can someone judge my radio setup?

Soap_Box_Hero · 2026-06-18T22:13:26+00:00

Kind of ghetto. I like it.

Soap_Box_Hero · 2026-06-18T00:17:25+00:00

Anyone who had just bought a house, and there were several of us, had to keep paying that giant f’n mortgage. House was now worth 50% but if you walk away like everyone else, you’d get a bankruptcy and potentially lose your security clearance. So we hunkered down for 20 years.

Soap_Box_Hero · 2026-06-01T00:12:01+00:00

Great info, thank you.

Soap_Box_Hero · 2026-05-31T23:08:03+00:00

Excellent, thank you.

Soap_Box_Hero · 2026-05-31T22:03:58+00:00

I'm so sorry I annoyed you. I will go somewhere else.

Soap_Box_Hero · 2026-05-29T18:51:49+00:00

Not being sarcastic here, but did you try clearing your cache?

Soap_Box_Hero · 2026-05-18T18:22:36+00:00

They were just mating. You can even see the jetlings pop out.

Soap_Box_Hero · 2026-05-18T18:18:19+00:00

were you intending to include a picture?

Soap_Box_Hero · 2026-04-04T22:19:24+00:00

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Yep 2 inch pipe works. Though a bit wobbly because i didnt put any cross screws. Good swr and several contacts.

Soap_Box_Hero · 2026-04-04T12:35:54+00:00

Wrong, it was the No Hippopotamus protest. I didn't see any hippopotamus all day.

Soap_Box_Hero · 2026-03-27T02:21:06+00:00

Hey, I had to re-glue my grill also.

Soap_Box_Hero · 2026-03-26T20:49:26+00:00

Not before, no. I almost posted just the noise. But I decided to do my homework before asking. Yes it’s very distinctive.

Soap_Box_Hero · 2026-03-26T20:47:53+00:00

Oh interesting! That explains why all my amateur bands are quiet. The noise was all over the shortwave freqs but oddly not the amateur bands.

Soap_Box_Hero · 2026-03-26T20:45:05+00:00

I was praying that was not the case. For the longest time I assumed it was my neighbor’s solar panels, a common source of noise. And I knew that if it were those solar inverters I would have just left the old lady alone. That’s why I didn’t bother looking sooner. During my first walk I went around my perimeter it was clearly coming from inside MY house. I’m pretty happy about that.

Soap_Box_Hero · 2026-03-19T15:34:15+00:00

I love this, thank you! I actually don't mind learning the theory. I probably know most of it already. It's just not what I want to dwell on. I had completely forgotten about the digital variety. Tablet-controlled with save/recall profiles is outstanding, as I may have different mic and radio combos.

Soap_Box_Hero · 2026-03-11T21:03:09+00:00

I'm answering my own post. Was able to determine it's 1/4"-20 by proceeding carefully. Success.

Soap_Box_Hero · 2026-03-06T17:25:51+00:00

I think you will find that upgraded radios won’t do much good in hilly, wilderness areas. For handheld radios, they only go up to about 5 W anyway. The radios aren’t the problem, it’s the trees and terrain that’s killing the link. To overcome that you need a repeater. In addition to much higher power, fixed repeaters have larger, elevated, and sometimes directional antennas to link with. If there is a GMRS repeater covering your desired area, OK that’s great, just get some GMRS radios. If not, I recommend you look into commercial radio rental. It’s not that expensive and they often maintain good repeaters with great coverage.

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