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307
| | Posted on Sunday, June 01, 2003 - 8:00 pm: | 
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Letter in the box with the radio I just received Friday via U.P.S.
I asked ______ If I could post this , he said yes , laughing , sure...
Dear 307. I just bought this radio at the Flea Market in town , It is a Cobra 148 , The low power setting works just fine and puts out about 8 watts. When I switch the Power Amp on , it goes dead. Please repair it if it is below $50.
Response from 307: What kind of power amp did you have hooked to it , it may not be the radio?
Response, The one that is in the radio , PA?
I speak no more...
No charge....
307 |
bruce
| | Posted on Sunday, June 01, 2003 - 8:47 pm: |
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HA HA HA ! Love it ! |
Weakeststation
| | Posted on Sunday, June 01, 2003 - 9:34 pm: |
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 What could you have said hee hee |
Tech833
| | Posted on Sunday, June 01, 2003 - 10:00 pm: |
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Oh my gosh.... Where to start??? |
Crafter
| | Posted on Monday, June 02, 2003 - 1:59 am: |
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307 I worked on a yeasu 101 for 3 days trying to get output only to find out it was the overload bulb on the back $.99 felt like DUH! |
Taz
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 03, 2003 - 12:54 am: |
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hehe. I love those pa's dont you? |
Simon
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 03, 2003 - 9:24 am: |
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307 Reminds of a callout I had around the time that floppy drives went to half-height ones. A Government office called complaining their A drive wouldnt read a disk. Went to the site and with difficulty kept a straight face while removing the disk that nicely inserted BEWTEEN the two floppy drives.
Or the 2 hour drive (after spending 30 minutes on the phone going thru a checklist which included making sure everything was turned on) plugging the power supply in and turning the radio on. The complain? Our cars arent hearing us and we cant hear them. Trust me they were charged for an hour service call and 4 hours travel.
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Stepchild
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 03, 2003 - 1:45 pm: |
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I remember when I bought my RCI 2980.I got it ordered and spent the next day getting my A-99 on the push up and tied down,coax run through the house,then the big day,UPS delivered the radio and I tore into the box got it out and set it up on the side table just to make sure it was going to work,plugged it in and turned it on and....NOTHING!!!After about an hour I hit the panic button and called Copper and the first thing they ask is..Is it switched to PA?...My responce...YEP! My wife still laughs at me over that. |
Keithinatlanta
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 03, 2003 - 3:45 pm: |
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SSSSSSOOOOOOOOO "THAT" IS WHAT THAT IS HUH!
as GOOBER PYLE WOULD HAVE SAID AND I QUOTE:
" WELL I'LL BE DOGGED" !
Keith in Atlanta |
Kc0gxz
| | Posted on Thursday, June 05, 2003 - 5:07 am: |
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I have a question if anybody cares to answer.
Does anyone here actually USE the PAs in their radios?? Just curious.
Jeff, kc0gxz. |
bruce
| | Posted on Thursday, June 05, 2003 - 7:43 am: |
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they are illeagal in fla .... i dont have a clue why |
Whiskyrunner
| | Posted on Thursday, June 05, 2003 - 11:17 pm: |
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Jeff, I have two PA speakers mounted under my hood. I use the PA sometimes to get a persons attention. I also use it at halloween to ride around the neighborhood playing halloween tapes. The kids who are trick or treating love it. Have a great day. Whiskyrunner |
bruce
| | Posted on Friday, June 06, 2003 - 9:32 pm: |
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Sadly here in pinellas county florida although its not inforced its not leagal either..... I love halloween im a big kid and it would be fun to do that too ..... but my luck i would get picked up by one of the Deps i work with HE HE HE
We have a unnamed "CHURCH " here in clearwater one time in passing it the guy along me started out of PA speaker playing a hitler speach I damn near drove off the road THAT was FUNNY! and sadly on target. Hummmmmm maby our county will change the law at least halloween would be in good tast and fun! |
ryan
| | Posted on Saturday, June 07, 2003 - 9:29 pm: |
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im kinda disapointed in the magnum 257 and its lack of a PA. RF limited should start putting PA hookups in the 257s and then the pranksters like myself will enjoy them that much more |
bruce
| | Posted on Saturday, June 07, 2003 - 11:52 pm: |
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ryan .... How many ham radios have PA in them ? Not many ill bet |
ryan
| | Posted on Sunday, June 08, 2003 - 11:35 pm: |
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they should start putting them in i say. im sure there are ham operators who like driving around yelling at people in a PA |
Boxcar
| | Posted on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 12:00 am: |
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Hey kc0gxz,
I use mine only because my horn stopped working!! Ha!! Gets their attention a little bit more than a horn!! Especially with an echo mic!! |
Orion
| | Posted on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 1:53 am: |
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My Grant puts out about 60 watts when I switch to the PA setting. What's so funny about it? I think it's a great feature.(of course I'm joking) |
