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  1. What do you mean when you ask for next steps? For a graduated understanding of radio basics, look to your local Community College. They may have electronics courses that will teach you about how the guts work inside the radio, but not much about antennas or signal transmission or reception. The course IS the basic building block needed. Ham radio courses can teach you about transmitters, receivers, and antennas, but not the electronics behind them.
  2. You'll need the Yaesu programming cable for the FT-65 as it doesn't use a standard K plug cable. The programming cable goes in the lower socket.
  3. I didn't say they were Power Pole connectors. I said Power Pole connectors would fit on them.
  4. You have stated it many times with your interpretation of Fixed Station. You have stated several times that a station that doesn't move is, by definition, a fixed station. That is an incorrect interpretation, as fixed stations are primarily used to transfer data from one fixed point to another. A control station triggers another, usually remote, station to begin or cease operation, while a base station is used to communicate with either other base or mobile stations. Pressing your PTT to trigger a repeater to carry your information automatically renders your station a control station, as it is controlling the operation of the repeater. Simplex between two stations is classified as base-to-base traffic or base-to-mobile traffic, depending on where the remote unit is located.
  5. Kenny, You are flat wrong in stating that a transmitter location defines how it is classified. The use of the station determines the class. If a station only communicates with one other station, then you could consider it a fixed station. Yes, some fixed stations do communicate with more than one other station, but the others are usually receive only. Golf course or farm sprinkler systems are examples of one-to-many, while microwave is an example of a one-to-one system. Radios used under parts 95 and 97 are either base stations, control stations or repeater stations.
  6. Look for two-way radio dealers near you. They will either do the install themselves or recommend someone.
  7. You are suffering from "analysis paralysis" in that you are so wrapped in your comparisons that you've lost sight of your original objective.
  8. Anderson power pole connectors will fit the tabs on the battery perfectly.
  9. Does your manual show the menu tree? Look through the tree and see if squelch is listed and the menu number. Then, go to that menu number and set it.
  10. A common misconception. Tuned antennas are needed for transmitting, not for receiving. The radio receiver tunes any length of wire to the desired frequency but the longer the receiving antenna is, the stronger the received signal. (More surface to pick up signals.)
  11. Places like the UPS store also offer boxes.
  12. Hams have been using house gutters for antennas in HOA restricted areas for years.
  13. RTFM - Read The FULL Manual. You are probably listening on a simplex channel where you need to be on a repeater channel. Repeater channels usually have some identification such as the letter R after the number.
  14. https://www.otto-comm.com/products/speaker-microphones/accessories
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