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Mexico and South America booming AM all 40 and above with their Roger beeping echoing Spanish, hurricane Hanna guess is chunking a signal up into Central Texas, got Europe on up in the 5's and 6's USB , still no Caribbean, standing by, no US skip at all

except for truckers, I see almost as many mobil hams as cbers, wonder what channel the hams are on? I monitor 19 when traveling, sometimes play with the skip channels, yep 9 is south of the border mostly, there is also a lot of mobil activity on 38LSB

Nothing but static 10 through 12 meters, not even sure what FM is for, repeaters? just static here

I used to order motorcycle shop stuff direct from China, I found most of the time the product was misrepresented, while price was great, quality was not, shure-call claims their amp is made in USA and comes with a warranty , I appreciate your efforts El capo, I am more comfortable going with a...

I can actually see the Verizon tower from my house, there are hot spots on the property where the phones work best, you can go about 1/2 mile towards the tower and get good service, this is why I'm thinking a directional antenna booster is going to solve my intermittent service issues.

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We don't have WiFi, use our smartphone for internet, the phone serves as a hotspot for the laptop when we can get service, the Wilson has been my favorite so far, pricy $$$

Anyone use one? my rural location in Central Texas doesn't have great cell coverage, at my mom's house she can't use her cell phone inside the house, I have done some product research, just wanted some feedback before spending that kind of money, any recommendations on this type of product is...

955 Stryker is clean radio as far as I know, hear them from practically every state in the USA, never heard any kind of bleed over from one

got no problem with any operator who waves a hand or calls cqdx, communication styles vary quite a bit across the 40, lsb and above 27400 a little ediqute is nice to hear, proper cq call with qsy goes a long way with professional sounding station , I want to be a respectful operator, I feel...

about right, down the slippery slope we go where it ends nobody knows

USPS insurance can be costly if you the shipper are paying, been selling used motorcycle parts on eBay for 20 years, I have a rule" If you can throw the package 15 feet and it not get damaged your good to ship" I don't have much experience shipping radio equipment, the stuff I have received was...

miserable people tend to be mean bullies need to feed the ego the lockdown and riots have lot of folks upset I chose not to connect with that energy the law of self reflection: choose wisely what you see in others, it's a reflection of what we see in ourselves agree with you "...

Yep nothing but Spanish speaking stations right now, all other went quiet today and yesterday, last night however there were so so many stations coming in we couldn't find a channel to ragchew the with the locals on the 40 channel mobil we keep at the hunting shack

27515 Caribbean coming in strong all morning, QSO with 702 in Jamaica , lot of stations coming in, hard to separate, had QSO with Carley in Chihuahua desert Mexico yesterday but died out, the field day had a lot of operators on the radio

wanted to take this opportunity and thank you Dan for sharing your knowledge about international DXing, proper radio procedures, radio etiquette, using the cluster, and being a good teacher who explains things in a respectful way. I know I'm a greenhorn, greenhorns eventually become proficient...

Nice opening to Caribbean on 27515 lsb this evening, got busy with Jamaica, puetro Rico, and Bahamas

some pretty annoying people on 38lsb lately, I've tried up and down a few channels on ssb with not much luck, 38lsb can hear 10 or so stations at once, got Mexico and South America on 10 to 15 channels right now on AM and USB, I sit at 27.5550 when the bullcrap gets to much on 38, are there...

There are some YouTube videos that might get you started in the right direction or give you ideas on things to try, antenna building is pretty simple with wire or aluminum poles, the dimensions are critical and it gets more complicated with matching baluns, a good first antenna is a 1/4 wave...

27.5550 was coming in good today from France and South America, made contacts with few North Eastern states on 38lsb