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If you can get your flat topper dipole at least 3/4 wavelength high (25') you will beat the pants of a vertical. You will get the gain broadside to the dipole and nulls on the ends. It comes...

Paul which band was noisy. Typically the lower bands have more noise. Try your receiver on 10 meters. If you hear a lot of noise it will probably be man made noise. You will then have to track...

If you plan to communicate to your family with amateur radios then your family will all need licenses.

Good luck

Yeah now you know why I am not a Baofeng fan. Couple that with an unusable interface and you see you get what you pay for...

Peter,

Just looked over your website. Very impressive. I really like the stubs in a paint can. We use currently use bucket. Thanks for the link.

Paul,

the link works for me.. Try clearing your cache...

ARRL has performed spurious emission testing on several HT brands over several years. Here are their results for Baofeng:

2012 - 13 units tested, 31% compliant, 15% borderline, and 54% non...

Here is what I would do. Since the repeater you want to access is only ~10 miles away I would start by making a 1/4 wave ground plane vertical. You may not need to get 25' high to get a good signal...

KI5SS I guess you don't realize HRD was developed for HF.

Here it is. Notice emergency use of an amateur is only permitted when normal communications is not available.


[71 FR 66465, Nov. 15, 2006]

§97.403 Safety of life and protection of...

K9YC has an excellent articls on baluns...this is what I used to wind my own.

Google K9YC baluns and you will find his article. Very good read. Here is the link

A balun is always a good idea. They don't just reject common mode currents on your coax, they also keep the antennas radiation pattern stable. QST just did an article on baluns. Think it was...

Does the main light come on. I suspect that without the vfo attached to the rig the only indication would be the main led..

You really don't want any ALC to register when you transmit. I usually run rig at full power and adjust it with output level. I can keep power down to about 20 watts and no ALC. Also turn of any...

LSB is used for 160 - 40 meters. Your license does not give you privileges for phone on any band below 10 meters. Maybe a typo on your part. If not you need to print the ARRL band plan for...

My point was there is no one answer. If you get into Ham radio (HF) you should learn the knowledge as a by product of the learning process. For me shtf preparedness is the last reason i operate. ...

Maybe Ham radio is not for you.

There is no one best radio for shtf. There are radio bands/modes used with a antenna suited to the operating enviornment. A ht with a rubber duck antena is not much better than GMRS radios. 2...

Sure reads like you are right. Have to ask anyone why they would take them out order. I doubt any vec would do that. My dad took all three tests in 1995 after he let his license expire. He aced...

Since we are approaching solar minimum 80 meters would be a band I would want.

You must take element 1,2,and 3 in order. Tech,General,and Extra. You can take them at same setting, but must take them in order. Right now a vanity call should be lowest priority on your list. ...

Yes you can get into trouble if you use your equipment outside of your license privileges. Amateur radio is not plug and play. Best advise I can give is listen and learn before you transmit. ...

You should also consider a ladder line doublet antenna. Also coax fed fan dipole works well too. Good advise on getting your antenna as high as possible for dx. I highly recommend arrl antenna...

I had a v80. Great handheld. Real BNC connection for antenna. Only issue is small buttons. If you have big hands it may be a problem. Output power difference is negligible. Buy whichever one you...

Not sure why you chose the MP1 for a fixed station antenna. A1/4 wave vertical would be easier and have much better performance.

The MP1 will need to be adjusted for 20 meters. Also I...