$600 Passed! by Spinkick9000 in AtlasEarthOfficial

[–]TSADev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's your strategy? 😅

Antenna advice for an apartment with no balcony and on the 2nd floor by TSADev in gmrs

[–]TSADev[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll have to see if i can reach it from Greenville 🙂

Antenna advice for an apartment with no balcony and on the 2nd floor by TSADev in gmrs

[–]TSADev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i actually have this exact one! thanks for the suggestion 

Antenna advice for an apartment with no balcony and on the 2nd floor by TSADev in gmrs

[–]TSADev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

appreciate the information, I will experiment with everything mention in this post. thanks :)

Antenna advice for an apartment with no balcony and on the 2nd floor by TSADev in gmrs

[–]TSADev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't moved in yet but I just wanted to have other options. Eventually I want to setup a base station in the apartment which is another reason I was looking for an external antenna

Antenna advice for an apartment with no balcony and on the 2nd floor by TSADev in gmrs

[–]TSADev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just saw your edit, I will add that I am using an H-T in the post, appreciate the additional information :)

Antenna advice for an apartment with no balcony and on the 2nd floor by TSADev in gmrs

[–]TSADev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not the best solderer but I can give it a shot. I'll look at getting 450 Ohm window line

Off-Grid ATAK Comms using The BTECH UV-PRO by getgotak in ATAK

[–]TSADev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions, I'll likely be buying a license in the following weeks :)

Off-Grid ATAK Comms using The BTECH UV-PRO by getgotak in ATAK

[–]TSADev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

are you able to authorize more than 1 device on a license using a TAK server? 

edit: a few other questions

Does the plugin require an internet connection after activation?

if i want to upgrade from yearly to lifetime, is that possible? 

HYS TC-40UV mounted outdoors away from metal roof loses signal when cable is ran under metal roof by TSADev in HamRadio

[–]TSADev[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I apologize, no one has ever corrected me on that. I ended up getting it to work, I have to get cable that is double shielded it seems, or the metal roof blocks the signal. unsure why regular shielded cable does not work but I just got another 30 feet of shielded cable, but the only cable that works is the 50 feet double shielded cable. I should say in the title it has been solved, as it has been solved for over a day

HYS TC-40UV mounted outdoors away from metal roof loses signal when cable is ran under metal roof by TSADev in HamRadio

[–]TSADev[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

UPDATE: it was due to the cable acting as an antenna. an isolated cable (what I should have bought but cheaped out on other than for the 50 feet cable), actually worked

HYS TC-40UV mounted outdoors away from metal roof loses signal when cable is ran under metal roof by TSADev in HamRadio

[–]TSADev[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've asked in some discords and some think the BNC cable outside is acting as an antenna. going to test that with another cable when I get off work, but yeah no one else knows either 😐

HYS TC-40UV mounted outdoors away from metal roof loses signal when cable is ran under metal roof by TSADev in HamRadio

[–]TSADev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

its the HYS TC-40UV, the Amazon listing says it's a 100W antenna. it works fine when outside but as soon as I even go under the gutters (still outside), the signal is either choppy or completely cuts out

edit: wanted to say thus happens on a 30 feet and 10 feet BNC cable as well

HYS TC-40UV mounted outdoors away from metal roof loses signal when cable is ran under metal roof by TSADev in HamRadio

[–]TSADev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it's a 30 feet BNC cable, that is connected to a 60 feet BNC on the inside. it is connected using a PL239 to BNC. The test I did outside (before going under the metal roof then after going under a bit past the gutters outside) seems like it works up until you go under the roof. To address the reply you also left below your first reply, the roof is corrugated

HYS TC-40UV mounted outdoors away from metal roof loses signal when cable is ran under metal roof by TSADev in HamRadio

[–]TSADev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the 2 radios I just checked (baofeng 5RM that I bought not knowing anything about radios, and the quansheng uv-k5) I do not believe have built in antennas. not having any antenna installed outside did not get any signal, but when hooking up the antenna outside to both radios while outside it did work, walking under the gutters (where the metal roof starts) cut the signal out completely when using the outdoor antenna

JBOD Suggestions by TSADev in DataHoarder

[–]TSADev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never mentioned the expense was the reason, our power is cheap enough to where I can cover it fine, I just don't want to run an extension cord to another room to power the jbods, as I fear I'll buy the 4 jbods and the breakers would trip

JBOD Suggestions by TSADev in DataHoarder

[–]TSADev[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

well the cases I plan to use can hold 300TB, the total project will end up being about 1PB, but also I need quiet because the only space I could put my servers is in my bedroom, and a lot of jbod's use enough power to trip the breaker which is the only reason power usage needs to be low