It is sad that you rarely ever hear truckers on 19 in most places, anymore. Even sadder, that you don't get a reply when asking for a smokey...
Hi Ridgeline! Out of curiosity, are you doing your cross-polarization on local contacts or skip/DX? As I understand it, communications via...
I'll sign it, but I want one put up (which I'll also sign) for a law allowing anyone using one of those distorted retarded-sounding echo mikes to...
Also, please know that as a Technician Class ham, you will have privs on 10 meters from 28.300 - 28.500 MHz on USB, as well as CW (Morse) privs...
I like that little mobile radio you have, there. What is it?
Yeah, I've been told that by quite a few ex-wives and girlfriends over the years :-(
:D:D I dunno. If you've ever taken a radio apart and put it back together, you know how sometimes, there'll be parts left over. If you take it...
While you don't often hear truckers using SSB, it can be a useful mode for truckers, same as anyone else. Better overall range and less noise due...
Oh, I have nothing against any of the bands, just that it is exceedingly rare to meet up on any ham frequency, because there are so many of them,...
I really don't care about profanity one way or the other. I'm a grown man and hearing bad words doesn't get my undies in a knot the way it...
On the magnet mount, JMHO, but go on and take the plunge and have a Wilson 1000 or 5000 hole-mounted on the roof. I hear so many folks say they...
I had a Midland from the early-mid 80's that looked similar to that one and after a few years it developed the same issue. You had to bump the...
I agree. My grandmother, a wise and accurate judge of character, used to tell me to beware of people who constantly blathered on and on about...
Neverready covered the answer very well! Dropping your rf gain may help if you are getting the de-sense from nearby truckers or others while on...
Interesting! The de-sense would almost definitely occur to either radio, while transmitting on the other, in such an arrangement, if on different...
I'm not sure if Midlands and Cobras are supposed to be interchangable or not. I haven't run a Midland in almost thirty years. Most anything is...
It could be one of several things, RPP. If you are in a truck stop or otherwise in close proximity to others who might be transmitting on CB or...
One other thing, if your radio has the "talkback" feature, the gain or volume for it may be too high. If you have an adjustment for talkback, try...
Sorry, I neglected to address the antenna issue that you mentioned. Most of those over-sized fiberglass antennas use multiple wavelengths or...
On many newer cars, about the ONLY place to mount a radio is on the passenger side of the console, facing up. As I have gotten too old, fat, and...
