Message from @[VA] JediComms
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I have a yaseu 3200dr in the car with a 57 in whip. Works fantastic. And a FTM400xdr at home
Here are some of my radios. Aside from the Baofeng UV-82HP, the rest can do analog, P25Conventional, and P25Trunked. Three of the portables and the mobile base station they are sitting on can do multi-band (136MHz through 861/870MHz). The portable off to the right is a single band, UHF-High only. AES and DES encryption is also possible with all except the Baofeng.
What kind of hearing protection can we use and still hear our radios?
Or anything that would integrate with a BF-F8HP
Without a crazy price tag
An earpiece under over-the-ear earpro could work.
I was thinking about that, wasn't sure about it tho!
I'll try it out
I found ear plugs that have a hole for low decibel noise that is compatible with some radios, gonna try that out
Well i went with the better than no Comms route, until i can budget out a better one.
I know i know, its baofeng
You'll never need more
I do feel i could use a better antenna though
The sainsonic antenna that comes with that one is pretty good, a lot better than the stock uv5r antenna.
well, shiiit, good to know.
It says sainsonic right?
yeah its a sainsonic
Nice
@Yeetasaurus Rex - Nothing wrong with starting with basic.
Ideas for a cheap mobile that has the same coverage of freq as a baofeng. Setting my second rig and need radio and antenna
Plan on tx only on 2m and murs
@LoudPills - http://www.miklor.com has a crapton of cheaper radios reviewed on his site. This is a great resource for insight and tutorials on basically anything cheap radio.
@[VA] JediComms that base station has a unity in it? I found a guy in Oregon with a cheap unity mobile but he’s a dumb cb’r and won’t ship it. Got it from an ex-railroad police car he bought at salvage for the hemi engine.
@redbeard - Yes, it is an XG100M Unity. Great radio.
Yeah I want one. I might try calling the closest UPS store to that guy and arrange a drop off. See if I can send them a payment to hand him when he drops off the radio. Only wants like $250 for it with the good control head
@redbeard - You mean the touch screen like mine here?
Yeah pretty sure it has the same head
Even if it didn’t idgaf I just want a unity
@redbeard - There are two control heads - CH721, which is a "dumb" CH and limits the MRU to hold one personality. The touch screen, CH100, is a "smart" CH and allows the MRU to hold 10 personalities. The CH100 is pretty cool but It can be fickle. I had one on the base station but it wouldn't play nicely so I finally swapped it for a 721.
My only issue is being able to program trunked systems for monitoring. I wonder if there is any hacks like there are for Motorola
I was told even an older radio like a 7100 has blocks in the software for major trunked systems like Ohio marcs
@redbeard - It isn't the radio, it is the radio programming software that makes it "impossible". Without system admin permission for the particular trunked system, you won't get a pass.
PS MPU5 features give me a boner
Too bad us civilians can’t get them
Anyone know of something similar in the $1-2000 range?
Is it legal to hack your HAM to communicate on MURS, CB, FRS/GMRS frequencies as long as you don't transmit? Or is mere possession a crime?
@Bogs_Bunny constitutionally no
@Bogs_Bunny - The FCC has regulations about transmissions/transmitters, not reception/receivers. Any radio can receive anything it can tune in and hear.....but if that radio is not type certified to transmit on a particular frequency and you do, then your action can be considered illegal.
Anyone use a BF-F8HP
When I plug in a headset it plays audio out of the headset and the integrated speaker
Wanted to know if that's a fault or if there's a way around it
I have the UV-82HP and don't recall it ever doing that.
Damn, gonna call them up