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I did my renewal a few years go. It was a 10 min process. I was happy to get a letter from the places offering to do my renewal for a fee. If it wasn't for those letters I would have forgot. I know our club VEs have been helpful with others in the past doing paperwork renewals for "less tech...

Used radios are all over. I love my 817 but I'd really love a Elecraft KX3. Take a look at the X1M on wouxun.us website. That may fit the bill for you. Jon

If your going for general don't limit yourself to VHF/UHF radio. Take a look at a Yaesu FT857D or similar. In fact HRO has the 857D on sale right now. Antennas can be as easy as a good dual band and "hamstick" for HF. If you have a little extra cash for an antenna right now there are a antennas...

That will be a awesome setup! Don't forget ground straps. All screwdriver antennas are very dependent on a good ground. If you don't have a good ground most likely your antenna wont tune. I'm jealous of that setup. I currently have a Yaesu F100D with a ATAS 120 antenna for HF. I use a Kenwood...

Thank for the help guys! I now have the GPS running on the HP-1. The only snag I ran into was setting the baud rate. I set the rate to 9600 and it truned right on. Jon

Wow... I thought I had reply email notifications on. I guess not. Thanks for all the info. I plan on using this information to wire up a cable, hopefully later tonight. I must admit that I did like my Garmin Nuvi GPS I had before better than my AvMap. I think the Garmin was much better for...

I have a HP-1 on order, It isn't here yet. I'm attempting to plan ahead. The HP-1 is mainly going to be used in the truck. I already have a GeoSat 6 GPS and a Kenwood D710A setup for APRS. Has anyone used this GPS and split to feed multiple radios? I'd like to use the single GeoSat GPS to feed...

To me the price says OUCH! I'd love to have this radio, but I'm not paying that price for a portable radio. I thought the price I paid for my IC-80AD was on the high end of what I was willing to pay. I never had a problem with paying $200-400 for a portable but $600+ is out of my range. The way...

Our club had this thought a few years ago for a bicycle event. The question about the control op cam into question. We did have a licensed ham that was also a paramedic participating in this event. We had thought that he could possibly act as a "ride along" in the ambulence to cover as the...

This is done just outside the unlicensed 2.4G "channels". For this reason amateurs can run higher power and higher gain antennas. This would also be the reason for the use of callsigns. The term HSMM-MESH is trademarked to keep commercial or unlicesnsed users form joining the network. More can...

Hello all, I've been playing around with the idea of HSMM-MESH here. I've got most of the equipment needed to start up. I don't believe anyone in my area is doing this as of right now. I'll be the first to jump on this (I think) in the area. I have a path I'm going to start with, and expand...

Sharp angles and knots can cause the center conductor to eventually push the the dielectric and contact the shield causing shorts. There is also a issue with UV breakdown over a number of years. Yes the coax can go bad over time. Coax used indoors only will generally last longer than coax...

Both the antenna and radio have SO-239 UHF Female connector. The coax connector type you need is the standard PL-259 UHF connectors. Jon

You can make D-Star as active as you want it to be. If there is no D-Star activity in your area you can purchase a DVAP (Digital Voice Access Point). This is a simple USB device that creates your own RF hotspot. You can use your DVAP to connect to any active Reflector or linked repeater. I have...

Most modern rigs will fold back the power on a mismatched antenna. You probably won't kill the radio by using it. I don't suggest using a mismatched antenna long term. If you don't have any other options to use it for a short time it may be ok. Jon KC9AXZ

DTMF use on amateur radios are not all that common. Unless you have access codes for autopatch or repeater control you probably won't use it much. You can also control IRLP/Echolink nodes using DTMF. Kenwood also uses Sky Command that has some DTMF control. The use of autopatch is really not...

You can occasionally find CW in 2M just below 144.200 USB. It is probably not going to be heard often but during scheduled contest you will hear some. You could also look below 50.125 USB on the 6M band. Of course again you won't hear much unless the bands are open. In FM mode you will only hear...

I agree with the lip mount on the hood. I have a full size conversion van with a lip mount on the hood. I put it on the opposite side as the AM/FM antenna. The antenna still performs well and really doesn't look obvious or out of place. In fact I've had hams ask me where my VHF/UHF antenna is...

Cheap and effective would be the Wouxun radios. No you cant use them on any amateur radio band without a license. I believe these radios are shipped "open" transmit. In a non licensed use you could use this radio in the MURS bands. These may also be able to be used in the licensed GMRS band. The...