Suzuki Samurai was Re: [geeks] SPARC proprietary (waaaay off topic)

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> I have a 1994 Chevy Caprice that used to be a police car. It does have
> braids all over it (including the exhaust pipes!) but having been in the
> north, it's rusted and doesn't make a good RF ground.
> 
> It's tons of fun -- tighten a bolt and watch the SWR go down. The engine
> computer eats up my two-meter radio in the car on occasion because I
> shared an electrical ground with the console and didn't braid ground the
> radio to the body/frame.
> 
> It doesn't even burp with 50W at 147MHz radiating.

Lucky bastard.  ;->