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On a recent 2-meter net, we got to talking about the benefits of joining a ham radio club. The brief results are posted on our Mason County Amateur Radio Club website at Why you should join an amateur radio club. Any other thoughts will be most welcome, either here or on our club website linked...

A ham in our club has a Kenwood TS-520S plus microphone plus antenna tuner, all in like new condition. No operating problems whatsoever. He's offered it to me for $275. This would be my entry rig for HF, and I'm thinking this seems like a very fair price. Do you agree? Thanks in advance...

I have the Arrow II dual band antenna with duplexer, but have been unhappy with the UHF reception ability. I ordered an Elk 2M/440 dual band antenna and tried it on high and low-angle passes of satellite AO-51. Following are my impressions after using both antennas. Arrow II dual band Yagi...

I am having a blast working satellites with a Yaesu VX-8R and the Arrow dual-band satellite antenna with duplexer. I've worked about eight passes total for the AO-51 and SO-50 satellites, and am mapping my contacts on this Google map: QSLs - Google Maps The Arrow antenna is mounted to a...

Don't suppose you have a source for this item? RF Parts currently lists a 2-meter-only amp: RF Parts Company I am interested in this for use as a portable satellite station. I can hit AO-51 with my VX-8R just fine, and the downlink is clear. But SO-50 is much tougher for me to work...

My brother was given a Kenwood TH-27A that is not working, and I got my hands on it yesterday. Setting it to the same frequency as my Yaesu VX-8R, in simplex, it would not receive or transmit. We get no sound from the Kenwood, even with the squelch turned off. I reset the VFO and the memory...