Anoybody running Ham gear in their rigs?

/wwwthreads_images/icons/tongue.gif Strange that you should ask that. On Monday I am meeting with a radio specialist who will have some recommendations for us as to what to buy for our Jeep. We are looking down the road and can see that in the U.S. the crap is going to come down in the near future.....gun confiscation.....SUV confiscation....the "Mark" where everybody HAS to have the chip in their hand, or no gas or food....UN troops all over running down "stubborn" enclaves of "independents"....well, you get the idea. FOR THAT REASON we are building our CJ such that we can be "on the run" if need be, and a ham radio is a must. I am leaving tomorow 12/6 on a four-day bidness trip, but will tell you what the guy recommended as soon as I return Thursday night. Don't give up your guns.....EVER! It will only be one step further to slavery./wwwthreads_images/icons/crazy.gif

CJDave

/wwwthreads_images/icons/tongue.gif The DR-605TQ @ a special price of $339 was one of the best choices, as was the DR-610TQ for a hundred dollars more. Our choice would be the hand-held DJ-V5TH @ a special price of $239 plus the accesory group as needed. With those units made by ALINCO, you can get in on the cops' frequencies, the feds, the army, the UN SOBs, all of the Reno-ites in the BATF, the business bands, and the new "family" channels. It will monitor several freqs simultaneously and goes repeater or non-repeater. An excellent "end times" radio for when you are "on the run" in your "outlaw SUV" from the gun-confiscating; SUV-eliminating; off-road restricting; mark-implanting; Reno-ite commie SOBs who will be doing the dirtbags dirty work after he declares martial law; stays in the oral office, supplants the elections, and runs amok while congress sits there with it's thumb up.......well, you get the idea./wwwthreads_images/icons/crazy.gif Better to be a few minutes early than a day late./wwwthreads_images/icons/crazy.gif

CJDave

There are currently 5 classes of licenses. One class - the technician class - does not require you to learn morse code. I suggest getting a copy of the book "Now You're Talking". It costs about $20. The first half of the book is a text that teaches you what you need to know to pass the technician exam. The second half contains the entire question pool from which the exam questions are taken. The answers are included too. Some people, including some rather young children, have simply memorized the answers to the questions and were able to pass the test.

Note that a lot more 4-wheelers have CB's in their vehicles that ham radios so it will be hard to actually get to use the ham radio for vehicle-to-vehicle communications. If you can, that's great because the sound quality is FM which is much better than that of CB's which are AM. I take my ham radio with me more for emergency purposes. If I can hit a mountain top repeater, I can call for help. CB's don't travel that far and don't benefit from an existing base of repeaters.

Hope this helps.
Roger

Thanks for the info Dave. I was also looking at a dual bander, the Kenwood G707. It is normally $510, but HRO has em for $339. There is an HRO in walking distance from my house and I am over all the time, drooling. It has a really wide rx capability (like 118 to 174 and 410 to 520 mHz, and expandable to 320-400 and 523 to 999 (with some freqs and cell phone blocked), including the am airband.

But not nearly as much as the DJ-V5T, sheesh that thing covers alot. 5 watts, too. That thing rocks, hhhuuummmmm.

Is the Alinco a better Value? I know that Alinco is based in Calif., in Torrance. i probably will go for a 2m single bander to get started, and to see if I like it.

Currently working thru the "Now Your Talking Manual" Going for Tech, and maybe will get around to 5 wpm Morse Code for Tech. Plus (Which may grandfather you into the revamped General Class....)

Now you need to get a Shortwave radio...