>>>  JE> well worth it to, for their attitude.  A slander suit comes to
 >>> Too much of a problem to even bother.
 >  JE> Not only for yourself, but check with some other HAM's up there, and
 >  JE> possibly a class-action suit against Rogers Cable could be benifitial
 > to
 >  JE> everyone involved!
 >  None are interested in pursuing it,nor in trying to help me resolve it.
 >  I am going to let it sit as it is and use the large beams for TV.
heh.  I guess the Cable company up there can be glad it's not in either New 
York or California... there'd be some kinda action taken against 'em, and you 
can bet that the AFL-CIO would be right in there, as well.
 >  Talked to a `big cheese' in the head office.
 >  He said they would `investigate ' and find out
 > exactly why their installation inspector behaved as he
 > did and let me know.
 >  2 weeks later and all I get is a voice-mail instead
 > of a human at his number,
 > and still no response from them about their findings.
 >  Guess he's busy taking care of it...
yeah, right.  Holding yer breath?
 >  JE> Went to a swapfest in Belton, TX (near Temple, between Austin and 
Waco)
 > and
 >  JE> picked up not only another Johnson Viking II, but also got a Kenwood
 >  JE> TR-9000, multi-mode VHF 10w transciever.  Now, to get busy and build 
me
 >  JE> pair of 13-element yagis, and shove 'em up at 40'!
 >  I used to have one of those! It was my first 2m all-
 > mode rig for the house.
I've been using it in the car, and now I've gotten a couple of people to 
listen up for me on 2m at 144.200 USB when I'm mobil.  Guess I do need to get 
up a yagi, point it East and talk to Houston.  Unfortunaly, I've found out 
that while there are -lots- of VHF all mode rigs in this area, noone seems to 
operate there.  And, when the band opens up, there they all are, on ONE freq, 
and NO ONE ever moves up or down. 144.200 is IT, as far as they're concerned.
 >  A `blistering' 11w on ssb/cw and 1w to 8w on FM.
 >  Looked like the big HF rigs of the time (late 1980)
 > and had some of the same features too. (RIT,dual VFO's
 > for odd-splits,memories)
yeah, think there's 5 memories, but it's small in size - definatly a mobil 
radio.
 >  I sold mine to get something newer (TM-255A) as the
 > 9000 did not have a CTCSS encode/decode option for it.
Y'know, I was looking at the back of that rig - it's got a three-pronged jack 
for the input of a T-pad - suppose that's a Tone-pad?  Does the audio from 
there go straight to the mixer stage in the IF?
 >  Nice little rig for a field-day or rover set-up,just
 > add an outboard amplifier to get you up to 100w or so
 > into a beam and you're all set.
That's something else I need to get - had a 5w in, 80w out VHF amplifier.  
I'd mount that thing in the trunk of the car after modification.
Ultimatly, what I'd like the Mirage 1016B.  10w in, 160 out, FM/CW/SSB 
capable.  One for the house, one for the car.
   73 = Best Regards
   -Jeff KA5THB
   ka5thb@bigfoot.com
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