Unchained Preppers
Communications => Radio => Topic started by: pkveazey on January 25, 2020, 10:37:29 PM
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A Ham friend gave me his ICOM IC R7000 receiver because he had replaced it with a more expensive one. Say what? An IC R7000 originally cost $900 and the remote control cost another $100. I don't know what ICOM he replaced it with but it must have been a real doozy. The IC R7000 covers 25 Mhz through about 1.2 GHz. I put up a new antenna today that will cover 25 Mhz and up. All was going well until I started running some RG8 up through the ceiling and across the ceiling rafters and out of the eave. Wham!!! I slipped in the attic and scrapped the crap out of my shin(about 6 inches long and 3/4" wide). Nope... That didn't stop me. I was on a mission. I hooked everything up and it worked fine. Hey!!! Why does my shin sting? Oh, I forgot, I ran to the bathroom and loaded the abrasion up with antiseptic. Hmmmmmm…… I wasn't expecting it to sting that much, but it did. I can now listen to AM, FM, FM narrow, and SSB. In SSB mode I can copy CW. It has a switch on the back that lets you choose Upper SB or Lower SB. I set it for upper SB. I actually heard a WA4 station on 6 meters doing CW.
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Look at your shin. If you are not still bleeding or gonna die, just rub dirt on it and you will be fine.
Nemo
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@PKV :thumbsUp:
@ Nemo :duh:
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Hey, when I was a kid thats how things were done. I got hurt and went crying/hollering for an adult I was asked 2 questions.
Are you bleeding?
If I answered yes, I was told-- come here and show me.
If I answered no, I was asked-- Are you going to die.
If yes, come here and let me see it.
If no-- rub dirt on it and you will be fine.
DEAD SERIOUS on that being how I was raised as a kid. I try to do that with the kids I am around on occasion. Make em tough.
Nemo
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AWESOME PK.
Nemo, ????? :gunner:
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Yep, thats how I was treated as a kid. Made me grow up tough.
Nemo :baconDance:
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Nemo, love ya' brother. :cheers: