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  @jazzy48873 сағат бұрын

  Six watts with a tuned antenna can reach 10 to 20 miles.

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  @itzjay418 сағат бұрын

  I hope this works...😢

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  @Louis-zk4bqКүн бұрын

  didnt work …

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  @Barry-WatsonКүн бұрын

  Sorry to hear. Sometimes equipment has a hard failure that requires serious repair.

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  @Louis-zk4bqКүн бұрын

  @@Barry-Watson Yeah i’ll probably send it to the canon repair center. Hope they dont charge me more than the price of the dslr though… It just froze out of nothing, like i left it on after cleaning the captor and then dead.

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  @Barry-WatsonКүн бұрын

  When I was faced with the situation of repairing an older dslr, I found it simply made more sense to replace it with a more modern mirrorless camera. I considered it a good excuse for an upgrade. Best wishes.

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  @MystrNykstr2 күн бұрын

  Single take. Right on 🤙

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  @Dim.X3 күн бұрын

  You have too much bias based on the narrative formed by leftist media (mainstream media).

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  @Barry-Watson3 күн бұрын

  I could see how you may come to that conclusion. Could be. I don't support any of the political parties -- in this case I'm simply looking at the odds of this event happening, and the odds of the multiple failures of the security personnel, and it seems improbable that it was just a matter of luck or incompetence. But, this is just an example -- overall the message is to be critical of all sorts of unusual events that may occur in one's life. Thanks for watching.

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  @Dim.X2 күн бұрын

  @@Barry-Watson Examine Trump's political career, and you'll see a pattern of relentless attacks from the outset. All of them were based on lies and ultimately failed. Even this recent assassination attempt was unsuccessful. I don't even like the guy, but seeing all these baseless attacks has made him look good. People seem to hate Trump without any real reason, as if it's some kind of syndrome. He truly is a resilient fighter.

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  @Barry-Watson2 күн бұрын

  Thanks, I agree with much of that. My observations about the events at this rally don't have anything to do with how I feel about the candidate or their positions. One of my reservations with the choices in this election is electing anybody over the age of 75 to such a demanding position. It certainly has been an interesting election cycle so far.

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  @Dim.X2 күн бұрын

  @@Barry-Watson thanks for reply, strange my last comment disappeared.

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  @Barry-Watson2 күн бұрын

  You're welcome. I haven't seen any other comments nor have I deleted any. Sometimes KZread can be a bit mysterious.

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  @mattropolis993 күн бұрын

  Now anyone can make their own podcast and say anything they want to the entire world - and the world is not better for it.

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  @andyhowlett22313 күн бұрын

  We have the same noise problem here in the UK. Laptop bricks, lightbulbs, TV's, you name it, they kick out so much crap. and the worst thing is they put that noise onto the electric wiring which acts as an antenna and radiates it all over the place. There are EU regulations to cover this, but it seems most manufacturers don't take any notice. Stuff imported from China is the worst, they don't fit ANY of the filters.

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  @profgino783 күн бұрын

  I'm from South Africa. Very helpful video. Your last advice helped me with my camera. Thank you so much. High 5

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  @Barry-Watson3 күн бұрын

  Fantastic!

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  @theohe7994 күн бұрын

  thank you man! you are wonderful!

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  @Barry-Watson4 күн бұрын

  You're welcome!

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  @geickmei4 күн бұрын

  Boob comments. The 901 was the only speaker ever developed from research into the nature of live sound. They sold by the sound, not marketing. The boob market wants speakers that measure well, not sound good.

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  @jimsuber67845 күн бұрын

  They always have two friends 1 post and 2 pictures with various attractive but inappropriate pieces of body parts showing.

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  @ElijahRadioProphet-mb9zu5 күн бұрын

  menomonee falls wisconsin first FM radio stations hard rock 24/7 i worked at a Tattoo Studio West Allis Wisconsin and Listen to that station all the time, I lived in my iattoo shop 1974 I think

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  @David-sw3on5 күн бұрын

  Wow, You Really Know Your Stuff! Thanks for the Schooling Barry...I recently picked up a perfectly good- Peavey XM 6 mixer/amp for only $60ca, and your video really helped me out a lot. I have not been around similar vintage items since the 80's/90's. And Personally? I would have love to watch a video of you repairing the insides of your mixer.🤔 But Truly, Thanks Again... Dave.👍😎🇨🇦

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  @Barry-Watson5 күн бұрын

  Thanks, I appreciate that.

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  @Gamescommentary5 күн бұрын

  I get the don't believe the hype stuff, generally good advice. Be skeptical and if do your due diligence before commiting to something which seems to good to be true. You lost me at the assassination attempt lol. Is the message here to disbelieve it was real? Was it to not believe that he lived because of divine intervention or some miracle? Maybe this is an attempt at reverse psychology where you imply the shooting was staged to give viewers an example of what is being hyped and to not believe it was a set up? On the other hand, could this is be a video that goes beyond not trusting politicians to the point where the assassination was a conspiracy in the same vein of the moon landing being faked? I'm sorry, you just really lost me once you brought up Trump lol

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  @Barry-Watson5 күн бұрын

  Thanks! I didn't intend to take a hard position since I didn't witness that event personally. All I know about it is hearsay and I don't know for certain what really happened.

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  @thehappywanker42985 күн бұрын

  Hopefully you will cover the due diligence you spoke of and will come to a reasoned, analytical and concise understanding of Saturdays events . Kindly be so humble as to enlighten us all once you have. I'm sure many are awaiting your take...

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  @Barry-Watson4 күн бұрын

  Like so many complicated events, I doubt we'll ever know exactly all the details.

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  @fkaMilo6 күн бұрын

  Practical knowledge everyone needs to be reminded of. Thank you.

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  @Barry-Watson6 күн бұрын

  Thanks!

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  @andydriscoll19036 күн бұрын

  I love the scope of your content, from technical to life advice. Cheers Barry

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  @Barry-Watson6 күн бұрын

  Thanks so much!

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  @notlayjeno62586 күн бұрын

  you look like every pirate radio stereotype i can think of lol... sorry no offense... i enjoyed the vid... my bad for profiling you

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  @Barry-Watson6 күн бұрын

  That's fantastic, glad it works for you.

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  @StormChaserVince6 күн бұрын

  Rock on dude

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  @subculture-records7 күн бұрын

  Mc2 MC1250 would be a much better pro audio amp, for both power output and superior audio quality. Interesting video.

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  @Barry-Watson7 күн бұрын

  Certainly, but that's at a whole 'nother price point too.

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  @subculture-records7 күн бұрын

  @@Barry-Watson This is true, but sometimes it's worth it. I don't mind Yamaha gear but their older 4U power amps, circa the late 70's early 80's had a much richer sound than their later 2U range. However, once you've tried an Mc2 amp it's hard to break the habit.

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  @KrawnKam7 күн бұрын

  I used to listen to “Pirate Joe” on WWCR that once broadcast from a boat from international waters under the Cuban flag(I believe) They raided him anyway.

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  @kabuginjimu85738 күн бұрын

  great lesson on car batteries...please do video on the difference between standard, EFB, AGM and wet batteries

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  @NoremacOktik9 күн бұрын

  So can 20 watts broadcast 230,000 miles of live audio/video? That's what the apollo frauds said.

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  @Howrider659 күн бұрын

  It's not a free country just remember that only fake news gets to stay on the air. The ones that lie for years about Trump.

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  @timwolfe68699 күн бұрын

  FUCK THE FCC

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  @scienceandmathHandle10 күн бұрын

  Dude, this is a great story. So earlier in my life i lived in a crappy apartment at a certain beach town somewhere... While I was there a guy in the apartment next to me that was a very well educated guy who used to be a criminal defense attorney that had been disbarred for doing drugs and some other stuff... But anyway, he and I hung out a bunch and mostly just goofed off and laughed at tourists trying to get at quarters we had glued to the sidewalk while we knocked back cold ones on the weekends. We would go to local bars where you could only play music with those stupid 0.75c per song juke boxes that always seemed to be run by shady ppl. But some bars would put on the radio when it was early for the locals. Anyway, one day my neighbor, lets call him, "Jared" asked me, "Dude I want to start a pirate radio station and play great music with no ads for the local bars". So eventually he got a transmitter and set it up in his place because "Jared" always said that he would use his extensive legal background to throw anyone off. Someone... used a network analyzer to tune up an antenna that was put on the roof. Also an empty FM band was chosen to not conflict with anyone. The FCC never showed up and that thing played ad-free music for several summers until some lightning hit the antenna during a storm and killed it. But for a while, locals would go to bars for 10 or so miles around and they would tune in to non-stop 24/7 classic rock!

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  @rickb833711 күн бұрын

  Hi Barry, I'm a fellow Minnesotan. As a high school student, I was also on pirate radio in St. Paul a long time ago. the station stated after 3 pm and all day Saturday and Sunday with some fellow friends and young radio enthusiasts. Our FM station did not get out as far as yours, only about 2-5 miles depending on the terrain. We used a Radio Shack wireless mic (p-Box Kit) and substituted parts for a stronger output. The power source was two 12-volt car batteries in series (24 volts). We also made sure not to interfere with other stations. After broadcasting for a year we discovered other pirate stations that existed in Minneapolis and made friends with them. The guys at our station and the other pirates had a love of radio and most went on to work for major commercial stations. I eventually did evenings at a 50,000-watt Country FM station in Minneapolis. Others did bigger things, one guy working at our St. Paul station went to work in Dallas and was named the Billboard major-market program director of the year 2-year in a row. Another worked at a Minneapolis 50,000-watt AM station doing overnights, and one became a well-known program director and later operations manager at the major Classic Rock station in Minneapolis. These stories, airchecks, and photos can all be seen and heard at the following website: TwinCitiesRadioAirchecks.com/pirateradiotwincities.html A number of us went to Brown Institute, a broadcast school in Minneapolis. The Saint Paul owner/operator and site owner worked up near you in Northern MN in at a station in Grand Rapids, MN in 1972 on the air and as the chief engineer. Fortunately, we did not get a visit from the FCC. Not sure how that happened. We had a request phone number given over the air and took requests., We were on regular hours every week. Doing all the things that can get you a door knock from the FCC. We were underage at the time, not hurting anyone or any station, just having lots of fun. Thanks, Barry for a great story. Hope you like the website.

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  @Barry-Watson11 күн бұрын

  Wow, that's fantastic!

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  @SkipFlem11 күн бұрын

  they just showed 'Rick O'Shea' 🔫 and his pirate radio space capsule last week on 'The Thunderbirds'. KLA was the callsign.

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  @TheNeurotichi11 күн бұрын

  Cosmic assets or tomorrow's bearings 🌈💦⚡💎

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  @markwinter900112 күн бұрын

  Was this KAOS radio in Austin? I loved that station!

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  @user-kh9ir8di9h12 күн бұрын

  I've contacted Yorkville about replacement amp modules for my LS801Ps and they basically said they replace them with these Class D modules now as they are discontinued subwoofers now. I'm currently waiting for a pair to be shipped, and can't wait to fire the old boys up again!

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  @Barry-Watson11 күн бұрын

  Thanks for the update

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  @Hipyon12 күн бұрын

  11:34 Sussed it Pretty neat, I we’ll try it not for the extra power but lower distortion This set up loads, the power supply the same as a bridge

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  @caseyferrill695312 күн бұрын

  Although I am glad that things turned out (relatively well) for you. I initally had misgivings when I saw you were still wearing orange! (Btw, can you say where/when all this went down - if it is not something undisclosable - ? You mentioned *the valley* and I grew up in a valley and am only slightly older than you I believe).

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  @Barry-Watson12 күн бұрын

  Thanks! Around 1980, about 30 miles from Minneapolis/St Paul.

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  @caseyferrill695312 күн бұрын

  @@Barry-Watson Thank you! And while I may have gotten the time-frame right (sort of, I turned 18 1n 1980), I was way off as far a geography; I was in the San Joaquin valley part of Northern CA.

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  @c0uchsl0uch12 күн бұрын

  Anyone know if that cat is still broadcasting in the seattle area, the pirate rap station ?

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  @connected11113 күн бұрын

  I have this charger. Where do I find the maintainer mode?

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  @Barry-Watson12 күн бұрын

  It's labeled motorcycle mode.

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  @jaymzgaetz200613 күн бұрын

  Im thinking about this. Soon all radio broadcasting will be converted to digital for NO GOOD REASON because analog is still used now and obviously is capable of reaching a huge audience. This mandatory and unnecessary conversion to the inferior and fallible method of digital broadcasting will leave a surplus of cheap reliable analog broadcasting equipment and a ton of radios incapable of receiving a digital signal leaving a surplus of DEAD AIR. Analog equipment isn't sensetive to E.M.P.'s, solar flares nor is it hackable. I challenge you to find any instance where analog equipment failed during a ufo, cryptid, or other paranormal photographing, filming, or audio recording. If theres anyone that wants to say something to a lot of people the stars will align to do that very soon. Of course this form of freedom of speach is illegal but if the cause is just... who cares. Personally im sickened by the idea of free listening without free speech. I cant tell you how bad over the air radio sucked before Howard stern. Sniveling parents, religious groups and... ill say it... RICH WHITE PRICKS lamed up radio, television, America in general and now the internet. There is virtually nowhere you can go that isnt policed because people that made more money than you cried about language, parties, bands, race tracks, camp gatherings, beach bonfires, and even excessive speed on a bicycle while using the power of money to threaten retribution for their minor discomfort because your family gathering you planned out in the woods is too loud for the dick in the half million dollar coach to sleep at 7pm. Setup a pop up soup kitchen in Beverly hills bus in homeless and see how long it takes for the cops to SHUT IT DOWN. Im generation x. If you're younger than me you'll never have as much fun as i did because its no longer legal. A big middle finger to law enforcement that enabled rich white pricks to take away so much freedom from the rest of us over tit for tat that was never an issue of public safety. YOU SUCK 😎

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  @Barry-Watson13 күн бұрын

  Having lived for decades, I too lament some of the changes I have seen over the years. However, I have faith that things move in cycles and that really bad situations eventually do get corrected. The future is ours to decide, together, and I hope the next generations make wise choices.

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  @geoffconrad155613 күн бұрын

  Barry--would love to hire you to repair my 6000. Can I contact you off-line to do so?

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  @Barry-Watson13 күн бұрын

  Thanks, I appreciate the offer. I'm happy to offer advice, but I'm not really interested in doing bench repair of equipment, particularly equipment using smt technology where the components are so tiny. Most of the problems I've seen with these amplifiers are defective diodes in the power supply board, Replacement diodes are inexpensive and available from parts sellers such as DigiKey. The hard part about servicing these amplifiers is simply how small the components are and how tightly packed the circuit board is, and the lack of end user repair support from the manufacturer.

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  @DJMurphyChgo13 күн бұрын

  Thanks for this, Barry. I can see it comes from a vulnerable and well-meaning place. I know that for me, when I had a whole lot of inner turmoil that was really putting me through the wringer, it was a friend of mine who told me that what I was feeling was not normal, and that I should seek help (aka therapy). The therapy taught me information about myself I didn’t even know about, and helped me right the good ship. But it wouldn’t have happened had my friend not told me that no, not everyone is carrying around the kind of despair that I was experiencing back then. My friend helped me; I hope your video is able to help others in a similar way. So thank you.

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  @emmettgros853513 күн бұрын

  I play bass and im a sound guy too, when its hard to hear turning the bass cabinet facing the rear wall is the best option, even at their "normal" volume level, they often have to turn down because the whole back wall is reflecting the bass tone

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  @Chrisamic13 күн бұрын

  Yeah, giving your phone number out was making it a bit too easy for them to find you. The way these things work is that they only investigate complaints of interference (usually). Sure they could get a detector van out, but why would they bother? If a certain DJ who you were essentially sharing the time slot with and playing music that people actually wanted to listen to got his noise out of joint, getting the address through official channels is pretty easy. The amount of time between that phone call and when the feds turned up in your driveway was the amount of time it took them the decide to action to complaint. Your Dad was right - it's all good until you get caught. Many years ago a few ham buddies decide to do an experiment bouncing a UHF signal off the moon. We'd got as far as building the high gain Yagis (that bit was my work) and putting the transmitter together when word came down that it might not be such a great idea to proceed with our plans. Our mistake was that we discussed it on air a few times, in fact I seem to recall that some of our planning was done that way, and "Mrs Grundy" was once again the killjoy. I have no idea what happened to those antennas. An electrical engineer / radio tech was the ostensible owner of them since he supplied the materials and I just welded it up for him. They were way too long and way too directional to be any good for anything else except maybe a very directional and very private repeater. I want to say there was 27 director elements on each antenna, but it was a long time ago now. If we'd been a bit more discreet we would have done our experiment and more than likely no one would have been any the wiser. This was about thirty years ago, give or take. I was really looking forward to doing the first tests too.

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  @1earlcatfish13 күн бұрын

  Remember Red Eye Radio for truckers on WBAP

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  @1earlcatfish13 күн бұрын

  I have found that my electric meter on the outside of my apartment building was causing a huge amount of humming. I have a friend that works with the utilities and he told me that they don't have meter readers anymore and that the meters themselves send a digital signal to satellites. Not sure if it true. But I worked for public works for a while and do know water meters send a signal and the village hires a service that rides around town with a device that receives the information and stores it

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  @Barry-Watson13 күн бұрын

  I don't think satellites are used, as I understand smart meters can communicate power usage via radio signal to a local receiver, or some of them can transmit digital information through the power distribution lines themselves.

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  @phat-kid13 күн бұрын

  i enjoyed the story, and it's nice to find a youtube channel where the audio actually sounds good lol

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  @ShootinItStr814 күн бұрын

  Which converter do you think is better, the Rolls or Art's Clean Box?

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  @Barry-Watson13 күн бұрын

  Good question, I have not tried them side by side. However, modern opamp chips, which are the building block for these sorts of things, are really good -- so I would suspect that both of them would offer excellent sonic performance.

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  @sandasturner952914 күн бұрын

  Funny thing is, is that I'm pretty sure many listeners won't care of a pirate station is licensed or not. No matter the station, the people running it are delivering information, usually vital in one way or another, listeners all around the globe (or at least those that can hear said radio station.

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  @phild503414 күн бұрын

  Pirate cat radio

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  @ignomoly14 күн бұрын

  fuck the FCC... and fuck the... system it serves... <3

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  @paulstelt748714 күн бұрын

  Hey Barry, Very nice video and Thanks! Question though. In recovery mode on a very troubled battery, how do you keep the pulse mode on for 8 or more hours?. Seems like it wants to turn to Off than be over ridden to pulse. Thanks!

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  @Barry-Watson13 күн бұрын

  I just tap the mode button until I get to the last selection, pulse repair, and let it go. I've run this mode for a day or more on some batteries. it may stop, if it feels like there's no more need. I would think if the battery doesn't recover with a full day of pulse operation, it's probably unlikely to recover.

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  @paulstelt748713 күн бұрын

  @@Barry-Watson Thanks for the great quick response! Will give it another Pulse and see :)

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  @victor-th4qs15 күн бұрын

  I once did Forestry work on the south Oregon coast. A pirate station play good music. I listened to it. It came in OK for 15 or 20 miles.

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  @benconway901015 күн бұрын

  Sorry but what dose FCC mean??

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  @Barry-Watson15 күн бұрын

  The Federal Communications Commission, a government agency with the task of the oversight and regulation of radio operations in the USA

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  @rodwilliams172215 күн бұрын

  Great story

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  @Barry-Watson15 күн бұрын

  Glad you enjoyed it