Yes, very much. I got few of my radios from him, including TS590SG

the limited edition model?

renew AA need to do what? beside paying money

Nothing much. Just pay and renew.

I see a familiar callsign ...

I've posted some latest photos of the SVT MMDVM HAT at the URL below ....

https://www.facebook.com/SVTmaker/

Hi Stan!

Hi,its been long i last left Radio Amateur after passing my exam.Planning to restart this hobby.

I am planning to get this set:
Transceiver TYT TH-8600
Antenna Diamond X700
Power supply maybe: Diamond GSV1200 or Diamond GSV3000 or Diamond GZV4000
still figuring out on swr+dummy load+antenna tuner

Any advice?

If you are operating a dualband transceiver with dual band antenna, there should not be a need for an antenna tuner since the antenna was factory tuned to have good SWR for both bands.
You would need one for long wavelength ones like HF. For UHV, VHF, not so critical because it is short.

So antenna tuner ia not necessary.How about dummy load?
Any idea where i can get the long mast pole and any idea how much it cost?

I bought Havesting Palm pole or Galah Sawit - as aluminium antenna mast pole.
Should be available from hardware store nearby.. they deliver to you site.
Dont forget guide (guy) wire cable and wire clamp.


I am not associated with the info below. However will give you some idea.

Harvesting Palm Pole or Galah Sawit

This post has been edited by arazman: Nov 6 2017, 03:37 PM

Dummy load is needed only if you are always removing the antenna.
Usually if you combine a load + antenna termination it means that you are compensating for a very bad SWR reading.

Considering that the antenna was factory designed for UHF/VHF, you should not worry much. Usually these are critical only if you play on HF or you are making your own antenna.


Unrelated:

[WTS] I am looking for LOCKED/BRICKED/Electcoms Mototrbo rig/radio.
Looking for cheap as locked radio can't be used anymore(due to read/write password or 3 retry limit)

Want to make it as part/research purposes.

So from all the feedback i have read,all I need now will be :

Transceiver TYT TH-8600
Antenna Diamond X700
Power supply
Mast
RG cables

Then I am good to go.....did i miss anything?
Anyway how do I know for power supply i need a 20A or a 40A output?My future plan maybe getting a HF transceiver.

Usually you will have to refer to your radio's manual or specs. It will specify the amps that the radio will draw at what power level you set it to.
Just take the max current draw specified.



https://www.manualslib.com/manual/381752/Ya...l?page=6#manual

Just got my AA right before November. My callsign is 9W2NNS. Haven't made my first QSO yet. Hehe.

Congratulations! Now people are trying to port over to digital stuff like Yeasu Fusion and DMR. I guess you could skip everything and just jump over on UHF lol
I only keep one Baofeng for VHF use.

I like both digital and analogue radio. I admire digital radio of having talk groups linked through the internet which allows global conversation, and yet I like the challenge of analogue radio to reach out as far as it can. Maybe many veterans have been bored with analogue radio and I'm still new in exploring it.

Could u explain more about fusion n DMR?
Are we saying that analogue will be obsolute?

Analog still will be around just like how repeaters are still supporting CTCSS instead of the better DCS squelch(for some reason).

Just that digital offers more superior sound quality and range. Plus, more data can be relayed such as GPS location, pictures etc. with the System Fusion.
Fusion is a protocol/encoding that Yeasu made. You have to own a Yeasu rig with a supporting Yeasu repeater in order to use this system.

DMR however, is open. You can pick up any radio that supports DMR tier 2 such as Hytera, Motorola, TYT etc.
I personally prefer DMR more since it is more widely accepted/used compared to Fusion and the market has anything from low budget to very high budget ranges of equipment that supports DMR.
Fusion, you have to be stuck with buying a Yeasu and their limited models for a fortune.

P/s: Try to stay away from the Baofeng DMR dual band. A lot of people are having problem with it. Especially that the CPU is locked on Tier 1.

This post has been edited by aminpro: Nov 14 2017, 07:27 AM

My QTH is Puchong. Anyone near here can QSO with me, although I have limited transmit range with handheld, but can try.

Still having problems triggering the repeater? I MIGHT be able to try look at the configs.
Got my own hotspot recently and fixed a similar problem.