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Very cool! What great fun, thanks for posting. :)

I suppose you could do that, it should work fine.

^Thanks! Excellent post! :D

If you want to play around with APRS, and you have a modern Android phone or tablet, you can install an app called "APRS Droid" by George Lukas. Use it to track other hams and send your location through the Internet. Your Internet transmitted packets should be travel through the APRS network...

I say avoid digital and skip APRS for now. I'd recommend a decent dual bander from one of the big three. It's a lot less expensive, and if you truly decide you want those things, you can upgrade later.

Excellent dual band radio. I have one and I highly recommend it. :)

Found a solution. I made multiple changes, so unfortunately I can't say what the silver bullet was. I pulled the mic extension cord and replaced with CAT 6, slightly shorter than original . Factory Kenwood remote head cable is like 10'. I made a shorter one with CAT6 but unfortunately my...

What kind of antenna?

That link is to a commercial hand held Kenwood UHF radio. Probably not the item you're looking for... What is your goal? Why do you want a radio? Who are you wanting to communicate with? Answer those questions and it will be easier to make recommendations.

Great way to cut weight! :) I wish I had the funds for the Aluminum Apex.

It's tempting to recommend amateur radio, and while this may seem simple enough, for non hams it's anything but. Repeater offsets, CTCSS access tones, VFO / frequency selection, the fact that some repeaters are not monitored all the time, add in the Chinese programming and you have a complicated...

One solution I have come up with, although not very efficient, is my truck has a built in inverter. I plug in the little OEM wall wart rectifier from Asus, LG, Etc, and use those in my travels and I have no interference problems. I know those are switching power supplies too, but for whatever...

The remote head kit I bought came with it's own cable for the head, it's 4-conductor insulated wire terminated with RJ-11 at the head end, and if I remember right RJ-45 modular plug at the radio body. I don't think it's twisted, which is unfortunate (I may look at replacing it). It also came...

Are you using a remote head kit with your radio? My Kenwood body is mounted under the drivers seat and the head is remote and rests by the transmission shifter. When I had the Griffin dual port, it was about 1' from the remote head. I could not hear weak stations, and certain strong ones has...

Works great, tuck wires in between seat and center console. You don't see them, totally serviceable and completely portable. I can even move my dual speakers outside the drivers side door. Mic connected with Cat.6 patch cord reaches too. I can set up a table outside my truck and everything...

Range between USB and radio is about 3'. From what I've read (see link below) that unit has the same problem described in this thread. Although the specific complaint below was that the blue sea was wiping out FM broadcast stations...

I recommend not hard mounting the face. I use Velcro to secure it by the shifter, I can therefore move it around the vehicle as necessary, put it on the dash above the steering wheel at night, hold it in my hands to program it. I can even give the radio to a back seat passenger. All the cables...

I reviewed both links. You may want to review that material yourself, because physics disagrees with your statement. A sharp point is better for dissipating static energy than a round ball, which is why airplane wings have many wicks at their extremities. In mobile applications the ball...

Thanks. Filtering on the radio is really not an option. I need to stop the noise generated by the switching power supply, these things are so RF noisy they can interfere with FM broadcast radio. Is the noise being radiated through the air or is it being put on the DC output or DC input side...

All it does is keep you from skewering a body part; they're strictly for safety.