A Yaesu FT-900 for $40?

$40? Well yes, at todays GCARS hamfest I picked up this FT-900 which the seller said was missing the PA module but received fine. Well it’s a little deaf but it does have it’s PA. I think the seller confused the space for the ATU as a missing PA....at least I hope so. Took a lot of cotton buds to clean it and now to buy a mic, get it in front of a tech and see if it’s salvageable otherwise it’s off to the chop shop to be broken up for parts and sold.

Is 27MHz CB still active in Australia?

We had a bit of skip rolling in recently and judging from the amount of activity on 27MHz LSB there is definitely a solid number of people still on the band all around Australia. On my Uniden Grant I was able to hear NSW, Tasmania, Victoria, and of course Queensland, all from a Station Master vertical, the same antenna I use for 10m and 40m.