"N8KDV" wrote in message
...


grenner wrote:

Actually I have the Blap -O-Matic 88 and find it to be an excellent
reciever. The natural gas operated display is nice and bright and the
hamster driver mechanical filters have a great shape factor depending on
what type of skirt I put on the hamster. I believe the 99 uses geribles
rather than hamsters thus having the longer tail that pulls in that
extra
faint signal.

You are correct, I had a chance to use a friends 99 on a DXpedition a
while back
and it really blew the 88 away. The 99 has a built in feeder for the
gerbils as
well, whereas the 88 does not have that feature for the hamsters.

One can always count on a Blap-O-Matic in those tough DXing situations, no
matter what model one chooses.


Truer words have never been spoken. Nothing like a cold winter night here in
Minnesota at a remote cabin with a nice fire, a random lenght longwire
hooked to a Blap-O-Matic. The first time I QSLed Radio NibiNibi was using
old Blappie, as I called it ,on one of those DXpeditions. Pardon me I am
getting all choked up.

Greg

In article , N8KDV
writes:


grenner wrote:

Actually I have the Blap -O-Matic 88 and find it to be an excellent
reciever. The natural gas operated display is nice and bright and the
hamster driver mechanical filters have a great shape factor depending on
what type of skirt I put on the hamster. I believe the 99 uses geribles
rather than hamsters thus having the longer tail that pulls in that extra
faint signal.

You are correct, I had a chance to use a friends 99 on a DXpedition a while
back
and it really blew the 88 away. The 99 has a built in feeder for the gerbils
as
well, whereas the 88 does not have that feature for the hamsters.

One can always count on a Blap-O-Matic in those tough DXing situations, no
matter what model one chooses.


I've read that for picking up those hard to get Pirate transmissions

feeding the Gerbils Amphetamines.....

( Voids the factory Warrantee though..)

Perky little *******s !

Pics up stations that havent even turned their transmitter on..

"grenner" wrote in message
...

Truer words have never been spoken. Nothing like a cold winter night here
in
Minnesota at a remote cabin with a nice fire, a random lenght longwire
hooked to a Blap-O-Matic. The first time I QSLed Radio NibiNibi was using
old Blappie, as I called it ,on one of those DXpeditions. Pardon me I am
getting all choked up.

ROTFL... this thread is too damned amusing... I thought I recognized that
"Minnesota humor" even before you said anything about Minnesota... ;o)

Jackie
Native Twin Citian, SWLer and amateur radio operator

"Norbert Nocode" wrote in message
...
On 11 Oct 2003 22:22:45 GMT, (Diverd4777) wrote:

In article , N8KDV

writes:

schnipp (Hic! Im mildly undder the affluence of incahol...)

One can always count on a Blap-O-Matic in those tough DXing situations,
no
matter what model one chooses.


I've read that for picking up those hard to get Pirate transmissions

feeding the Gerbils Amphetamines.....

( Voids the factory Warrantee though..)

Perky little *******s !

Pics up stations that havent even turned their transmitter on..


I've found that by feeding the gerbils in my B-O-M 99 barbituates,
they slow down CW transmissions enough that even I can understand
them.

Norbert



Boy we need to get a BOM Yahoo group going for these teriffic mods.

Greg

Frank Dresser wrote:
"Burr" wrote in message
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I don't know Frank, I'm having a great day out here in the desert and
my scanner works well, eats batteries but I can recharge it.
The radio reception is great out here. The Sat 800 works well.


Burr
Grundig's Sat800&650,YB400&FR200
Drake SW8 Scanners BC 895&245XLT
Sangean DT110(for Ball Games)
Also Have a Clock Radio!!!
N35.3582
W117.4157
South Left Coast, U.S.A.




I sure hope the Sat 800 is more heat resistant than my old Bunsen 451. One
day I was listening to Brother Stair, and I heard this loud BANG!! and then
smoke started billowing out of it. For a second, I thought the old Prophet
had finally called one right. But then I noticed the radio was in the
bright sunshine, and must have overheated.

Frank Dresser


Gee Frank, I was out in my mobile platform and every thing works fine.
It was night but it could have over heat from the fire in the stove in
the other room.

Burr

BlabittyBlahBlah wrote:
Frank Dresser said while (what else?) dressing ------


What? You want to critisize people who try to contribute to a specific
discussion with a possible general comparision, but you don't find a
specific post to critisize?

Frank Dresser



What contribution? The guy only wanted to hear about the Blap-O-Matic 99, not
every other possible radio! If someone asks me about a Drake R8B, why would I
tell him about a Sony 7600? Although I didn't cite an actual example, anyone
who's read this newsgroup for a while knows what I'm talking about.

Sheesh.

You eediot!



Yea But, my YB400 works fine and I don't think it has anything to do
with the Sony 7600.


Burr

Frank Dresser wrote:
"BlabittyBlahBlah" wrote in message
...

Frank Dresser said while (what else?) dressing ------


What contribution? The guy only wanted to hear about the Blap-O-Matic 99,

not

every other possible radio! If someone asks me about a Drake R8B, why

would I

tell him about a Sony 7600? Although I didn't cite an actual example,

anyone

who's read this newsgroup for a while knows what I'm talking about.

Sheesh.

You eediot!






OK, let's keep making stuff up. Say somebody asked about an intermittent
display on an R-8. Somebody fixed their Sony 7600 by disassembling it and
cleaning some contacts. Is that an exact, step-by-step fix to the R-8's
owner's problem? Nope. But it could be useful information. Other R-8
owners may have fixed intermittents in the power supply or the encoder. But
that's not a display, is it?

But let's say the R-8 owner has a peculiar sensitivity. He's offended by
answers that don't address his exact problem in his exact radio. And
usenet, being usenet as usual, brings forth many posts of imperfect
relevance. Dammit! Maybe nobody has had this exact problem in this exact
radio. Or the one guy who fixed that problem went fishing that week.

Well, I think it's high time somebody fixes usenet. Maybe when Hillary
Clinton gets re-elected as our President, she'll skip the Gays in the
Military and National Health Care nonsense and go for the really, really
important stuff. The Special Sensitivity Usenet Posters Act. Then those
people who reply with inexact answers will get almost what they deserve.

Frank Dresser


But IF, Bill gets in again then he is going to post good stuff to RR Gay
and it will only apply to Gay's who use SW radios.
But gays use shortwave radios. In China they have a wind up radio with
out a display.

rruB

You didn't say anything about the radio getting wet (Radio Content)

Burr

Dolph N. Bubblehead wrote:
On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 22:45:31 GMT, "Jackie"
wrote:


"grenner" wrote in message
om...


Truer words have never been spoken. Nothing like a cold winter night here

in

Minnesota at a remote cabin with a nice fire, a random lenght longwire
hooked to a Blap-O-Matic. The first time I QSLed Radio NibiNibi was using
old Blappie, as I called it ,on one of those DXpeditions. Pardon me I am
getting all choked up.

ROTFL... this thread is too damned amusing... I thought I recognized that
"Minnesota humor" even before you said anything about Minnesota... ;o)

Jackie
Native Twin Citian, SWLer and amateur radio operator


yes, but it gets wet in an older submarine when the plumbing bursts
due to old age and underway vibration. It's often hard to get to the
leak to patch the leak, but we Submariners get the job done. We have
to. Land's often a long way away.

Subject: RRS - Stupid Reply
From: Norbert Nocode
Date: 10/11/2003 6:37 PM Eastern Standard Time
Message-id:

On 11 Oct 2003 22:22:45 GMT, (Diverd4777) wrote:

In article , N8KDV

writes:

schnipp (Hic! Im mildly undder the affluence of incahol...)

One can always count on a Blap-O-Matic in those tough DXing situations, no
matter what model one chooses.


I've read that for picking up those hard to get Pirate transmissions

feeding the Gerbils Amphetamines.....

( Voids the factory Warrantee though..)

Perky little *******s !

Pics up stations that havent even turned their transmitter on..


I've found that by feeding the gerbils in my B-O-M 99 barbituates,
they slow down CW transmissions enough that even I can understand
them.

Norbert

- Theres some funny tweak you give the gerbils that is supposed to let you hear
YESTERDAYS SW transmissions;
- Well, I tried that one, got it all Bolluxed up
& ended up with Dinosaurs in my Living room.
dalm! went walkin through the wall,
Eatin the Neighbors Poodles &
taking huge dumps

- Who needt that !

Feh !!

Subject: RRS - Stupid Reply
From: (Chandler7600)
Date: 10/11/2003 7:55 PM Eastern Standard Time
Message-id:

Subject: RRS - Stupid Reply
From: Norbert Nocode
Date: 10/11/2003 6:37 PM Eastern Standard Time
Message-id:

On 11 Oct 2003 22:22:45 GMT, (Diverd4777) wrote:

In article , N8KDV

writes:

schnipp (Hic! Im mildly undder the affluence of incahol...)

One can always count on a Blap-O-Matic in those tough DXing situations, no
matter what model one chooses.


I've read that for picking up those hard to get Pirate transmissions

feeding the Gerbils Amphetamines.....

( Voids the factory Warrantee though..)

Perky little *******s !

Pics up stations that havent even turned their transmitter on..


I've found that by feeding the gerbils in my B-O-M 99 barbituates,
they slow down CW transmissions enough that even I can understand
them.

Norbert

- Theres some funny tweak you give the gerbils that is supposed to let you
hear
YESTERDAYS SW transmissions;
- Well, I tried that one, got it all Bolluxed up
& ended up with Dinosaurs in my Living room.
dalm! went walkin through the wall,
Eatin the Neighbors Poodles &
taking huge dumps

- Who needt that !

Feh !!


Yeah,
I tried that too; waned too

Dam . Dinosaurs walked rigt out of my living room
took a **** in the middle of the freeway.

Got a ticket, had to miss work to pay the fine.
Threw the radio in the garbage.