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PuTTY riot posted:i got a $10 iron and kit from radio shack and nooooooo you will regret this
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maniacdevnull posted:nooooooo you will regret this not really. I got and like this though http://www.amazon.com/Aoyue-937-Dig...ldering+station and will probably upgrade to http://www.amazon.com/Aoyue-Functio...yue+desoldering soon
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maniacdevnull posted:nooooooo you will regret this i mean its like a $6 cigarette adapter im fixing i dont rly want to put a bunch of money into this its more of a 'hey i fixed it' thing lol. we will see.
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A Yolo Wizard posted:and will probably upgrade to http://www.amazon.com/Aoyue-Functio...yue+desoldering soon just checking you're not planning on ditching a pencil kit FOR that are you, that's an addon that you have use for?
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theres prob a better thread for this but im kinda hoping jonny loves truckstop rv and antenna repair will chime in cause i remember him having some fancy dc power setup. i think i wanna do a run from the car battery into the cabin to power an inverter and ham gear. I don't rly know what all is involved w/ that. I'd want to be able to connect/disconnect stuff @ will and also would want to be able to have a lil 3 way toggle switch that was always on/relay/always off. obvs i want to get the correct gauge wire and fuses and whatnot but im not rly sure where to start and how much it woudl cost kinda related but also eventually i may add a deep cycle battery cause apparently there's a factory spot for a second battery. is the $200ish delayed relay isolator or w/e the only correct way to go? that kinda kills the budget for a aux power system that would hardly ever get used (im actually a prepper).
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I soldered that thing back on but I didn't take a picture it's rly ugly but it works so that's cool. I need some sort of stress relief tho maybe I'll just use hot glue
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Bloody posted:lmfao if you solder without uhh something from this page http://www.digikey.com/product-sear...d=0&pageSize=25 although i actually have no idea what flux we use but the poo poo is fantastic i just bought a big bottle of the liquid stuff and put it in some syringes. flux is loving magic, especially when you're soldering surface-mount.
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just picked up so-50 again. satellites are fun i need to make a 2m/70cm yagi or smth so i can rly sat it up
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im gonna make a discone for my sdr dongles cause im not picking up 700mhz stuff as well as i'd like to w/ the included antennas: using these dimensions  it should look something like this:  im using 14 gauge stainless steel tie wire instead of coathangers tho. i hope my lovely soldering iron is up to the task of soldering that to a washer, tho i read that wrapping stripped cat6 wire around the joints and soldering that might work better? i dont have any mcx adapters yet (slowboating from china atm). i was wondering if i can just disassemble the included antenna and connect both of them to the discone at the same time. since its just RX it should be fine right?
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just bought a Bofang or whatever the gently caress radio off amazon and started studying for the test because of this thread. looks like my area has a pretty active ham club. should I join? the pics on their website make it look like all grandpas
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Crossbar posted:just bought a Bofang or whatever the gently caress radio off amazon and started studying for the test because of this thread. yeah do it so u can talk on their repeaters. ur not gonna be able to do much else w/ a baofeng unless simplex on the interstate is actually a thing?
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Crossbar posted:just bought a Bofang or whatever the gently caress radio off amazon and started studying for the test because of this thread. it will be all grandpas, tedious 20-something neckbeards, and maybe eagle scout toolbags (the worst of them all) there should be a nation-wide chill net at like 11 p.m. on Thursdays, everybody just get on a local repeater and drink beers, no radio or politics talk allowed. all the greybeards and children go to bed by 8:30 so you're set. PuTTY riot posted:yeah do it so u can talk on their repeaters. ur not gonna be able to do much else w/ a baofeng unless simplex on the interstate is actually a thing? i talk on their repeaters anyway, gently caress it how are they going to stop me?
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Pham Nuwen posted:maybe eagle scout toolbags (the worst of them all) lol theres def at least one of those. i think he volunteers to do 'escorts' on campus or smth cause one time i heard him complaining that no girls ever use it. lol. i guess maybe hes thinking he can meet some babes and be a gentleman and whatnot quote:The Crime Prevention Program of UPD coordinates the Rebel Patrol Student Escort Service. Rebel Patrol escorts offer on-campus walk-along escorts for anyone concerned about walking alone on campus. UPD officers are available to provide on-campus escorts when Rebel Patrol escorts are not on duty. For an escort, call UPD at 915-7234.
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PuTTY riot posted:yeah do it so u can talk on their repeaters. ur not gonna be able to do much else w/ a baofeng unless simplex on the interstate is actually a thing? but won't it just be the grandpas on the repeaters? what would we talk about? kind of having second thoughts now because this whole hobby is about communication and i just realized I have no idea what i'd communicate. kind of deep really.
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Crossbar posted:but won't it just be the grandpas on the repeaters? what would we talk about? kind of having second thoughts now because this whole hobby is about communication and i just realized I have no idea what i'd communicate. kind of deep really. u talk about mowing grass and the weather. thankfully i have yet to hear any politicschat.
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PuTTY riot posted:u talk about mowing grass i loving hate that so i guess i'm good
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im driving to dallas for thanksgiving. i wonder if i should try to find some repeaters or smth along the way to program in before i leave. also i wonder if 146.52 will have any traffic
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Crossbar posted:i loving hate that so i guess i'm good yeah its nice to be able to listen to the repeater when thers a tornado warning tho (2 so far since ive gotten my ticket ~7 months ago). real nice.
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PuTTY riot posted:yeah its nice to be able to listen to the repeater when thers a tornado warning tho (2 so far since ive gotten my ticket ~7 months ago). real nice. i meant i hate mowing the grass and would like to bitch about it so i'm back onboard
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Crossbar posted:i meant i hate mowing the grass and would like to bitch about it so i'm back onboard oh. yeha. noice.
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put in for my FCC license address change the other day! excite.
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Jonny 290 posted:put in for my FCC license address change the other day! excite. i did this a few weeks ago. right after i moved i thought i updated it but apparently i dind't do it in the right place or smth? anywya you'll get a nice envelope with FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION OFFICIAL BUSINESS on it. always feels good. need 2 get mine laminated or smth
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PuTTY riot posted:i did this a few weeks ago. right after i moved i thought i updated it but apparently i dind't do it in the right place or smth? anywya you'll get a nice envelope with FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION OFFICIAL BUSINESS on it. always feels good. need 2 get mine laminated or smth i'm in 0-land now. its weeeeeeird, dude (reminder that I have a 4-land call, then lived in AR which is 5)
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PuTTY riot posted:yeah its nice to be able to listen to the repeater when thers a tornado warning tho (2 so far since ive gotten my ticket ~7 months ago). real nice. u no u can listen w/o a license rite
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Bloody posted:u no u can listen w/o a license rite ya this is true, and i did for a few weeks betweeen purchasing baofeng and showing up in ULS
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auuuuugh i bought a new programming cable for my scanner and they listed the model and all. it's just a straight through usb cable. you idiots it has to have a serial to usb chip
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PuTTY riot posted:lol theres def at least one of those. i think he volunteers to do 'escorts' on campus or smth cause one time i heard him complaining that no girls ever use it. lol. i guess maybe hes thinking he can meet some babes and be a gentleman and whatnot that's exactly why, too often those "safe walk" services are stocked with gross dudes on yet another power trip when they should totally be girl gangs armed with brass knuckles and baseball bats
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pops wanted to show off his new radio gear the box labelled "Alpha 374" is a 3000 watt linear amp he's trying to thin some stuff out
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Tell pops to spin the dial on the Ranger a bit before taking any more pics, but that is a god drat beautiful setup. Tell him a weird guy from Arkansas has starry eyes for his Yaesu line e: with a pro setup like that he's gotta have some metal in the air. Requesting antenna pics
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As for my radio status, we have been working hard to winterize and I have not really gotten on much. however I do have the 102" whip running through a tuner to the Icom 735. Cool facts: --Colorado is 0-land for callsigns and it is weird --oh my god I can hear California guys all the time now --oh my god is that NZ --what, that ham is japanese --Denver has a 10 meter FM repeater and it's loving cool. haven't gotten on it yet but i can listen a bunch The 10-20 meter HF whip is extended but not hooked up, I have to bolt up a grounding strap. antennas dont like not having counterpoises and will poo poo RF back to the radio hard
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I found out my dad's lovely outside jobs radio gets citizen band. As far as I can tell, the only people still using the airwaves are three Black Supremacy groups playing pre-recorded messages from the 1980s. Is this par for the course?
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madeupfred posted:I found out my dad's lovely outside jobs radio gets citizen band. As far as I can tell, the only people still using the airwaves are three Black Supremacy groups playing pre-recorded messages from the 1980s. Is this par for the course? usually it's white people but yeah that sounds about right.
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Jonny 290 posted:Tell pops to spin the dial on the Ranger a bit before taking any more pics, but that is a god drat beautiful setup. Tell him a weird guy from Arkansas has starry eyes for his Yaesu line https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez7hAP3q9ok it's a 33' SteppIR BigIR CRIP EATIN BREAD fucked around with this message at 16:30 on Nov 21, 2014 |
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Hey Jonny, I picked up a BCD396XT and am looking to replace the rubber duck that came with. Since I can't put any wires up for a proper antenna, what's a good (moderately pricey) replacement? I'm trying to find something else to listen to other than the Metro bus drivers puttering around town yelling about breakdowns and the police responding to stray dog calls.
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LieutenantFrost posted:Hey Jonny, I picked up a BCD396XT and am looking to replace the rubber duck that came with. Since I can't put any wires up for a proper antenna, what's a good (moderately pricey) replacement? I'm trying to find something else to listen to other than the Metro bus drivers puttering around town yelling about breakdowns and the police responding to stray dog calls. nice! yeah that stock duck is poo poo. I know that everybody swears by the radio shack 800 mhz antenna, oddly enough. I'll dig around and see if I can get some better recos
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