P1000 NBomars tinkering and silly stuff

[Ragnar406]

I finally got a chance to put a meter on my set- up the other day swr was 1:1.25 with the mag mount on mine.

What did you use to make your mount for your antenna?

 

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[JTW]

I've never played for the other team so you'll have to go "BACK there" yourself.

Well I appreciate the offer... if you can stand the pressure I can handle the smell!

 

[Cuoutdoors]

I finally got a chance to put a meter on my set- up the other day swr was 1:1.25 with the mag mount on mine.

What does this mean in English?

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[elkaholic]

That means the antenna is pretty well tuned!


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[allgm1]

@Cuoutdoors Ideally you want your antenna tuned between 1:1 and 1:1.5. I'm still new to this stuff and I couldn't tell you what the numbers are all about, but I do know the lower the swr the better. The problem with magnetic mount antennas is they need to be mounted on metal (usually the roof of a car) so it has a ground plane, my concern with my set up was that I don't have enough metal around to get a good swr reading. With a reading of 1:1.25 I guess i'm good to go. I've been having reception problems with my boafeng hand held lately, I have a diamond mr-77 (https://www.amazon.com/Diamond-MR77-Mobile-Antenna-Connector/dp/B00M8MLSJ0?tag=sxsweb24-20) on my truck and the radio shack one on the pioneer that both worked fine while sitting still, but my signals were cutting in and out while moving. I borrowed an swr meter from a local ham guy to check all my crap in an effort to fix the problem. Well come to find out my antennas are fine, the Boafeng radio is the problem. I ended up buying an old Kenwood mobile radio (25watts) from the same dude with the swr meter, and that cured my problem. So the moral to my story is if you want some good range get a decent antenna and a radio with some wattage.

 

[ohanacreek]

@Cuoutdoors Ideally you want your antenna tuned between 1:1 and 1:1.5. I'm still new to this stuff and I couldn't tell you what the numbers are all about, but I do know the lower the swr the better. The problem with magnetic mount antennas is they need to be mounted on metal (usually the roof of a car) so it has a ground plane, my concern with my set up was that I don't have enough metal around to get a good swr reading. With a reading of 1:1.25 I guess i'm good to go. I've been having reception problems with my boafeng hand held lately, I have a diamond mr-77 (https://www.amazon.com/Diamond-MR77-Mobile-Antenna-Connector/dp/B00M8MLSJ0?tag=sxsweb24-20) on my truck and the radio shack one on the pioneer that both worked fine while sitting still, but my signals were cutting in and out while moving. I borrowed an swr meter from a local ham guy to check all my crap in an effort to fix the problem. Well come to find out my antennas are fine, the Boafeng radio is the problem. I ended up buying an old Kenwood mobile radio (25watts) from the same dude with the swr meter, and that cured my problem. So the moral to my story is if you want some good range get a decent antenna and a radio with some wattage.

Had same issue the Pioneer (more likely all the cheap Chinese LEDs) creates a good bit of interference I needed wattage to cut through it. I had to put filters on my sound bar.

 

[nbomar]

Well I finally took down my blind. Ugh. It’s a sad day.


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[elkaholic]

Doing better than me. I never got mine put out this year


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[nbomar]

Radio update.

@Ragnar406 came over and checked my antenna and all is well with that. He programmed my new radio and we tested inside my neighborhood. My baofeng handheld made it about halfway through the neighborhood and I couldn’t hear them and they couldn’t hear me. The new radio made it to the other end of the neighborhood and Khan could hear me good and I could hear him on the baofeng enough to understand him, but he was starting to get a little static. I would imagine we could get another 50-100% more distance with someone with another strong radio. Worthwhile upgrade if you ask me.


We went ahead and tore down my under seat area where my current sub is and I’m ready to go get he adapters needed to hookup the new wetsounds sub tomorrow and test to see if the 6” is enough or if I want an 8”.


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[Ragnar406]

Radio update.

@Ragnar406 came over and checked my antenna and all is well with that. He programmed my new radio and we tested inside my neighborhood. My baofeng handheld made it about halfway through the neighborhood and I couldn’t hear them and they couldn’t hear me. The new radio made it to the other end of the neighborhood and Khan could hear me good and I could hear him on the baofeng enough to understand him, but he was starting to get a little static. I would imagine we could get another 50-100% more distance with someone with another strong radio. Worthwhile upgrade if you ask me.


We went ahead and tore down my under seat area where my current sub is and I’m ready to go get he adapters needed to hookup the new wetsounds sub tomorrow and test to see if the 6” is enough or if I want an 8”.


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One thing we found out for sure is that the baofeng speaker mic is trash. Even with my little modification of drilling the mic holes - it improved but not enough to make worth doing or using the speaker mic for the handheld. I ordered a real kenwood one to test out

 

[JTW]

Just an FYI for anyone ordering the radio..
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I’ve been making the eBay guy offers all week. $105 is his bottom dollar. And this weekend I had an email from PayPal with a $10 off code if you use PayPal to pay for something $50 or more on eBay. So I checked out paying $95 on the radio.


Here is my coupon code you put into PayPal as your checking out. I don’t know if it will work twice but you’re welcome to try!

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[Tramguage1]

Thanks @nbomar , Mine is on its way!!
The PayPal coupon code worked for me also!!!!!
Buy now $109 with coupon $99
Antennas and cable on there way also.

 

[Tigermark]

Thanks @nbomar , Mine is on its way!!
The PayPal coupon code worked for me also!!!!!
Buy now $109 with coupon $99
Antennas and cable on there way also.

Mike, what antenna and cables did you order? Thanks.

 

[nbomar]

Mike, what antenna and cables did you order? Thanks.

The ones I sent him..


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[Cuoutdoors]

One thing we found out for sure is that the baofeng speaker mic is trash. Even with my little modification of drilling the mic holes - it improved but not enough to make worth doing or using the speaker mic for the handheld. I ordered a real kenwood one to test out

Will this radio work if I wanted to put in my truck to communicate with my fire department?

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[ohanacreek]

If you have all the right settings yeah.

 

[Ragnar406]

Will this radio work if I wanted to put in my truck to communicate with my fire department?

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You would need to confirm what frequencies they are on. If they are digital it will not. If still analog then it is a possibility. Of course I highly encourage you to have their permission prior to transmitting on their frequency

 

[Tramguage1]

Radio should be here Friday!

 

[Cuoutdoors]

You would need to confirm what frequencies they are on. If they are digital it will not. If still analog then it is a possibility. Of course I highly encourage you to have their permission prior to transmitting on their frequency

For sure. Im a member and have the chiefs permission. So is this radio strictly analog? Perhaps you could start a thread sheding a little light on pros and cons of analog vs digital. Uses for this particular radio. Are there radios that do both analog and digital? What the hell is a ham radio? So many questions now @Ragnar406 ....

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[Windrock1000]

Radio should be here Friday!
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Don’t let that stuff pile up on ya. Put it on the new Smoke Demon.