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With a long wire external antenna , my new Redsun RP2100 "worldband" radio picks up some SSB but doesn't have a BFO. I have a BFO kit sitting around over here that I could put together, but there may be a shortcut. This radio has an Intermediate Frequency output terminal and I'm wondering if...

Thank you! Thank you for the helpful link! And thank you for offering your help! I got my tech license on April 9 this spring and will be taking my general on May 13. I've been able to get quite a bit of sheriff and ems on my 2m radio, but I will take a look at the site you sent me and...

Thanks guys! I appreciate your feedback and your encouragement! Yes like any hobby this can be expensive.... or not. While I do like fancy new things, I also really enjoy fiddling around and trying things out. Had to design a lot of Physics labs when I was teaching and enjoyed trying new...

Thinking about a lot of different considerations... I've been doing a lot of reading of Ham topics and radio reviews and watching eBAY prices. I am just going to mention the things I have been thinking about and looking into and I hope that some of those who read this might have some...

Wow! Check THIS out! Maybe my antenna limitations are not all that serious after all! I found a thread at eHAM.net forum about BALCONY attenna issues and this guy gave a URL to his full tech sheet on how to build a portable tunable dipole good for FOUR bands! Here is a sketchy...

I have been doing some research on transceivers Hi; I have been looking around on eBAY for transceivers that I think would be good for me if I only get a tech license. (Not that I am totally clear on what would be best for tech level). (And there is still the big question as to whether...

Yes, you have gotten me thinking about it. More on that below. I decided to improve my antenna a little. Did some review reading about basic dipoles and folded dipoles and the like. I have a 15 foot piece of coax here I was going to use to connect the dipole to the radio. But then I saw these...

Did some work on the radio The bandspread tuning dial has been slipping more and more, so I had two reasons for going inside the radio yesterday. 1. I used the electrical contact spray on the band selector switch and now it works much better, maybe even perfectly. 2. I was not at...

What fun! Pretty dramatic to see I imagine! I have seen it here even in the Pac Northwest - but not with really exciting or dynamic thunder and lightning. To have thunder and lightning occur requires two air masses colliding or one passing over the other with sufficiently different...

more progress I did have more success last night. I heard actual voice and music broadcasts on those upper two bands. The 4.5-14 was much more active. I found four or five signals there. On that band I found things at about 10.5MHz, 11.2MHz, and 14.5 MHz. On a lower band I found the universal...

Thank you for your recommendation. But oh my goodness, that one is far beyond what I am allowing myself to spend. This is kind of an "intermittent" hobby for me, not something I do a great deal. That looks like a very wonderful scanner.

Those links are helpful! Thanks again! These links to Oregon frequencies will be helpful. And knowing that most of the "action" here is non-digital will help me with my decisions too. I have read people saying that eventually the police everywhere will go digital, but they also say that it is...

Cannot find information on local Police comm type I did some searching online today but did not find anything that tells me for sure whether or not the police and fire are using digital signals here. There is a web site that does stream the local sheriff's communications. I notice that while...

Band switch problem - but all 4 bands DO work... (I think) I tried the upper two bands as you suggested today - using REC-AM and no SSB for the 4.5 - 14 MHz band and using Q-Mult and SSB settings for the 10-30MHz band. I did get all kinds of sounds on those two upper bands using those...

... a few words now... and more tomorrow Thank you! I live in Eugene. Yes - I will see if I can find out if I really need the digital or not. Meanwhile, if I do need digital, what do you think about this one? It is only a bit over $200 at eBay (until 11am Tuesday!) Radio Shack Pro-96 1300...