Recent content by MitchellB

My new Baofeng UV5RA that I won on an eBay auction (under $35) arrived a couple weeks ago, and I've been real pleased with it so far. It took a little getting used to programing it manually, but I have all the FRS, GMRS, MURS, Marine, local 2m/70cm repeaters and some simplex and even some local...

I recorded myself monitoring a spare radio using the Baofeng UV5RA internal microphone and then plugged in the earpiece/mic that came with my radio and talked/recorded that. The little PTT mic/earpiece sounded much better than internal microphone; it was louder and clearer.

About 10 years ago my wife, who was home alone at the time, had walked to the back of our yard at the edge of the woods and unlocked my barn to go inside and get something. As she went in, she somehow closed the door behind her hard enough that the latch's steel hasp swung around and slipped...

Both. Back in the 70s I started out with my first cheap mobile. Ever since then every vehicle I owned and drove had a mobile unit in it and still does. In the early 90s my wife and I each had a mobile CB in our vehicles and two base stations at home (both mobiles using a 12vt. Power...

I've still got my TR-465 hooked up as a base station in my barn to an old Realistic Cross Bow antenna. I've never had any problems out of it.

I just use a homemade spread sheet in Excel. It doesn't do much automatically, but I can expand the fields and sort as I like.

I still have my 99 mounted above the chimney on a Radio Shake pole & chimney mount that is connected to my old CB in the kitchen mounted under the overhead cabinet that used to be our family mobile phone service before cell phones became popular. (showing my age now) That was also before I got...

It was made from this Lincoln Futura.

I use a very old wooden enclosure stereo speaker. It does not have a brand name, but works fine for my Yaesu FT847 and I use the other speaker for my SSB CB.

The Barn Owl, originally from Mayberry in the Old North State of Carolina now residing in Greensborough.

Sounds like a great deal. I have a couple Yaesu radios that always does what they are supposed to do. Enjoy!

Last ham radio devices I aquired were a SignaLink SL-1+ to help get into the new PSK31 mode using my computer and a MFJ-945D tuner to help me get more out of my homemade dual band dipole antenna. Picked them both up used bidding against folks on eBay.

They used to hire a company to acid wash aluminum semi-trailers where I worked that worked pretty good. They would spray on the acid wash and pressure wash it off with the crud. You'll have to wax it afterwards or it will turn dull. Aluminum Cleaner - Non- Toxic Aluminum Cleaner For...

I use a K40 I bought back in 2005 on my old Suburban using a Uniden PC68XL CB and can't complain about it it one bit. Does the job and unlike the Francis fiberglass antenna I had before it, does not fill your hand with shards of sun dryed fiberglass when you grab it.

Yea ahh, that is a FT8000R in my truck that I bought new in 1996 also. I’ve regretted buying it for a couple reasons. The display is difficult for my old eyes to read now mounted between the front seats like I have it, and to me it is a little complicated for mobile use. I wished I had bought...