Well i think the key word he said was hoping to do better on price... Its like there are 100 different of Iphone speakers or bluetooth devices, Don't knock someone trying. I praise him.

Yeah these sites I cam across, its just shocking no one knows who the OEM is, 2.99 a pop is up there but I guess not outrageous.  Thank you for your efforts


John

 I know they are off the shelf blade connectors inside a housing, I am actually looking for the housing, I would like to make a couple of harnesses and keep the factory plugs. I could cut the plugs off and replace them with delphi weather packs as I have the tools to do so but I rather keep it factory. They are used on the old Radio Shack 2 meter hams, Yaesu, and my Vertex Standard. I appreciate your input. I am actually looking for the mouser/newark part #

John

 I am looking for some information on who makes the power connectors on the yaesu power connector, i know this connector us used on more than just ham radio, I have seem them on fans for cars even. I am unsure who makes them, any help would be appreciated.

John

I have to agree, its like you winning something on ebay, then the seller retracting it because someone offered him a bid offline or on the side then retracting yours.

 At least there you know of other bidders. If someone offered him more and you were that close to the purchase with already setting up payment and shipping quotes the most honorable thing he could have done was called you up and said I was offered x amount would you like to match it or beat it. In reality, If he advertised it for xx amount and you two agreed no matter what someone else offered for it, It tarnished his image.

LOL your quite right, its like saying its so easy even a caveman can do it, why hurt the poor caveman and neanderthals

 I have heard of people using the older sat systems for SETI but thats about it.

I still hear local activity here in so cal in the day and even in the evening. I have one installed in my truck, You never know, some things they talk about are actual normal conversations not the typical neanderthal conversations I used to hear 15 years ago.

 Some FRS/GMRS channels are shared. The 7 channels that are shared are allowed up to 5watts. The none shared channels are allowed up to 50 watts. Now the 7 shared channels a license just like the the normal GMRS channels. Business frequencies have 3 shared channels with GMRS  they follow White Dot 462.575 Chan 16 Black Dot 462.625 Chan 18 Orange Dot 462.675 Chan 20

 You will want to look into the rules for these frequencies, Some frequencies are allowed up to 35 watts on business frequencies some are 3 watts and some are 1 watt. You will still need to figure out what needs a license 

http://www.freqofnature.com/frequencies/common/business.html

I highly recommend the rigid brand, They are not to pricy but not cheep. I have bent 3/8" .058 Wall 6061 T6 Aluminum tube with no issues at all, The other method mentioned on the first reply also works, if you make all your measurements you can pre space the spacers to give you accurate bends. I used the bender and calipers. I have actually thought about fabing up a folded dipole bender that would allow adjustable spacing and help prevent kinking like a normal tube bender.

 Good luck.

http://www.ridgid.com/Tools/400-Series-Lever-Benders

 Here is something that maybe an interest to you.

Building an Adjustable Constant Current Load
http://paulorenato.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=91:constant-current-load&catid=4:projects&Itemid=4

Never mind, Found it, the Super scanner

 I believe I saw it discussed here before the brand, I even seen one last week for a great price. It was an old CB antenna triple Dipole, It allowed you to select a directional pattern with it or have all 3 dipoles working as one omnidirectional antenna.

 Anyone know what I am talking about

 I know tubing is far more rigid than solid bar. Well maybe not far more rigid but the radials will be less prone to sag vs solid.

OP You sir have been trolled... (you mad bro)