Amateur (Ham) Radio BS and Callsign Thread!

Clean install! and Nice Radio! I don't have any D-STAR repeaters in my area, but my club is going WIRES-X, so the Kenwood was swapped for the Yaesu.

 

What does the Windows tablet do with the FT2D?

 

As much as I understand I didn't reinvent the wheel, I'm a happy camper!
I finally looked into SMS through APRS , and successfully sent and received SMS messages via SMSGTE.
Just another way to communicate with the outside world in case lack of cell reception ( as long as I will be able to hit up an APRS repeater)

 

The FT2D connects to the tablet with specific usb and audio cords, to be controlled by the Wires-X software. Tablet connected to internet hotspot.

 

Does anyone know if the tram dual band antenna is suppose to have a gasket?

 

I’m pretty sure mine came with one. I have the

$25 Tram 1181 TRAM 140MHz-170MHz + 430MHz-470MHz Dual Band NMO Antenna (1181)

Tram 1181

 

I have the same one, but no gasket.

 

That's neat.

I'm surprised Yaesu didn't provide some method for painting YSF targets on a map. The group monitor mode is an excellent function. I should be able to take that geo-data and paint it on a moving map. They didn't need to design the entire solution. Just give me a serial NMEA stream of data with the lat/lon, and there are plenty off COTS solutions existing.

 

GM boys,
new to the forum and to Tacomas. Not to HAM though. Ki6GXC. I'm an avionics and radio guy for the City of LA helicopter fleet.

Anyway, looking to get ideas on how to mount a radio or two and just jump into here in general.

73's
Iain

 

Welcome! Tons of good stuff in here for mounting solutions.





@foy1der dont judge me. I know there's a metal screen there. Haha. Sky opened up on me.

 

I mounted my head on overhead console, have the transceiver in the whiskey bottle holder and the mic routed up behind the dash. Lots in my build thread "Electronics" links.

 

@scotch10 KI6GXC time to renew your expired...

 

Just received my call sign. KJ7HYO

 

*sad trombone noise*

 

Last guy that played one of those sounds had his extra license pulled...

 

I was hoping someone was gonna catch my drift.

 

yup. Can't believe I let it lapse. Totally slipped my mind.

I never got that courtesy mailer from the FCC. I'm retesting here in a couple weeks though. Give me plenty of time to find a way to install a new rig in my new ride.

Right now I have two repurposed radios from work here. I hacked an old motorola MAXtrac on 2M, and a Motorola CM200 on 2M. I think it's time to jump into the next gen though.

 

Where are the favorite places for antennas in these trucks? Is the world moving toward NMO?

 

I put mine where it works.
Seriously though, I prefer center top cab but found it hard to balance a good antenna with garages and tree limbs. So I played with left/right center cab. I did not see much difference in transmit distance. I then tried forward or back and did notice better distance when cab forward (likely the front end mass is off center and the correlation to ground plane).

So mine is off center (right) cab forward NMO.

View from drivers seat: