Dielectric posted:

Got an Android Phone?
http://sdrtouch.com/

Works with my Moto X, but I have to hub it because it draws too much power from the USB port.

Spaced God posted:

An aside, Amazon suggests I get UHF SO239 PL259 female to MCX male right angle and SMA male to MCX male connectors. Are these necessary for just plugging the SDR into a Raspberry Pi?

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Ham Op 3rd Most Popular Costume this Halloween Season

Middletown, Conn. — According to Venture Costumes, a Halloween costume retailer, Sexy Nurses and Teen Zombies had better watch out. “If you follow our market data, there is a significant, wide-spread interest in dressing up like a Ham Radio Operator for Halloween, and we want to meet that demand,” said CEO Matt Larr.

The company has rolled out its much-researched “Ham Kit” in time for trick-or-treating and wild office parties. “I spent a lot of time with a scanner listening to local repeaters. I even snuck into a few club meetings to really get into the belly of the beast. I was horrified and bewildered,” noted Evie Christian, lead costume designer for Venture. “In my opinion, I think I’ve come up with a great, terrifying product.”

Venture’s “Ham Kit” comes bundled with clothing, hair/beard dye, and accessories. The clothing portion includes a pair of off-orange Crocs, a pair of “broken-in” sweatpants, “LET’S FREQ!” novelty shirt, and a pair of rose-tinted glasses. Accessories include a Beofunger plastic HT with open squelch effect, blood glucose monitoring kit, LED callsign badge and embroidered callsign hat. A bonus “Ham Musk” spray which promises to “Bring Terror to the Senses!” is available for $5.99.

At press time, there were talks of a possible “Sexy Ham” novelty costume for women, however Venture’s creative team was having issues bridging the gap between the two concepts. The Ham Kit will be available at department stores soon with a MSRP of $31.00 USD.

Kennebago posted:

Thanks - what about DIY receiver kits for HF bands, any newbie-friendly ones?

I think it'd be neat to build my own and listen to longer range traffic while I'm studying for General and getting used to using a radio locally.

xergm posted:

Found this over in the OSHA thread. Be extra careful when messing around with the insides of a tube rig.

Sniep posted:

Jonny 290 posted:

yaesu ft-100 (Do not buy, some of them had final amps that were really flaky and you can't find the replacement module at any price)

nmfree posted:

So I get back from passing my test, and my FT-100 decided that the AM/SSB receive isn't going to work anymore. Apparently, there's not much that can be done because Yaesu doesn't support the radio anymore. So, now I have a $400 dual band V/UHF radio that isn't very reliable on either band (the finals are made out of paper or something).

Totally Reasonable posted:

I can listen fine already with my stupid SW setup at home, which is the silly version of 50ft of speaker wire. What I need is a couple of man-portable antennas for QRP 20 & 40 that I can chuck up into a tree and use to work data modes while sipping coffee on some godforsaken mountain.

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Amateur Electronic Supply (AES) Going Out of Business

Amateur Electronic Supply (AES) has announced that it is ceasing operations as of the end of July, 2016.

The Milwaukee-based retailer has four locations around the country, including Milwaukee; Cleveland (Wickliffe), Ohio; Las Vegas, Nevada and Orlando, Florida. It has long been the nation's second-largest ham radio dealer, after Ham Radio Outlet. No reason was given for the decision to close the business.

SoundMonkey posted:

hi, absentee slumlord here, did you guys want the thread title cha-

WHAT THE gently caress ARE YOU DOING TO CHINESE RADIOS

iospace posted:

I'm sort of getting into it because I did some DJing back in college, and the whole "broadcasting something that's your own" appeals to me.

Also talking to some random person cross town or however far you can broadcast is cool.

xergm posted:

Separation should probably be a foot or so from any metal, which would include the metal unistrut, so you'll want a little section of rope to let the center down a little.

poeticoddity posted:

Is the text version transmitted somewhere?

poeticoddity posted:

I had considered that, but I live near the border of two NOAA broadcast zones so I've always gotten significant static with all 3 radios I've tried (a Baofeng and two Yaesus).

I think I'm going to just shelve this idea and find something else worth doing with an SDR at some point.

Jonny 290 posted:

that being said, i really want the tarted up icom version, the p7a



hard to find

Jonny 290 posted:

Hopefully they're wise enough to stretch VHF RX through 162 mhz for NOAA weather, fatal flaw in the 817 in my opinion.

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Pimblor posted:

so are they whackers for knocking lights out at the gas station, or are they whackers for the uhhhhhh other reference