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I like my 880H. No issues with audio on FM. I heard some folks had issues with the "thin" sound on FM. I've not had any issues with that. Everyone says my audio sounds good and I've heard my audio on another radio through a repeater. No issues. Enjoy!
I like a simple G5RV antenna (with an antenna tuner). I use a home made antenna that works from 10-40 meters. It's simple and it allows you to get a taste of most HF bands without spending a lot of money and it works well. Good luck!
I love the Kenwood TS-590! I think it has a great receiver and I've owned lots of HF radios. I think the audio is pleasant and rivals that of my Icom 7700. The DSP works great and the display is great too. I recommend this rig highly. On the other hand, I too had an issue with low power...
The weird thing is that at 10-15 ft I can mount the antenna on an arm mount 3 ft away from the tower with no SWR problems. Once I try to mount it at 50ft the problem begins. There are no guy wires on the tower and the antenna is being fed via heliax. Next month I'm going to try mounting it...
Thanks for the information! I have an X50 that I've been trying to mount to the side of a tower but It doesn't work well like that. SWR goes out-of-whack when I mount it that way. I'm wondering if you've had any experience side mounting the antenna. The antenna, by the way, works well for me...
I bought this radio with no documentation so I'm not familiar with all LMR terms. What is FQT, FDQT, FID? The radio is the wide-band version that covers GMRS but I've noticed the It's a bit deaf compared to my other radios. My question is: "can you post your settings from your radio so I can...
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