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    My APRS stopped working...

    You may need to turn your squelch up on the APRS side of the radio. I believe the 710 has some settings on the packet side of the radio that waits for silence prior to transmitting. If the squelch (the noise floor) is set low, it will be picking up low level noise, so it will listen and not...
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    What Are You Running?

    I added a TM-V71A, mounted to the RAM laptop desk, to my balloon tracking setup. It lets me monitor 2 additional channels while one side of the D710 is taken up by the APRS.
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    What Are You Running?

    For day to day: Kenwood D710 (2m/70cm dual band) connected to an Comet SBB-2, lip mounted to the hatch. I have a Garmin III+ gps connected to the 710 for APRS When I do stratospheric balloon tracking (see www.eoss.org) I connect an output from the D710 to a laptop with an APRS mapping and...
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    Question about the Comet SBB-5

    I've got both the SBB-2 and the SBB-5, but in a PL-259 configuration on a lip mount. Since they are not NMO, neither is a foldover. I've had great performance from both, I use the SBB-2 for daily use so I never have to worry about clearance around town. It will hit 30ft height above terrain...
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    HAM Operators- Post up here

    Well Kiddmen, that is the first time I've run across such a similar call sign. I am KE7KCK. Northern Colorado 2m/70cm, primarily mobile and APRS operations.
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