It’s been a long time since the last post to this site. During the break, I sold a house, rented an apartment, then bought another house. I still haven’t gotten the Yaesu 857D setup here, I’ve been more focused on GMRS lately, though I have several Ham Handhelds in addition to the several GMRS and…
Radios Everywhere
I’ve taken the first steps to ramping the Ham Shack back up. Pictured are an assortment of Baofeng handhelds, a Yaesu FT-60 Handheld, a Yaesu 857D All band mobile unit, a TYT MD-UV380 DMR handheld, a TYT TH-9800, a President McKinley 40 Channel CB, a Cobra HH50 WXST CB Walkie Talkie. Not pictured is a…
Yaesu FT-60R
Next up I’ll be playing with the Yaesu FT-60R. What I’ve learned so far is that programming the Yaesu FT-60 isn’t the easiest, most intuitive process. I’m not going to go through the programming process here. I’ll just say, even when using Chirp the process wasn’t intuitive. Disclaimer, I am used to programming the Baofeng…
New Radio in Town
So I received a new radio today. The President McKinley 40 channel SSB. – 40 channels AM / SSB– 12 / 24 V– Channel rotary switch– Volume adjustment and ON/OFF– Manual squelch and ASC– Multi-function LCD display– S-meter– ANL filter, NB and HI-CUT – Channels and memories scan – 3 Memories– F function key– Beep Function– Dual…
Breaker-Breaker, How about you Rubberduck?
So I installed a CB in my SUV. You might ask, Why? Why would you go to CB when you’re a licensed Amateur? Well, I was surprised to find that there is still a lot of activity on CB. I still have all of my Ham equipment and intend to keep and use it. I’ve…
GRMS
Today I received my GRMS (General Mobile Radio Service) license. The license is easy enough to get, just fill out the FCC form and pay $70. The General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) is a licensed radio service that uses channels around 462 MHz and 467 MHz. The most common use of GMRS channels is for short-distance, two-way voice communications using hand-held radios,…