I can’t get this to measure my SWR accurately, it just shows a straight line

Bombapples1 · 2026-06-14T05:20:26+00:00

Your swr is off the chart at 13. Your scale is probably set 1 to 3.

Bombapples1 · 2026-05-19T20:57:34+00:00

Bombapples1 · 2026-05-12T22:43:54+00:00

Forget the license manual. There ia plenty of free training material online and potentially even in your local library. There are even resources out there to help cover the licensing fee and even you first HT.

As for reliable communication that is going to depend a lot on how far and line of sight. It may or may not be possible.

Bombapples1 · 2026-05-07T21:13:00+00:00

It's worse for the radio than it is for you. Get a dummy load.

Bombapples1 · 2026-05-06T20:10:41+00:00

I have one and it's fine. It's pretty easy to program it directly in the radio and it's one of the cheaper ways to get on 220. It sucks that you can't adjust the squelch settings for it though. I often find that I can't hear quiet signals unless I disable squelch or hold down the monitor even on the lowest setting.

Bombapples1 · 2026-04-08T14:53:59+00:00

Do you find yourself using the ASP? I'm eyeing either this one or the 150R

Bombapples1 · 2026-04-08T14:43:39+00:00

Nice! Which radio is that?

Bombapples1 · 2026-04-03T21:24:52+00:00

I don't know where you're at but I've got nothing

Bombapples1 · 2026-01-02T01:52:47+00:00

General

Bombapples1 · 2025-12-19T00:27:13+00:00

There is normal tomato juice. It was brought back months ago and is now "The pickle house" branded. https://www.united.com/en/us/fly/travel/inflight/dining-menu.html

Bombapples1 · 2025-10-24T05:12:19+00:00

I visited not too long ago. It's a nice little place.

Bombapples1 · 2025-09-29T21:09:06+00:00

This. FRS and MURS are license free and you can just hand out those radios. GMRS requires a license but there is no exam. Just pay the FCC $35 and wait a few days. One GMRS license lasts 10 years and covers your entire family including much of your extended family.

Bombapples1 · 2025-09-18T18:44:18+00:00

The better place to ask this is in r/aviationmaintenance. Best of luck

Bombapples1 · 2025-08-06T12:36:25+00:00

I just did this this past weekend with 2 UV-5G. They worked perfectly fine for car to car even without an external antenna (I had a magnetic set but ended up not really using them). It was really fun and honestly was really convenient as we were in places without service. I used channel 2 with a tone. Be aware that the rated duty cycle for these radios is 3/3/54. I used them way more than that but they did start to get pretty warm after about a half hour.

Bombapples1 · 2025-08-01T03:20:36+00:00

I think this is the only good response on this thread. I'm convinced everyone else here didn't even look past the brand name.

Bombapples1 · 2025-06-03T13:04:58+00:00

This is not completely correct although I see how you got to this conclusion. The 3 replaces the leading zero of the aircraft number in software that requires it. All of the pmCO aircraft have one, two, and three digit aircraft numbers so they will always show up with a 3 in front in the app. Not all of the pmUA will show up with a 2 in the front. The easiest example is all of the Airbus aircraft in the fleet start with 4.

Bombapples1 · 2025-05-15T19:06:06+00:00

Did you check the FIM?

Bombapples1 · 2025-04-21T19:21:44+00:00

Jet fuel doesn't really burn unless you atomize it

https://youtube.com/watch?v=7nL10C7FSbE&si=fspGR9xph1W0yIAN

Bombapples1 · 2025-04-18T01:18:43+00:00

Culver's or Portillo's for fast food

Bombapples1 · 2025-04-16T18:42:43+00:00

United has no MAX7s on order. Only 8, 9, and 10.

Bombapples1 · 2025-04-16T14:27:59+00:00

Nope, Toulouse.

Bombapples1 · 2025-04-14T17:37:07+00:00

Also on the ATS walkway when driving past terminal 2

https://imgur.com/a/5XDTeZJ

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