During my last trip I got way too much static while in the car, have have a BaoFeng BF-F8HP handled. What would be a good external antenna to mount on the roof rack?
And does the coax cable length will impact negatively the quality of transmission?
Thanks
Hi all,
I got a new Midland MXT275 radio to pair to my handled one. The antenna that came with it is not great so I got myself a 3db gain low profile antenna to go with it.
I saw that midland offer multiple mounting solutions:
hood lip mount
ditch lights mount (hood)
roof rack mount
magnetic...
New to overlanding and offroading, and now tackling comms. I bought both types of radios. Now figuring out what goes where.
I'm thinking if I'd only need one type of radio at a time (true? false?) then I could:
Mount both radios side by side
They could share an antenna mount
They could...
Hello, I am looking to upgrade my antenna from the Midland MXT275 included one and am going to be buying my first amateur radio system. I am looking at the Yaesu FTM-400XDR for the radio due to APRS and having a decent system for sending text messages over APRS. Antennas, cabling, and mounting...
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What are the advantages of having a ham radio and a cb radio or instead of cb??
I already have a cb in my suburban.
It's a Uniden 787 with a .....hhmmm...I forget if it's a k30 or k40 antenna . It worked well back home in Michigan, but here in the mountains of north Idaho. ....not so much.
Selling my Diamond K400, used once. My needs changed and I am going a different direction with my antenna.
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