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This is some really old wire, it came from heavy duty (Fire Service grade) extension cord that spent 20 years on an engine, then another 10 on a utility vehicle, after that it sat around the fire station for several years before the Chief told me to throw it out. The outer cover was completely...

This kinds goes hand in hand with the other post concerning wire types used for dipole antennas..... When I got my TS-130S back in early February the first antenna I hung was my 20 meter dipole. In March I pulled it down and re-built it with heavier wire and a better built center insulator /...

Initial Review ~ Smilely 5/8 Slim Duck HT Antenna My new Smilely 5/8 wave tuned slim duck 2 meter HT antenna arrived with today's mail. Sitting at the computer desk in my bedroom I tried the main Atlantic County Skywarn repeater using the stock Yaesu rubber duck antenna, I hit the repeater...

The "worth it" part is subjective, and really applies to what you want or need in a transceiver. Based on current HRO pricing...... Icom IC-706MKIIG = $929.95 Icom AT-180 = $364.95 Yaesu FT-847 = Price not available, model discontinued 2005 With the IC-706MKIIG you know what you have...

Slim.... I was thinking of doing something on those lines as well. One of the guys in our club is a slot machine mechanic at one of the Atlantic City casinos, his shop is on the top floor in the elevator room. He concocted a 2 meter dipole that hangs inside his shop, and he checks into the...

Yesterday this new weather alert radio was put through the test. We had a line of severe thunder storms come through the Southern New Jersey, and Delmarva penninsula. I have 3 counties programmed into the S.A.M.E. receiver, each county was first issued a warning, then they were followed my an...

Without actually seeing the boat in question, I'm going on the assumption that it is a smaller bow rider, or enclosed front speed boat type configuration, in which case space for dash mounted electronics is very limited. Most all modern VHF Marine radios are fairly small in size, many are now...

It does make it more fun and interesting. I'm already challenged with an older barefoot radio and low hanging inverted V dipole, so when I do make these contacts I know I accomplished something....

Thank you. The Kenwood TS-130S is an old one, limited in it's functions, and the MFJ-949C is also an old unit with a few minor issues, but it gets me out. Would like to replace both with something new and more modern, but that takes money I just don't have right now. Some day I'll get there......

An old Ham once told me..."the stock rubber duck antenna that comes on any HT is nothing more than a dummy load that radiates"..... That really became apparent yesterday afternoon during a severe thunder storm and a Skywarn activation. With some serious lightning dancing around I decided to...

I've got wire dipoles strung up all over my property, and they are made from whatever wire I could get my hands on free of charge. My 40 meter dipole uses solid copper that I stripped from @12-2 electric cable. My 20 meter dipole, and 80 meter random wire antennas are made from 10 gauge...

Spent a lot of time in the shack today, and it seemed like 20 meters was pretty flat all day. Then as the grey line approached this evening an opening popped up between the east coast and Germany. Got in a contact with Markus DL4RAN in Schorndof, it was a tough one with us both exchanging poor...

Don't know why that is, but didn't notice until this morning..... Bettle...thanks for the correction, sometimes my knowledge about things is dated, and I fail to check some of the minor details before posting......:thumbup1:

Wire Weasel pretty much hit the nail on the head, but I'd like to add my twist on the subject..... I'd go with the fixed mounted VHF Marine radio in the boat, and not a CB. It's not as bad on fresh water lakes as it is on the open ocean where I do my boating, but corrosion is still every...

That be true Doc, I was in Rat Shack picking up a few other things and they had these Weather Alert radios at half price on clearance.....now I know why they were on clearance..... I did a little home work before buying the Midland, but the home work was easy since we have that exact radio in...

Amateur Radio offers a lot more activities than CB normally does..... For Emmcom there's..... ARES RACES SATARN MARS CAPS Various affiliations between American Red Cross, EOC's and OEM's For general public welfare there's..... InnterCon Maritime Mobile Service Net Classroom 22...

Not that I really needed one since I receive the National Weather Service broadcasts on all 3 of my 2 meter radios, plus the VHF Marine radio that's also in the shack, but I wanted another alarm clock in the bedroom since my wife keeps the clock radio on her side of the bed, and we get up at...

They were going for a $150.00 a day around here, that was delivered, and picked up. The units the local HD has here are the self propelled type, they deliver them on a flatbed. You drive the lift to where you want it on your property....

I agree with the Echolink and Packet, but I wouldn't exactly call repeaters cheating as long as they are used as radio to radio analog repeaters, and not some gateway for an internet connection.......

It was the first step in bringing the world together and making it a smaller place..... Then came radio, then the telephone, followed by the computer which brought us the World Wide Web, and lastly the cell phone..... Oddly enough, all the ring tones on my cell phone are Morse Code, but I...