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ive been fooling around on the amsat and satscape sites trying to get comfortable with sat tracking. when im ready, what kind of output power should i start with to make contact? i dont wanna end up using over kill

i wish i knew how to post links to make things easier, sorry. i just made my purchase from gigaparts.com hope it gets here soon. ive been looking at the 2 meter quad antennas that cubex.com has, trying to figure out what would be best for my purpose. i plan on hiking alot with my set up so i...

i made a dumb ass move. i couldnt find a 50 ohm 1 watt resistor so i soldered two 47 ohm 1/2watts in parallel thinking that it would keep the same value only increasing the heat disapation. so, later i find that on my meter, that decreased the resistance by half and it was loud coming out of the...

i havent thought about doing a mod for it much until recently. i almost broke down last week and got an echo mic but id rather not spend the money if i dont have to. what id like to do is, do away with the dimmer while being able to switch it on full bright to off. in the area that the dimmer...

i know this should probably be in the cb area but i figure hams might know a little more about this, no offence to you cbers out there. i still havent received my call sign yet and im iching to get started on a project, so ive decided to construct a 4 element quad antenna for my cb tuned for...

ive been to the fcc and arrl sites and cant find myself. i even looked for someone who is and has been in the system for a while and cant find them. i should be on file by tonight i would think, i took and passed the test two sundays ago. the ve said by friday but i think he forgot about the...

some how i want external lights to flash with my voice modulating during transmissions only , has this been done? any ideas are welcome please help. thanks in advance.

o.k. it feels like an other world now and i dont even have a call sign yet or a radio. im gonna start studying for the general class now and i have my eyes set on the icom 756 3, i think thats what its called. cant wait untill im in the database!

are there any 2-meter and 10-meter dual band transceivers out there? gonna take the tech. test on sunday and im interested in both bands but in one radio.

would it be wrong to ask if somebody has a current study guide for tech class so i dont have to pay full price?

what power supply should i be using for a palomar 225? how much current do you think this thing draws? power is clipping, no dxing. please help!!!!

sorry if this post is in the wrong area, its my first post here. i was digging around in my closet today and found my old radio, it was like christmas, i never got around to adding talkback to it and its been a while, im quite rusty but if i add a 100 ohm 1 watt resister between the...