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is there a reason why t seems I get a lot of lookups on QRZed after transmitting cq calls but I am not getting any responses? is my antenna too weak? am I transmitting further than I can hear? random skip? I would hate to think I am transmitting over some one's calls that I can't hear. I...

It's exciting for me! I pretty much aced the test only missed 2 questions out of the 35 on it. so just need to chill for a week or two until my name hits the data base then I get to play HAM.

been doing a bit of reading and I was considering the various antenna types as well as their ease to DIY, and figured the long line would probably be the easiest place to start. Like any7 project IME its a good idea to get some experienced help BEFORE starting. so here are a few questions. 1...

like the title says, I am (hopefully) getting my ham ticket over this winter, and need to know what are some good 2meter mobiles and base units. not sure yet which I want. mayhap you guys can recommend mobile or base while your at it. unfortunately as far as antenna goes I am limited on...

so My antenna has been really low, no biggie really, it's an Imax 2000 so it got decent range anyway, but my truck has almost the same range. soooooo I grabbed some 2 inch steel conduit and sent the base of the antenna up another 20 feet. I hardly recommend trying to stand up and bolt an almost...

Snatched yup a Galaxy SSB Melaka at a yard sale for 25$ with a frequency counter thrown in. brought it home tested it and tada it works. got lucky since it is just pre evening and the yard sale was closeing. now I need to make sure its all aligned correctly and nothing has been tampered with. I...

so I was chatting around with a bunch of the locals tonight and I was talking about the other radios I had sitting around and how I was pining for getting my SSB capable galaxy up and running, and one of the guys asked what I had for spares and what shapes they were in so I told him, and he...

So it begins, I am now on the road to putting the galaxy back together enough to try it out. I was out puttering in the workshop this morning listening to the early bird old folks that get on channel 2 first thing in the morning, nice group of guys, bunch of locals, one lives about 7 blocks from...

I was just dubbing around and headed out to the shop to fiddle with a few things, and clicked on the cb just to listen. channel 19 was the usual trucker chatter from the highway nearby, so I decided to scroll through the channels heading downward I crossed channel 9 (which is always dead) there...

Just snagged a union model US-800 for free don't know if it works but if it does is this one any good at all, or should I not bother taking the trouble to rig up power and speaker and antenna to this thing? It is missing the rear power harness so I would have to rig up some thing to make it...

Just basicly asjking if the ranger 6300F turbo is any good? was thinking about sticking it in my truck as a mobile.

First off, hello. I am new to the world of cbs, totally new. I had a bunch of gear given to me. A whole bunch, I wont list it all just the stuff I intent to use in my setup, there is also a ham radio (states license requirements right on the case, and bandwidth? presets, that I may use later...