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I know all installations are different depending on individual circumstances. So here are my circumstances. My mobile antenna can only be mounted on a mirror. I can't drill new holes in the truck. I can mount an antenna 80 inches tall. No higher. It takes 28 inches to clear the roof line from...

No, not this one. This one. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2265319/Batmobile-Man-paid-1-original-sells-auction-4-6M.html

Just a few thoughts about this antenna system. I purchased the mast and the 11 meter resonator prior to getting licensed. After my license came through I bought the RM-10S 10 meter "super resonator". I wanted to be able to tune the whole band and the smaller resonator wouldn't do it. The mast...

I am just curious what people on this forum think about VOIP services like Echolink or IRLP. I like the fact that I can connect to a repeater and have my signal broadcast in Sydney Australia. You hear a few "wait, was that a KF call?" However, yesterday I connected to a node in Northern...

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I've been looking for dual band VHF/UHF antennas, and have come across something I find interesting from Diamond Antenna. Diamond SG7500A It says: Special Features: • Factory pre-tuned, no adjustment • Highest gain • Wideband performance • 24Kt gold plated connector pin Does...

First off, I don't own this radio, and haven't tried this mod, so I take no responsibility for this. This is just info that I have gathered from around the internet. A few members here have stated that they tried this with success. I post this here just to get some info out there. The various...

I have a great wife. She just bought a Yeasu FT-7900R for me. An anniversary gift. My question is, does anybody here use this WIRES system? Is this Yeasu's version of DSTAR? And what is required to use this? As far as additional equipment, and most important, connection speed. As I am on the...

Just wanted to say thank you to the members of this site for not only getting me going in this hobby, but also helping me learn along the way. I just passed the Tech and General exam. Future F you's should be expected after I go broke buying equipment. :D

I have been studying for my ticket, and came across a fact about yagi antennas that flat out baffles me. I get the theory behind the design, the parasitic elements radiating the magnetic field of the driven element. I will accept on faith that you can somehow attach the driven element to the...

Ok this is no longer a fluke. It is repeatable. I have three GPS devices in this truck. A Kenworth factory unit, a company installed unit, and my Android phone. Three days ago I swapped radios in this truck. Both are HR2510s, the first one got along great with the truck, but the cubby hole it...

Has anybody here used the Hustler Mobile HF antenna system on 11 meters? I am getting a new truck, and the antenna mounting position is less than ideal. The antenna mounts lower on the truck so that any kind of coil would not be above the roof of the truck. However the Hustler Mobile HF starts...

I was raised by my aunt and uncle, so my cousins have always been like brothers to me. My cousin, who shares my name, was involved in a huge wreck on May 28th. It left him with some spinal cord injuries bad enough that the doctors strapped him down and put him in a coma to keep the spinal cord...

What's the story with General Radios? Google isn't helping here. Who are they? Are they just a sub brand of another company, or what? They don't have a website that I can find. The radios seem to use common boards, so what makes them different than all the other clones out there? I've never had...

Is this guy the most pirate like pirate radio guy ever? And how have I never heard of this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy_Roy_Bates http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk 2

He has finished movin' on up http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-sherman-hemsley-dies-20120724,0,3105302.story Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk 2

I don't know a whole lot about the old base stations, but I've been toying with the idea of picking one up to play with. I keep seeing these Messenger radios pop up on the local classified ads. Now there is one listed with an old car mount cell phone for $75 dollars. Its a Johnson Messenger...

After reading zman's post in this thread http://www.worldwidedx.com/showthread.php?t=139006 and posting one of my own experiences at a CB shop, I thought it might be fun to post some of the dumb things you have heard or seen at a CB shop. I only have one shop I can get to on a regular basis. I...

So here's the situation. I spend 5 days a week living on the road. I do my best to get out on the air, but my mobile antenna choices are limited due mostly to abuse received from trees and uneven roads. You wouldn't believe how fast a shaft on a Wilson Trucker will snap just from the truck...

I just bought another HR2510 locally, I needed another hole in my head apparently, at least according to my wife. Anyway, I hook up the radio and start checking it out. Power is fine, 10 watt dl swing to 38 watts. I hooked it up to my antenna, which I know the swr is good on. 1.2:1 and 1.3:1...