ActionfigureJoe Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 Just picked myself up a small, Chinese handheld transceiver. 8w unit. Seems to work good. Great for the bug out bag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaturallyAspirated Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 @Kivalo is working on his. I have some 900mhz ISM stuff and handheld VHF/CB. Neal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member Kivalo Posted February 8, 2023 Gold Member Share Posted February 8, 2023 Im currently taking an online study program for my HAM Tech and General lic. I bought a UV5R-X3 radio since it was cheap an got really great reviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCR1250 Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 1 hour ago, ActionfigureJoe said: Just picked myself up a small, Chinese handheld transceiver. 8w unit. Seems to work good. Great for the bug out bag. I was back in the 1960's thru mid 70's..300 watt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01mxz800 Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 I was an outlaw with illegal 10 meter modified for CB with a 1k watt linear and Moonraker 4 beam on 40' tower 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ActionfigureJoe Posted February 9, 2023 Author Share Posted February 9, 2023 5 hours ago, NaturallyAspirated said: @Kivalo is working on his. I have some 900mhz ISM stuff and handheld VHF/CB. Neal I have a couple of older GMRS handsets. This is the unit I picked up. Under $70. Programmable over a wide variety of frequencies. These Chinese radios are quite amazing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member Kivalo Posted February 9, 2023 Gold Member Share Posted February 9, 2023 2 hours ago, 01mxz800 said: I was an outlaw with illegal 10 meter modified for CB with a 1k watt linear and Moonraker 4 beam on 40' tower Did you have a black leather coat and carry a comb in your back pocket? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member Kivalo Posted February 9, 2023 Gold Member Share Posted February 9, 2023 20 minutes ago, ActionfigureJoe said: I have a couple of older GMRS handsets. This is the unit I picked up. Under $70. Programmable over a wide variety of frequencies. These Chinese radios are quite amazing. I got the 5watt version of that same radio except mine has 3 bands. Pretty cheap for all the features you get. These things get pretty good reviews from most as well. The purists seem to hate them but I think that's mostly about the whole "made in china" thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ActionfigureJoe Posted February 9, 2023 Author Share Posted February 9, 2023 32 minutes ago, Kivalo said: I got the 5watt version of that same radio except mine has 3 bands. Pretty cheap for all the features you get. These things get pretty good reviews from most as well. The purists seem to hate them but I think that's mostly about the whole "made in china" thing. yep. Emotions run high over the Chinese radios. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member Kivalo Posted February 9, 2023 Gold Member Share Posted February 9, 2023 LOL I watched a bunch of that guys videos before I bought. He does a good job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01mxz800 Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Kivalo said: Did you have a black leather coat and carry a comb in your back pocket? nope just caused hate and discontent on the airwaves, still do when trucking, much the same as the hate and discontent I cause on the interwebs, same asshole different delivery system Edited February 9, 2023 by 01mxz800 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat45 Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 3 hours ago, ActionfigureJoe said: I have a couple of older GMRS handsets. This is the unit I picked up. Under $70. Programmable over a wide variety of frequencies. These Chinese radios are quite amazing. A bunch of us use those radios for hunting. For the money they work ok, recieve range is a couple miles but output is only about a mile in northern wi terrain. If you're looking for 1 to run in your van check out the yaesu or icom radios. I run a yaesu 2980 and it has been great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f7ben Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 I’m guessing OP has a lot more experience operating various sausages than any HAM stuff!!! ba dum pssss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ActionfigureJoe Posted February 9, 2023 Author Share Posted February 9, 2023 8 hours ago, Cat45 said: A bunch of us use those radios for hunting. For the money they work ok, recieve range is a couple miles but output is only about a mile in northern wi terrain. If you're looking for 1 to run in your van check out the yaesu or icom radios. I run a yaesu 2980 and it has been great. I get 1.5-2 miles in the hills which is more than adequate. I connect with repeaters over 35 miles away. A better antenna improves transmission. I already have a 50w Midland in the van. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat45 Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 (edited) 6 minutes ago, ActionfigureJoe said: I get 1.5-2 miles in the hills which is more than adequate. I connect with repeaters over 35 miles away. A better antenna improves transmission. I already have a 50w Midland in the van. We use them on foot in the woods so a larger antenna won't work very good for us. They are pretty cool little radios being able to hook to the repeaters. Lot's of capabilities in a small package. 1 other thing if you use it outside, they aren't waterproof like most handheld marine radios so any moisture at all gets in there and they're junk. Edited February 9, 2023 by Cat45 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ActionfigureJoe Posted February 9, 2023 Author Share Posted February 9, 2023 58 minutes ago, Cat45 said: We use them on foot in the woods so a larger antenna won't work very good for us. They are pretty cool little radios being able to hook to the repeaters. Lot's of capabilities in a small package. 1 other thing if you use it outside, they aren't waterproof like most handheld marine radios so any moisture at all gets in there and they're junk. When it rains I stay inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01mxz800 Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 1 hour ago, ActionfigureJoe said: I get 1.5-2 miles in the hills which is more than adequate. I connect with repeaters over 35 miles away. A better antenna improves transmission. I already have a 50w Midland in the van. a good antenna matched to the radio along with a proper tune of the radio (peak and tweak) by a qualified tech and it will be a whole different radio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted February 9, 2023 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 9, 2023 1 minute ago, 01mxz800 said: a good antenna matched to the radio along with a proper tune of the radio (peak and tweak) by a qualified tech and it will be a whole different radio I need that bigtime, mine sucks balls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01mxz800 Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 (edited) 9 minutes ago, steve from amherst said: I need that bigtime, mine sucks balls BIG difference, the radio that I use in my semi is a off the shelf Uniden 76 with matched twin Wilson 2000 trucker antennas and radio tuned and peaked, dead keys at 4 watts swings 40, 5 to 15 mile range depending on conditions Edited February 9, 2023 by 01mxz800 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted February 9, 2023 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 9, 2023 I havnt bothered yet cause the only time I use it is when I come up on traffic jam. Turn it on to see if it is worth jumping exit or not. But at this point it is kinda useless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckf Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Rob was in to ham radios big time. His backyard had several different antennas. He has postcards from around the world from people that he made contact with. I recall him getting excited once when he contacted someone that had setup a temporary radio station on a small island . I think it was between South America and Antarctica. It may have been South Africa and Antarctica. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01mxz800 Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 21 minutes ago, ckf said: Rob was in to ham radios big time. His backyard had several different antennas. He has postcards from around the world from people that he made contact with. I recall him getting excited once when he contacted someone that had setup a temporary radio station on a small island . I think it was between South America and Antarctica. It may have been South Africa and Antarctica. I remember him talking about being ham operator, wife was MARS operator in Marine Corps. we were going to get ham licences but never followed through 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ActionfigureJoe Posted February 9, 2023 Author Share Posted February 9, 2023 1 hour ago, ckf said: Rob was in to ham radios big time. His backyard had several different antennas. He has postcards from around the world from people that he made contact with. I recall him getting excited once when he contacted someone that had setup a temporary radio station on a small island . I think it was between South America and Antarctica. It may have been South Africa and Antarctica. I didn’t know that about rob. What a talented dude he was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckf Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 45 minutes ago, ActionfigureJoe said: I didn’t know that about rob. What a talented dude he was. He did it as a kid and got back in to it shortly after he started FS v1.0. He also had postcards that he sent out to radio operator's that contacted him. I never really understood how that all worked, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Back in the day it was fun to run a short wave or CB. When we trailered north back in the late 80’s and early 90’s we all had cb’s. Today it’s cell phones and sat radios. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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