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RG 142 is some quality coax but it's designed for very high frequencies up into the gigahertz ranges. It is 50 ohm so it can work for your mobile antenna. It sounds like you'll be using a roof mount antenna. For CB frequencies, RG8x is the more popular coax for mobile use. It's a bit...

Ok, I watched some YouTube videos on FT8CN. It does require a portable radio or your KK2 to interface with. This will work for portable operations like POTA,SOTA, etc. As for true remote operation to your home station which I was looking for, There would have to be a dedicated FT8 remote...

Interesting! added words? Your word for word quote that I was questioning was this, You wrote: "you need a PC/Tablet/Phone to decode and transmit the signal" I quoted you as: " you need a PC, phone, tablet to decode and TX the signal " The only difference is I used comas and TX instead of...

Yes, with a computer. But you said " you need a PC, phone, tablet to decode and TX the signal " How do you do it especially TX with just a PHONE and TABLET?

How do you TX with a Tablet / Phone, Use Teamviewer?

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Do it! It's the MFJ-1979. It sells for $70.00 It collapses down to 27 inches so it easily stows away in a car and has a typical 3/8x 24 end thread that's used on mobile antenna studs.

The longer the better! Try a 17ft whip when your stationary (obviously). it'll really increase the efficiency. That'll make up some gain for not being able to run an amp. On 20m (and above) you'll have to collapse it some because it's already a 1/4 wavelength on 20m.

Inexpensive for a screwdriver antenna. However, any small screwdriver antenna that covers down to 80m is always going to be extremely lossy. Of course any 80m mobile antenna is lossy but the larger screwdriver antennas do have an ERP on 80m typically around 3-5 watts where a small antenna...

Shack pics would be nice to go with these posts! My shack: Kenwood TS890S Kenwood TS590SG(used as a sub receiver for TS890) Icom IC-7000 President HR2600 Galaxy 979 Expert 1.3k amplifier RM Italy KL7505 amplifier AEA R-84 Ribbon mic Kenwood MC-60 mic Icom SM-30 mic Heil GM 4 mic Turner +2...

Not exactly, gold is and always has been real world tangible wealth. Cash is paper and when it hits the fan, will still be nothing more than paper.

Good antenna ( referring to the 96") which I haven't seen in years. Only problem is no fine tuning option other than cut it down some.

I once used a Carolina Windom which is an OCFD that I had up at 45ft as an inverted V. It works on many HF bands without a tuner needed but RFI sometimes was an an issue due to un-equal voltages across the the antenna wires from having un-equal wire lengths. I used a 4:1 Balun at the top and a...

Radio Heaven? Possibly, my little Heaven perhaps! The Turner mic is used on a chipswitched President HR2600. The radio has a custom faceplate sticker on it so you see my call sign instead of the HR 2600 logo. This is the radio that got me curious and interested in Ham radio being it had the...

Took years of work and saving up and selling some older gear not using anymore but I believe I got the last radio and amp I'll ever own. With the new gear I also got a new desk and updated computers with 24 inch screens. The main radio is a Kenwood TS890S HF/6M radio. I kept my Kenwood TS590SG...

Probably won't be long that trucks won't have factory antennas and coax installed. Older trucks didn't have them. I can go for days and not hear drivers using radio's, those CB trucking days are about over. Only when encountering major traffic jams from accidents or construction zones do the...

Most people use an IF tap within the radio with an SDR so you're essentially sharing the antenna the radio is hooked up to and you can TX the radio safely without damaging the SDR. I would look into doing that. If you don't want to mod a radio, MFJ sells a SDR T/R switch box so you can...

I agree, That's been a problem for many years. Many people don't have QSO's much anymore, they just want to get their numbers heard so I guess they feel it's ok to break in on people conversations. If a break was asked for properly and someone wants to join in, that would be ok as long that...

"Rescue tape " works well. It's a self vulcanizing non- adhesive tape that's applied by stretching and wrapping. It's waterproof and UV resistant. This sounds similar to what you guys are describing. You can buy rescue tape at hardware stores like Ace and Tru-Value.