Ham radio
#11
HAM radio on a vehicle? Are you talking shortwave? Alas, shortwave radio is fading into oblivion in the internet age. Better/cheaper/faster on the 'net. Amplification and more so antenna requirements make shortwave impossible on a vehicle.
Assuming, of course, this is what you were referring to.
Assuming, of course, this is what you were referring to.
#12
Depends on what you like. I learned Morse from a ham that could carry on a conversation with you while he copied 35 WPM. I've sat in a Rolls with a Collins KWM2 mounted under the dash. Some hams enjoy hill topping and working as many contacts as possible on a QRP (low power) rig. Others work contests to log into every county in the US. The ARRL antenna manual may still be teaching material at Tech, it's that good. The ham hobby is pretty broad. Repeaters on Stone Mountain and other locations give lots of coverage. With the best 90 watt Motorola repeater money could buy, on about 470 MHz, atop the Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta, and with a 9db omni antenna I could talk with my service fleet out to Bimingham, Augusta, and Dublin in the early evening, about half that far at lunch time. Now, with packet radio (we call it Nextel) I can walkie-talki nationwide. So things are better, just like having the RAVE on your smartphone. But sometimes you need the old reliable tools.
#13
Depends on what you like. I learned Morse from a ham that could carry on a conversation with you while he copied 35 WPM. I've sat in a Rolls with a Collins KWM2 mounted under the dash. Some hams enjoy hill topping and working as many contacts as possible on a QRP (low power) rig. Others work contests to log into every county in the US. The ARRL antenna manual may still be teaching material at Tech, it's that good. The ham hobby is pretty broad. Repeaters on Stone Mountain and other locations give lots of coverage. With the best 90 watt Motorola repeater money could buy, on about 470 MHz, atop the Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta, and with a 9db omni antenna I could talk with my service fleet out to Bimingham, Augusta, and Dublin in the early evening, about half that far at lunch time. Now, with packet radio (we call it Nextel) I can walkie-talki nationwide. So things are better, just like having the RAVE on your smartphone. But sometimes you need the old reliable tools.
#17
#18
IM your gun savvy guy. Trust me. WHat you need is what the army has. There's a mount for dual AA-12 full auto shotguns on a turret where they mount upside down and each one has a double barrell magazine, it's pretty sick. Great for mowing down zombies
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#20
To bring life to an am operator for over 20+ years. I work in EMCOMM, and I love mobile radio. I have just picked up a CB just to round out the radios I want to put in the truck. I will mount an ATAS-120 Mobile HF antenna on the rear hatch, and run my FT-857D Mobile for HF. I have a FT-8800 mounted remotely in the rea on one of the humps where the rear jump seats mount. The head sits on the dash. The antenna is a Diamond clone, OPEK 2m/70cm. The mount is a 3/8 NMO drilled into the roof, and allows me to fold it over. I do SAR, so 4wd helps too, as well as Storm Chasing. I also have a Hi-Q 680 MC-3 Mobile antenna, Haggar the Horrible the wife calls it, and it is the best 80-6m Mobile antenna out there, but it is HUGE. Marine Corps HF Antenna. Weighs in at about 60 Lbs with mount. Any other hams out there Roving???
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