Equipment

Gear

Amateur radio equipment notes: choosing a radio for your license class, planning antennas and installations, and keeping a station clean and safe. The station page is what I actually run; the guides are research notes checked against Part 97.


Gear guides & my station

Handheld, mobile, or HF base: what each format is for, what your license class lets you use, and what to budget beyond the radio.

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VHF/UHF HTs: bands and modes, antenna connectors, batteries, programming, and why a clean signal is the operator's responsibility.

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Vehicle and desk installs: 13.8 V power, fusing, antennas and feed line, and RF exposure checks.

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Dipoles, verticals, end-feds, and mobile whips; gain in dBi versus dBd; SWR and what it does not tell you; calculating coax loss.

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Band-plan offsets on 6 m, 2 m, 1.25 m, and 70 cm, access tones, and what Part 97 says about repeater stations.

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Resources

Amateur radio dealers, manufacturers, antenna and coax suppliers, kits, and reference resources.

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