Hamradio
TM-V71a dual band mobile
by admin on Aug.08, 2009, under Daily, Hamradio
Today I couldn’t help myself. I bought a TM-V71a dual band radio for the car. The main reason why I chose this over the Yeasu was because I read that you don’t have to have a Kenwood HT to remote control it, also you don’t have to put it in ARTS mode to turn on the CW id. The TM-V71a also has an addon to make it APRS ready (which I’m really excited about). You can check out the addon at http://www.universal-radio.com/CATALOG/fm_txvrs/07270071.html
6 meter dipole
by admin on May.12, 2009, under Hamradio
Here it is, the dipole that I promised. Don’t laugh I threw it together in about 20 minutes. Yes, that is a radio shack solder spool. It was the only plastic insulator that I had available. I wrapped the other ends up and taped them and I’m amazed at the sheer strength of wire that it is.
