Bogieboy01

Depending on what sound equipment they are running for wireless mics, 900mhz could interfere...

Precisely..... like the 75 royce thats in the mail to me.... heres the original ad copy.... would anyone pay this today for a stock cb only radio? I doubt it...

Some of the boofwangs are actually pretty close to what they say... like my ar5rm... rated 10w, , pushes 9.6w on uhf, 9.1 on vhf, also does approx 8.6w on gmrs, all tested into a dummy load, which in .y opinion is more than good enough for "out of band transmit"

I have had good luck with using a 30" steel whip style mobile antenna for a base setup, had this mounted to a pole that pushed it above the roofline of my apartment in NY, and now have it mounted to the peak of my shed. Its a $30 bingfu antenna, so239 female bulkhead adapter, and a groundplane plate added to a shelf bracket. The round disc of metal was an attempt at a geoundplabe that didnt work out, and i didnt feel like trying to take it off, so i just added the so239-pl259 ground plane on top of it LOL used to be able to hit repeaters 30+ mi away with both my 25w anytone 778uv, as well as with my 5888uv that replaced it for more wattage...now i moved to TN and havent been on the air near as much, but i know i can get to repeaters a good 15-20mi away over the hills...

The pioneer stuff is good..... i think i would give my left nut for a 70s Marantz though.... (that seems to be about the going rate anyways, with working units pushing into the several thousands of monies range....)

Oh, i am nowhere near old enough to have been around tube radios when new either i was born in 88.... but yeah, the 60s and 70s hifi stuff is leaps and bounds better than the cheap chinese "radios" that they pass off as "DLP" "thx certified" etc....

sounds like fun....LOL my "bluetooth speaker" on my fireplace mantle is a 1963 Nordemende Boehm with an adapter cable to a bluetooth reciever for the DIN plug for the phono input.... this isnt mine, but mine is in similar condtion.... there has been no internal modifications to it, it also does work for FM and short wave reception, but the internal antenna isnt optimised for shortwave, it would work better with an actual shortwave aerial....

i may fall under the category of "some people" having just purchased a 1975 royce 1-635 am/ssb cb radio.... oh the joys of a completely crystal synthesized radio....LOL

That can be done with a ssb capable cb radio, with no license whatsover... Also, with a standard technician license it opens up dstar and echolink vhf/uhf repeaters all around the world at the touch of a button on your phone... buddy of mine was showing me that right after he got his tech, we were talking to people in scotland via echolink on his phone...

This right here..... i never would have thought that to be able to make a call from my property here in Tn, only 10min from "town" i would need 2 cell boosters in the house, just because we are on the wrong side of the ridge LOL Also, i am not far from where hurricane Helene ripped down all that complex infastructure last year... and NOONES cell phones worked here for months... This is why i am studying for the ham test... it happened once, it is only a matter of time before it happens again.... and i want to have comms working sooner than later... my "ham shack" is already 100% off grid. With battery banks and solar, and has not run out of power yet... have 2m, 70cm, gmrs, and cb comms already, about to put up a tower and a base antenna (antron 99) for 10/11m, and invest in a sideband capable setup for HF... i am going to be ready.... and i want to see if i can hit the skip to my buddies back in NY

Im not so much wondering about how many fars it has, as thats easy to solve when you are only starting with 5w....plenty of 10/11m amps out there that will boost that signal plenty... more wondering interface, usability, etc... i aldo have my eye on the qt80/anytone 6666, but i seek to like the face plate of the at5555 pro better, i feel like it gives more info... i could be wrong though.... you also take a wattage hit on the 5555 vs the 6666

While i am in the middle of nowhere, closest grocery store (fairly large chain food lion) is 12 min away, and work (lawn and garden mechanic) is 27 min away. As for family, my wife and i are the "black sheep" of our families, so not much contact there, and we have no children, only fur babies. My wifes commute to work is 15 min as well...

Those are the parts of the country i try and stay away from..... hence why i am living on a mountainside in eastern TN.... i can walk out my back door and sight in the scope on my (redacted for forum rules, dont want to get in trouble) and no one cares...

Let me know how it works.... i have been eyeing those for a while now, for once i get my tech... wonder how well they would work on the antron 99 i just picked up 2 nights ago i have stsrted slowly building up a ssb setup for primarily 10/11m use, and have started with the antenna...

Did socalgmrs get a new username again? This conversation feels familiar.....