Skid Posted December 13, 2013 Share #51 Posted December 13, 2013 I've had my extra since 1995 and agree now you don't gain a lot of band, but it's nice to go where ever you want without thinking about your boundaries. Recently been playing on the 60 meters, and enjoy working it. N8YOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankd Posted December 14, 2013 Share #52 Posted December 14, 2013 If you like chasing DX, extra class gives you the bottom 25Khz. of most of the bands where it's a lot quieter and has a lot more DX operating there, but of course that's in the CW portion of the bands. 75 meter does have 100Khz. in the phone portion that's extra class only. Frank D. KA9J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N3FOL Posted December 15, 2013 Share #53 Posted December 15, 2013 Congrats on the new gear. Keep up on your studies for extra. Don't forget to learn code. It can be a lot of fun. I have 2m/440 on both mobile, but will not talk while on the venture. 😳. Antenna are half wave glass mount Larsen antennas. Great performance IMO. Base station is a dipole and 3 element Yagi on a 40 foot tower. Rig is a FT1000D. 73 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Myers Posted December 15, 2013 Share #54 Posted December 15, 2013 You have a glass mount on the bike?? I was under the impression the capacitive coupling only worked on glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Myers Posted December 15, 2013 Share #55 Posted December 15, 2013 TS 2000 160-70cm, 39 foot tower with 3 element 6m beam and ringo 6m vert. TYT 1.25M rig with vert on same tower at 30 foot. 56 foot heights fold over tower with 2m beam, 1.25m beam and dual bad vert on top 256foot long 80m loop strung between the towers and two trees for HF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Myers Posted December 15, 2013 Share #56 Posted December 15, 2013 2m-440 on my Vulcan YaesuFTM10r Kenwood TMD700 with APRS on my venture. Fitting another of same onto my Goldwing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDunc Posted December 15, 2013 Share #57 Posted December 15, 2013 I just could not let Bob be the only one showing his ummmmmmm tower! :) [ATTACH]81375[/ATTACH] 60ft HDBX with multiband and 2meter/440 vertical at the top. Also supports G5RV. Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Myers Posted December 15, 2013 Share #58 Posted December 15, 2013 I just could not let Bob be the only one showing his ummmmmmm tower! :) [ATTACH]81375[/ATTACH] 60ft HDBX with multiband and 2meter/440 vertical at the top. Also supports G5RV. Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk 2 Nice! I am a great fan of self supporting towers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N3FOL Posted December 16, 2013 Share #59 Posted December 16, 2013 You have a glass mount on the bike?? I was under the impression the capacitive coupling only worked on glass Negative. Glass mounts on both mobile (cars) only. Sorry to confuse you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N3FOL Posted December 16, 2013 Share #60 Posted December 16, 2013 Nice! I am a great fan of self supporting towers. Impressive towers for sure. Have fun dxing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Myers Posted December 16, 2013 Share #61 Posted December 16, 2013 Negative. Glass mounts on both mobile (cars) only. Sorry to confuse you. I was hoping you discovered something I been dreaming about for years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N3FOL Posted December 16, 2013 Share #62 Posted December 16, 2013 Which one is that, Bob? Something you invented? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Myers Posted December 16, 2013 Share #63 Posted December 16, 2013 No, I wish!. I have several times thought about taking an "on glass" and stick it to a plexi windshield just to prove to my self it won't work. If by some feat of magic it did i would have wasted an antenna on a scrap windshield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N3FOL Posted December 16, 2013 Share #64 Posted December 16, 2013 That is true. 😄 It also would look awkward to have antenna somewhere in front of you. I remember another fellow ham here and he posted pics and talked about everything about his 2m project install on his venture awhile back. I think he installed a yaesu 2m waterproof rig right where the cassette used to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Myers Posted December 16, 2013 Share #65 Posted December 16, 2013 I remember also reading parts of that. With the FTM you can mount the control face anywhere, it is waterproof. I found a unit called "MiX-It2", it is for combining 2 or more audio signals, and having one of those become "priority", it will enable my Sirius and Kw to act similar to the way the factory radio does now. I set one up on my Goldwing using the Aux input and a MiX-It2, works beautifully, next project is to do the same to the Venture. I have the radio mounted and working 100% already , just waiting for me to tap the PTT switch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tx2sturgis Posted December 16, 2013 Share #66 Posted December 16, 2013 The FTM-10 has worked well on the Ural. I mostly use it for tunes via the built-in FM radio, but I can use the VHF-UHF when need be. I did have to modify the microphone to reduce noise pickup, even with the mic gain set to minimum, it picked up a lot of background audio while riding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daveand Barbie Posted December 31, 2013 Share #67 Posted December 31, 2013 A number of years ago, I looked high and low for a microphone to use under my helmet in the race car with an IC4AT that I used to communicate with my crew chief, KB8TY. I found a Comet ear microphone that is a speaker/mic that fits in the ear. It worked great for quite a number of years until I retired from racing. I know that that particular device is no longer manufactured and Comet has concentrated on manufacturing antennas these days. I may cruise Ebay to keep an eye for another in the event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N3FOL Posted February 28, 2014 Share #68 Posted February 28, 2014 I am looking for a new dual band 2m/440 rig for my '13 Camry. I am not sure where to mount the rig, but do you guys have any suggestions as to what kind of rig and type of mounting? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Myers Posted February 28, 2014 Share #69 Posted February 28, 2014 Icom IC208 is very small, has remote mount head. For today compact cabins that may be best bet, using a remote mount. I am a huge fan of Yaesu, have FTM10R on both of our Vulcans, it too is remote mount or radio mount head. Very nice used ones can be had for under 300, don't get a FTM10S, they are only 10 watts I have a Kenwood TMD 700 on both the Venture and Goldwing, they are remote head as well, quite large display. I have a Yaesu FTM 350 remote mount in my Magnum, that display is very large Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tx2sturgis Posted February 28, 2014 Share #70 Posted February 28, 2014 (edited) I am looking for a new dual band 2m/440 rig for my '13 Camry. I am not sure where to mount the rig, but do you guys have any suggestions as to what kind of rig and type of mounting? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk There are several dual banders that have remote mounted transceivers (with long cables) so all you will see on the dash or console is the control face and the microphone. Some of these radios have the mic connector in the transceiver body, so another extension cable will be needed. Figure out your budget, ($300 to $600 is in the ball park) the type of mounting you want, and the features you'd like, (dual receive, D-Star, wideband receive, etc) and go from there. The big three, Kenwood, Yaesu, and Icom, have several good radios that will work. Diamond/Comet/NCG makes some really nice dual band antennas and mounts that work well on the newer cars. (stay away from the magnetic type) Links for surfing the ham radio websites.... www.gigaparts.com http://www.gigaparts.com/Product-Lines/VHF-UHF-Radios_2/ www.dxengineering.com www.hamradio.com www.aesham.com (broken links fixed, thanks Bob) (Gigaparts and DX Engineering are my favorite Ham Radio vendors) A few thoughts from personal experience: The Yaesu FT-7900 has a compact faceplate and easily readable display, fairly easy to program, and the mic port is on the face of the unit. You might need a separation kit, and a speaker extension for remote mounting. It does one band at a time, not dual receive, but does have wideband receive. Good intermod rejection. Reasonable price. I have made my own seperation cables using standard flat modular cable and connectors, and as long as you observe correct wiring layout, they work well...saving some bucks. The Kenwood TM-V71 is dual receive, wideband, but the mic port is on the transceiver body. (sep kit needed for faceplate, mic, AND speaker) The display is a bit wider and the digits are a bit smaller. The microphone is a bit large for smaller hands but still manageable. Decent intermod performance, but a little bit gets thru here and there. Kenwood mobiles usually have outstanding transmit audio. Just sayin! Icom mobiles are not my favorite, (they seem to have poorer intermod performance in my area) but if you're an Icom fan, you already have the tattoo and are familiar with them, so I wont have much to add! I really like Icom HF rigs...my favorite by far for ragchewing and contesting. But everyone has a preference and thats whey they make so many! Edited February 28, 2014 by tx2sturgis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N3FOL Posted March 2, 2014 Share #71 Posted March 2, 2014 I may start looking at newer yaesu dual band rigs. I have the ft5200 dual band in my other cager, but every time I drive the newer car I am left with no radio. Not a good feeling. I prefer something that I don't have to drill on the dash. Perhaps a suction cup mount is good with a detachable face. Thanks for all the links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stardbog Posted March 12, 2014 Share #72 Posted March 12, 2014 Funny, I was active HAM radio operator back in Europe has my A class license. I did have 2 radios, one was Atlas 215 DX. and other one was Yaesu FT-1000 I Love more Atlas even if was Max 100 W output, looks like whoever make that unit know what he is doing. has only 2 mode CW ( morse code ) and SSB mike. Mostly operated on 3.5, 7,14 and 21 meters frequencies. My prefix in Europe was YU1AHX 773 my fellow ham-ers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skid Posted March 12, 2014 Share #73 Posted March 12, 2014 I've had mine since 1993 and still very active. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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