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No they don't! vehicle mounted radios have a bit more power, but the key to the greater range is the antenna. A 5W handheld only gets a tiny bit less range than a 15W mobile - on the same antenna!...

The dual meter ham designs for 2m with the variable sensitivity knob will work well for aircraft band - and will give full scale forward readings on quite low power. They're not expensive either.

I'm a bit mystified by what people really expect. Radiosification stuck up a new video on youtube about this subject today.

People have really delusional expectations. Yesterday, while we were...

I asked the guy who collected the medical oxygen cylinders here today, and he had no idea. He had no training on any specific issues with oxygen. These things are also very low flow devices too,...

Looking back - it's also clear territory has a huge impact on words in common use, as does age, gender and socio-economic grouping (UK readers call this one 'class').

Once you then split that into...

Let's be honest, anyone who really believe the old magmount on a biscuit tin approach has NEVER tried a decent antenna. There is a huge difference between a good antenna system and one that a VSWR...

I remember when here in the UK we were experimenting with ATV in the 80s - in the 10 meg wide UHF band. Back then our Government were really on the ball with band monitoring and control, and visits...

I meant what are you up to, as in are you switching multiple antennas or multiple radios, and it's just antennas.

I'm actually a bit surprised that you are getting bleed-over? If you have a poor...

The trouble is, if you cut it open, that I bet they have swapped the pairs around - so while all the circuits are connected, they're not sharing the twisted pairs. Only takes one person at the...

How are you using it - to switch multiple antennas to one receiver/transmitter, or more than one receiver/transmitter to a single antenna?

It's important because most are designed to switch low...

I rather liked the bit about your wife hearing you - getting me out of the house to a place she CAN'T hear me seems her quest - the idea of giving her a radio to hear me would mean divorce here!
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A couple of things here - remember that antennas have radiation patterns - and a long wire dipole, stretched out produces a radiation pattern viewed from above that looks a bit like a slightly...

Why not just attach a long random length piece of wire - and string it up down the garden. Connect to the radio and go through all the bands - remembering t whack up the RF and AF gain - a long wire...

You need to befriend the local hams really, because you need people to put aerials up, climb up ladders, drill holes and get your station set up - and I bet they'd be more than happy to take you to...

That's odd Larry - there's very little in the test that would trouble the DDA, but the individual clubs who run the exams could have - I'm thinking of access mainly, but some may well not have any...

The important thing to remember with repeaters is that THEY do the work, you transmit with your available power, the repeater then retransmits it - it is doing the work.

The licence relates to...

First thing is to get your hearing checked, because you don't know what component in what you are listening to is causing headaches. Headache is not a normal symptom of listening, unless you do it at...

Hi DSFA - where are you? It's a great help to have your country in the location box as so many radio question descend on location. US and UK, for example, are similar, but sometimes very, very...

isn't the point that the actual pioneers were amateurs, and it was only once perfected that it was taken onboard as a business proposition, that the public got to experience it, with of course all...

Do you have a circuit diagram? Realistically, these devices are prone to failure from overdriving, over current and over voltage - but when working within their normal tolerances, tend to stay...

Tend to agree - first thing is to replace the amp with the VSWR meter and check it's good, then try the amp into a 50Ohm dummy load and see if power output maintains.

Are you sure that the 3 other...

Don't forget to keep an eye on the marine section - from time to time Marine HF radios pop up - I bought a virtually new Icom - RX and TX everywhere, no restrictions and a real bargain - I suspect...

One of the things about ham radio is that whatever you do, you could have done better, but for much more money than you have available - and the real skill is balancing performance gain against cost....

Microlust seems to have asked a question and not hung around for an answer - and he got quite a good list of suggestions, which sadly, he didn't even have the patience to read/digest or comment on.
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Nowadays - if you programme the radios correctly, then you just transmit on the radio - the repeater hears you and re-radiates it on a different frequency, the one all the radios in the area will be...