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  1.    AdmiralCochrane reacted to a post in a topic: FCC license holder presence
  2.    AdmiralCochrane reacted to an answer to a question: Promised Steve S that I would start a thread when I built my first antenna
  3.    AdmiralCochrane reacted to an answer to a question: Promised Steve S that I would start a thread when I built my first antenna
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    Option 3
  6.    AdmiralCochrane reacted to a post in a topic: Handheld power restriction, 5 watts vs. 10?
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  12. AdmiralCochrane
    I find the Extra test to be significantly harder than the General.
  13.    AdmiralCochrane reacted to a post in a topic: 10M is strange.
  14.    RoadApple reacted to a post in a topic: Simplest, most fool proof HT
  15.    SteveShannon reacted to an answer to a question: Lowering SWR on Comet Original CA-712EFC 460-470Mhz
  16. AdmiralCochrane
    I still would not trust those numbers ... unless I was using very low power and lossy coax
  17.    WRTC928 reacted to a post in a topic: Simplest, most fool proof HT
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  21. AdmiralCochrane
    I have an Icomm mobile that is useless to me because it is too easy to fumble the multiple knobs and buttons when underway even as passenger and change a dramatic setting. I could dedicate it as my shack 2/70 but I prefer my Yeasu 8900
  22. AdmiralCochrane
    Refresh us on the antenna model. You may be able to adjust the antenna itself, but none of those other ideas are likely to make the SWR better, you are already pretty good
  23.    WRUU653 reacted to a post in a topic: South Bay Area GMRS and Knife-edge diffraction.
  24. AdmiralCochrane
    More nothing. Pardon me for inconveniencing electrons to say so.
  25.    WSKY396 reacted to a post in a topic: South Bay Area GMRS and Knife-edge diffraction.
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  27. AdmiralCochrane
    S is next to A on the keyboard, he meant to type POTA, not POTS; context clue = SOTA
  28. AdmiralCochrane
    It's called 2 way radio for a reason.
  29. AdmiralCochrane started following Meshtastic or Meshcore 🤔
  30. AdmiralCochrane
    It all depends on how robust your local mesh is. In areas with dense mesh, it definitely is viable reliable alternate to the common infrastructure you are completely dependent on. Just because you don't participate does make it weak.
  31. AdmiralCochrane
    You can skip the radio altogether and call someone on the phone. You could just hit a baseball off a tee like pre-k kids do.
  32. AdmiralCochrane
    Things don't need to be complicated. Freebanders using import radios.
  33. AdmiralCochrane
    My local ham club is full of people who think GMRS is just fine. From what I can tell, most of the more active members have GMRS licenses.
  34. AdmiralCochrane
    RoadApple is correct. All you need to know for your application is LMR-400 or equivalent, short length, but even more important HEIGHT. You are correct, you need your antenna higher than the surrounding metal radio frequency Faraday cage barricades. In the VHF & UHF ranges the saying is: HEIGHT IS MIGHT.
  35. AdmiralCochrane
    You do not have to memorize any math, only the correct answer.
  36. AdmiralCochrane
    I wish sort by date was default.
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