Pro-2X
Suspension Lift
- Location
- Rockmart, GA
It gets rid of background noise and weak garbled signals.
200 ft, honestly there's no way to tell. People say 1 mile per watt but that's in ideal( you'll never see them) conditions. That's if the thing even still works and is still putting out 5 watts. If you use it for trail comma inside a vehicle, good luck because your in a metal cage that's going to block signal getting in and out of the radio unless you use an external antenna
Not sent with the stupid auto guide app
So it's no good for using in a car to listen to truckers?
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It'll work fine, especially on trails, remember, old radio gear wasn't built as a "throw away" like most current radio gear is...
The vehicle will reduce range, but, not that drastically...at worst, find a local cb shop and get a magnetic external antenna, and put it out when needed, pull it back in when not.
This. That'd be your best bet.
I can get a magnetic antenna for $12 at a local pawn.
But it does need an RCA connector
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You just have a shop do the conversion for you.
What kind of shop
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Yep. 99.9% cb here. Have also been interested in HAM.I've been interested in HAM, but no one uses it on the east coast.
I've been interested in HAM, but no one uses it on the east coast.
Go for it! Check out Laurel VEC. They do free testing all over the country. I'm ome of their VEs here locally.Ive done some studying but never enough to take the test. In my area its basically just a bunch of old guys jaw jackin during the nets. I have some baofengs that i listen to repeaters during storms and since if theres an emergency and other forms of comms are down its still legal to use them to call for help.
Maybe one day ill actually take the test.....
I see youre in VA....are you able to hit the Mt Mitchell repeater? It covers like 5 states and is in the mountains of NC. Its roughly 50 miles straight shot from me i think.... like i can hit it with the cheap little handhelds.Go for it! Check out Laurel VEC. They do free testing all over the country. I'm ome of their VEs here locally.
Join in with them, they're just passing time till they have someone interested in learning. There's lots of things to do. I like doing remote operations in contests.
We did an overnight a few years ago, operating out of my big tent, in a very rare county for the Va QSO Party. That was a ton of fun! Cooked up some good ribeyes on my buddy's Skottle and drank a couple ice cold (literally, it was snowing) 807s!
I see youre in VA....are you able to hit the Mt Mitchell repeater? It covers like 5 states and is in the mountains of NC. Its roughly 50 miles straight shot from me i think.... like i can hit it with the cheap little handhelds.
I've never tried. What's the tune info for it. I'm in a hole here, so I have trouble with distant repeaters...
You might as well try. Im in a hole and can atleast ping it with 4 watts (maybe its 5) its the highest point anywhere around here.No way I could hit it. There's too many mountains between me and it. Even if it was a clear shot, I'd need 300W and a good yagi to have a chance unless the band opened up.
You might as well try. Im in a hole and can atleast ping it with 4 watts (maybe its 5) its the highest point anywhere around here.
A buddy just talk me into a BaoFeng UV-5R. Looks like I need to start studying! :-D