I was about to order a shelf so I could upgrade my station but remembered I had a kitchen rack I wasn't using. It'll do for now. The station is a work in progress.
If you are going to use a GPS with your unit you will need to enable the GPS mode and then set the rx and tx pins that you have soldered to on the circuit board of the radio. Here they're set to 48 and 47, respectively.
As always, there's an adhesion issue, but at least I have it printing again. I started over after adding painter's masking tape which appears to be working...for now.
All done printing the faceplates!
I recently bought a Moonraker 80m - 6m antenna, thinking I could mount it onto the same conduit pipe that I mounted my 2m antenna on. What i learned is that the conduit pipe is in no way suitable for a large, heavy antenna, and could break under the antenna's weight. Guy wires are also a must with the Moonraker.
Finally figured out how to get guy's firmware to flash properly.
It has been crazy tonight on 40 meters
My current mobile setup
ABBREE AR-780 Radio Speaker Mic: https://a.co/d/af3opVk
Baofeng BF-F8HP dual band 2 meter/70 cm, 8 watts: https://a.co/d/0W3d42g
HYS Car Suction Cup: https://a.co/d/dYjQQi5
SMA Female to SO239 Female: https://a.co/d/0iFIZCT
After being a Technician Class since 1997, I passed my General Class exam last month. I only missed one question! *pats self on the back* It took about two weeks to be updated on the FCC website.
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