In this episode of Mailbag Monday we learn of a POTA Theft. We also look at alternative ways to power your mobile ham radio while avoiding the firewall. Are Remote Contacts still Valid For Contests? And finally we talk about Antennas and Grounding for Aluminum Boats for POTA.
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Once a month we run an AMA Livestream where you can stop by and ask any questions about Ham Radio – even other things that we might know about, but don’t take credit for. This month I welcome Hayden from Down Under, VK7HH. Make plans to stop by and join on this week!
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Part 2 of My Prepper Series. This time we’re exploring Tactics for Mission critical comms and OPSEC. Defeating enemy intel, Budget Encryption, Channel hopping and more. This is the meat and potatoes of SHTF prepper Communications.
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Show Notes:
Join Me every Monday at Noon Mountain Time (1800 UTC) for the 2 Alpha Ham Radio Podcast Live. I’ll bring in short subjects that we can dive in and look at, you can bring up subjects to discuss. You can also join me as a guest on the show.
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Wires X: Youtubers 40448
FCS Reflector: Youtubers 003/48
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Today we review the Retevis RA89 Dual Band (2m and 70cm) FM radio. Overall I’m impressed, though there are a few things I wish were different. At 10/5/1 watt it’s a powerful, hefty, well-built radio. Here’s the Amazon link: https://bit.ly/45a1NaU which gets you to the North American version. Have fun!
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In this video, we take a look at the Baofeng UV-5R’s output signal quality using an Oscilloscope and Spectrum Analyzer. We will also compare it to the output from a BTECH DMR-6X2.
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Tonight we talk with Tamitha Skov, WX6SWW. She is going to explain to us how the sun affects amateur radio and what we need to know!
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And of course! Random coax adapters!
DigiRig here: https://www.gigaparts.com/nsearch/?lp=JOSH
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Retevis has a new GMRS Radio for the mobile GMRS user, the RA-87. Today we take a look at the menu system and power outputs of this radio.
Link – https://bit.ly/3Dxef8M
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