I know what you mean i run An Ic718 and a henry 2kd5 and a good tuner into a home made die pole up about 40 ft got a grand total of 50 bucks in...
Its actually called front end overload. It happens when the reciever section is over powered by the incoming signal. The AGC circuits can't adjust...
That one of those deals do what ever you can Afford but don't cry and moan when the Bill for doing what you want is prison time because you can't...
Obviously this person was not in the loop as the world trade center went down it was local ham radio operators and there equipment that got the...
I see you said the amp is fed from the battery and you have it grounded to the frame of the dash. Is the dash grounded to the frame? and what type...
Ok I am lost what is RMS Power. I know they use that term in Stereo equipment but never heard it used in dealing with RF output. Usually we deal...
That depends on the antenna array you use and conditions. I have made contact with 200 watts and seen some days it took 1500 and still couldn't do...
The one thing all this has missed. Yes you can tune and tweak a radio transmit and receive with out a System monitor and it will sound good on the...
The address is the FCC HQ not a field office they are the big guys not the ones that do the work.
and most of the ones that do it in the shops now days don't do it right it really takes a system monitor to do it properly and those are very...
If i ran an escort service i would do just that get a business band license put mobiles in all my cars and have HT's for my clients and problems...
because here in the states you have to be licensed to use those. VHF radios
The problem you have is very common. The inverter you are running is probably one from a truck stop and uses what we call square wave or modified...
your right there across from the Walcot radio shop go across the street and talk to the guys in there and see what the got that fits your budget....
And i have a special on SWR grease rub it on the Antenna and awy go the SWr'S
I run a Supper Hopper which is no longer made since Ben is a silent key now but any of the screw drivers work well
It was my understanding that if you had a tech plus you would have kept that class until you upgraded to general which under the the new rules...
Most of us hop around a bit but 14.302.5 is still the truckers freq for all the over the road drivers throw your call out several times a day and...
14.302.5 all day
You have to remember also even though 11 meter is HF in freg range it is still primaryly line of site communications. Now standing flat footed the...
