Recent content by Billoftt

I can point you to 10 trucks in my neighborhood with 102” whips too, except they aren’t hooked up to anything, have about 6-14 tennis balls on them and the truck is squatted. Sent by electrons or some crap like that.

Well, this might not be what you want to hear, but if it were me (and I am speaking only for myself based on experience) I would put an NMO mount in the center of the roof and buy a base-loaded Pulse-Larson NMO27 to make the height a bit more manageable...

Mr. C’s Sent by electrons or some crap like that.

The ironic part is how the CB die-hards always say stuff like “I don’t have enough time to take the test” or “It’s too much work” and then they have to screw with their radio or antenna for 30 minutes every time they try to use it on a trail run. Sent by electrons or some crap like that.

I just use a small tool bag. Sent by electrons or some crap like that.

I was thinking the same. Or a lucky bounce off of a mountain. Whenever I am up in the mountains the more common 440 repeaters do some weird stuff. Sent by electrons or some crap like that.

I imagine you are not in the Southeastern USA, so much vegetation down here UHF just scatters off of it and I can only get about 4-6 miles out of it. Sent by electrons or some crap like that.

Well, nobody ever accused them of being honest, have they? Sent by electrons or some crap like that.

You should link the record on the FCC’s website on that post. Sent by electrons or some crap like that.

What took so long? Sent by electrons or some crap like that.

I think the roof mount might be one of those triband or quadband antennas. Sent by electrons or some crap like that.

HF antenna for Amateur Radio Sent by electrons or some crap like that.

Are you implying that they do not have a shady reputation somewhere? Sent by electrons or some crap like that.

There’s the Dave answer I was looking for. On to the vote, I have a Kenwood TM-V71A and I constantly use the keypad on the mic. I have the function buttons programmed just right so that I can perform most function I need on the fly while driving and the keypad is just simple enough that I...

Have cruised the hamventions and local club swap-meets? The reason why I ask is I usually see some more basic models (both 2m and dual band) in good shape for a bit cheaper. I usually see the Yaesu fanless VHF brick for $60-80 in my area when they pop up. Sent by electrons or some crap like...