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Some nights on 80 I only get about a 3 worth of noise on the meter, other nights it could go as high as 7 to 8. Someone told me that flat screen TV's in the neighborhood could be causing the increase in the noise level. Don't know for sure what causes it around here, and I'm using a random...

Tanks Weasel.....:biggrin: I wouldn't mind finding something that can get me on a few 10 meter repeaters, but it would have to be able to do splits. My Kwood only does SSB, no AM, FM, CTCSS, and it's not set up to do Frequency splits for repeater operations....

it's also a device used in semi automatic fire arms to reduce the self destructive forces caused by the blow back action from a fired round.....

Don't assume your radio equipment is at fault, this is not to say it may be, but I can tell you from professional experience that most residential alarms systems are prone to false activation, and for a wide variety of reasons. I've been a professional fire fighter for 24 years, and have...

WW.... Does that particular model also get you 10 meters.....? I'm assuming it does since you called it an Export.... also, what power does that radio transmit......?

Sometimes it's done for a good reason too.... In my area we have the BEARS System, it's a variety of 2 meter, and 440 repeaters. Some are linked all the time, and some are not. Once a week we have a Skywarn training net for the entire Philadelphia / Mt. Holly district that covers parts of...

Another feature that is different than most every other model Icom radio that threw me a curve at first, but once discovered and figured out can be an asset is the split tones programming.... The down side to this is the book doesn't cover this feature to any needed extent, leaving the first...

Mole is the better man to help you with mounting hardware for the Jeep, I can offer some suggestions for the actual antenna.... If you are going for single band, then the Metz coil loaded antennas can't be beat, however they do not make a multi band antenna.... For a multi band application...

and that's the way it should be.... These idiots who participate in extreme outdoors activities like mountain biking, climbing rock walls, hiking into hard to reach places, bungie jumping, and parachuting off cliffs should all foot the bill if their dumb ass's need rescuing. Helicopters, fire...

Initial impressions The ID-880H arrived today, it's set up in the shack, and I've started to program it.... Initial impressions are.... It's more complicated to program manually than the 800H was....:thumbdown: The 880 does not get hot like the 800 does......:thumbup1: The 880 has a ton...

What was Daisy doing driving the General Lee, and why didn't she stop to get gas on the way.....????

No Mole, the IC-2820H does cross band, but both the ID-800H and ID-880H are single band operation. I looked at the IC-2820H, but it's $600.00 + without the D-Star circuit, much like my IC-2200H it's a $200.00 option, and that would make the radio cost over 800 bucks....if I could get away...

elevation is everything in line of sight communications......:wink:

Mole, I cut & pasted that into a doc.file, I'll be printing it out to use at our next CERT training classes.

Switch Kit.... I held a side job for 20 years with an HVAC company where I did everything from deliver home heating oil, to install heating and air conditioning systems. My last position with that company was quality control inspector for the HVAC installation Dept.....then the economy took a...

Will do.....:thumbup1: So far the only thing I can say against the ID-800H is the fact that it gets hot when running it at high power. Not as bad when on analog as it does in digital mode, but it still heats up to the point where I can't hold my hand on it. I don't know if Icom addressed...

Same here Doc, if I used VOX on some of our VHF / UHF simplex and repeater nets, there'd be a lot of local hams pissed off at me....:biggrin: We got a few of those obnoxious long winded old timers that know everything about nothing, and tend to time out the repeater with all the "nothing" they...

That especially comes into play with hams that use VOX, I quickly grew tired of engaging in QSO's on the 80 meter band because the vast majority of the guys I talked with used VOX, and they were constantly talking over each other. It appears to me that when you have to go through the effort of...

Residential A/C on average will only cool your house approx 20° below outside temp, so if it's 90°F outside, don't expect it to get muct cooler than 70° inside. There are an infinite list of variables that will effect this, window area, structural insulation, type of coolant used in the system...

At great risk to my testicles....(that is when the wife see's UPS deliver the package)....I went ahead and ordered a new Icom ID-880H Dual Band D-Star radio, and an Alpha-Delta surge protector..... The ID-800H I purchased for OEM will be leaving my shack by the end of the week, the Uniden VHF...