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    Home AI said it was Impossible: A Compact, Portable, 35 Watt Backpack Packet Station

    This is actually why I have put BNC adapters on every radio I've owned, including the TM-V71A, which just live there permanently. Most HT radios now use SMA connectors. They're small, cheaper than BNC for an RF electrical coupling that's hard to beat for the cost/simplicity of the connector …...
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    Advice for blind ham considering learning CW (yes this is in the right sub…)

    Hey folks, I'm Joseph, kf7qzc (T), and I have recently started using my radio again. Stopped when a combination of my health and the fact I'd moved into a steel tower made doing that difficult. With an HOA that bans antennas naturally. Not that I didn't just intend to ignore them anyway, but the...
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    Ordered a Retevis C2

    A warning for the Linux folks … I bought a C2 cheap on Amazon and have just returned it. The radio … was fine? Except for a couple problems. First, it was less compatible with chirp-next than expected. Reading from the radio caused it to reset over and over again. Apparently when that happened...