@aliarifat Also….it has been my experience when buying online stuff (LiPo s, etc) that they have the polarity backwards and this can be a real problem...

@ve3cga Cool idea! The one I have feels like a baked potato right-after-coming-out-of-the-oven hot! Glad to see that mine are not the only ones that...

@ve3cga Yes I have two as shown in the attached picture…..these things get damn hot when they’re making the waterfall display. I guess that is normal...

Now that I think of it, the laptop idea sure sounds like the most inexpensive way to have that kind of functionality. The mobile Yaesu I have has two...

@ve3cga Yes I thank you for the recommendations! I already have a few RPi4s sitting around, two USB SDR dongles with two inexpensive displays, but no...

@ve3cga I have been thinking of putting together a SDR-based radio sniffer for when I go fishing or camping just to see what's out there on the air, w...

Thank you for the site reference! That is down my usual alley! I dont have any project going at the moment but this is where I like to come out and ...

@ve3cga Thanks a million! I will check it out!!

Ooops….let me try again. I got a Yaesu mobile rig so I can use it in my vehicle as well as use it as a home rig also to talk to the local repeaters…

@ve3cga Thank you for the information! I got a Yaesu mobile rig so I can put it in my vehicle as well as use it in my vehicle (It’s an FTM-300D). I ...

Some time ago, I passed the Amateur radio Technician test so I can get on the local repeaters but they are mostly silent. I’ve got a nice Yaesu mobil...

A real improvement for these things would be for the maker (or supplier) to solder BOTH the jumpers for the internal AND external antennas. Then it w...

@codecage Thank you, I understand.