Amateur (Ham) Radio BS and Callsign Thread!

i frequent listen to the Jaber jaw on 3.927,

 

3840..

These guys are. Different.

 

wow it is a mess
Im going back to my soldering station, modding ez power strip for a remote switch.

 

Haha. Yeah.

It's just like.

Wow.

 

The worst part? They can be heard all over the world they may think it is only in their little world. Even a hundred watts will get you thousands of miles on HF. That does not do much for the credibility of the average US ham, the very best thing to do is don't give them an audience. No band is immune to that foolishness more than once over the years I have turned off a repeater and guess what the wingnut is still talking on the input having no ideal the repeater is off. More often than not there is alcohol involved. It took a long time but here in Maine the FCC finally yanked a notorious offender's licence.

 

I finally got my ticket! yippee! Waiting on my call sign. If I can't mount my antennas on the top of the truck (due to that I carry kayaks, bikes and other toys), where is another good spot to put an antenna?

 

See pictures above for where I mounted mine. It sits just below the roof line.

 

Trying to figure out how I'm going to do a mobile install on my 897..

 

I don't know if anybody here has done this, I haven't looked into it much myself,

Is it possible to mount a dual band mobile antenna on the truck and use for my 5w hand held?

I want to get a better antenna for my Baofeng 5R. I was going to get a mobile setup but been pretty impressed with the little handhelds so far. Adding a better antenna away from the cab, should get a little better reception?

 

Definitely possible.

You'll need an SMA female (Baofeng antenna connection) to SO-239, or whatever you want to terminate your antenna with.

 

Sweet!! I figured id need the connection adapters. Now to research antenna's

 

^^ This along with a good dual band magnet mount is your best option for a dual band hand held. This will allow you to move the setup easily from car to car. I did this with a Tram dual band magnet mount from Amazon and it worked great.

 

Some thing like this I would not use a ridged fitting.

$21 MPD Digital - RF coaxial cable SMA female to UHF SO239 PL259 female RG58 20"es | Made in the U.S.A.

http://www.amazon.com/coaxial-female-inches-MPD-Digital/dp/B00ANDSL96#

 

It doesn't matter, antennas don't have the nubs for the antirotation. Some of those might be a little short on threads for some antennas though.

 

Passed my tech exam this morning! Woo hoo!

 

Congrats!

 

I would be more concerned with the weight ripping the radio antenna mount out. The short whip is also far more flexible.

 

Good Job!

 

it's one of those YMMV kinda things..

 

Now to figure out if I want to stay with HT's or switch over to a mobile set-up with cost being a big factor right now.