The PA function was the sole use of my CB radio back when I was in in HS.

Watched to the end. Thanks I just ordered one!

Winter is wintering

MC 113 How were you receiving GMRS all the way from VEGAS??? impressive I have seen some times atmospheric ducting would carry a signal???

Is she crying?

It’s 25 in southwest OH.

Stay wArm with you 😅😅😅

I just got one of these CB and its doing the same thing. My SWR protection is set to 3. Company truck, stock CB antennas. 😢

its 9° here in western south dakota

its 5° right now here in western south dakota right now!

Cold enough to freeze your Mc Nuggets Off. lol

It was 65 down here in south Texas today.

Those Anytone radios are hard to beat, especially for the money

I started a 2m net during COVID everyday at 9am. I now do it 6 days a week and on Thursday evening.

Kerchunk........ 😂

Is that a 5/8 wave hamstick? I'm trying to find a 1/2 wave hamstick, firestik, etc. and can't.

I just purchased this from Lowes without realizing there was stuff to hook up to my natural gas fireplace. Did you have professionally installed, or were you able to manage on your own? Expecting big winter storm in my area this weekend and I almost ALWAYS lose power. I suppose I can just open the flu and use just the logs.

I have the same book but mine is hard back.

Mine has a very disturbing whistle/sibilance maybe from the processor inside you can listen standing on front of the radio. It is very annoing. I wrote to President they say it's normal for this radio. I can't stand it

I saw some great things some hams did that could easily be expanded on by just about anybody to bridge the gap to include non-ham people who have no interest in radio, but have them lying around. All we hams and GMRSers have to do is scan all relevant frequencies during critical incidents and be able to communicate with people who only picked up a radio out of desperation, without regard to what service it is. It could be any of them, but most likely FRS/GMRS, MURS, Marine and CB. I went ahead and built out my shack to include this capability and am using it now to tune up the finer points, but please spread the idea around if you like. My formula for this concept: 1): At least one Retevis RT-95, unlocked to Mode 02 with first 30+ channels being the 30 GMRS freqs plus any extra repeaters in range (don't forget to enter the offsets on 467 MHz so you can receive someone calling into a dead repeater). Then add the five MURS freqs, Marine Channels 16, 68, 69, 71 & 72. Add the color dot and itinerant star freqs from business band radios. This radio will need a different antenna than your ham VHF/UHF set. I recommend the Comet FC5NMO, because it is specialized for the above range of freqs. 2): At least one scanner with the above frequencies, plus the CB channels, including AM freeband freqs. On separate banks, add The business/itinerant freqs, ham calling freqs and repeater freqs in your area (AND their offsets), your local fire, law, public works, and Airband freqs in your area. The scanner frequency range should be at least 25 MHz to 470 MHz, but 700 & 800 MHz is heavily used in many areas without encryption, so good to have that as well. 3): At least one CB radio or 10-12 meter band ham radio with scanning ability and a channelized tuner, unlockable to 11-meter band. You'll want the full 102-inch whip to pull in weak signals transmitted under less than ideal circumstances. Don't forget the freeband commonly used in your area. 4): At least one additional unlocked portable ham radio (and CB, if applicable), to maintain contact with the calling party as you approach to locate and assist them. Two portables, if you have someone coming with you to help. Now simply scan for emergency traffic during critical incidents and be prepared to quickly stop scanning and write down what you hear, including everything you will need to identify, recontact and locate the person needing assistance after you leave your radio base station (this concept assumes first responders are unavailable). Program the portable(s) before you leave to help. Try to have others stage the things you will need to take with you, such as medical supplies, safety equipment, tools, gas cans, etcetera. Confirm the address given actually exists, and be aware that calls for help could be a setup for a robbery or ambush. Take another person with you, and leave a copy of the plan with someone else who can monitor, preferably at your base station. Relay to any ham EMCOMM station, if up and running, in case someone is closer than you that can help.

Love it 👍

The impenance changed because bending the radials down caused the antenna to behave more like a half wave dipole which has impedance of about 73 ohms.

Having the tone capabilities is why I chose this over the Walker III. I LOVE the style of the Walker, but I really wanted that tone capability. The next time that dumbazz on 6 says, “Bye Bye B…” click, byee lol

Love random wire, 49' 9:1 on slope to only 20' h cause hoa. Tunes perfectly from 10-80 with a ft710 ,doing hungary ,russia,bulgaria, Germany,UK,italy etc is piece of cake from 10-20, do italy and bulgaria on 40m but with more difficulty. 80m have done 1200m .

Did you change the final on that suit it look like it

I watched til the end! Nice radio! I like how it has different modes, scans, and especially that USB port

Enjoy

The balun put it 4’ from the floor and 4’ of cable to the gutter positive and the ground bar separated 6 feet from balun

Happy New Year mike and timber 🎉

Happy New Year! 🥃

Happy New Year Brother!!

I've def considered what a late night net on thee 985 might look like

Where was that one made? Do you think one country of manufacture is better than another?

I have been running an older Pro510xl in my car for about 8 years now. However I just bought a lot of untested 520xl off ebay, hoping to get at least one good working one out of that haul. My 510 is made in the Philippines and probably from 1988. I know that these were made in Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan and China. I heard they were made in Japan at one point but I’m not sure if I’ve seen one marked Japan. My 510 is stock, and it works good but why not have the additional features for the same size configuration? However, I might like to set up the 510 or one of the other 520’s as a simple base station. How would I go about doing that? Is it possible to use a base loaded whip as an external house antenna, perhaps mounted to a wooden chair on a porch?

I have been running an older Pro510xl in my car for about 8 years now. However I just bought a lot of untested 520xl off ebay, hoping to get at least one good working one out of that haul. My 510 is made in the Philippines and probably from 1988. I know that these were made in Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan and China. I heard they were made in Japan at one point but I’m not sure if I’ve seen one marked Japan. My 510 is stock, and it works good but why not have the additional features for the same size configuration? However, I might like to set up the 510 or one of the other 520’s as a simple base station. How would I go about doing that? Is it possible to use a base loaded whip as an external house antenna, perhaps mounted to a wooden chair on a porch?

Cool video bro KE5GLW in the house 73s everyone

Ok which is which. You refer to both of them as end fed. So which is the end fed vert and which is the end fed long wire?

I bought one during Christmas for $107, checked it out for 2-3 days and ordered another. Absolutely love these radios. Audio must be excellent because I frequently get compliments on how clear and full it is

I’m signing up for ham radio prep to study for my technician license. I do t know how far down that rabbit hole I’ll go? I’m still setting up a gmrs base station, and upgrading some cb equipment.

Siiiiiiiii

One my favorite scanner I've got bunch of them lol

Yeah most people think "I have my cellphone." When I'm at camp traveling the woods roads phones don't work, but CB and weather band still do! Use mine fairly regularly. Also those president's silently monitor the weather band while on CB and alert like a pager for a weather event. I did a video of it on my channel.

The benefits of an ever getting higher average HAM age ? A dying hobby because of too much theoretical requirements? Tell me about it.

My grandma had one in her Datsun truck 🛻 It was the late eighties so it wasn’t a fancy one.

For God's sake Don't dance.

Pretty cool. What level fo you have the mic set at?