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Hello everyone,
Just wanted to post a greeting to everyone - this is my first evening posting and reading here on the forum.
My name is John and I live in Panorama City, CA, which is just over the hill from Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley. I received my Tech license in October, and have been having a lot of fun on VHF/UHF.
My home station radio is a Yaesu FT-7800R, which is an excellent radio. In fact, I liked it so much that I installed one in my car, too. The home station antenna is a Diamond X-50A, and the mobile antenna is a NMO-mount Comet SBB14 on a heavy-duty magnet mount. Soon, though, I'm getting a Yaesu FT-857D for the home station, and have decided on a Tak-Tenna 40 for HF operation (once I take the General test sometime next month). I was going to keep the FT-7800R alongside an FT-450D I was going to buy, but recently decided I want to try 2m SSB, so the FT-857D is the natural choice for me. Since the 857D is limited to 20W on UHF, I'll keep the 7800R around for UHF work.
Anyhow.....this forum looks like it's loaded with great info, so I'll be spending some time reading here.
73,
John
W9APX
Just wanted to post a greeting to everyone - this is my first evening posting and reading here on the forum.
My name is John and I live in Panorama City, CA, which is just over the hill from Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley. I received my Tech license in October, and have been having a lot of fun on VHF/UHF.
My home station radio is a Yaesu FT-7800R, which is an excellent radio. In fact, I liked it so much that I installed one in my car, too. The home station antenna is a Diamond X-50A, and the mobile antenna is a NMO-mount Comet SBB14 on a heavy-duty magnet mount. Soon, though, I'm getting a Yaesu FT-857D for the home station, and have decided on a Tak-Tenna 40 for HF operation (once I take the General test sometime next month). I was going to keep the FT-7800R alongside an FT-450D I was going to buy, but recently decided I want to try 2m SSB, so the FT-857D is the natural choice for me. Since the 857D is limited to 20W on UHF, I'll keep the 7800R around for UHF work.
Anyhow.....this forum looks like it's loaded with great info, so I'll be spending some time reading here.
73,
John
W9APX