Recent content by w9awx

Ham internet search Do a look on the ARRL website by state. Also try the Arizona repeater coordination council which lists all of the repeater frequencies. http://www.azfreqcoord.org/listings.htm

Ground the radio and antenna I concur with Andrew. Ham radio mobile is a compromise at best. Any lack of grounding will cause some serious noise thru the radio. Run a ground strap to the radio. Also ground the antenna directly to the frame. These two things seem to solve 80-90% of the...

Do you have the base mounting kit for the antenna? The antenna needs a good ground plane to work off of a vehicle. The base kit gives you the ground plane you need to have it work off the vehicle. I am looking at the same thing for my truck and home too and have been told many times that this...