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Lived in Phoenix maybe 10-12 years ago. I went and got my Extra ticket so I can listen on the 2 meter bands down here...barely ever get on!! :D

I lived in Mesa and then Queen Creek, between 1996 and 2010. I also lived in Sierra Vista when I was at Ft Huachuca but that was 93-94 or so...

I listen to police freq's more than anything... I have an Icom 7000 in the vehicle that is really a police scanner... haha

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Police freq's are one of the things I miss...could pick up TPD on my mobile 2m..was great entertainment...until they switched to a trunking system. Now it's just the local repeaters every now and again. I'm still trying to get my Dad back on..he still has a valid Advanced ticket.

"Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better." - Pat Riley

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We are still old school up here in podunk county Oregon... OK Columbia county... but still old school... I do want to get a trunk-tracking scanner.. but need more leather first.

I'm one of those no-code extras.... I want to learn it but never make the time to do it...

73, must get to bed... haha

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I know maybe 4 or 5 letters in code...so as long as someone only uses those to communicate with me, I'm ok! :) 73

"Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better." - Pat Riley

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Did you guys get anywhere with the steering wheel wrap?

I have leftover upholstery leather in the matching color with the interior and wanted to try.

My steering wheel is not the easiest to start learning with - it's a 4-spoke like this one.

I was thinking of creating a pattern out of modelling foam first.

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Machines: Mitsubishi DB-130 single needle, Kansai Special RX-9803/UTC coverstitch, Union Special 56300F chainstitch, Pfaff 335-17 cylinder arm walking foot, Bonis Type A fur machine, Huji 43-6 patcher, Singer 99 hand cranked, Juki DDL-553 single needle (for sale)

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I bought my leather cover back in 2008, but it's held up well. I used "baseball" stitching to do mine. The leather appears to be chrome tanned with the edges turned unerring and glued there...then pierced holes on both sides, all the way around at the same stitch length.

Where there's a "spoke" on your wheel, you run the lace (mine came with artificial sinew) under the edge of the leather until you can run it out of the next holes at the next opening in the wheel, if that makes sense.

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I made a friend some bike grips out of chrome tanned and learned that it stretches too much to be useful. I ended up paring and rolling the stitched edges over a piece of pared veg tan.

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