Got this today! from a retired ham in my area

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Just got my Tech, any recommendations?

Just got my Tech license tonight. Tried for the General even though I hadn’t studied for it at all and just missed it.

I’m from Southeast Michigan and I’m going to be heading north in a couple weeks and have a solid 4-5 hour ride ahead of me. Was wondering if anyone had any recommendations on a rig for the ride up and anything to keep an ear out for.

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I just got my General, now what?

Well today I took my exams, passed tech and general no problem after spending the last 4 weeks studying those two, I did try Extra for grins and failed it, not by a narrow margin either. Anyway I mostly just did it on a whim and I’m going to graduate as an electrical engineer in May so it could be useful in my career so now I need to get set up for transmitting when my call sign is posted. I could easily do something like $100-$200 to get started, much more than that gets a bit harder since I’m still in college so money is a bit tight. Another constraint is that I do need to be fairly mobile as I move somewhat frequently, again because of college/soon to be early in career. That all said, I’m not afraid of a soldering iron and know my way around an electrical schematic so some DIY or kit building is well within my abilities if it keeps costs down.

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Thanks for the inspiration! new power supply coming along nicely.

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WSJT-X will soon use a new encoding for things like ‘CQ VT’ or ‘CQ NA’, so you may see strange characters until you upgrade if others compile from devel source early.

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Just bought my first big boy radio! It’s only a matter of time!

Just bought a gently used icom706 mkiig with manuals for 500 dollars. Haven’t yet bought a power supply or made the antennas necessary, but I can soon receive all the good bands, and as soon as I get letters, will be able to talk to the world!

Any tips on getting a 30A power supply at a good price?

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Crimp tool for Anderson Poles / LMR400 / LMR240?

Hello,

Right after listening to the latest ARRL podcast about Anderson Poles my transceiver got disconnected from the power supply right in the middle of a CW QSO. As a result I finally decided to get myself an Anderson Crimp.

Is there a product out there that (applying different dies) can also crimp LMR400 and LMR240? I’m looking for something in the $50 range…

Thanks!

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