I am glad to see we have new members. Welcome to all. This is a group about Mobile Amateur Radio. We can try to help each other with installations of any type....
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Jul 2, 2006 7:34 am
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Tony: If you already have something installed in your Ranger (which it sounds like you do), my advise would be to simply drive it up alongside the candidate...
I had thought of that, but for another reason - While driving, one day, I stopped at a red light and began recieving a massive amount of stuttering static -...
Hey guys, Just wanted to let everyone know that I have put up my own website. It is majority of radio and volunteer related. Its got links to good radio ...
I am glad to see we have new members. Welcome to all. This is a group about Mobile Amateur Radio. We can try to help each other with installations of any type....
MobileAmateurRadio@ya...
Aug 2, 2006 3:41 pm
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I just switched from driving a Honda Accord to a new Toyota FJ Cruiser SUV in May. My radio is a TS480SAT. In the Honda Accord with hamsticks mounted on a...
I love the TS480. As you have no doubt surmised, you changed two major things - your QTH and your vehicle type. So, it's unclear which one is causing you more...
Well, I am new to this group so I would post my very simple install. I am selling my truck in about 6 months I am hoping so I panned for a removal on short...
<<Maybe mobile in Arizona is just not the same as in Florida or >> You got that right. If you were to look at a azimuthal-equidistant map centered on...
3 hour time change? Since when did Arizona become part of California? (And yes... I know it's 3 hours in the summer and only 2 in the winger) Doug, N6LMX...
Members. Sean K8KHZ, Myself is having a special event all week until sundday as K8W for the 12 annual Woodward Dream Cuise. You can google it up to find more...
I had never heard of the Woodward Dream Cruise. Thanks for the link...looks like an interesting event. I spent my formative years in Michigan, always under...
Greetings all, Would you like to own a VHF repeater to use for Amateur or public safety use? Well here's your chance... Here is a quote from an E-Bay auction...
I'm in the market for a 'new' car. The present vehicle is a 1990 Acura. I have used it mobile in several QSO parties and between the ignition and fuel pump...
A ham buddy of mine has a Jetta TDI, and had to fight the fuel pump anyway. In the end, he followed KH6DX's grounding approach - ran a copper pipe nearly from...
... Check out the new common rail diesels very carfully. They are all electronic controlled and some put out more hash than a gas vehicle. Most of the older VW...
Hello all, I just got a new Ford F250 truck and its time to put all the radios back in. I am looking to use the stake bed holes for mounting my VHF antennas. I...
EUROPEAN AMPLITUDE MODULATION AMATEUR RADIO GROUP NEW YAHOO GROUP: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eamarg/ This is a group for licenced amateur radio operators...
OK, some of you had seen my earlier list... of a few months ago... that sucker has grown to 13 pages! I know, some of you wanted the updated list & I promised...
Hello all maybe someone can help, I am using the 857d as a mobile rig and a bug catcher with this for a ant.. and i have the antenna tuned 1.1 - 1.5, but when...
... How do you know it is tuned for 1.1 to 1.5 ? Looks like the radio is aying it is not tuned. The tuning range on 75 meters will be very narrow. Dale Wa7IXK...
... How do you know it is tuned for 1.1 to 1.5 ? Looks like the radio is saying it is not tuned. The tuning range on 75 meters will be very narrow. Dale Wa7IXK...
... As Dale said, your tuning range is going to be very, vary narrow, probably on the order of 10 or 15 khz for swr less than 1.5:1. Unless you have a very...
... Antenna analyzers can be misleading due to their portable nature. Do you ground the analyzer to the same point as the radio? My radio is only grounded at...
... That is a great idea. I had checked that out using it for a signal source and wondering how accurate it was. My MJF is not very stable. There is a...
Do you mean, use your rig's transmitter, and while transmitting, you tune the VFO up and down to fine the SWR minimum? That's exactly what you do when you...