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Next came the wiring. I ran #10 wire from the battery on the right side of the engine with both lines fused and a filter into the box. I also installed a fan on one side of the box because of the close mounting of the radios to increase air flow for cooling.

I had some RG213 and bulkhead connectors, that went in the box so when mounted I could hook up the coax from the antennas from the rear of the box I did not take a picture of it, but the bottom board with the holes in it was replaced with a piece of aluminum flat stock that serves both as...

The next thing to think about was where to put the radios. The truck is a large truck but the way the dash is arranged and the console and seats, there is really not enough space there to put all the things I want to put in the truck... so I took the console out. I said I did not want to spend...

I have radios every where. I have one in my work truck. I have one in my wife's truck. I have my shack. I have radios in my shop and I have radios in my office at work. I have a bug out box with radios to take to the farm. The only thing I had with no radios in it was my old farm truck. I...

watch the video posted above, or go to the website and watch it there... it shows exactly how they did it, and even gives recommended wire size... simple answer, in parallel.

I bought two of the 50A models recently. I put one of them in my bug out box. The box also has batteries so I can run off batteries when there is no power available. Just for grins, I tested the radio with batteries then with the power supply... no difference at all in noise/hash. The power...

yep, T8, it is my second one... I lost the first one on my old tower (before I moved to this place) when a guy wire anchor point failed...we had 100 mph winds, the tower buckled about 25' up and the whole thing came down. It will not compete with 5 element mono-banders, but for general hamming...

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the wife bought that desk for me.

the "go" box and the antenna it drives..

the antenna it drives

the desk where the rig is set up

cool, I stand corrected... I tend to think of MFJ when I think of accessories, not radios, so I was not aware of that one.

get your general, enjoy 2m ssb and the hf bands too. I run 3 different rigs mobile that are capable of all mode... in one truck I have an Icom 706MkIIG, in another an Icom 7100... and in my 3/4 ton diesel 6 pack (lots of room) I run an old Icom 746 as a mobile... to get a rig that will do ssb on...

Gordon West W5YI books are the most commonly used around here. It is also good to learn what the answers to the questions mean. You might also check out the ARRL library and look at the handbook and operators guide. Not necessary to pass the test, but will help you be a better operator.

congrats on the exam, now study up and pass the general so you can actually use the radio... and leave the radio as is... it is a good little radio, but not worth spending any money on. I still have an old 728 and my experience with that radio is quite different than the other poster had. I keep...

nicely laid out. Your dissertation on materials is also quite true. I have tested the matials you listed as well as dipoles made out of wire (both solid and stranded) from thermostat wire up thru 10 gauge wires. ( I have the room and I like to play). All of the theoretical issues you mention...

nope, you proved i do indeed clearly understand because you just changed the parameters... you gave references to your gain terms...when you give a reference you can demonstrate with a field strength meter (the only truly accurate method) not just theoretically that gain has ocured and what that...

he lays it out real well... first he says that there is no ACTUAL gain... then lays out the theoretical gain, shows the angles of radiation... shows the dBi and dBd relationship...and in the dBd it is zero gain to negative gain (loss)... sort of how it should be done. his dBi to dBd figures are...

diamond and DX engineering have both served me well in the past... would have confidence in either...sounds like you are having a bad week... don't buy any lottery tickets for awhile... in the meantime let DX take care of it for you.