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Is there any way you could mount the plate at the top of the window and then mount the antenna underneath the plate pointing down? If the window is tall enough, that could give you two to three feet of more height. Just a little bit of height sometimes gives good results. Or, mount the plate on...

The SSM-75E is made by Yaesu. I think it comes standard as the mic for the FT-710 radio. I prefer Heil dynamic mics for Yaesu, just better sounding (to me). HRO has them listed for about $55.00.

In Saluda County, the Sheriff's Office was just dispatched to an electric company's right of way clearing crew. A woman, who didn't like the fact they have to cut trees and branches, was throwing rocks at them and their trucks. Somehow, I bet her name is "Karen".

I use my HF radio power supply, power poles and all to a 3 pole connector on my BCT15 scanner. It does a very good job filtering out the hums and other static.

Was looking at 12 meters just now and heard a harmonic of WWV. Moved the dial to 25 MHz and wow, WWV is booming into SC fantastically! I don't believe I have ever received WWV on 25 MHz this well before. Its 18:45 UTC on 1March2024. ETA: I am using an ICOM 7300, antenna is a 160 to 6 meters...

I'm seeing on the internet that Bob Heil has passed. He will be greatly missed by the Amateur Radio Community. RIP, Bob. https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/headlines/audio-innovator-bob-heil-dies

Makes one wonder if Rogaine(TM) would work on the hair follicles in an ear?

Don't forget Comet antennas. I personally prefer them over Diamond and Nagoya antennas.

Lately, for about the last two weeks, the sun has been very energetic and it in turn affects AM communications. Take a look at Space Weather dot com and check on the sun's current properties. I live about 11 miles from the nearest regional airport and I only receive about 10% of the base...

Last week, Motorola pushed out what was termed an update/upgrade depending on the technician. As I was listening, most went well but Aiken County had a few hiccups that was resolved after a day or two. I can't receive the whole state, but could that have affected your reception? To my aged ears...

Logged a new talk group a few minutes ago, TG 5. Identified themselves as "South Carolina Air 1 Helicopter". I looked on ADSB for any helicopter that would fit the bill but to no avail. Sounded like they were landing in someone's parking lot. Governor McMaster, maybe? Edit to Add: I forgot to...

You could also use a Bluetooth transmitter to earbuds or Bluetooth headphones...

Who's here today? AF2 looks like it tried to land at Hamilton field and then boogied over to Columbia Airport, 10:43 am, 15Jan2024.

I could be wrong, but I don't believe that the USG would shoot you out of the sky for entering a training area or event. Maybe the Navy is trying out new, improved equipment?

Heard a pilot on one of the Unicom frequencies discussing this with an airport. Looked it up and WOW... FDC 4/1654 - FL..AIRSPACE MAYPORT, FL..TEMPORARY FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS. JANUARY 13, 2024 LOCAL. PURSUANT TO 49 USC 40103(B)(3), THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) CLASSIFIES...

I've shied away from fusion and Dstar for the simple reason that there are no fusion or dstar repeaters anywhere near me. There are 4 dmr repeaters I can access quite easily and although I could use a hotspot to use a dstar or fusion radio, right now its not worth it. I may still get a hotspot...

Take an inventory of the caps on the circuit board and start ordering them. Get the same values and a little higher voltage. Be prepared to change a few. Also, the display's backlight is easily changed to LED, get the proper voltage and when changing them out take care to not destroy the amber...

UHF TV has been around at least since the '50s. I remember watching UHF when I lived in Columbia, SC, I would watch "Cactus Quave" in the mornings on one of the UHF channels, either channel 19 which was WNOK or channel 25 WOLO. On our RCA TV, one would constantly have to fine tune the signal for...

Thank you all for the information! I really appreciate it.

Darn, it looks like I have to subscribe to radioid.net to generate a downloadable digital contact list. Oh well...