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Has anyone seen an Ares 2 for sale anywhere lately? Very strange I had one along with a nightmare story with Amazon. Problem with sideband output on the one I received. Sent it back for replacement. The replacement came in a generic brown box with only a mic and power chord that had a broken...

I know I’m years late when it comes to this mic. I never took a close look because I had no real interest in the sound effects. But reading reviews made me give one a try. It’s a few days new and hadn’t heard what it sounds like myself receiving very good audio reports. I’ve tried a couple...

On the subject of microphones, does anyone have any recommendations on a good desk mic? For this radio!!!

Well when I came across a used D104 on Amazon for $23 I thought I’d take the chance and try it on mine. Jury is still out because I want to hear it myself while in my mobile. First extensive local radio check on SSB was positive. Gain up on radio and anywhere from half to full mic gain on mic...

Mother Nature!!! ‘A tornado leveled a house 2 blocks away and my antenna was fine!!!’And the opposite applies. Point being what force an antenna accurately sustains in most cases short of an extremely localized (like mounted to the mast) quality measuring instrument, is just a guess. Only...

He will be glad to hear that. Not surprised it’s the same. Goes without saying his D104s sound great on his 148 and 138 (IMO) but I might get to hear for myself what the Ares thinks of it.

Interesting!!! A friend I talk to here locally has an Ares ll and wanted to try his d104 4 pin hand mic, but said he can’t find a wiring schematic on line. And doesn’t want to plug it up to see if the cobra wiring is the same. Personally, I really like the stock mic on my ATs. Except for the one...

Has anyone tried another mic on these? Just curious!!!

Just got mine yesterday. Beware of the weather alarm!!! Had to be what it was last night. Startled me big time. Loud is an understatement. So far so good. Got some feed back locally as I worked my way through the settings. Very cool radio. Plenty of feed back today DX wise on SSB. Same...

I run it a little higher than that on FM at times and I’ve been known to get long winded. Almost never on AM at all anymore. During the winter months I spent the vast majority of my radio time on FM and conditions were great. More now on SSB. Put a fan on it straight away. Have never even...

Hmmm, maybe I’m getting longer winded these days. Really don’t know what the issue is but a few times my transmit has gone dead and a message pops up. But my immediate reaction has been to immediately unkey without reading the warning. One of my suspicions was TOT shut down which I had left on...

Yes I made my support but it’s not the best. Out of 2 - 1/4” hdpe cutting boards I got at the dollar store. I will likely replace it with 1/2” hdpe. Each leg ended up being 102.5”. I switch to it while talking to Barbados this morning and my signal dropped from my 2016 but he could still hear...

Got it up where I want it and everything is good. 18’ in the air. The pole is a flag pole and has one more extendable section where the flag will go. Easiest push up set up I have ever used. Pretty heavy duty pole (11 guage aluminum). Still have to seal everything and waiting on a light for the...

Just a coax coil no real balun. I kind of suspected something was wrong when I had to shorten my lengths well beyond normal to get a match. I did get what appeared to be a close to perfect match at least according to my meters. It’s normal for me to get a slight swing on reflective power needle...

Don’t know what the problem was exactly but it’s all good now. I had stated in my OP that I’ve seen this before. I just couldn’t remember the circumstances where I ran into this before. For some reason I was thinking coax and not owning an analyzer I decided to change it out. I also decided to...

I understand that but this isn’t normal. I’m watching the reflective power needle spike every time I talk. Doesn’t do it on my 2016 ground plane. Only happens on the bypass side of the tuner. If I switch to the tune side it’s fine. I’m not testing SWRs on SSB. Don’t think i said I was.

I made a direct feed dipole antenna. Aluminum tubing. I’ve seen this before. It seems to be very wide banded and I get a 1.1 to 1 match anywhere I normally operate. I currently have it about 8’ off the ground. Problem is SSB. I get reflected power spikes when transmitting. With one exception...

Yes sir, negative peak compression NPC is it. The guy in the video agreed with you and didn’t recommend using it for the same reasons you mentioned. Actually I very seldom use AM. So not sure why it even peaked my interest. Maybe Anytone will improve on the feature in the future. Really no...

OK, just watched a video about a firmware update in the Ares. One of the added features caught my attention straight up. I forget what it’s labeled in the settings/menu? Lost the video ATM.. When power is turned all the way down on my Q5N2 forward modulation is also weak. This new feature...

Yes my MFJ reads peak and average. FWIW!!! The 175W carrier I was referring to was on FM where I have the radio set at I believe 4W output. Thanks for the reply!! Eldorado you are probably correct but I think the biggest threat is going to be from operator error. Theoretically the radio can be...