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As a lineman i can share that noise does come from a variety of sources. Broken grounds and dirty connections with oversized "tails" can emit noise.
Most commonly it's porcelain. Old switches and bells or insulators are notorious for developing hairline cracks with age. These cracks hold dirt...
Thanks for sharing your Sirio install. I have run a 5000 permanent mounted to the roof of my old ram for years and it has worked great. I will be picking up a newer truck soon and I am planning on mounting the Sirio similarly to yours.. I also plan to use the breedlove stake pocket mount. I was...
Been putting out calls on 35 usb and also on 26.805 fm.. not having much luck lately. Easy contacts in 35-40 lsb.. Had a few good QSOs above 40 today..
I think Uniden looked at the numbers. They probably sold 20 scanners for every 1 cb. They shifted to cater to the scanner enthusiasts and not the cb guys... more $ to be made.. not to mention the radar detector market they have their hands in..
Glad you got it figured out. It's easy to miss the version needed since there are multiple versions for the same model.
I went down the Kenwood programming road a couple years ago. I picked up several of the TK 981s to use on the 900 mhz amateur band. It also used the same software as you used...
I made several calls on 35 usb today.. nada. I always have heavy AM traffic from south of the border on 35.. Made several west coast and Canada contracts on 36 & 37 LSB all short ones. Slid down to .360 had a 10 minute chat with a dude in Cali.
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