Yes (N6WFO) and no, don't currently have a radio installed in any of the Benzes. Just got my Yaesu dual-bander repaired, however, so I should get busy and install it before the Big One hits.

Jeremy

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"Buster" in the '95

Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762
"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970

Yes

Not currently mobile, but planning on HF installation in the 300D by this summer. Gonna do mobile cw.

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Palangi

2004 C240 Wagon 203.261 Baby Benz
2008 ML320 CDI Highway Cruiser
2006 Toyota Prius, Saving the Planet @ 48 mpg
2000 F-150, Destroying the Planet @ 20 mpg



TRUMP .......... WHITEHOUSE
HILLARY .........JAILHOUSE
BERNIE .......... NUTHOUSE
0BAMA .......... OUTHOUSE

Mobile CW, very interesting. I can see you with a typewriter on your
lap, ear phones on, copying CW at 65 mph

I was a Radioman in the Navy up to about 22 wpm.

I now have a CB radio, 10-4 good buddy

Charlie

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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works

Glad to see there are a few of us screwballs operating mobile. Currently I operate FM only, although I am designing a bracket that will fit onto the rear bumper mount of the 300D for a High Sierra Sidekick screwdriver antenna.
The antenna is currently mounted on my pickup. HF mobile is a different animal, being able to converse with stations cross country and overseas makes it all that much more fun.
I only know of one CW operator, 60 WPM, who operated 40m mobile. He mounted a paddle on the steering wheel of his work van. Amazing how you only need a few watts of power. I passed the General written exam and after several attempts at the CW exam I gave up. Now that the FCC rules have changed CW will not be so bad with a "cheat sheet" and a code reader.

Alan

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DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME, DON'T BE A HACK
Political Correctness is NOT part of my vocabulary
and finally FIGHT CRIME...SHOOT BACK

'82 240D Stick
'85 300D Auto
Drove my first MB at age 16 1960 300SL W190

Yes, KC4LDB, but not currently mobile. My 2m rig is in the garage waiting for a car to be installed in...as soon as I quit shuffling cars... and my 2m handheld Kenwood has been collecting dust for years. I wanted it because it was advertised on the back of my Novice theory book back in the 6th grade...in 1991!

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-James

'85 280GE...sold
'96 Impala SS ~ 6-speed 396
'14 Cadillac Vagon. . . . . . . . . . "Life without knowledge is death in disguise." - Hans-Peter Geerdes

You mean a MILL don't you? I had a friend who could copy high speed CW, but only on a mill. His wife found one a library was getting rid of (they used it to make labels for years) and gave it to him for Christmas one year.

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1984 300TD

I have an FT-100D that is going into the 240D very soon. The previous owner installed a trailer hitch (!!!) on it and will be the HF antenna mount.

I should get into this as well.. ^_^ I want a neat " AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR" plate .. that will get me all the hot hurricane displace chicks

Excuse my ignorance, but what is the appeal of ham radios nowadays? I remember when I was a kid and they permitted you to talk to people all over the world, but now there are so many ways to do that. What am I missing?

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

when a national disaster strikes or an EMP or w/e.. all federal and local radio's will be out

HAM and short wave operators will be the only ones with communications... so.... they license the operators and give them call numbers.. plus in FL special license plates to identify them in times of crisis..



thats what I remember being told

here is the wikipedia entry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAM_radio


I'm kinda interested in it now.. More research to follow

please share how you setup the system in your MB.
This could be important information when a local or national disaster strikes.










Thank you very much.

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1985 300SD
1983 300D
1984 190D
2003 Volvo V70
2002 Honda Civic

https://www.boldegoist.com/

Yes (KF4RTG) and No. I am not willing to sacrifice the space inside the car for my current 2 mtr rig, and I am not able to buy a new one. It doesn't help that I haven't operated a radio since high school.

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1985 MB 300D/T

Fell off the WVO bandwagon when people started trying to charge $2.50 a gallon for dirty vegetable oil.

I will do this, with pictures. Finally an excuse to buy a digital camera.

Alan

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DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME, DON'T BE A HACK
Political Correctness is NOT part of my vocabulary
and finally FIGHT CRIME...SHOOT BACK

'82 240D Stick
'85 300D Auto
Drove my first MB at age 16 1960 300SL W190

I am a Ham as well. W0GMH is my call sign... Currently not set-up with rigs in either Benz as they are not daily drivers...

73,

-GH
W0GMH

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For Now:
1992 Mercedes Benz 500SL
1998 BMW 528i
2003 Honda Element
2002 CBR600F4i
1977 Coachmen Motor Home

I got my no-code tech ticket back in 2001 but lost interest in the local 2m repeaters after a couple of years. I recently installed my FT3000M in my 98 E320 wagon for listening only. Wouldn't want to transmit 70w thru my rear quarter panel window antenna! I pulled the obsolete analog phone out to make a space.

FYI, I found an adapter to convert the PL259 to a Motorola jack and used a Y adapter to put both my Becker Monza and the Yaesu on the same antenna. I couldn't find anyone who thought this would work but it worked fine.

In the pictures, closed and open, the small finger pull on the front of the Yaesu lets me pull it out to access the controls and push it back in so it's out of site when not it use.

At this point I don't have any plans to set it up for transmitting although I could do it pretty quickly with a mag mount and hardwired to battery.

Richard
KG6ERN

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