Those are GMRS radios and also require a FCC license but there is no test, the license will cover your family so you will be able to communicate with your family. If you ride with a club or a group you should see what they are using and go that route. If your club is trying to decide on a comms...
Those are Nautical radios and operate in the frequencies from 156 Mhz to 174 Mhz and is broken into channels, it is designed for Maritime use. These type of radios are mainly designed for recreational boaters. I believe when not communicating to another boater they are supposed to be set to...
Nice Setup! Getting ready to start studying for my general license an HF rig in the gladiator would be awesome. I do have D-Star on my ICOM 5100a but HF would be way better.
The rail is L-track from mytee products then I bought some l-track connectors that have the bolt in them. The problem I ran into with them was that they wobbled in the track to much so I drilled and tapped a smaller diameter hole ( 1/4 x 20) all the way through the connector where the bolt goes...
I fabricated this mount and went with a lip mount antenna. I will post pictures of the full install once I get a couple of more things finished up on it.
I ordered the CB bar from [Banned Site] (way-a-life remove the dashes) so will mount it above the mirror. I was going to get a overhead molle panel but didn't want to drill into the Jeep. I think at some point I will get the molle panel and mod it to connect to the CB Bar instead of drilling into the...
I will probably install a small CB radio as well at some point which is why I was thinking the 30 amp but I can always change it. Do you have a D-Star radio? -KO4FDQ
I just got the radio I am going to install (Icom 5100a deluxe) and trying to decide on whether or not to run 10 Ga. wire from the battery into the cab or use the 30 amp accessory switch. Anybody using one of their accessory switches to power a radio and how is the result? Thoughts and opinions...
Not that I really want to but going to throw my opinion in here. I am currently studying for my technicians license. I have a degree in electronics and computer technology. I concur with Swampnut that there should be an operator class that can transmit on certain frequencies but they should...