Recent content by KK4OYS

Hello everyone! I was on the forums a while back asking some questions, I didn't have a radio yet, but had my licence. I now have a radio, a friend gave me a 10M Realistic HTX-100 SSB/CW! I've had my licence since 2013, but haven't used a radio yet, I hooked up the radio to a CB antenna I had...

Hi guys, Been out of town for a little while @vkrules I never noticed there was a link to the antenna instructions you posted! I had checked the post from a cellphone and never saw the link. I had thought the designs were something you were drawing up and posting. So sorry for all the...

I am going to make one of these when I get my radio in, but I have a few misunderstandings, does the pipe have 2 holes drilled in it and the wire comes up inside, goes outside for the coil then goes back inside for the rest of the antenna? Also are you stripping the parts that say coax inner...

Getting my first radio soon, a Baofeng HT. Will be homemaking antennas, and after that will add an amp.

Awesome, this will be my first home antenna for sure. My coax is plastic core. Also, does the whole assembly go in the pipe, the coil and all? Because it looks like the coil is outside the pipe. I would like to put the whole thing in a pipe and put a cap on both ends so I can drag it to the...

Nice antenna idea. By poor selectivity do you mean where they go into overload shutdown when they are to close to a high power output? I've hear the uv-5r does that if to close to a high powered ham rig. The repeater I would be trying to hit is about 20 miles. I know that's hard for an ht but I...

I was wondering about the Bf-f8 its supposed to just be an updated uv-5r but its pretty new and I couldn't find very many reviews. I wanted the extra watt, which is the biggest new feature, besides a supposedly better speaker/mic amp and other random improvements. Did yours have the white on...

Thanks for the info! I was hoping I was on the right track. Now a question is the SO-239 connector the same they use for CB, from the picture on amazon it looks like one. I have a whole box of CB connectors and stuff, a friend gave me. I also got an old 10W CB I thought about getting a...

Hi everyone! I found about this forum from YouTube and joined. I have held a technicians class license since March 2013 but have not been on the air, and do not own any equipment yet. I am a teenager who has always been interested in electronics and have built, hacked, and repaired electronics...