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Hi Everyone, I've been hanging out on 2 meter sideband for awhile now, and I've been trying to get more activity going in my area. I've got a few people around me that join me on 2 meter sideband. But other than that, I haven't been able to find any other activity on 2 meter...

I haven't been hearing much of anything on the HF bands ... and I was just wondering if it's on my end , or if the band conditions are just really low right now. Is anyone else experiencing poor band conditions on the HF bands lately ?

Hi everyone, I recently bought a Yaesu FIF-232c CAT system interface to go with my Yaesu FT-757GXII so I can link it up with my computer. Everything came with it, but the transceiver-interface cable that came with it isn't matching up. The plug jack on the box is for a male 6 pin din styled plug...

I've been using a Wilson 1000 for about 5 or 6 years now. It's a good antenna, and it works fine. But it's a trunk mount antenna , and I recently got a new minivan. Trunk mount antennas don't go well with minivan's ... lol. I like the Wilson mobile antennas ... but I'm trying to find a shorter...

So I have a quick question about the Ranger RCI 2990 base station . Does this radio have a factory reset function ?? I was just wondering because it's a CPU based radio , and a few of my other CPU based radios from the same time period do have a factory reset feature in them , but I can't find...

Does anyone know where you can find a replacement frequency counter board for a Cobra 2000 ? Thanks

Hi everyone , I recently got a good working Kenwood SM-220 Station Monitor , but it doesn't have any of it's probes anything like that with it . I was just wondering if anyone here knew what style of cables it uses ... and where you can buy them at so I can start using it ? Thanks

I'm working on an old Icom IC-290 2 meter all mode , and the adjustable USB inductor is bad, it's L8 in the service manual . The manual says that the part number is LS-149A, and the inductor says 23749A on it. I've been searching the internet for a few weeks now, and I haven't able to find any...

Ok, I have to run this by you guys. Maybe one of you has seen something like this before. I recently came across a D & A Raider amp. Since I wasn't familiar with it, I started researching it hoping that to learn more about it. I discovered that this amp was created to be an 11 meter only amp...

Hi everyone, I have a Cobra 139 base station. The 23 channel version, not the 40 channel XLR version. I plugged it in and everything lights up and looks good . But it has no receive, does anyone here have any idea what might be causing this, because I'd really like to make this radio operational...

I recently bought a Ten-Tec Triton I (510) at a local hamfest a couple of months ago . It didn't have the right power supply with it when I bought it , instead it had the Ten Tec Model 262m with it . Which I was told wouldn't work right without the proper adjustments, and so on, and so on . So...

Hi everyone, I've got a 5 pin Cobra 2000 GTL that I'm having an issue with . I haven't used it in awhile , so I pulled it out , and wired my D104 Silver Eagle up to it ... and first of all, it's receiving whether I have the mic hooked up to it or not . And second , in order to hear the CB , I...

I have a new development with my Ten-Tec situation . I discovered today that the Ten-Tec 262M power supply that came with the Triton One when I bought it , does work . So now I'm trying to figure out how to safely pair the power supply and the Triton One together . The 262 power supplies jack...

Ok everyone, here's a question for all of you radio techs out there. I just recently went to a local ham fest and I bought an old Ten-Tec Triton One (Triton I) 510 . First of all , it did come with a Ten-Tec Model 262M power supply , a banana mic styled Ten-Tec stock mic , and an old Ten-Tec...

Hi everyone , I just tried to check into a Net on 40 meters and the Net controller told me that he was hearing some RF in my audio . What I was wondering is, exactly what kind of damage can your radios get from keying up with RF in your audio ? Keep in mind that, no I'm not going to keep trying...

Hi everyone, I know that I can't be the only person that's had to deal with this issue. But I haven't been able to find a way to fix the problem without picking up and moving to a new house. Everyday I get between 8 - 9 pounds of static noise on my radio. But it stops every night between 11 -...

Hi everyone, I bought this Icom IC290a 2 meter all mode radio a little while ago . The radio has sideband in it , but it doesn't have tones for accessing the repeaters that use tones . So I bought a tone board to install in it . When I opened it up, I found this little board...

I have a Swan Cubic 100MXA that I'm trying to wire a Cobra (coffin styled) stock mic to . If you're not familiar with the radio , it has the phono jack styled microphone jack . I've tried multiple wiring combinations with no luck . This mic has 5 wires and their colors are : Red White Shield...

I've been looking at frequency counters online, and I've noticed that a lot of them don't have their BNC alligator clip test leads ... and I was wondering, if I buy a replacement test lead for whatever frequency counter I buy , will any BNC test lead work, or will I only be able to use brands...

Hi everyone, I've been in the radio hobby for most of my life (40 plus years), both CB & Ham radio ... and finding a good repair service these days is becoming harder & harder to find . That is, without shipping my stuff out , and I am definitely not a fan of trusting any of my equipment to any...