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Pretty cool! Doc is that the hybrid version HHR? Did you see the Braille line of batteries when doing your search? Nice batteries and very lite and small if desired. High reserve cca etc.... but pricey. Ive bought one for my generator under the box truck. I've got it screwed to the floor underneath.

It's doable but you'll need to make some cables. I believe his has actual mike inputs, but for the big three ham rigs if I'm not mistaken. If it has a 1/4 input you can simply hook the audio from the mic to center pin and ground to ring. Then have a simple foot switch for the ptt circuit. Or...

I use the older 357 Magnum in my dump truck for 10m and always had good audio comments. I do have my rx/tx clarifier locked together, I know that's a whole different debate. The 257 should be just fine. Same radio, the 357 has a 100w rf deck.

Garth mine is using the same tubes. I hope to get that kind of life, that would be nice. Eastside, I could do the same, but I keep the drive less than 30% so it's very clean. This setting is great for acoustic guitar as well. Its nice the 590 has recording on board that allows me to hear how...

That is a nice feature, my voice just sounded better on the Shure. Plus at the time when I bought it I had a $75 discount on it. :) I run a tube preamp, I can crank the drive on it, talk about a sharp dx sound. I might just sound Italian. :) Eastside, I just really started using it on my radios...

The muddy sound is usually on the low end. I've found Heils to be muddy and so has so has several musician friends. They need more pre amplification then eq. I like the Sennheiser 421 but prefer the Shure sm7b for my voice as I have a raspy low end. BUT, it needs at least 60db of preamp for it...

might be me!!! just kidding..

Tim, I knew you could have more than one, but I thought it had to close proximity of the meter or sub panel. According to NEC it just needs to be at least 6' apart. The house we sold had three in a triangle, bonded, where the meter and sub panels were. But on the other side of the house was...

Only problem you may run into, not sure if state has different regs, when you tied the circuit to the new ground rods you're in code violation. No big deal, probably until you may sell the house. All circuits usually have to be on one ground, common, if I'm reading your post right. Here in...

If your really wanting to use it before you get an o-scope. You can adjust the L118 without a scope and get pretty darn close if you have someone local to you that you know. It's nice if they're using a good radio that's spot on frequency like an HF rig, though it doesn't have to be. Keep you...

I purchases that new Daiwa 801HP Nice meter, easy to see without my reading glasses.

I can check email and the forum from my phone, so ignoring someone's request for a response seems intentional. I've been in and arounds trucks for 35 years and have grown with the times. So being over the road is not really a valid reason any more. Not checking or responding would be a choice.

Sign up with QRZ, it's free. Log in, go to your profile, click on the spot for applying for a vanity. It takes you to the correct FCC spot. I believe there's an $8 charge. I don't think the FCC does anything for free. It was $8 for a change of address application as well. Just be ready with...

Yeah it really is the only real place for that thing. In hind sight, I would have went for the 75HP and put it on the hood, that probably would have been better. Nice thing about a work truck I would have drilled a hole for a ball mount. Hey also, I wrapped electrical tape around the coil and...

good point Tim. This truck stays on highway, but it goes to hospitals, so landscape could be a issue, I didn't think of that. I put it out there as Hammer pointed to the article about getting it out away from the metal surroundings, though that didn't seem to have much affect as when it was...

Doc, Would wrapping with self sealing or coax seal hurt or no I'll effect around the inductance coil? I was wondering that myself or even when I take it to the truck wash. Yeah, Their mounts are nice.

This site here, Antenna Matching, good reading. No. 14 enameled wire I purchase in Indy, used to wrap motors and transformers. 1" diameter by 1" long or 7-9 wraps. I used a socket on a 6" extension to hold, that wasn't too bad to do, pretty easy. I made several out of the 10' I purchased.

Got the Tarheel 100AHP installed on the box truck. Here's a pic. Looks about 12-15" above the roof of the box and that's 10' It'll make a nice early warning so nobody hopefully will take off the roof under a low overhead. :) Not sure how it works yet. Bumper is steel, looks plastic from pic...

Well after a day playing and getting it set up, this radio is really sweet. I just wish the mic cord was like the Kenwood 480, it's long as it is and works really well when you just bring it out from under the seat. The Icom is a pretty short mic cord. I'll have to make a 3' straight through...

Ok, I wasn't sure if all the screwdrivers required it. I realized on the high bands you can do without it. Lowering my 100AHP on the front bumper did the trick for my install. That low to the ground, with a inductance coil that I wound, I've got 47ohm x=7 swr 1.1 on 80m and 46ohm x=6 1.1 on 40m...