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    Poc radios 4g cell tower radio

    I’m not even sure where to post this story. I’ve bitten off and ordered a poc radio. It’s a $35 4g radio like rapid radio. Uses Zello. I didn’t pay attention and I had to turn around and order a SIM card. I’ve used it in WiFi. I now have the sim installed and I’ve ran it on that in my normal...
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    UHF home brew repeater success stories?

    Yeah I’d have to use a duplexer. I can’t see a way around that for any good
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    UHF home brew repeater success stories?

    I want to build an uhf repeater for a job site . On the cheap of course. I’ve seen the stacked baofunks using mic/speaker cords and side by side mobiles. Anyone had any good luck experiences setting anything up?
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    Astrovan noise improved finally

    After a few years of astrovan and s10 ignition noise I’ve located a few things that helped. Cb hf and vhf all just spring from ignition noise. Here’s what I’ve found. 89s10 a constant whooshing to a solid white noise as speed picks up in the rx while driving. It’s the cable less Speedo module...
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    Dx400 bilateral attenuator

    Amazon. What Chinese stuff don’t they have. I’m gonna look at that at work today instead of working.
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    Dx400 bilateral attenuator

    I was thinking of making it moron proof. For those times when I forget. But yeah I can crank it down
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    Dx400 bilateral attenuator

    Anyone have a way to add an attenuator to the dx400 to make it a high drive? Yeasu runs under 100 and so does the qt80.
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    Starduster short radials?

    Look at the go-2745 by serio. And compare specs. No doohdah on that element. I dunno
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    Starduster short radials?

    Looking at a starduster, about half way up there are a couple of why they call short radials. Are they using that like a cap hat? What I always understood was the idea for proper function of a cap hat was on top of the antenna. Or better yet, what’s that mess do
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    An antenna is just an antenna

    You’re killing me. Hahahaha
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    An antenna is just an antenna

    Hahahahahahaha like it’s owner huh
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    An antenna is just an antenna

    I’ve spent quite a bit of time reading, building and wondering about vertical antennas. I’ve raised them and I’ve lowered them. I’ve tried 1/4, 1/2 and 5/8 wave. All things considered, it don’t matter just a whole lot really what antenna you use once you’re off the ground. On the ground or at...
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    Icom 718 issues after static hit

    Icom 718 rx is fine. Tx isn’t working. Key up and it just “thumps” repeatedly. Had a lightning strike close to me and I assume static hit me. Might’ve been some lightning I dunno. Radio was off but antenna was hooked up. Any ideas
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    Astroplane finally back up

    After lightening got my archer .64 I took to rebuilding an original avanti Astroplane I had been given a while back. Took it all apart cleaned up the joints replaced the connection wire from the so239 to the driven sleeve and drilled out the snapped bolt from the top and rethreaded it. Drug it...
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    ASTROPLANE best vertical antenna ever?

    Does it matter if I isolate the mast from the tower? I’m at 50’ to the bottom of the skirt on a tower. Also wouldn’t I need a choke at the same place it isolated from the tower? Isn’t that like 9’? But just how much difference does it make if any
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    Gainmaster at different heights

    I’ve been wondering how it’d do at say fifty ft vs the astroplane at fifty
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    Gainmaster at different heights

    Been looking at the 5/8 Gainmaster. All sorts of noise bout it everywhere. But what’s the software say about it at different heights?
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    Cheap Auto tuner I'm gandering at.

    I’ve run one for years. I love it. Quick and has a pretty good spread. I prefer it over my mfj auto
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    Anytone 6666pro am swing

    Am on this radio has a very tight modulation range. Is there a mod setting or adjustment to lower the carrier and increase the modulation?
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    Rf gain?

    I have several radios ranging from old and simple to more current and in between. I’ve noticed that rf gain just doesn’t seem to be rf gain across the board. It seems to me that there are two different methods that have been used. One is actually a rf gain control where the sensitivity is indeed...