Blowing up a Fanon cb with a banger

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Is that the mic i see flying through the air at 0.18 seconds ? :lol:
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Tim wrote:Go on, I dare you, list it on eBay with those photo's and describe it as 'in used condition, spares or repairs, not working, believe that the finals have blown and may have parts missing'. It would probably make a fortune!
Funny you should say that, we were gonna list it on there, stating that the positive and negative had been wired the wrong way or had been run with a high SWR but decided against it :)
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superstar wrote:
Tim wrote:Go on, I dare you, list it on eBay with those photo's and describe it as 'in used condition, spares or repairs, not working, believe that the finals have blown and may have parts missing'. It would probably make a fortune!
Funny you should say that, we were gonna list it on there, stating that the positive and negative had been wired the wrong way or had been run with a high SWR but decided against it :)
State that you can't test it fully due to having no antenna. But it was working 35 years ago before you put it in a cupboard before the house fire. Also no returns due to screwdriver experts! :lol:
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Check this guy out.

https://youtu.be/eGlsX82ofVo
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Brilliant thread, brilliant :thumbup:

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Perhaps the next rig you send up should be a working one but put something a bit more powerful under it to send it into space, that way, if there is other life forms out there they will be able to contact Earth, don't forget to include a user manual though!
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Hmm weather balloon and a cheiza in the stratosphere
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prettypolly wrote:Hmm weather balloon and a cheiza in the stratosphere
Send a fidelity 1000 up. That way, if aliens are on their way to attack us due to concerns over our technological advances and they intercept it, they'll examine it and realise the galaxy is perfectly safe. In fact they'd probably take pity on us and go straight home.
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I prefer to donate my unwanted stuff to people who can make use of it.
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Unwanted radio equpiment/$ etc :D All donations welcome and gladly accepted. .. ill take them give a gd home.... :thumbup: :D
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Admiral wrote:I prefer to donate my unwanted stuff to people who can make use of it.
Each to their own, I'm blowing all my junk to smitherines
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superstar wrote:
Admiral wrote:I prefer to donate my unwanted stuff to people who can make use of it.
Each to their own
Indeed, and if you own it then you can do what you want with it.
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Admiral wrote:I prefer to donate my unwanted stuff to people who can make use of it.
Enough about your seedy exploits down the sperm bank, This threads about blowing up CB's for sheer amusement :D
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Send it to Nick, He will have it up and running in no time :thumbup:
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