Recent content by BettysNephew

I am using a set of these brackets on my 4Runner and they are very sturdy. They are made from 1/4" steel and are powder coated not the usual sheet metal stamping. You remove the hood bracket bolts and use the supplied bolts to assemble. If you want to use conventional NMO mount, you will have to...

Totally agree that the phones have made tremendous strides in imaging (and other functions). Five years ago I would have never believed they would be where they are today and it's only going to get better until they price themselves above acceptable levels and people say it's good enough, I...

Regarding the DSLR vs. phone still photos: The original statement was about comparing a D800 to a phone. Most D800 owners, myself included, will be using Nikon Pro lenses not Tamron. There is a difference. I have crops blown up to 24x36 out of my D800e and Nikon 35-70 f2.8. It is the combination...

Go here: http://www.rfwiz.com/AustinAntenna/AustinAntenna_InfoDat.htm The 500c is about 1/2 way down the page.

Too busy today to take and post pix, but I use an Austin Antenna 500c for normal use and it has a spring on the bottom. If I will be encountering branches etc., I switch to a 500c Soft Top by the same maker. The upper portion of the mast is extremely flexible and I doubt it can be broken by a...

Check into the Austin Antenna 500c Soft Top. Very flexible mast and a spring below the loading element at the base. It will be hard to break.

Austin Antenna 500C Soft Top. Super flexible and gets out very well.

I am also a new ham and decided to go with the Icom 2730A. My Elmer suggested Icom as he thought the programming was a bit less confusing than Yaesu from his experience. Other folks recommended the Kenwood for the same reason. I am sure the Yaesu is a fine radio but chose to reduce the...

The later ones with the glass screens were a great improvement, but they are still one of the few components by AB that could be an issue. Most everything else by AB was so reliable that when any of their parts needed replacement it was very unusual. I do not have a amateur dealer nearby but...

I have retired from industrial maintenance but have a bit to interject here. Regarding the problems I saw over the years, touch screens were one of the items that caused downtime in our systems. Granted the industrial environment is much more severe than most of our radios will ever see but they...

You might look at Austin Antenna 500C Soft top. The upper section is super flexible (I doubt It can be broken) and the base is on an enclosed spring. Paul was very pleasant to work with.

Looks great! Fine job.

I used a semi transparent black stain from Cabot and it came out very black with grain showing. May be too late but it did work for my project.

If I recall hooking the orange to an always hot also allows the radio to stay on the last channel selected when turned off/on. It may also keep the weather alert active as stated above.

It is true getting a vehicle properly prepped for HF can be a pain. I have chosen to forgo HF in my 4Runner for the time being. But then again, I am not planning to go to Alaska, LOL. My understanding regarding repeater search in the 5100 is pretty good for DStar repeaters but for analog, not...