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I'm new to ham radio and am in the process of studying to take my Technician & General exams simultaneously over in the next few months. Can anyone familiar with the Yaesu FT-891, Yaesu FTM-400XDR (or perhaps the FTM-100DR) AND Yaesu FT-991A shed some light on the pro's and con's of owning either the first two as a pair versus the latter as a stand alone? I'm primarily looking for a portable solution (and not necessarily a true mobile or base station only rig). If it helps, my priority is to have an HF, VHF/UHF, & C4FM FDMA solution that is first and foremost portable since I am HOA-limited (followed by the desire for an adequate base station, then possibly a mobile option down the road). In other words, while a true mobile rig would be nice, it's not as important as being portable and serving as a base station at home (though DXing will be limited by HOA restraints). Are there any performance issues regarding the filters of the FT-891 vs the FT991A, for example? Are there benefits to having...

Just wanted to give my experience joining a Ham Radio Club; as a total newbie to the hobby. I received my call sign in Feb 2019. I immediately started looking for a local club in Morris County. As Ive read, joining a local club is how you learn more about the hobby. I found a local club from the ARRL website. I joined this local radio club and found out it was total bootleg; what a waste of money! They were unorganized and only had interest in catering to those knowledgeable members. I got the impression they had no interest in teaching new members. Their website is a couple years out of date and provided no useful information for a new person to the hobby. I made it clear I was a total newbie with no knowledge of the hobby but it didn’t seem to matter. I thought clubs would have some type of new member orientation but with this club you are basically left to flounder on your own. I attended 3 meetings and not once was there an acknowledgment about new members; other than their initial voting in. My point...

Hi all, Does anyone know where I can find one of these tuners? Pretty sure not too many of them ended up in the US and I am very interested in finding one. If you know the whereabouts of one of these tuners, or somebody willing to sell theirs, please pass along that information. Thank you --Corey (WB0RXQ)

Hi, Just moved in to a new house with a fitted burglar alarm. When I key-up on HF, the alarm goes off. I'd prefer not to permanently disable the alarm as it's quite useful for deterring burglars! I can't find any fuse or isolator switch for it. Can anyone offer any advice?

Hello, I’m testing on December 7th and expecting to pass tech and general. I picked up a month old ft2dr for cheap, but I’m struggling with SD card issues. I have a new class 4 32gb sandisk that the radio doesn’t like as well as a class 10 32gb pny. I have a samsung class 4 8gb that the radio likes, but after backing up the radio the card is not recognized by my windows 7 machine. I’m kinda puzzled on this one, and I don’t really want to just buy random cards until I find one that works. Any advice greatly appreciated Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Currently, I am using a DBJ-1 antenna (like this https://www.ebay.com/itm/DBJ-1-Dual-Band-VHF-UHF-2-meter-70cm-ham-base-antenna-/113516146770) for my VHF radio. It has served me well, but I am looking into upgrading to something a bit better to help me reach more distant repeaters. I don't want to spend more than around $120 on a new antenna. Is there an antenna that will get me better performance for this price point (provided that the height, radio, and location are kept unchanged)? Or am I really best sticking with what I got right now. If $120 isn't enough, how much more would I have to spend to see a real improvement. Any help will be greatly appreciated!

Ten Tec Scout 555 One of several documentation errors found within the Service Manual of Ten Tecs' Scout 555. 1) The 50 Watt P.A. S/A schematic page denotes Q3 as p/n MJE 370. Wrong, it is actually p/n MJE 521. 2) Ten Tec added a 6 wound 22 guage wire Toroid across the Final Amplifiers Output Load Transformer Primary to "+ 13 v " supply wire. I have operated Radio Fine, with this Toroid temporarily removed. This Toroid addition is not denoted on the schematic.

I'm Mike, originally from CT, USA but currently living in northwestern VT with my wife and our two pets. I've been playing with radios since before I can remember, but just recently acquired my General license. While not studying for the Extra I enjoy DXing, SWLing, chatting on local (and not so local) repeaters, and messing around with FT-8. I'd love to start getting into more satellite stuff as well. My current rig is the Yaesu FT-991A but I also have the little UV-5R that I bought so many years ago. Anyhoo, it's nice to be here and I hope to find some of you on the air! 73 KC1LUX