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I broke down yesterday and ordered 1 Abbree 28 inch antenna, and also a Signal Stick for my 2 new UV5R'S (8 WATT), or close to it radios. I'm not going to be packing them around in the battle field, just on my back porch and around my property. I'll give them a good test. They both look...

I've got an old Realistic Pro-32 that runs all day everyday, and just keeps on working. Slow, but effective. We're blessed with analog in this part of the county, and there's a lot of action.

Bummer. It must be hard giving it up. 73 Old Man.

I've read about this a lot on the Side By Side (SXS) Forum I'm on, and basically they figure their out in the woods, so who's going to know. Myself and others have educated as many as we can, but most of them don't really figure it's a problem.

Get on 75 meters, and never be lonely again. I'm amazed how much traffic is on 75 meters. In the afternoon or evening just barely turning the VFO you will go right over 3 or 4 conversations. 73

Exactly, that's what I was after, but in doing so I learned a whole lot about radio. 73

Cool. Looks like a future project. 73

Thanks Brother. Say hello to 996 for me. 73

Thanks everybody. Made my 1st contact below 14.225 MHz today.

Thanks, but I can't even think of studying anything else for awhile.

I passed my Extra Class Operator Exam this morning. YeeeeHaww!

I'm not an air ban type, but that's pretty cool.

That's a lot of radio. 45-52 amp PS should be fine.

good info.

as of right now 1746 UTC on Frequency 7.268 MHz (40 Meters) is the Hurricane watch net.

Maybe we talked before. I'm from Eureka, CA. Moved to Tennessee in 2016. 73

Fine business. Making antennas, and then talking with another station with your homebrew antenna is very satisfying. 73

Congratulations, enjoy the ride.

The IC 7300's screen is backlit by LED, NOT Fluorescent. No chance of burn in.