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FISH wrote:good luck with the beam m8,think you need to get them up higher like.

Yes definitely, can't even turn it where it is at the moment, just want to tune it in get the swr somewhere near and then get a telescopic pole! will only use that at night because its going to look a right eyesore lol

hi there mart is that the sirio 827 antenna :D

it was like my beam about a inch of all over it,do you get out well with the 827 low down.

Yes sirio 827,
Found it works ok being low, it works the same as my A99 with fireup top section and radials which is about 14 foot higher :!:
(the sirio ...

Had a bit of snow in Northampton, beginning to thaw now :(

http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr207/Mart-Ins/sirisnow.jpg

BTW the cage in the background, we grow our own veg, last year our brussels sprouts were eaten alive by caterpillars so thought id build a mesh cage to stop the cabbage ...

Never owned an amp before, thought id get one just in case of an emergency situation :wink:

A close-up of it!
http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr207/Mart-Ins/kl400.jpg

This model got a fan at the back, apparently when you are using power and key up the fan then
works to keep it cool - never ...

Glad you managed to fix it, remember blowing a brilliant Panasonic car stereo by messing about with its amp cable, managed to bypass the black burnt bit by soldering a wire across but it was never the same lol, still did learn a lesson that day

Thanks lads, keep saying im not going to buy any-more but then see or hear of something good and think hmm better get it before it goes out of fashion lol

nice amp it wound look even better in my shack.
Sorry Fish you can't have it because we need it to help us keep warm :)

i like the astatic ...

nice one mart ..you could have invited me to the party lol :D
the antenna is running across the back wall ??? *King*

Funny thing was porky i did forget to send out all the invites, so had to drink all that by myself - its been hard work 8-[ #-o
The cable running across the back wall?? that goes ...

lol yes wrong choice of words last night, mind you in my defence i had a couple of shandy's before writing that :-({|=

Managed to find the link for that 'old - new' 5 star but not sure if its fair to post it on here? so will include a screen-shot of the page instead!

http://i484.photobucket.com ...

Bought a 5 star from a friend a while ago, great old rig which works very well, he also had a really annoying roger bleep installed into it, use the CB/PA to switch the bleep on or off.

http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr207/Mart-Ins/5star.jpg

:shock: Almost bided a couple of months ago ...

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Very nice rig =D>
Thought it was just me that enjoyed a couple of beers while having a few words on the cb :lol: trying to call for alcoholics anonymous but can never seem to catch them on channel 19! #-o

Can the observant among you spot the microphone?
http://i484.photobucket.com/albums ...

Hello oldskooldaze have you got the correct tango mike call sign

According to their website it's 26-TM-1969 – Martin (mpcapri),Northampton

Hello Photographer

According to this page http://thunderpole.co.uk/midland_42_plus.htm it covers the following:-

DIGITS DISPLAYED COUNTRY SPECIFICATIONS (CH, operating modes, TX power)
I Italy 40 Ch AM/FM 4 Watts
I2 Italy 34 Ch AM/FM 4 Watts
D Germany 80 Ch FM 4Watts/ 12 Ch Am 1 Watt
D2 ...

rich 1 wrote:i,m in surrey

Hmm it'll be no good me trying to give you a SHOUT from here then

There are a couple of breakers in/near Surrey, have you seen the thunderpole map?
Link to thunderpole map

Mart

Roughly whereabouts in the country are you based rich 1?

i have just installed a new rig in my discovery only a cheapy (other company) with a sirio 3000 anttena


I have a sirio 3000 antenna on my van and it works really well :shock: tried it with a magmount 1st of all just to make sure i didn't get too much interference, there was no interference what ...