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Late last year I decided to start building a portable radio kit. I don’t have any experience building these kinds of things, and used this site plus a few others to get some feedback / ideas.
I figured I at least owed the group an update (for those interested). Purely an amateur trying to hang...
Hey folks
any idea where I can get a good quality J Pole / portable antenna which works on 462/467 MHz as well as 118-174 MHz & 375- 550 mhz ( essentially gmrs and uhf/vhf)?
If I’m really going to be picky preferably swr below 1.5 and some be gain would be nice :)
ive got a icom 2730a and...
Has anyone built a home brew radio/ battery / solar charge / dc power supply case?
I’m thinking of building a radio in ammo can type setup but could use some help with products / design “gotchas” to get started
any lessons learned you all have would be good to hear!
Hiya
I’m gonna start studying for my HAM tech license and would like to hear your thoughts on options for gear in my car.
I have a Jeep Wrangler (4 door) and space is tight! No real preference on make / model (since I don’t know jack yet). I thought some of the Yaesu or Icom products looked...
Hi all. New guy here. Excited to be getting back into CB / GMRS (maybe Santa will bring me one).
I’m trying to figure right the right spot to measure SWR
my setup is:
- Firestick 4’ Mounted to my wrangler JKU tailgate. Ground straps to chassis.
- cobra 75 radio, grounded to chassis.
- RM...
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