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BionicCruiser

BionicCruiser

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speaking of ham radios, I have acquired a handheld "Standard Horizon HX-370S". but the antenna broke. so I need a charger and an antenna. looks like I can find them on line, but it had a 17" long whip like antenna and everything on line is a rubber duck.

anyone know what whip antenna that may have been?
 
i have a Pryme RD-9 (mine is BNC but they do other connections) on my HT... it is a VERY flexible thin antenna. pretty sure they have a longer version too? i like it since it won't stab my roof inside the car.

-j
 
that helped a ton. I think what I have is the RD-98. more searching is in order, but that gives me a better direction. thanks!

some of these antennas say for 145/440 and others say 144/440. 144 and 145 are both in 2M aren't they? IIRC, 2M goes to 146 correct?

I forget all these technical stuffs.
 
no prob. yeay i actually added value!!:whoops::lol::flipoff2: But don't worry i won't make a habit of it. ;)

yeah i think you are correct, those freqs lie in 2M, and i could believe either possibility, either antenna only meets spec over that range they specify. or they have no clue. :meh:

-j
 
BionicCruiser said:
that helped a ton. I think what I have is the RD-98. more searching is in order, but that gives me a better direction. thanks!

some of these antennas say for 145/440 and others say 144/440. 144 and 145 are both in 2M aren't they? IIRC, 2M goes to 146 correct?

I forget all these technical stuffs.
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I think you are correct on the frequency over lap. On the antennas, the two common mounts I've seen for HTs are BNC, and SMA. BNC is the typical push/twist type, while SMA is a screw type. Have you looked at HamCity.com? They have a nice assortment of HT antennas.
 
haven't looked yet, but will. I have the SMA according to that info, thanks Jon. I was reading that there is a good cheap source for those too that's better than hamcity. it's book marked 'till I have more time. I've been working on the wife's Camry and my Ford today, in addition to wrestling practice and hops winterizing.

I wanted to be sure I was looking at the correct frequencies, because where I got this radio, frequencies not available to my ham license level were being used also.:ban:
 
pappy said:
I think you are correct on the frequency over lap. On the antennas, the two common mounts I've seen for HTs are BNC, and SMA. BNC is the typical push/twist type, while SMA is a screw type. Have you looked at HamCity.com? They have a nice assortment of HT antennas.
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and FWIW i found a very slick little SMA to BC adapter i leave on my HT so i can use the little BNC antenna and easily attach the HT to my mag mount antenna without messing with that scary little SMA connector (ask me sometime about the center pin of the SMA breaking off in my radio and the fun i had getting that bugger out)... let me know if you are interested and i'll track down where i found the adapter.
 
Mesa CB may have some stuff that may help. They've surprised me in the past with their inventory.
 
BionicCruiser said:
some of these antennas say for 145/440 and others say 144/440. 144 and 145 are both in 2M aren't they? IIRC, 2M goes to 146 correct?

I forget all these technical stuffs.
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The 2M band goes from 144.000 to 148.000 MHz. A lot of (most?) 2M radios will receive way below and above that, typically from 137 - 174 MHz which includes FRS, older police and emergency bands and etc.
 
santa is cool!

well it's not handheld, but it is ham. christmas present installed (kenwood TM-D710). the APRS is soooo easy to setup in this unit! now just gotta wire in my GPS so i'm not stationary anymore :D

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Congrats; the 710 is a great radio, I love mine. APRS is fun to play with, especially on a long road trip.
 
ooooh, aaah! very cool.
 
sl33p3 said:
well it's not handheld, but it is ham. christmas present installed (kenwood TM-D710). the APRS is soooo easy to setup in this unit! now just gotta wire in my GPS so i'm not stationary anymore :D
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Nice! You will enjoy that. We need a snow run so you can try it out.
 
1911 said:
Congrats; the 710 is a great radio, I love mine. APRS is fun to play with, especially on a long road trip.
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yeah had been doing quite a bit or research in advance but i am truly impressed with how well and how transparent all the guts of APRS is setup in this radio. kenwood really did a good job. i was listening in 10mins after hooking up my magmount in the house, sent my position and saw it on APRS.fi in 30sec, and sent myself email from it in another 5, again response was instant. all very easy. now don't get me wrong, email text input isn't fun with a rotary knob (you can also use the num pad on the mic, like old school texting), but it works. you can tell they had a APRS brain involved with them from the beginning (bob b.). i have to say if you want aprs and don't want to do laptop or all the other ways you can do it with standalone TNCs and cobbled displays of info. all methods have pros and cons but if you want simple and easy and still amazingly powerful, this is the real deal, at least my opinion so far.... subject to change without notice :p
 
sl33p3 said:
... i am truly impressed with how well and how transparent all the guts of APRS is setup in this radio. kenwood really did a good job.
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Whoever did the menus and the instruction manual for the 710 understands English a lot better than the folks who do the same for Yaesu. I like all of my Yaesu radios, but Kenwood is far ahead of them in this regard. Plus, Kenwood provides the programming cable with the radio and the software is free.
 
1911 said:
Whoever did the menus and the instruction manual for the 710 understands English a lot better than the folks who do the same for Yaesu. I like all of my Yaesu radios, but Kenwood is far ahead of them in this regard. Plus, Kenwood provides the programming cable with the radio and the software is free.
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i agree on yaesu, if you are not interested in APRS integrated (ie integrated TNC), the 8800 is a fantastic radio. and my vx5 HT has never let me down.

i had to buy my kenwood PC programming cable (which was a no-brainer) but the software is free. they DO give you a cable with the proper GPS end interface you have to adapt to your gps connection. is that what you are thinking of or have they changed packaging? if they have they get us for 30 bucks now.
 
sl33p3 said:
i had to buy my kenwood PC programming cable (which was a no-brainer) but the software is free. they DO give you a cable with the proper GPS end interface you have to adapt to your gps connection. is that what you are thinking of or have they changed packaging? if they have they get us for 30 bucks now.
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I've had mine for a year and a half, so possibly I mis-remember, but I thought my programming cable was supplied. Might have been a package deal I got when I bought it on sale at a hamfest.
 
1911 said:
I've had mine for a year and a half, so possibly I mis-remember, but I thought my programming cable was supplied. Might have been a package deal I got when I bought it on sale at a hamfest.
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ah yeah coulda been... i know i had to buy one and i don't have two :D
 
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