratchet-jawin' "Walk Walk Walk
On Yoooooooooooooooo" on channels 6 through 34 simultaneously. (That
means "at the same time".)

--
If John McCain gets the 2008 Republican Presidential nomination,
my vote for President will be a write-in for Jiang Zemin.

FAQ
 

"DrDeath" wrote:
"Cmdr Buzz Corey" wrote in message
...
DrDeath wrote:

I doubt he knows as much about radio than I do. And from what I have
read of his posts, his IQ is certainly lower than my 147
147? Yeah right.

I realize that it is hard for you to comprehend that, with me being a
CBer. Challenging a belief system can be tough. Like your belief that all
CBers are to stupid to pass the ham test, that we sit around all day
swilling beer and saying "ten-fer good buddy". Or my favorite belief you
hold, "I have a ham ticket, that makes me special."

Ask him his call.

Post of the week to rrcb
 

"The Magnum" wrote:
Why on earth would anyone want to pass an Amateur test to talk to guys
like this is beyond me. At least with CB you can have a laugh and also
use it sensibly without having to dedicate your whole life to the bloody
thing.... Those people who look down on CB because they are amateurs
really...really need to get out and experience some life..... and i dont
mean down to the ham rallys to buy some more of someones junk to fill
their houses with. Not all Amateurs are like this but theres a lot that
are, and a lot of them sit in these newsgroups trying to prove something.
Sad old farts....

IAWTP.

FAQ
 

Jock. wrote:
Any moron can pick up a microphone.

As proved my so many. License doesn't mean squat to me or K1man. g

FAQ
 

Cmdr Buzz Corey wrote:
I find that those who brag about their IQs is about all they have to
brag about.

Do you ever take a time-out from your CB posts to really ponder it, JJ?

FAQ
 

From: (clifto)
DrDeath wrote:
I realize that it is hard for you to comprehend that, with me being a
CBer. Challenging a belief system can be tough. Like your belief that
all CBers are to stupid to pass the ham test, that we sit around all day
swilling beer and saying "ten-fer good buddy".

That's downright silly. Y'all gotta have time to

put the hammer down and find y'all's selves a

convoy and spot them smokeys from the

rockin' chair. Then y'all gotta test y'all's

leenyars by ratchet-jawin' "Walk Walk Walk

On Yoooooooooooooooo" on channels 6

through 34 simultaneously. (That means "at

the same time".)


The only thing you need concern yourself with is staying out of prison
regarding your upcoming charges.

--
****************If John McCain gets the
2008

Republican Presidential nomination, * * * * * my

vote for President will be a write-in for Jiang

Zemin.


The record you are compiling and the rate you are going, you won't be
permitted to vote in the near future so you won't have to worry about
it.

FAQ
 

"Jock." wrote in message
...
On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 11:03:45 -0500, "DrDeath"
wrote:

"Cmdr Buzz Corey" wrote in message
...
DrDeath wrote:

I doubt he knows as much about radio than I do. And from what I have
read
of his posts, his IQ is certainly lower than my 147
147? Yeah right.

I realize that it is hard for you to comprehend that, with me being a
CBer.
Challenging a belief system can be tough. Like your belief that all CBers
are to stupid to pass the ham test, that we sit around all day swilling
beer
and saying "ten-fer good buddy". Or my favorite belief you hold, "I have a
ham ticket, that makes me special."

Any moron can pick up a microphone.

Same with a keyboard.

FAQ
 

"Cmdr Buzz Corey" wrote in message
...
DrDeath wrote:
"Cmdr Buzz Corey" wrote in message
...

DrDeath wrote:

I doubt he knows as much about radio than I do. And from what I have
read of his posts, his IQ is certainly lower than my 147

147? Yeah right.


I realize that it is hard for you to comprehend that, with me being a
CBer. Challenging a belief system can be tough. Like your belief that all
CBers are to stupid to pass the ham test, that we sit around all day
swilling beer and saying "ten-fer good buddy". Or my favorite belief you
hold, "I have a ham ticket, that makes me special."

I find that those who brag about their IQs is about all they have to brag
about. I know people with IQs higher then yours who couldn't find their
way to the bathroom and back without help, so what does you IQ prove?
Nothing.

I only pointed it out to show that you believe those that use cb radio and
those with no ham ticket are intellectually inferior. So yes, I proved that
quite clearly.


As far as knowing more about radio, I converted my first transmitter, a
Heath DX-60 from controlled carrier AM (you even know what controlled
carrier AM is without looking it up?) to high level plate modulation (you
even know what high level plate modulation is without looking it up?). I
once designed and built my own SSB 80-10 meter transmitter plus many other
pieces of ham equipment. Also constructed a 15 meter three element beam
using gamma matching (you even know what gamma matching is without looking
it up?). What have you designed and built for your 'good buddy ten-fer
ther' cb hobby, mister IQ?

I don't need to look up any of those items.
I am in the process of building a ssb radio to match the linear I built last
year. Though I am certain I spend a great deal less time working on those
types of projects as I have other interests in my life.

FAQ
 

"Steveo" wrote in message
...
"DrDeath" wrote:
"Cmdr Buzz Corey" wrote in message
...
DrDeath wrote:

I doubt he knows as much about radio than I do. And from what I have
read of his posts, his IQ is certainly lower than my 147
147? Yeah right.

I realize that it is hard for you to comprehend that, with me being a
CBer. Challenging a belief system can be tough. Like your belief that all
CBers are to stupid to pass the ham test, that we sit around all day
swilling beer and saying "ten-fer good buddy". Or my favorite belief you
hold, "I have a ham ticket, that makes me special."

Ask him his call.

OK Hey Cmdr Buzz Corey, whats your call?

FAQ
 

DrDeath wrote:


I don't need to look up any of those items.
I am in the process of building a ssb radio to match the linear I built last
year.

Sure you are.

FAQ
 

DrDeath wrote:

I don't need to look up any of those items.
I am in the process of building a ssb radio to match the linear I built last
year. Though I am certain I spend a great deal less time working on those
types of projects as I have other interests in my life.



Care to give some details like what method of SSB generation this here
radio will use? Will this be a transmitter or tranceiver? What will the
IF frequency be? To go with your linear? So you are just another law
breaking cber I see.

FAQ
 

"Walt Davidson" wrote...
On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 10:12:56 +0100, "The Magnum"
wrote:

Do you know, in all my years of CB radio use ive never actually heard anyone
talk like that on the CB. Ive been on since 1979 (not continuously, i do let
go the mic occasionally ;o) The only people who talk like that are people
who have no real idea of CB and are just taking the Mick. Am i wrong?? do
people talk like that on the CB where you live?? Let us know where these
people are so we can avoid them ....

Everyone on CB in the Cardiff and Swansea areas talks like that.

Except that in the Cardiff area, they don't have "handles" ... they
have "angles". As in, "The angle by yer would be Smokey Joe, and the
personal would be Dai".

I have heard similar things in other parts of the country. In some cases, it may be
from someone with a speech problem. It is possible that people have heard it and
copied it just to take the pss.

Around here, you can hear differences in accents with people just a few miles apart. In this
small town people often have a broad accent. In another town, only about 6 miles away, the
accent is not so strong. Then, there is the city accent.
Those in the city are often refered to as "Di-Dahs", and it is not uncommon to hear people
immitate certain words with other local accents.

Depending on where he is and who is present, my old man tends to switch accents or
put on some "posh" accent. When visiting family around his home town (my birth town), he
tends to go all "ooh-aahh" farmer Joe. When visiting us, he tends to fake certain words as
if to act "upper-class".
There are certain words which only seem to be used locally, and words that are pronounced
in totally different ways, so he starts things off. However, having been brought up with a
mixture of accents, my Son has a great time with this. Nobody is safe from his mimicking.
When my children get going together with funny voices and accents, they are a real hoot to
listen to.

There are also some words which tend to have my children in fits of laughter... like hospice.
If you don't see the joke, don't worry, it's all in the accent...

Hoss: Four legged animal seen running in the Grand National.


Regards,
Peter.

FAQ
 

"Polymath" wrote...
Unbeknown to me, this thread had already been cross-posted to
the CB groups, and I would have removed that cross-posting
had I been aware of it.

Why, so that you can abuse people behind their back? What would be the point
of replying to someone, but cutting out the group that the OP uses?

In respect of that, I apologise if my remarks have caused
any offence to the CB community.

I would bet that, if this was cross-posted to *real" tech groups, many qualified
engineers would also be offended by your suggestion that you are a "higher"
level of person.

However, I do not withdraw my
remarks - they are my opinion as to the relative
standing of Radio Hams and of CB Radio
enthusiasts where the playing-field is that of Radio
Hams.

Playing field? So this is nothing more than a game to you, see who can cause the
most offence.

Your problem is that you are blaming the wrong people.
Maybe this is all just an excuse, a cover for your hatred of CB, nothing to do with
Amateur rules. Otherwise you would direct your comments and anger at those
making the changes.

However, having said that, the material quoted below
serves, I think, to illustrate quite well the
intellectual standing of CB Radio enthusiasts
upon which I have commented.....

You write a message which anyone of at least average intelligence will know will offend
certain groups of people, then pretend to be shocked when some respond angrily. You
may be a Ham, but that doesn't mean you can act.

Before putting the angry response down to "CB mentality", take a look through the Google
archives at all the serious abuse sent to newsgroups by some licensed Amateurs.
Six of one, half a dozen of the other.


Regards,

Peter.

FAQ
 

"Polymath" wrote...
Because although CBers are in a different intellectual
class to Radio Hams, it is neither my wish to insult
them nor to enter into a discourse with them.

NO...
It IS your intention to insult them, just behind their backs so you run less risk
of them replying. Your post was not really intended as an "FAQ", it was purely
a relatively "safe" release for your personal anger.

Wuss.


CBers have the right to besport their habits in the
appropriate place as do all the lower classes, which
in this context is rrcb (and urrcb).

If you must start seeing this as a class system, look up "Amateur" in a dictionary.
Please consider the meaning of the word before suggesting that an "Amateur" is
above the professionals who design and build equipment to the standards set by
Governments, standards far above that required by an *amateur* producing
equipment for his own personal use.


A CB Radio hobbyist, on the other hand, sees no difference between
a Ham Radio licence and a CB Radio licence. To him, they are
sisters-under-the-skin. Wrongly, the CB Radio Hobbyist then
tries to classify himself as the equal of the Radio
Ham when, in fact, he is nothing of the kind. A sure sign of
a CB Radio hobbyist is if he holds, or has ever held, a licence
issued under the gangrenous degeneration that is the
M3/CB Fools' Licence scheme.

-----ooooo-----

One group of people who claim to be of the standard of
Radio Hams but who are in reality nothing more than an
apology for the failure of a CBer are those class B
licensees who falsely proclaimed that they were against
the use of a Morse Test to control access to the HF
bands, until, that is, a test was introduced at their
intellectual level, the intellectual level of 6-year-olds.

6 year-olds simply lack the mathematical tool kit to
enable them to handle even the simplest algebraic manipulation
for Ohm's Law and thus, the disgraceful Class Ber's in
the aforementioned category are not Radio Hams by any stretch
of the imagination!


Comparing, as you call them, "disgraceful Class Ber's" to 6 year old children is clearly
intended to insult people.

Please think before displaying such ignorance and stupidity by blaming CBers for the rules...
they have absolutely NO CONTROL over such matters. CBers neither set the rules nor claim to
represent "members", that woukld be Ofcom and the RSGB.

CBers do NOT see Amateur and CB as "sisters", it is people like the RSGB, the RA and Ofcom and
a certain magazine publisher who see it that way and make decisions to mix, combine and change
rules and formats.
Any sensible CBer would prefer to keep Amateur and CB separate, as they are separate services
for totally different purposes.

If you must get so angry, do yourself a couple of favours...
1. Blame and whine at the correct people, those able to make the changes.
2. Watch your blood pressure, OM.


I agree with keeping the Amateur requirements higher. I agree that it is now too
simple, and has been for some years. I believe that Amateur radio should be for those
with a real interest in radio, and tests should be set to allow those people through - not
to get the licence figures up.
But it's pointless blaming people for taking what is on offer, sitting the test required to
get their licence.


Regards,

Peter.

FAQ
 

"The Magnum" wrote...

"jim" wrote in message
...
The Magnum wrote:
Not difficult to deduce that you are a CB-er.


Why is that then.. is it because he has friends, his house isn't full of
bits of old crap and he doesnt stink of wee and biscuits??


biscuits?

Its an old joke referring to the elderly.... ;o)

Would that be a Brummy joke?
What about Murray Mints?


Regards,

Peter.
http://www.citizensband.radiouk.com/

FAQ
 

Cmdr Buzz Corey wrote:
DrDeath wrote:

I don't need to look up any of those items.
I am in the process of building a ssb radio to match the linear I built
last year. Though I am certain I spend a great deal less time working
on those types of projects as I have other interests in my life.



Care to give some details like what method of SSB generation this here
radio will use?

Care to tell us your call sign, buzzard?

FAQ
 

"Peter" wrote in message
news:43630f90.0@entanet...
"The Magnum" wrote...

"jim" wrote in message
...
The Magnum wrote:
Not difficult to deduce that you are a CB-er.


Why is that then.. is it because he has friends, his house isn't
full of
bits of old crap and he doesnt stink of wee and biscuits??


biscuits?

Its an old joke referring to the elderly.... ;o)

Would that be a Brummy joke?
What about Murray Mints?


Regards,

Peter.
http://www.citizensband.radiouk.com/

Nah Pete its not a Brummie Joke. I dont know about the Murray mints
though.... youll have to enlighten me on that one while i pour HP sauce all
over my Mushy Peas and Chips ;o)

FAQ
 

There are also some words which tend to have my children in fits of
laughter... like hospice.
If you don't see the joke, don't worry, it's all in the accent...

Hoss: Four legged animal seen running in the Grand National.


Regards,
Peter.


Whats a Hospice.....about a gallon and a half ;o)

FAQ
 

"Cmdr Buzz Corey" wrote in message
...
DrDeath wrote:


I don't need to look up any of those items.
I am in the process of building a ssb radio to match the linear I built
last
year.

Sure you are.

Why? cant you afford to buy one??