AdmiralCochrane

Multiple strikes in my yard and last year one close enough for the EMP to damage my HF rig ($80 power filter board) and short out a florescent light ballast. Same hit took out 2 TV's and 2 AC's next door. One a few years back melted the neighbor's cable TV cable into the carpet.

I identified the frequency used by the factory where I am assigned to work using an old Uniden BC75XLT scanner. 3 days later I was working in the room with the repeater transmitters ... with big labels on the racks, duh

Since the D578UV is only 5 watts on 1.25/220, the AMP-220 might be a useful tool to add to the shack. My club has a 220 repeater that is lightly used and I haven't had any trouble hitting it from most places I travel, but 50W DMR could be helpful on simplex for my use.

The conditions specified were not met. He clearly violated regulations he knew.

Tons of cables and loose ends of varying quality on Amazon and eBay.

All I've ever used mobile is ¼ wave, but mine is high up; the vehicle is already too tall for 9ft garages. 13 ft or go home, LOL. Same geographical area.

More "Freebanders" than hams. And more than likely, Freebanders misidentified as hams.

Because you never know without trying, there are a lot of flukes in antennae. AND it will have some function regardless, its just a matter of how much. It's not a dummy load.

I accidentally bought the wrong cable to go between my IC-756 PRO and the shiny new Heil mic I just bought. Its right on the radio end, but wrong number of XLR pins on the mic end (too many on the cable). The eBay seller accepts returns at the shipping expense of the buyer, but the correct cable costs $25 more than the one I got; I would have been out $31 to fix my mistake. For $13 I got the parts to make the correct connections, savings of $12 over getting the correct cable in the first place, $18 over sending the wrong cable back and ordering the correct one. Still not sure if I feel smart or dumb, but I do feel lucky.

My Comet tribander comes in under 1.7 across both bands.

An antenna sold for 70cm band will never work on GMRS

Its a good ham board

Are you on the gun board that has a ham section in their outdoors section?

People also generally don't know that most transmitters take a second to engage and "heat up" to full power even without sending a MDC tone. Key the mic and make sure you pushed the button all the way down. Then begin speaking, not as you are keying the mic

You are saying truckers passing thru didn't use 19?

My jump box puts out 13.8 when fully charged and 12+ for quite a while. 13.8v is for the rated fullpower output, its not a rule.

Nobody likes me anymore

FAA (and I think EPA as well) restrictions come in at 200 feet. Lots of 199 foot antennas in the ham world.

Just ask what pizza place is best. That usually brings hams out of the bushes on 2m.

Skywarn is effective in my area.

WOW! That should be labeled "The BIG Motorola manual"

Clarification: I wasn't refering to operation, but SWR measurement.

Would this be enhanced/corrected by using a real ground such as a "tiger tail"?

Does the truck have a built in 120v output inverter? That's another possiblity