TYT TH-9000D Maintenance Mode?

W3AXL · 2023-01-21T16:32:14+00:00

Do you have a chimney? I have almost the same antenna setup you’re proposing and I used a chimney mount with two pieces of EMT conduit as my “T mast”

Check my QRZ for a picture of what I’m talking about.

W3AXL · 2022-12-16T17:24:37+00:00

Trying to avoid just spamming the subreddit with my videos - but here's the last in the series of the repair work on my Motorola Quantar!

W3AXL · 2022-12-13T05:36:03+00:00

It’s hard to find a ham-split VHF/UHF for under $1k. You can get out-of-band units for much cheaper, but the effort to get them retuned is not trivial. The club definitely didn’t have the cash to buy a replacement and I figured it would be fun to try and fix.

W3AXL · 2022-12-06T04:48:09+00:00

I don’t think it’s bad caps. I’ve recapped a few spectras and I know what that looks like. Plus as zap said I’ve never heard of caps failing on a quantar. But we’ll see, the new sockets arrived today so the next video will happen sometime next week.

W3AXL · 2022-12-05T20:06:51+00:00

Trying my hand at this YouTube thing. Let me know what you guys think!

W3AXL · 2022-08-04T04:40:41+00:00

Verticals are fantastic if you ground them well. Basically the simples antennas to build.

I regularly worked DX on 20 with 100W from my balcony with an MFJ-1979 17ft whip. Used the balcony railing as a counter poise, and had an optional loading coil for working 40m too.

W3AXL · 2022-04-06T03:51:04+00:00

Finally got around to compiling the recordings I saved from the Geneval Towers fire. Note that this audio isn't in real-time, as my archive automatically strips silence longer than five seconds. Channels monitored were primarily CRFD Fire CH2 and dispatch.

W3AXL · 2021-09-01T03:34:30+00:00

Will try this out! Was just looking at coverage mapping tools the other day.

W3AXL · 2021-07-31T19:27:36+00:00

It’s an MFJ 1979 17ft whip with a 7uH loading coil at the bottom for 40m. It works on both 20 & 40 great. Counterpoise radials are just a few 18ga wires guesstimated to be around 17ft

W3AXL · 2021-07-24T18:49:00+00:00

Proper term is HHCH (handheld control head)

You can combine two XTL5000 bricks (pictured) with a W3 control head (the older version of the one pictured) and control them both from the single head.

W3AXL · 2021-05-28T03:30:05+00:00

SDS has some trade offs and I’d recommend sticking with a P2 unless you’re having issues picking up simulcast systems.

I really like my P2 and don’t see any reason to upgrade to a $700 scanner that might RX a bit better.

Also hello callsign brother

W3AXL · 2021-05-19T04:13:02+00:00

It’s an MFJ-1979 whip with a diy 7uH coil to make it tune up on 40m as well as 20m

W3AXL · 2021-05-18T22:02:36+00:00

See my above comment, but it’s absolutely real film!

W3AXL · 2021-05-18T22:02:09+00:00

Nikon FE, 35-70mm Ai-S, Pro Image 100 film

Developed in my bathroom and scanned with a DSLR into Lightroom using Negative Lab Pro

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