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So I got a pair of the "Overdrive" RK-56 knockoff mics to play with. I was using Astatic 636L's for use in my Jeep Wrangler, which I frequently drive around in with the windows open and music blasting. The 636L worked well, but has very restricted audio, pretty pinched sounding ,particularly...

Anyone have or have seen a Zero Five 5/8 wl 10m vertical yet? I decided to order one since they look real solid and I hadn't heard much from anyone about them. I got the new 'ground plane' radial kit he's offering since I'm roof mounting it. Will update when I get it here and have it...

Generals, myself included, should be reminded that the low range of access is 3.800 LSB.... This means using LSB that you must be UP from 3.800 at least half the bandwidth you are running for transmit. This means you cannot work in the DX window below 3.8, it means that typically you should be...

Well, it's new to me at least. I'm going to do this... Welcome to Amateur Radio station WU2X A kit called a softrock that connects to the 8.83 IF output of the TS-940 and feeds data via a soundcard into the PowerSDR software. PowerSDR becomes a software defined panadapter and also does the...

Anyone looking for an intro to 75m with a friendly group in the NY/NJ/PA/DE/CT/ME and anywhere that can hear us, come on by 3.828 most evenings and say hey. Typically most activity is early evenings 4pm to 10pm and it varies depending on who is around and band conditions. Friendly group of...

I can't believe anyone would spend this much money for CB use...very funny listing for many reasons. Henry 8K Ultra Linear Amplifier - eBay (item 290259627085 end time Sep-16-08 21:45:39 PDT) In case the listing expires, it's an Henry 8k Ultra a guy was using for CB, even shows a Ranger base...

O.k. so after my whining about Paclink/Winlink, I ramped myself up and got on the air last night. Soldered up a cable for the trusty borrowed PK-88 to run my FT-7800 and began packeting away. I have a local frequency with a BBS or two and shelter databases for RACES/ARES use. That's all...

Got an excellent deal on a Yaesu FT-1000MP. I'm very very happy right now. Pretty much a dream rig for me and the deal buried anything I could have bought new for similar money. Picked up the rig, mic, speaker, 2.0 and 2.4 filters, won't say how much, but below market rates for sure...

O.k. I'm not above admitting mistakes, but this one really made me laugh. Thanks to QRN for rattling my cage a bit and making me think this over. I know what ALC does, but for some stupid reason, and for years, I've misunderstood what 'meter deflection' meant. I was thinking that deflection...

I seem to think I saw a mod so the squelch would work on all modes. Stock it only works for FM, but it would be nice to use it for AM etc., particularly just waiting for big signal activity on a channel. Radio is a Kenwood TS-680S (same as 140 basically) Anyone have a link or info?

Figured I'll drop this in here. I've always got muddy audio reports with my FT-857D on FM in particular. For SSB you can change the carrier offset to compensate for this and sharpen it up, but FM doesn't give you any real adjustments. I decided to try two of my old 11m mics I had kicking...