Ready to get on the air? 🛠️ Build your first dipole antenna with this easy step-by-step guide and jumpstart your ham radio journey! #HamRadio #DIYAntenna #RadioTech

https://bdking71.wordpress.com/2025/06/11/the-easiest-way-to-build-your-first-dipole-antenna-a-beginners-guide-for-future-ham-radio-operators/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

🌍 Ham radio isn’t stuck in the past. Explore FT8, JS8Call, Winlink, and more digital modes that make global communication easy—even before you get licensed. 👨‍💻 #HamRadio #DigitalModes #RadioTech

https://bdking71.wordpress.com/2025/06/04/unlocking-the-airwaves-why-digital-modes-are-the-future-of-ham-radio-for-new-operators/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Do rapid radios need cell service for communication? 📡 Find out the truth behind how these devices work and stay connected! #TechExplained #Communication #RadioTech #CellService #Innovation #Gadgets

https://paminy.com/do-rapid-radios-require-cell-service-for-communication-the-answer-explained/

@skyhawk This is really cool.

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@adamcsmith

Mine looks eerily similar. Especially the C-Crane radio and shortwave antenna next to it.

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@adamcsmith

Welp, that was easy, you helped me decide on which base station I want. That 2000 GTL hits everything I am looking for. VERY sexy unit.

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@adamcsmith

This guy? https://president-electronics.us/CB-Radios/AM-transceivers/JOHNSON-II-USA

Pretty nice radio.

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@adamcsmith NICE radio.

Last CB radio I had was a Cobra 148 GTL-DX. Loved that thing. I'm gonna have to find me a base station to play with someday soon. Just not sure what model station to get.

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@adamcsmith I did the same.

Nice Z. :)

My thing was Hurst Olds Cutlass Supreme's instead of Z's. Was all about the CBs back then though. Had the CB antenna, the scanner antenna, and even one of those boomerang shaped analog mobile TV antennas on it.

Also did the Monte Carlo SS's for a while. :)

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@adamcsmith

I think it'll make a comeback, just not sure if it'll happen in our lifetime.

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@adamcsmith

I love that radio.

I was Ham. I was KD0IJO. But I let it expire. Life got in the way. I'll renew someday.

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@bitsavers

VERY COOL. Very surprised anyone was out there looking. Rare breed these days. :)

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Found me a new toy.

Well. New to me.

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/

Next step is contributing to it all.

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@thebaldgeek

Have you done moonbounce yet?

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My new antenna. @thebaldgeek might appreciate this.
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"He even successfully bounced a FM signal off the moon, something not possible with AM signals."

Well damn. #RadioTech

https://www.damninteresting.com/the-tragic-birth-of-fm-radio/

This is really cool. #RadioTech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_u8x8V4YYs