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Long over due!! The problem here is it can be assumed that the whole effort is nothing more than discrimination and racism against the wonderful Chinese people. We will have to see how this turns out as it works its way through the courts.

When it rusts it's a problem. Laird, Larsen and other reputable companies use stainless steel. Of course I resolved the problem for 10 cents by going to Ace and buying two stainless steel ones. Not cool for a company to put the burden on the consumer to fix substandard scrap. Don't get me wrong, I support your effort to buy scap just as long as it's makes you happy. That's what it's all about, be happy.

Simple, the $250 billion dollar one is not coming out of your pocket and is being paid for on my dime. Don't complain when you get a free ride.

Simple, use other forms of communication as GMRS isn't the only form of it. What did you do before you heard of GMRS?

And don't forget to sniff the fumes from arcing mercury. Oh, the good old days.

Fiberglass repair and painting is extremely easy and invisible with little effort.

I stand corrected for calling them junk when the proper term is scrap. If a manufacturer can't use stainless steel set screws to hold the whip in, they are substandard scrap.

Why, for Christ's sake would anyone be stupid enough to use a pay for use repeater? I have to say it, it breaks every terrestrial and celestial boundary of human stupidity to do so. If you operate a repeater professionally and it has great features the members will voluntarily donate to it. Too many choices out there than paying some clown for nothing.

And let's not forget paint with lead in it. Many children grew up healthy as hell even though they used the window sill as a teething ring. And don't get me started on the asbestos scam. I believe long term exposure to airborne asbestos poses a health risk, but floor tiles don't. Same with lead.

Tinted windows can be an issue depending on the composition of the tint. In my opinion, unless the glass is clear without tint I won't recommend using them. It's NMO and a 3//4" hole or nothing.

All well said. My personal beliefs are if you are not proficient in soldering you shouldn't be a radio tech. Sure, soldering is only a small part of radio repair, but if I make a diagnosis and have to send the radio to the "soldering department" and wait till it comes back, the hell with that. With my eyesight diminishing due to age, I still can work SMT under magnification, but it gets challenging. And I refuse to use anything other than Kester leaded solder. And screw fumes hood. Nothing more satisfying than the smell of rosin and lead.

Scrap the idea of using Midland garbage and go with a 1/4 wave NMO mount antenna and drill it in. On the inside of the car gain access to the underneath area of the fiberglass and place a piece of copper foil by using 3M spray adhesive. Make sure your NMO is in good contact with the foil. You won't even see that 1/4 wave whip.

Hell YES!!

Or a bit too much nitrous oxide.

It's definitely fascinating tech. I can see why digital is so appealing, but I just can't get used to the sound.

Of course it makes sense to do it this way. After all it is just voice communications, not audiophile quality needed for land mobile service. I just hate the compression it causes. A lossless CODEC would help sound quality at the expense of bandwidth.

And the audio quality is excellent.

On the topic of proper GMRS etiquette, I was in a heated conversation with one of my friends and was overcome by a bad case of flatulence and had to let it rip during my train of thought. Fortunately, I had proper upbringing and was taught to extend my pinky on the hand holding the mic. It was a real tear jerker.

Oh trust me, I was pissing and moaning when they transitioned to digital. The sound quality of the analog was far superior to digital. Not a problem now, we're all programmed to accept crappy sounding phone calls. What choice do we really have?

You're not kidding. Many years ago I was dealing with government surplus and you'd be amazed at what was let out in the wild that I should have never seen. Not only harddrives, but other tech that retained sensitive information. Believe it or not, the Pentagon was the worst offender. This was after 9/11. Of course, I was required to destroy the items. All of this is attributed to human stupidity and laziness. As for digital radio, I absolutely dislike any form of it.

If your coax is good I would cut both connectors off and install quality new ones, preferably N connectors. Professionally installed connectors are the worst for quality and reliability. Only premade cables I would use that had "Professionally installed" connectors would be Heliax or RFS hardline.

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You really don't want to get bit by the high voltage from a tube amplifier, it will wake you up. You youngsters missed the good old days of flyback transformers connected to CRT, they hold their voltage for a long time after being de energized.

Ouch!

Don't get me started on those pen testers. I always tell the new guys to NEVER rely on them. If you insist on using one you better check using your meter. 277v and 480v is so unforgiving.