Both antennas arrived Wednesday. I’ve played around a bit with the buddistick but haven’t unpacked the Yoyo Vee adjustable dipole. I haven’t had the time to setup the Buddistick and get it properly configured for use. I’m hoping to get it set up tonight, though it’s been quite windy out today. We’ll see. I don’t…
Hamshpere
I’m still waiting on some antennas, (a buddistick and a YoYo Vee) so, I thought I’d play around with Hamsphere a bit while waiting for my wife to get home. I listened to some conversations between a guy in a New York shipyard and another guy in Scotland and a few other hard to decipher…
Station Update
The TYT TF 9800 and the Yaesu FT 2980 were returned and the Yaesu FT 857D is being setup. I’m waiting on a couple of antennas, a YoYo Vee 3 band and Buddistick adjustable vertical. I’ve acquired Ham Radio Deluxe software and connected the 857D to my computer. The Ham Radio Deluxe software allows me…
Station Upgrade
So after a very short time with the Yaesu 2980 and the TYT 9800, I realized that I was missing what had been the best radio I’ve ever owned, the Yaesu 857D. I packed up the 2980 and 9800 and shipped them back and bought the 857D. I’ll be setting it up with a YOYO…
TYT TF-9800 Quad Band
I received the TF-9800 yesterday and was able to quickly program it using Chirp, which was a nice change from the Yaesu programming software. I installed it in less than ten minutes this morning, I just unplugged the Yaesu 2980 and plugged in the TYT. The TYT has a removable face plate which is a…
Yaesu 2980r/e Programming
So I’ve been using the smart scan feature for a few days and I’ve found it to be a bit tedious. My radio is mounted on the console of my SUV (with zip ties) because I couldn’t bring myself to do anything that would in any way damage the interior. In this configuration, the display…