• Re: Today is Left Hander day

    From Bryan Simmons@3:633/10 to All on Monday, August 17, 2026 09:06:11
    On 8/16/2026 11:54 PM, cranberry transformer wrote:


    The capacitor hats on those are interesting.

    One of these years, I have a big job to do. After The Bonobos broke up
    (2009), I quit using my amplifiers. Now, I have several amplifiers that
    need their filter caps replaced. Two Fender PA-135s and one PA-100
    heads, a Music Man 210 Seventy-Five that was my main amp, and a little
    10W thingie, plus the organ in the living room. I can't really sell any
    of them until I fix them. Those PA heads are monsters. Back around 2005,
    my bandmates were so sick of lugging those things that they bought a
    900W solid state PA head. We ended up using that for monitors because
    the Fenders put out so much more volume. The pair of 135s would easily
    fill a venue the size of a high school gym. The PA-100 has plenty of
    oomph to power two 4x12 guitar cabs, or better yet, be used as a bass amp.

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  • From Julian Macassey@3:633/10 to All on Friday, August 21, 2026 00:33:15
    On 20 Aug 2026 22:48:20 GMT, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:51:24 -0600, cranberry transformer wrote:

    Chicom pricing astounds me.

    You had to know that AES and HRO never stood a chance against deflation
    like that.

    I haven't researched them but if I wanted to play with HF Xiegu looks interesting when compared to a Yaesu FTX-1. It doesn't have the 144/430 bands but it doesn't have the $2000 sticker.

    I have a Xiegu X90.

    It's brilliant. I get an HF transceiver that covers all
    bands and even CB! You get a 20 Watt radio, with a built in
    panadapter and automatic antenna tuner (ATU). You can connect it
    to a drainpipe, push the tune button and get on the air.

    It's amazing and affordable, it's cheaper than Katie
    Price.

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