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Lately while transmitting on side band my N2 will throw a carrier of about 6-8 watts whenever I'm not talking. It's bad enough on my nets that people say it sounds funny or is not as strong a signal as usual. Any ideas?
Question for all you antenna tinkerers here. I have a 10 meter dipole in the garage attic now and just got an hf rig that will do 6 meters. Is there any way to cut the dipole and install a trap on each side and make it 10 and 6 meters? If so I need to know how many wraps and what diameter it...
I just picked up a Baofeng UV5R for under $20 w/free shipping. Instructions are a little vague but I did get freq's in memory. I can't find in the manual how to scan the memories. Anybody know how to make it scan?
Can't find a whole lot of info on this one. I see it only has 3 bands and wonder what the coverage is after expansion? Anybody have one of these and if so how do they like it?
Anyone know of a downloadable source for the programming software? I want to put it on my laptop that does not have a disc drive. I have a cable coming with a disc. Any suggestions?
When did they start putting cooling fans in this radio? I can hear it running but don't see it in any pics of the inside. And why do some have that clear plastic on the covers and some don't? Just picked this one up and so far like it.
I'm trying to download the chirp software on 2 different computers and in both cases all I get is warnings and can't get anything to open. Any other sources than the original to try?
I have an Astatic Red Devil mic and every time I key it the thing sounds like you're rubbing it over burlap! Is this the switch? What is the fix? It's only a few months old and doesn't get used a lot.
If you had to choose between the Yaesu 757gx or a Kenwood ts50,which would you choose and why? Not concerned with physical size,both are 100 watt radios.
Just got one of these and so far not too bad. Has a very hot receive,hears every little bit of static everywhere. Biggest problem I have is it just doesn't receive the far off stations with any volume. I have to turn the volume way up and then get blasted when somebody closer talks. Time for an...
If I was to add a switch on the N2 to shut off the extra power and run barefoot,what wire do I break? Waiting for mine to be delivered and haven't been in one yet.
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