Is anyone into vintage multiband portable radios?
网页2023年4月15日 · The next step up the house brand pay scale was Sears. There were such a thing as Craftsman multiband radios. Their Wayfarer model was the same radio as the Sanyo Senator, which was fairly high end. I think their Roadtalker CB radios were by Uniden. They even rebranded the famed Yaesu FRG-7 communications receiver as the Sears …
The New NFPA 1802 Portable Radio Standard
网页May 31, 2021. #3. trauma74 said: Although the standard only recently was issued, several manufacturers plan to introduce NFPA 1802 radios and RSMs. Harris XL-400p is their NFPA-1802 compliant radio. Not much info on the internet yet, but the Harris rep gave me a glossy sheet on it.
best portable radio for MW and LW - RadioReference.com Forums
网页Location. S.E. MI. Apr 7, 2022. #3. For MW, my first choice would be the CCrane Radio 2E... IMHO by far the best portable for AM broadcast band DXing. It has a large ferrite antenna and also provision for an external antenna. This is my go to radio for AM BCB DX. If cost is an issue, almost as good and for less money is the CCrane Radio EP.
Recommendation for Portable SW radio - RadioReference.com …
网页2022年3月22日 · I want to enter the world of Shortwave radio. I have read several reviews over the Internet all with their pros and cons for portable models. I have a good Budget of up to Eur400. If there are any special features is good sensitivity and selectivity, good performance on the SW band and portability. An external antenna would be an asset.
BEST P25 PHASE 2 ALL BAND RADIO - RadioReference.com Forums
网页2024年2月22日 · We have reached out to our neighboring agencies, and they use the big brands, Bendix king, Harris, Motorola solutions. I'm no major expert, but I'm sure there are more companies that make all band trunking radios. So here are the requirements were looking for. ALL BANDS (VHF,UHF,700/800) P25 PHASE 1 & 2 TRUNKING.
Midland GMRS portable radios repeater capable?
网页2023年2月26日 · Get the most powerful GMRS radio for your farm or ranch at Midland Radio. The waterproof MXT500 MicroMobile two-way radio offers 15 GMRS channels. But this popular model is not. With 5 Watts of power and NOAA Weather Radio, the Midland MXT105 MicroMobile 2-Way Radio is one of Midland's most versatile two-way GMRS …
how to improve antenna for portable radio?
网页2023年11月2日 · Sometimes placing the whip near the feedline or the end of the wire -- without touching it to the wire -- will improve reception. I did this with a Radio Shack portable in the 1990s and got decent results (the radio was the DX-370, a …
My two pet peeves about amateur portable radios
网页2023年4月15日 · A little background first: I'm a 30 year+ amateur radio operator. I also managed a commercial two-way radio system for several years--over 100 mobile and portable radios, 6 base stations, and two mountaintop repeaters, using both analog and digital (NXDN) protocols. So, I've spent a lot of time around both commercial and …
Best Shortwave Portable recommendations for a beginner
网页2021年8月17日 · The PL-680 or PL-660 from Tecsun are fairly inexpensive, decent portable radios that do pretty well. The audio from these radios could be better, but the synchronous detection feature is great for picking one sideband over the other. Not all Tecsun radios have decent sync detectors, but those two are reasonable performers.
what to do about static | RadioReference.com Forums
网页Aug 31, 2023. #1. I connect a 25' random wire to the antenna of my portable battery powered SW radio. string it along the hall up in the air. when I do that, there are a lot of staticy pops with the normal background static of radio reception. once in a while I get a big POP, sometimes loud enough to make me jump.