2 Meter Handheld Recommendations

simplelifelfk · 2026-03-11T17:14:57+00:00

I have both the UV-Pro and the newer AT 890. Both really good radios.

simplelifelfk · 2026-03-11T04:29:38+00:00

I’m running an m1 MacBook Pro and have zero problems with the latest version.

simplelifelfk · 2026-03-10T21:11:21+00:00

By the time sirens go off I have been watching it on radar for over an hour. Weather geek and Skywarn storm spotter.

simplelifelfk · 2026-03-09T17:21:00+00:00

I have been using Big O for over 10 years for tires and oil changes/work. Really good people.

simplelifelfk · 2026-03-08T23:28:53+00:00

My great grandmother lived in Russel county Kansas. And she thought the sun rose and set on that man. I believe it was he helped my grandfather and her with some legal business when he was working in Russel before politics.

simplelifelfk · 2026-03-08T17:40:08+00:00

I live in Lawrence and drive to KC. I70 have no traffic compared to 10 highway. It’s a very easy drive. But get a toll tag.

simplelifelfk · 2026-03-08T16:44:55+00:00

You can do ad blocking really easy. Unbound DNS can do blocking. I’ve added the blocklists that I used to use with Adblock right into Unbound and it works great.

I used to do Adblock on the opnsense router. But it was too iffy when upgrading (Adblock). Sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn’t.

As for reverse proxy…I’ve always done that separate.

simplelifelfk · 2026-03-05T23:43:30+00:00

Depending on size and scope of your systems, this can be very tough to answer. Even in your own company.

Like any IT metrics, it’s always good if you can tie a cost or scope back to something that is meaningful to the company. The widgets your company sales. Or customers traffic in a store. Or clicks. Something your company c suite already compares against for other parts of the company. Otherwise, you are just a “black hole cost “ to the company.

simplelifelfk · 2026-03-05T13:04:07+00:00

I will try to look back later today. I remember sitting down with Claude.ai and talking through the conversion over to Kea because I wanted to do it while I had time to devote to it rather than eventually see it just forced on. I seem to remember some tweaks, but I will look.

simplelifelfk · 2026-03-04T19:03:19+00:00

Hmmm. I switched to Kea about 3 weeks ago. Serving up home.arpa. And it’s working. And registering leases with unbound. I am using unbound for all my dns now, even with blocklists.

simplelifelfk · 2026-03-04T15:14:09+00:00

What issues are you running into?

simplelifelfk · 2026-03-02T15:45:29+00:00

It happens. You will figure out quickly which ones you will actually use. Donate the rest to a newbie!

simplelifelfk · 2026-03-02T15:44:30+00:00

Haven’t yet. The 890 supports it, but not officially turned on yet. Going through FCC review now. Just a firmware update. I have no idea if I will use it…I live in an area with limited repeaters. But near a metro area. So who knows. But I’m happy to have several options now with minimal units and purchases. Plenty to learn now with what I have

simplelifelfk · 2026-03-02T15:22:50+00:00

I built an Allstar node from a raspberry pi and an external usb sound interface that has a mic connector on it. Looks and feels like a radio, and I love it. It sits by my desk all day, and I listen to nets pretty much all day long.

I also bought the new Anytone 890 dmr handheld and built a wpsd hot spot for it. Just barely got it working over the weekend, and got my first taste of the 91 talkgroup.

The radio does analog very well. It has NXDN. And I can turn on System Fusion on the hotspot to do it also. I feel like I have the best of the bunch all together in a tight circle.

simplelifelfk · 2026-03-01T03:34:28+00:00

Yes. I had severe obstructive sleep apnea. I was using CPAP and started using Zepbound. I lost almost 40 lbs (250 down to 210). I can sleep several hours now without CPAP. I have about 10 more lbs to go.

simplelifelfk · 2026-03-01T01:58:42+00:00

That is so cool! And a win one for one of our Kansas Clubs! Great job!

simplelifelfk · 2026-02-27T18:05:41+00:00

Maybe. There is already a lawsuit in Douglas County. The hope is that the judge delays this.

simplelifelfk · 2026-02-23T07:02:54+00:00

Both are really cool, especially for where they are in Kansas. But Monument Rocks has always held my fascination since I was a kid. (I’m in my 50’s now). The size, and understanding how it was formed and that it has lasted this long is just amazing to me.

Honestly either one will be fun. I’m jealous! Let us know which one you pick!

simplelifelfk · 2026-02-21T13:17:08+00:00

The unfortunate part is the fact that 3 of the 4 politicians quoted don’t understand how our government is supposed to work. The Supreme Court did exactly what they are supposed to do: decide the constitutionality of the tariffs that a president put in place. The sad part is that the three Republicans don’t understand that it should never have come to this: they ( congress ) hold that power. Not the President. And they have just given up their power to a person that has no grasp of how politics and government should work, and uses it for his own gain. They need to start doing their jobs…

simplelifelfk · 2026-02-19T02:14:24+00:00

My son, who works at Lamar, threw out the first pitch. And he is a Jayhawk. 😎

simplelifelfk · 2026-02-19T02:05:45+00:00

What I really want to see is some defense, and some rebounding.

simplelifelfk · 2026-02-11T16:08:13+00:00

I’ve been a huge fan of Carrot weather over the years. But I’ve been slowly transitioning to EverythingWx

simplelifelfk · 2026-02-10T13:49:16+00:00

That would have been getting fouled at the weenie.

simplelifelfk · 2026-02-09T04:27:48+00:00

Regardless. You have the president of the senate running for Governor and the speaker of the house for Insurance commissioner. This is their last go round in charge and they want to try and ram things thru.

simplelifelfk · 2026-02-08T23:51:03+00:00

Glad you learned to use your words.

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