Ham Radio

[rollerdj 10+ year member]

hey jim, whats your call letters? i don't have my licence yet, but i still listen in a lot. mostly to 2 meter stuff, but i will hit up my uncles bigger set and listen in. i need to studie some more so i can get mine. allthough i've learned morse code > me. i still havn't got that down yet.

 

[quins90lac 10+ year member]

as far as the radios go about the nicest ones ive seen are the icom radios. just got done putting one in my fatherinlaw's 02 Tahoe. real clean to the brain is under the center console and the only thing on the dash is the display and the mic

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

I've had good luck with Icom stuff...no need to buy the latest radio, as long as it hasn't been abused one that's a couple years old will work just fine.

 

[farmerehsan 10+ year member]

those are mainly home radios right? i wanna be able to put it on my dash

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

hey jim, whats your call letters?

KG4NEL. I've been thinking about getting a shortened vanity call, but haven't picked one yet.

allthough i've learned morse code > me. i still havn't got that down yet.

Anything over 10wpm or so kicks my ***. I had to take the 5wpm test, but they did away with the higher speeds by the time I took the exams //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

those are mainly home radios right? i wanna be able to put it on my dash

All the big manufacturers (Icom, Kenwood, Yaesu) make mobile radios...I had an Icom IC-706MK2G that had the remote faceplate, the radio itself went under the seat, the control head and microphone were all I had up front.

 

[farmerehsan 10+ year member]

how bout something like this :

http://cgi.ebay.com/Police-Fire-Ham-Radio-Scanner-Vintage-SX-100_W0QQitemZ120382056287QQihZ002QQcategoryZ149989QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[farmerehsan 10+ year member]

even better:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Yaesu-FT-5100-Dual-Band-Ham-Radio-Transceiver_W0QQitemZ130288708406QQihZ003QQcategoryZ4674QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Something like that would work great. What are you doing for an antenna?

 

[farmerehsan 10+ year member]

that was my next question.. i have a cb whip already...would i need another antenna or can i use 1 for both?

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

You'd need another antenna.

I've got class now, but in the meantime, go to http://www.rffun.com and look at their VHF/UHF antennas.

 

[farmerehsan 10+ year member]

alright thanks man...

heres another one i love but just to expensive

http://cgi.ebay.com/Uniden-TrunkTracker-III-BC780XLT-Police-Scanner-500-Ch_W0QQitemZ110351757510QQihZ001QQcategoryZ96966QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[ToyTundra 10+ year member]

HAM crew signing in.

 

[mattf 5,000+ posts]

I'm suprised there is this many hams on this site.