Hi ROy,   
      
   On Fri 2012-Jul-13 09:58, Roy Witt (1:387/22) wrote to Richard Webb:   
      
    Roy>> when you remove the faceplate, the radio shuts off, then when you   
    Roy>> reinstall it, the radio is on. No need to find that on/off switch   
    Roy>> in the dark and the radio stays in the last mode that it was being   
    Roy>> used.   
      
    RW> HEy, cool tie in for 2 way equipment.  I'll bet he did that   
    RW> to go direct to the battery and eliminate a lot of   
    RW> interference issues.   
      
   Roy> Time will tell. I plan on making a visit to "Rolands" repair shop   
   Roy> and ask some questions about it and Les.   
      
   YEah I sure owuld, get all the straight dope.   
      
    RW> Probably separate fused lines.   
      
   Roy> I've been so busy this week, I haven't had any time to check the   
   Roy> burb out any further.   
      
   YEah can relate to that one .   
      
   Roy> Don't ever retire, there's just never enough time to get everything   
   Roy> done that you want done.   
      
   I keep telling people I just ain't foun d that "re" part in   
   retired yet.   
      
    RW> I'd investigate whether that has enough power for your   
    RW> ham/cb/other two-way gear you might wish to install,   
    RW> especially since it's intended as a tow vehicle.   
      
   Roy> Tow is about 30 miles away and 30 back, not much use for any radio   
   Roy> gear for such a short distance. Also limited to center of roof-top,   
   Roy> as the rear has a roof-mounted AC/Heater over the area where the 3rd   
   Roy> seat would be.   
      
   YEah that could make it interesting.  I'm pushing things for a lot of   
   overhangs like at the bank just with a 2m quarter   
   wave mag mount on the roof of our full sized van.  WEre it   
   smaller I'd go with one of those old hustler colinears, 5/8   
   wave over a quarter wave.   
      
      
   Roy> Over the 2nd row of   
   Roy> seats is the only place for any antennas. Cept' maybe the rear area   
   Roy> to the side of the power rear window. If we still lived in San   
   Roy> Diego, roof-top antennas wouldn't be any big deal, as we'd be using   
   Roy> UHF mountain-top business radio for that.   
      
   YEah can relate to that one too.  i use gmrs between   
   vehicles if the driver of the other isn't a licensed ham,   
   and on the job I put a dual band j pole up on 30 foot of   
   mast to talk to crew until the intercom's wired.   
      
   Roy> This would make a good test bed for a VHF DDRR antenna. I like low   
   Roy> profile, out of sight antennas and the tallness of the GMC would do   
   Roy> a good job of that. Plus the auto-carwash would gripe when I had   
   Roy> them run it through their touchless wash.   
      
   YEah there's that too.  I usually run ours through the   
   manual wash though, in my flip flops and swim trunks.  I   
   like to remove the antenna and stuff, and I'd rather wash it myself, the old   
   fashioend way.   
      
    RW> Speaking of which, I need to beef mine up a size or so just   
    RW> to make sure, since if a family member kicks the can over up north   
    RW> we'll be making a run, adn I want hf mobile on the road.  GOtta get   
    RW> by a truck stop and get one of those hustler mirror mounts that I can   
    RW> mount on the spare tire rack on back door of van, put my three   
    RW> stingers hustler mount on there.  I've got 40 and 20 meter hustler   
    RW> resonators ready to go.  I probably should get one that's a 102 inch   
    RW> cb whip as well, and an 80.   
      
   Roy> Although my TS-520 has the DC pwr supply, it still needs a pwr   
   Roy> supply capaciter upgrade for mobile work. I'd stick to UHF/VHF and   
   Roy> 10mtr for that reason. The 2510 'President' that I have will tx on   
   Roy> 11mtr too.   
      
   THose ain't bad little rigs those pResidents.  i like my 75   
   meters for mobile, and am now managing a 75 meter net at   
   nights come first of August, and I like to keep up with my   
   buddies on 14.3 mhz so I'm glad i"ve got a 20 meter whip.   
   NEed to get the 75, I've got a 40 was given to me.  And,   
   since my KEnwood 680 is opened I could probably occasionally use 27 mhz if   
   needed.  I might see if my buddy's got that   
   old 6 meter halo with the magnetic mounts on its bottom   
   though, 6m mobile might be fun.   
      
    RW> Again, nice find!   
      
   RW> Tnx...We'll probably be reporting on its status in the future.    
      
   Cool!  I'm so far happy with my DOdge we bought last year,   
   jsut wish I could figure out what's with this occasional   
   loss of tranny fluid, don't find a puddle anywhere, but   
   every once in awhile the tranny sings me a little song in   
   reverse, and I know next time we go somewhere it's time for   
   xyl to pll it into a level parking lot so I can pul the   
   dipstick and probably add some.   
      
      
   Regards,   
              Richard   
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