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I passed my Tech exam last week, just waiting for it to hit the FCC database...

I'm interested in 2M or multiband handhelds to travel with and work repeaters. I'm doing my homework, but I know very little about handhelds. Are they practical, functional? Do they perform decently? I'm also considering a portable antenna, lilke the buddipole. Anyone have any experience...

I have a Magnum s-3, 40 watt model, that I run barefoot with a 636L. Its the radio that I use in other people's cars and lay on the front passenger seat or whatever. When talking I have received unsolicited audio reports like "nice sounding radio, what is it?" and "are you barefoot?" Once I...

Switchkit, I hear ya. I just picked up a 48T under the premise of "testing" to see if the setup generates any less rfi that is picked up through the antenna. I'm thinking that with less long power and ground connections laying around there will be less rfi for the antenna to pickup. Maybe if...

It looks like the 48T I purchased got the golden screwdriver treatment from the previous owner, or more accurately, the radio tech chosen by the previous owner, but I'm not going to complain too much because I got it dirt cheap. I sent it back to the galaxy mothership for some professional...

Get a magnet mount "Scantenna," all-band 20 inch mobile scanner antenna. Big improvement over the stock windshield wire thingy. About $25.

Thanks! I just picked one of these up, looking forward to trying it out.

Thanks for the info. It looks like I'm upgrading (again), but I will use this info in my next install.

Anybody have any experience with this radio? Your thoughts on this radio? Thanks!

Greetings. I've got a 148gtl and a cobra xl450 in a Ford Five Hundred. I have some rfi coming in through the antenna, not too much, but enough to compel me to keep proper grounding and power an ongoing project. The radio is hooked to battery pos and neg with 12ga wire, with fuse and 50 amp...