Thanks for the info guys, I'll check it out this afternoon, after I pick my
truck up from the dealer (had a fiberglass tonneau installed). I think I'll
be safe right now, 115mph governor...that is, until next week when I get my
B&G flash, then it's up to 135 :)
-- Dave Bensalem, PA '02 R/T RC Flame Red""Jon N. Benignus"" <blkwidow1@primary.net> wrote in message news:B9230772.10DD8%blkwidow1@primary.net... > > > The Li'l Wil can handle a 132mph wind (tested at Nazareth Raceway(I forgot > > to take it off during a time trial)) > Yup, the Wilson magnet is plenty strong, although I don't think my V6 is up > to that kind of speed. > > Placed a Teaberry Stalker II Export > Wow! Haven't heard that brand name in years! They made good stuff, right > along with President and Galaxy, which along with the Uniden and Cobra > morphed into basically the same stuff, IIRC. > > Did you replace the MC873x chip with an MC8719? > I have no idea, as my son gave me the radio, which is actually a 148 GTL ST > with an Astatic power mic with adjustable modulation and tone. He used it in > his car with a 3 pill foot warmer, so it also has adjustable dead key > output. > BTW, he is an avionics/Doppler radar/radio tech in the Navy. > > Ummm how did you get 40watts out the back of the unit? Or is that 40 when > you go SSB? > > It dead keys 20 on AM, 40+ modulation. It also has a swing kit in it. > About the same wattage on SSB. I've talked from here just west of STL to as > far east as Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, to L.A and Frisco in CA and Vancouver, > BC-during the day, putting down the road. > See above on the adjustable output. It is barefoot. I wish I had the linear. > On the freeband, there is a three position switch. Middle is normal, then go > to SSB and rotate the switch either way. Example: Upper sideband, rotate > the switch towards the radio's face, and you go above upper sideband, but > below lower on the next channel up. Rotate the switch the other way to the > stop, and you go between upper sideband and AM. Repeat on lower sideband, > only you cover the freqs on the lower side. Clear as mud, right? > I also have a slightly warmed 148GTL with stock mic that only dead keys > about 10 watts. Then there's the old radio that got me started, my trusty > old Royce I-600B 23...I mean 27 ch (4 lowers) with Road King 66T mic and > Avanti Hippo V antenna. It wil mod about 17-19 watts. > here's a blast fom the past-I also used it as a base radio back in the 70s > using a CLR II 5/8 wave ground plane. I still have it all, except the base > antenna, which I just gave to a friend who lives on a big hill, and is > mounting it along with the 20' of push up pole on his barn. > > As far as all the chips and stuff, I'll admit you may as well be speaking > Greek, as I don't know any of that stuff. All I know is the thing works. > I could go in and fix it given a schematic, but I don't know much about its > innards. > > Boy, been a while since I was at a coffee break (20+ years)-and to think I'm > doing it on a computer. Whoda thunk? > > Regards, > Jon > STL MO >
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