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Mrsandman
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Post Number: 55
Registered: 1-2002


Posted on Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 3:49 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

is the 296 rx less white noise than grant lt&xl looking for best rx in a cb only no export
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Bc910
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Post Number: 434
Registered: 7-2004


Posted on Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 1:01 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Grant, alll the way man
just my opinion
BC
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Mrsandman
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Post Number: 56
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Posted on Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 9:33 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

thank u
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Dan_in_wa
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Registered: 9-2004
Posted on Saturday, March 12, 2005 - 1:17 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I can't comment on the Grant. The 296 works very well and Copper is great to deal with.
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Pointman
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Registered: 7-2003
Posted on Saturday, March 12, 2005 - 10:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

If you want a quiet receiver the Grant is a great choice.
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Mrsandman
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Post Number: 57
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Posted on Sunday, March 13, 2005 - 8:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

dont want chance a used grant xl never found one that wasn't hacked.........

found out today my xt-400 rf in my comp brain
messing up my fuel pump and ox senser ..
tried ever thing new grounds to frame foil on brain tried 3 diff radios ..seen it before on a dodge truck
something about dodge !!!!! :o)
oh well ihave to be a mud duck stay under 500 watts!!!:o( told my freinds first one to key on me i will bend there antenna :o)

glad i wasn't a jerk when i had watts :o)
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Patzerozero
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Post Number: 570
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Sunday, March 13, 2005 - 10:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

mrsandman(hmmm, used to battle with a sandman in ct or ma on 26.835 10 or more years ago), what kind of antenna/coax are you using? you have some more drive then me, but my davemade m400 with 300dk/1kw+ swing doesn't touch the computer in my '99 durango. 117 amp alternator doesn't enjoy it though. another durango in NJ with HO alt runs a 16 pill with no problems to computer. if i remember correctly, funky station, also NJ runs BIG in a durango. 95% of computer problems is coax-cheap rg58 loses more rf though poor shielding then probably reaches antenna. i use 9913 & a mag mount & only times problems arise are if i let it fly on SSB.
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Patzerozero
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Post Number: 571
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Sunday, March 13, 2005 - 10:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

darn, forgot. the texas ranger 296 is about as close to the long gone xl & lt's as you can get. receive sounds as quiet as grants to my ears.
but i believe they've been discontinued too. the new 966's or whatever they are are in. haven't looked at 1 of those yet.
so boys & girls, snatch up all those 296's before they're gone, or the price goes up.
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Hotwire
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Post Number: 193
Registered: 1-2005


Posted on Monday, March 14, 2005 - 7:26 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

My Goodness! 500 or less and they call you a mudduck??!!
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Mrsandman
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Post Number: 58
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Posted on Monday, March 14, 2005 - 8:08 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

im going to try diff coax ..
yes hotwire 500 or less in mass is mudduck..
never used amps till six year ago always on ssb
never needed one ... im going to get a 296 had a696f rx was a little to much noise for me .
got my 2950 with sp-1 and chanel guard back..
my frind could not handel being without his 4800
we traded back plus he has to give me more on trade.. by the way about mudducks the big boys on 20 all run 3 alts 4-6 bats 3 antennas 16 pill
plus they will use a m4 for a driver theres no playing with them .plus the stuff they hide.
real world 200 watts am is all u need ssb 50watts
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Hotwire
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Post Number: 197
Registered: 1-2005


Posted on Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - 7:30 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

My my thats a lot of juice. I will admit that it seems to me living in Indiana....most of the big stations I hear are from out east along the coast. Mainly from around New York. East coasters love their amps. Not that nobody else in the country is big it just seems that most hi power DX traffic comes to me from the east. Most respect!
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Mrsandman
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Posted on Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - 8:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

we try hotwire but it fills are hart when we can talk to the mid west !!!!
got my fr prob fixed put a grant lt in
found out my ant coax was in a small ball"im a dummy'
everthing works now

ps any body know tx freq adjestment for a tram d12
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Chad
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Post Number: 210
Registered: 11-2004


Posted on Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - 10:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hotwire,

I am west of you in Illinois and all I can hear is the west coast!!! I enjoy hearing/talking to the east! Must be that time zone change :-)

Chad
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Hotwire
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Post Number: 198
Registered: 1-2005


Posted on Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 6:49 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Well Chad, here lately the west has been loud and proud. I havent really had the conditions come in favor for the easet recently. Over the last skip cycle I must say that the east is in first pLACE.

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