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Blevins said|:
i]Others believe that a certain suspect is the ONLY suspect. And I think some people don't really want to know what happened, or who Cooper really was.

Blevins, maybe you ought to practice what you preach here. You keep trying to tell us LC may not be the guy, but every post you post is an LC sales call, you sing his praises every chance you get.
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Blevins said,
One of the reasons I'm not obsessed with the Cooper case ....

Are you kidding Blevins, you are one of the most obsessed people on this forum. Maybe even a bit obsessive-compulsive, anal retentive, and somewhat of a control freak about it all. Try to listen to yourself just once. Ever stop to think that some folks on this forum might be somewhat justified in their dislike for you?
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Blevins said,
Long, involved posts with veiled satirical hints don't really make a point.

As I said earlier, your posts are getting longer and more involved all the time -- lots of the same ol' same ol' as you continue to sing LC's praises -- in spite of yourself and all the rebuke.

And I'm sorry to hear you are supporting our vision-less, leader-less, glaringly inexperienced president... the leader of the free world who hasn't so much as even run a McDonald's. And, I'm sorry to say, the alternative ain't no bargain either. Maybe it's time for that independent party to step up.
MeyerLouie

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I know I am unloading lots of thing right now - but, I have to do this now or never. Things I have kept to myself - but these are the things that just might lead me to the the past of Duane Weber / John Collins/ Dan Cooper or whoever the hell it was I was married to for 17 yrs.

I believe I caught one of our posters completely off guard with a recent post. He knows who he is and what the post was about - I was just more detailed in that particular post than I had been in others on the same subject. I have spent to many yrs trying to protect other people when perhaps it is these individuals who can help me fill in some blank spots. I need the truth NOW not a yr or 2 from now .

Oh by the way I had deer in my yard the other day! I do not know how they got back there - I had seen three the same size on the road about 8 blocks away, but then their tracks were all over when I went into the back yard yesterday. I have a creek with lots of overgrowth between the berm and the area that would take one to pasture or a wooded area. They were too large to have come thru the covert. I am still scratching my head on this one tonight.

I will miss the wildlife that visits me once in awhile - I miss KY and the snow and the farms and the rivers. I have only my memories because things change so much. I can no longer take care of the yard and if I don't sell it now it will decline even more. The yard man mows but he doesn't trim the hedges the way I would like for them to be - I always made sure I did a varigated pruning along with the trimming and pulled weeds many hours each week so I didn't have to use lots of chemicals. It has gone from being manicured to being just maintained the last 2 yrs.

The backyard was lush green centipede and I stripped out the foreign grass - such as Johnsons by hand, but I can't do it anymore just as I can't do what I have to do to find the truth about Duane Weber much longer.
Have NO idea where I will go, but could NEVER live in an apartment or any place where there are people CLOSE to me or over my head or blaring a TV next door.

I am located too far from a Hospital that offers the services I might need and it is costly to hire someone to transport me back and forth (my income does NOT qualify me for free services and I refuse to ride in dirty vehicles (cabs) or were you can "smell" the last passenger).
A cab fare from here to the airport is $100. If I become unable to drive - it would cost me $50 to get to the grocery and back. These things aren't happening any time soon, but I know they are just around the corner - so anyone want to buy a house in Florida? Problem is I have NO idea where I will go - cannot afford the retirment communities in N.C, S.C. or GA or TN. We have NONE in this area and FL is too hot for me...why I can hardly go out during the heat of the day.

Sorry - just had to say what I had to say.

Goodnight to All.
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Blevins said|:
i]Others believe that a certain suspect is the ONLY suspect. And I think some people don't really want to know what happened, or who Cooper really was.

Blevins, maybe you ought to practice what you preach here. You keep trying to tell us LC may not be the guy, but every post you post is an LC sales call, you sing his praises every chance you get.
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Blevins said,
One of the reasons I'm not obsessed with the Cooper case ....

Are you kidding Blevins, you are one of the most obsessed people on this forum. Maybe even a bit obsessive-compulsive, anal retentive, and somewhat of a control freak about it all. Try to listen to yourself just once. Ever stop to think that some folks on this forum might be somewhat justified in their dislike for you?
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Blevins said,
Long, involved posts with veiled satirical hints don't really make a point.

As I said earlier, your posts are getting longer and more involved all the time -- lots of the same ol' same ol' as you continue to sing LC's praises -- in spite of yourself and all the rebuke.

MeyerLouie



Kenneth Christiansen was simply a gay man living a
gay man's life, for the era he lived in and had no
part in the socalled DB Cooper hijacking. Moreover,
no serious person including Lyle Christiansen has
ever claimed that, and Lyle Christiansen denied it
publically on at least one documented ocassion.
There is abundant proof of this starting with Gray's
and Porteous' published account of Kenneth
Christiansen, (based on witness testimony), in Oct
2007.

Then following immediately the Gray New Yorker
article, Lyle Christiansen was interviewed on a
syndicated radio program in November 2007, and
Lyle said 'it's nothing more than a good story,
something I thought would make a good story'
(Lyle wanted a movie made of). And when asked
directly if he thought Kenny was or had been DB
Cooper, Lyle replied flatly laughing, 'No ...', and
he explained again his sole thought had been
'to convey a good story to a movie producer', and
nothing more.

Both Porteous and Gray discussed Kenny being gay
with a number of people in 2007, including people
who had known Kenny personally, and even lived
with Kenny.

The serious effort to prove or claim that Kenneth
Christiansen was actually DB Cooper came years
later, after Mr. Blevins joined 'the new project'.
Prior to that neither Lyle Christiansen or Mr.
Porteous, or Geoff Gray, actually thought Kenny
Christiansen was DB Cooper, or anything but a
"gay man". Accounts of Kenny being gay and living
a gay lifestyle, supporting his life style, are right in
Gray's original New Yorker article "Unmasked".

Neither Mr. Porteous or Mr. Gray, or anyone else
involved in the original research, has ever recanted
or changed their accounts, of Kenny being gay and
living a gay life style.

Blevins only defense claiming 'Kenny was not gay!'
is his referece to Mr. Geestman saying that Mr.
Geestman was married' - whatever that has to do
with Kenny or anything else.

Mr. Blevins seems to be totally unaware or has
chosen to ignore this documented prior history,
concerning the Porteous-Gray investigation of
Kenny Christiansen. Mr. Blevins has never to my
knowledge mentioned or even acknowledged, that
a prior investigative history exists from research
both Porteous and Gray did, in the 2007 period.
Blevins has never even mentioned the names and
people known to be Kenny's personal associates,
some of who even lived with Kenny in the infamous
'bungalo', who were interviewed by Porteous and
Gray, and then written about by Geoff Gray.

Moreover, the whole Decoded staff ignored this
factual rich history - while at the same time they are
exploring supposed attic trap doors etc, where Kenny
and his personal friends lived for so many years!
Shouldn't Mr. Blevins have advised his colleagues on
the Decoded staff of the rich factual history and
names of people who actually lived with Kenny at
the 'bungalo'? Why did Decoded not interview those
folks, while persuing Mr. Geestman at Blevins'
behest, who never lived at the 'bungalo'!!

But the prior facts from the period are real and
docuemnted, whether Mr. Blevins or DECODED
acknowledges them or not. It's not something
Blevins or DECODED can simply sweep under the rug,
or deny, circumvent, distort, et cetera.

There was not one word uttered in the DECODED
program about Kenneth Christian being gay, one of
the fundamental facts and dynamics of KC's life!
That dynamic undoubtedly leads places Mr. Blevins
has chosen not to go, or even dreamed of, in his
quest for a book about "a gay man"!.

And not one word about all of the other people who
lived at the 'bungalo' along with KC! Geoff Gray and
Mr. Porteous found and interviewed those people -
why not RobertMBlevins and the DECODED staff and
producer?

to be continued -

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Can you use a walkie talkie to communicate with a CB?



Yes if the walkie talkie operates on CB channels. CB walkie talkies are still made even today. So are larger CB sets designed for vehicle use.

Marla described in great detail the pair of CB walkie talkies her uncle used. I have no doubt that she really handled them. It doesn't prove anything about Cooper though.

CBs are still made Jo, but their popularity has hugely declined.

377
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Can you use a walkie talkie to communicate with a CB?



Yes if the walkie talkie operates on CB channels. CB walkie talkies are still made even today. So are larger CB sets designed for vehicle use.

Marla described in great detail the pair of CB walkie talkies her uncle used. I have no doubt that she really handled them. It doesn't prove anything about Cooper though.

CBs are still made Jo, but their popularity has hugely declined.

377



most walkie talkies back then didn't have much power and most claimed about a mile but this would be with perfect conditions and line of sight (nothing blocking signal) Cooper would have to be almost perfect with his landing for these to work!

Marla claimed she had the walkie talkies but doesn't tell how she got them, remember her Father was at the car yelling at the boys for what they had done and Marla was jumping up and down saying we are rich, then started crying? how was she able to get in the car and take the walkie talkies before they took him to the VA hospital, not a regular hospital?
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I agree with Matt insulting someones mom is way over the top >:( But thats just me.


And me.

Attacking anyone's mother is totally inappropriate. Doing so while hiding behind a computer connection is cowardly. Totally uncalled for and deserving of an apology, Knoss.

I'm dismayed that Quade would write about comments concerning political affiliations and not mention a vile attack on one's mother.

Goodbye Bob Knoss. I actually thought your story had merit but after this issue I really don't care.
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most walkie talkies back then didn't have much power and most claimed about a mile but this would be with perfect conditions and line of sight (nothing blocking signal) Cooper would have to be almost perfect with his landing for these to work!



Nope. Many 1 watt and even some 5 watt CB walkie talkies were available in 71. Ranges of several miles even without line of sight was routine. CB signals (27 MHz) seem to be propagate better in hilly areas than VHF or UHF signals of the same power. I had some 100 miliwatt (1/10th of a watt) CB walkie talkies in the 60s and could talk ten miles with a clear line of sight, e.g. one person on a mountain peak and the other in a distant valley with line of sight to the peak.

Again, zero evidence that Cooper used radios. I just like the idea.

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most walkie talkies back then didn't have much power and most claimed about a mile but this would be with perfect conditions and line of sight (nothing blocking signal) Cooper would have to be almost perfect with his landing for these to work!



Nope. Many 1 watt and even some 5 watt CB walkie talkies were available in 71. Ranges of several miles even without line of sight was routine. CB signals (27 MHz) seem to be propagate better in hilly areas than VHF or UHF signals of the same power. I had some 100 miliwatt (1/10th of a watt) CB walkie talkies in the 60s and could talk ten miles with a clear line of sight, e.g. one person on a mountain peak and the other in a distant valley with line of sight to the peak.

Again, zero evidence that Cooper used radios. I just like the idea.

377



What walkie talkie - inflatable raft - wadders - Cave
16inch telescope - .457 magnum - swim mask and
fins - shark cage - canoe paddle - and more walkie
talkies, and gladiator games in your closet and
under your bed with Pirates and Pirate Ships
appearing to you at night?

Should we not just admit Cooper had an FAA Ham
Radio license and knew the King of Jordan and 377!

A much more plausible theory is that Kenny
Christiansen was well-known gay man collecting your
men at his bungalo and bringing them home, and
the whole world saw it and knew it, and was not DB
Cooper - and that is no phantom theory and was
already known back in the 1970-80s ?

Lyle then stated publically his brother was not DB
Cooper, so far as he knew! (but just a good story fit
for a movie script)

Will you and Blevins be writing a book together with
symposia about radios and walking backwards down
slopes - on your hands while talking on a walkie
talkies to the King of Jordan by Porteous skip?

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The Georger Gay Card:



Georger Gay Card ?

Im not gay.

Oh you mean Kenny's gay card ?

So you have known about this all along while arguing
(stating repeatedly) 'Kenny was not gay'.

Which Get Out of Jail Card are you now going to
play - next?

Next comes the actual evidence and a a new guest
appearance or two I and others have collected while
you have been jabbering away your political crap
and other off-topic posts here at DZ.

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Well...hmm. I hardly know where to begin. There is (again) some amount of hostility going around here. :)
Walkie-talkies: During our original investigation of Christiansen, we speculated that perhaps



Who is WE? Just to be correct about this and avoid
any future misunderstanding you will claim you
never said ...

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The Georger Gay Card: As if being gay would preclude Kenny from being the hijacker? I would say 'living the gay lifestyle' is a stretch. Kenny mostly dressed in coveralls and his co-workers did not know he was gay. He did not do effeminate, if you get my drift. And somehow the US Army paratroopers didn't figure it out either, otherwise he would have ended up with a DD or in jail. And while others were serving on Schmoo the Miserable Rock for no more than 18 months (Shemya Island, AK) he toughed it out for almost five years. As far as being gay, he wasn't obvious about it. We discovered this through interviews. Your claim of a radio interview where Lyle says KC wasn't the guy, or it was all a joke is also unproven, yet you continue to promote that fable.



So you deny what Geoff Gray wrote in his New Yorker
article of Oct 2007?

You deny all of the young men visiting, being
brought to, or living at the bungalo and other places
with Kenny - all documented by Gray?

Neither you or DECODED even mention any of this -
why?

Are you now going to have another REVISION and
write Kenny in as Gay - with gayness being part of
the motivation for the Cooper hijacking? The gay
man who was mad with a grudge against straight
NWA?

A carnival game inventor could write that script?

Lastly your denial and claim I am lying about a radio
program - while you know damned well its real - is
just like your claim I am lying about Geoff Gray's
remarks. That is a low blow and a very cheap shot
for a guy to make knowing full well the probability is
Georger is NOT lying, has the evidence, .... hell you
may even know the facts yourself and just be
playing with all of us! Wouldnt that be typical?

Blevins it is you who has no credibility here or
elsewhere, by almost universal acclaim!

What do you gain by such bottom feeding tactics
which destroy anychance of credibility you might
have had? Or, does credibility just have no value
in this for you at all, and this is all some kind of
game for you? Toying with history and people's
lives including our lives here?

What is your excuse?

The radio program existed and still exists! The
producer and show host exist. I have talked to them.
I have their written statements. Make no mistake
about this, Mr. RobertMBlevins.

Moreover none of this is new to Gray and Porteous!
They knew all about it in 2009 and I have
statements they made!

This is a "done deal", Mr. Blevins.

What's your excuse?

Geoff Gray's 2007 article in New Yorker speaks
clearly for itself. No mystery there and a well written
factual article, as it appears at this juncture. Nothing
so far that contradicts Geoff's article - which you
ignored completely!

So beyond me, who are you going to blame and call
a liar now? Mr. Porteous? Are you now going to claim
he steared you in the wrong direction and gave you
faulty information about Kenny's life!? I can
contradict that in an instant because, Mr. Porteous
was already on record BEFORE you even existed in
this debacle.

The contrivance is yours, Mr. Blevins, and nobody
elses. Unless you now want to claim stupidity or a
"conspiracy" with someone else to make things
up ....

Remember, Mr. Blevins, you tried to convince the
FBI your story had credibility and got up their backs
when they would not 'investigate' according to your
claims and concepts/theories. You put a public
burden on the FBI with your junk . . . not to mention
the American public, us, and Dropzone.

You went on national tv with your suppositions!

And you are calling "me" a liar over a radio program
that has existed for generations in which Lyle
Christiansen appeared?

There may even be a document where you reared
up suddenly out of nowhere in 2009, and speaking
for everyone apparently, (people didnt even know
who RobertMBlevins was!), and you denied Lyle had
ever retracted anything anywhere ... so nothing I am
saying is even news to you, is it!

Why are you being coy now asking what radio
program? Claiming I am a liar. What game are
you playing now with this sudden lsos of memory!?

Thats a pretty tall order for people to swallow,
Mr. RobertMBlevins.

You rose up and issued written denials in 2009
saying Lyle had never-ever retracted anything, in
any venue, and now you are here asking 'what radio
program is Georger lying about' ?

Whats your next revision of the previous revision,
of the revision before that, and the one before it!?

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Should we not just admit Cooper had an FAA Ham
Radio license and knew the King of Jordan and 377!



You are slipping Geoger. ;)

The FCC isssues ham licenses, not the FAA, but you knew that being an Amateur Radio licensee yourself. Lately the FCC is spending a lot of effort appealing the reversal of their ridiculous $550,000.00 Janet Jackson "wardrobe malfunction" fine levied against CBS. Don't they have anything better to do?

How do they calculate the fine? Why not $500 or $30,000 or $11,234.99 ?How do you quantify perceived obscenity? I bet they have an entire staff of sociologists, accountants and statisticians devoted to that crucial task. After all, the public must be protected from glimpses of bare breasts at all costs.

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2011/11/02/cbs_wins_appeal_over_janet_jacksons_su
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Georger wrote:

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Should we not just admit Cooper had an FAA Ham
Radio license and knew the King of Jordan and 377!



You are slipping Geoger. ;)

The FCC isssues ham licenses, not the FAA, but you knew that being an Amateur Radio licensee yourself. Lately the FCC is spending a lot of effort appealing the reversal of their ridiculous $550,000.00 Janet Jackson "wardrobe malfunction" fine levied against CBS. Don't they have anything better to do?

How do they calculate the fine? Why not $500 or $30,000 or $11,234.99 ?How do you quantify perceived obscenity? I bet they have an entire staff of sociologists, accountants and statisticians devoted to that crucial task. After all, the public must be protected from glimpses of bare breasts at all costs.

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2011/11/02/cbs_wins_appeal_over_janet_jacksons_su


back in the 70's the FCC didn't play, my dad got me a TRC-30 23 channe CB and I met a guy called the green hornet, this guy had a browning tube type two piece unit with a VFO so he could go lower and high freq wise, had a blackcat 2000 watt amplifier with a wilson quad antena about 75 feet up, they went on his property and took every single piece of equipment he had. I can't remember if he got a fine or not.

now a days I think they could care less, I have a Royce 40 channel with a Heathkit sb-200 and a varmit 150 as a kicker and would bet the FCC wouldn't do anything even if someone complained.
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Should we not just admit Cooper had an FAA Ham
Radio license and knew the King of Jordan and 377!



You are slipping Geoger. ;)

The FCC isssues ham licenses, not the FAA, but you knew that being an Amateur Radio licensee yourself. Lately the FCC is spending a lot of effort appealing the reversal of their ridiculous $550,000.00 Janet Jackson "wardrobe malfunction" fine levied against CBS. Don't they have anything better to do?

How do they calculate the fine? Why not $500 or $30,000 or $11,234.99 ?How do you quantify perceived obscenity? I bet they have an entire staff of sociologists, accountants and statisticians devoted to that crucial task. After all, the public must be protected from glimpses of bare breasts at all costs.

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2011/11/02/cbs_wins_appeal_over_janet_jacksons_su


back in the 70's the FCC didn't play, my dad got me a TRC-30 23 channe CB and I met a guy called the green hornet, this guy had a browning tube type two piece unit with a VFO so he could go lower and high freq wise, had a blackcat 2000 watt amplifier with a wilson quad antena about 75 feet up, they went on his property and took every single piece of equipment he had. I can't remember if he got a fine or not.

now a days I think they could care less, I have a Royce 40 channel with a Heathkit sb-200 and a varmit 150 as a kicker and would bet the FCC wouldn't do anything even if someone complained.


Remember the Tempo-I ?

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Georger wrote:

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Should we not just admit Cooper had an FAA Ham
Radio license and knew the King of Jordan and 377!



You are slipping Geoger. ;)

The FCC isssues ham licenses, not the FAA, but you knew that being an Amateur Radio licensee yourself. Lately the FCC is spending a lot of effort appealing the reversal of their ridiculous $550,000.00 Janet Jackson "wardrobe malfunction" fine levied against CBS. Don't they have anything better to do?

How do they calculate the fine? Why not $500 or $30,000 or $11,234.99 ?How do you quantify perceived obscenity? I bet they have an entire staff of sociologists, accountants and statisticians devoted to that crucial task. After all, the public must be protected from glimpses of bare breasts at all costs.

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2011/11/02/cbs_wins_appeal_over_janet_jacksons_su


back in the 70's the FCC didn't play, my dad got me a TRC-30 23 channe CB and I met a guy called the green hornet, this guy had a browning tube type two piece unit with a VFO so he could go lower and high freq wise, had a blackcat 2000 watt amplifier with a wilson quad antena about 75 feet up, they went on his property and took every single piece of equipment he had. I can't remember if he got a fine or not.

now a days I think they could care less, I have a Royce 40 channel with a Heathkit sb-200 and a varmit 150 as a kicker and would bet the FCC wouldn't do anything even if someone complained.


Remember the Tempo-I ?


not ringing a bell?
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CBs are still made Jo, but their popularity has hugely declined.

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I did the post and it went POOF!
Remember the battery Cooper had. Could that have powered a CB or walking talkie on the ground?

Remember the attached picture - one sent to me by the ex-wife after a conversation about her making him a special belt with straps and pockets. The belt also had a straps that worked like suspender.

Note this picture she sent me after that communication. When I showed it to my daughter - she said "What does he have on under his jacket". The wife did NOT mention his wearing such an appliance in the photo and I wonder HOW or WHY he looked so STOCKY! I just thought it was the photo - because the pic was supposedly made around 1970, but other snaps she sent of the same time period show a flat ab and muscular arms.

As she described it to me it had suspender like straps that crossed in the back and the belt was wide with secure pocket. My mind was saying Tool Belt, but she indicated it had pockets and was made out of canvas and not for tools. She never told me why he had her make such an item.

Duane had told me about this item his wife made for him and then yrs later she tells me the same story. Neither explained the purpose of the appliance.

Will try one more time - 1970 approx pic is attached. Note I have other pics of Duane before and after that which show him as having muscular arms and a reasonable abdomen. The kidney did NOT enlarge to a noticeable stage until much later around 1980 it started being noticeable when he did not have a jacket on.

The distribution of the appearance of his abdomen and upper chest are ODD in the photo attached - NOT remotely near photos taken before and after.
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Should we not just admit Cooper had an FAA Ham
Radio license and knew the King of Jordan and 377!



You are slipping Geoger. ;)

The FCC isssues ham licenses, not the FAA, but you knew that being an Amateur Radio licensee yourself. Lately the FCC is spending a lot of effort appealing the reversal of their ridiculous $550,000.00 Janet Jackson "wardrobe malfunction" fine levied against CBS. Don't they have anything better to do?

How do they calculate the fine? Why not $500 or $30,000 or $11,234.99 ?How do you quantify perceived obscenity? I bet they have an entire staff of sociologists, accountants and statisticians devoted to that crucial task. After all, the public must be protected from glimpses of bare breasts at all costs.

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2011/11/02/cbs_wins_appeal_over_janet_jacksons_su


back in the 70's the FCC didn't play, my dad got me a TRC-30 23 channe CB and I met a guy called the green hornet, this guy had a browning tube type two piece unit with a VFO so he could go lower and high freq wise, had a blackcat 2000 watt amplifier with a wilson quad antena about 75 feet up, they went on his property and took every single piece of equipment he had. I can't remember if he got a fine or not.

now a days I think they could care less, I have a Royce 40 channel with a Heathkit sb-200 and a varmit 150 as a kicker and would bet the FCC wouldn't do anything even if someone complained.


Remember the Tempo-I ?


not ringing a bell?


You could slide right into 11 mtrs with them from 10
meters - - they were a favorite of CBers and truckers
around here.

One guy west of here on a hilltop had a tower up
with a four quad array and a 2000 watt linear. The
FCC came into to town and took it all. He was a
supervisor in Uiversity Maint. He moved his family
out to the UI Oakdale Campus and set it all up
again. The university shut him down there.

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As she described it to me it had suspender like straps that crossed in the back and the belt was wide with secure pocket. My mind was saying Tool Belt, but she indicated it had pockets and was made out of canvas and not for tools. She never told me why he had her make such an item



Jo,

Might it have been a "booster rig"? These items, usually homemade, were worn by professional shoplifters to conceal pilfered items. When I worked in a public defenders office it was hell to get good plea bargain deals on shoplifters apprehended with booster rigs because the DA saw them as professionals. In some cases they were charged with burglary rather than shoplifting because the rig showed that they entered the store intending to commit a theft. It is not a permissive entry when you enter with the intent of stealing rarther than shopping.

That makes more sense than trying to explain it as a radionavigation apparatus.

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Should we not just admit Cooper had an FAA Ham
Radio license and knew the King of Jordan and 377!



You are slipping Geoger. ;)

The FCC isssues ham licenses, not the FAA, but you knew that being an Amateur Radio licensee yourself. Lately the FCC is spending a lot of effort appealing the reversal of their ridiculous $550,000.00 Janet Jackson "wardrobe malfunction" fine levied against CBS. Don't they have anything better to do?

How do they calculate the fine? Why not $500 or $30,000 or $11,234.99 ?How do you quantify perceived obscenity? I bet they have an entire staff of sociologists, accountants and statisticians devoted to that crucial task. After all, the public must be protected from glimpses of bare breasts at all costs.

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2011/11/02/cbs_wins_appeal_over_janet_jacksons_su


back in the 70's the FCC didn't play, my dad got me a TRC-30 23 channe CB and I met a guy called the green hornet, this guy had a browning tube type two piece unit with a VFO so he could go lower and high freq wise, had a blackcat 2000 watt amplifier with a wilson quad antena about 75 feet up, they went on his property and took every single piece of equipment he had. I can't remember if he got a fine or not.

now a days I think they could care less, I have a Royce 40 channel with a Heathkit sb-200 and a varmit 150 as a kicker and would bet the FCC wouldn't do anything even if someone complained.


Remember the Tempo-I ?


not ringing a bell?


You could slide right into 11 mtrs with them from 10
meters - - they were a favorite of CBers and truckers
around here.

One guy west of here on a hilltop had a tower up
with a four quad array and a 2000 watt linear. The
FCC came into to town and took it all. He was a
supervisor in Uiversity Maint. He moved his family
out to the UI Oakdale Campus and set it all up
again. The university shut him down there.


Hmmm never heard that term, we used a VFO (Variable-frequency oscillator) and the one I had could go down to 10 meters, my amps had to be tuned to 11 to work just never heard of a tempo-I, my buddy could also tap into the PLL circuit chip and get tons of channels from a washington made CB.

mine was very similar to this pic below

I haven't turned mine on in years, I use to love shooting skip on Sundays, talked all over the country and down in the Islands South of Florida.
"It is surprising how aggressive people get, once they latch onto their suspect and say, 'Hey, he's our guy.' No matter what you tell them, they refuse to believe you" Agent Carr FBI

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Remember the Tempo-I


not ringing a bell?

You could slide right into 11 mtrs with them from 10
meters - - they were a favorite of CBers and truckers
around here.



Early model Yaesu FT 101s were even better. Had 11M
as a stock band. Swan (Siltronix) made a model 1011 that was super easy to put on 11M as it had an 11M receive only feature that was easily opened up to enable trasmit.

http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6078

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Remember the Tempo-I


not ringing a bell?

You could slide right into 11 mtrs with them from 10
meters - - they were a favorite of CBers and truckers
around here.



Early model Yaesu FT 101s were even better. Had 11M
as a stock band. Swan (Siltronix) made a model 1011 that was super easy to put on 11M as it had an 11M receive only feature that was easily opened up to enable trasmit.

http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6078

377



that's a good amp for sure, I never used one but heard a lot about them, I have 3 amps the sb-200 I have a Maverick 250 with ten tubes and my little Varmit 150 two tubes, any amp with tubes always has a better modulation than the new circuit board amps which give a tin can affect while talking. they call the power chips pills if i'm not mistaken.
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they call the power chips pills if i'm not mistaken.



yes, and the King of Pill Amps is DAVE:
http://www.davemade.com/

Dave is reportedly a ham. Dave doesnt care too much about output filters. Dave thinks the FCC can go ---- themselves.

Some truckers are running 8KW CBs using Dave's amps. They run two huge Niehoff alternators and connect the amp with 0/0 welding cable, really. I saw photos of such an installation. The trucker had trouble with corona discharge melting the tip of his antenna. Dave also makes the GOD ROD CB antenna.

I am surprised BK hasnt chimed in on this CB stuff. He seems like someone who'd be part of that scene.

I am planning a future jump using a late 60s CB walkie talkie just to show what might have been possible.

Go ahead and take your shot G. I am wearing a Kevlar jumpsuit.

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Ah yes, the Dave amps, bringing it all back now, Henry and Drake are good amps as well, gotta mixture of memory and just getting out of the Hospital because the Kidney stone came back with vengeance this time,

also forgot about the tractor named after me B|

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they call the power chips pills if i'm not mistaken.



yes, and the King of Pill Amps is DAVE:
http://www.davemade.com/

Dave is reportedly a ham. Dave doesnt care too much about output filters. Dave thinks the FCC can go ---- themselves.

Some truckers are running 8KW CBs using Dave's amps. They run two huge Niehoff alternators and connect the amp with 0/0 welding cable, really. I saw photos of such an installation. The trucker had trouble with corona discharge melting the tip of his antenna. Dave also makes the GOD ROD CB antenna.

I am surprised BK hasnt chimed in on this CB stuff. He seems like someone who'd be part of that scene.

I am planning a future jump using a late 60s CB walkie talkie just to show what might have been possible.

Go ahead and take your shot G. I am wearing a Kevlar jumpsuit.

377


Funny. One out is enough then you're home free -

:D

Jo has the page screwed up again ? Super long/wide.

:S

Part-II to "Kenny was Gay" comes later tonight.

Then we may have some folks drop by Dropzone
on Wednesday, if all goes well.

One day at a time.

BTW: thanks for correcting me on FAA/FCC. I about
crapped when I looked back. Yep a senior moment
for sure - damn. But I appreciated your correction.
Thanks,
G.

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