Ww have pmr radio in the uk and radio output of legal radio is 500mw,but people are buying alot of Chinese handies with removable antennas and using outdoor antennas co linear type and easily achieving 40 to 50 mile distance, illegal but hardly enforcible but gives the hobby more appeal

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Any product that claims to be 'sweeping the country like a storm' is complete garbage

Should have been a 90-120 second review, I can't fathom how you drug out to 12 minutes. Well, I can fathom. You just talk and talk and talk. And repeat yourself, a lot.

Wow 103° in Idaho. That's Texas hot. 🥵

That's sound like an awesome temp! Swap you? Im in Australia and its currently 66F. I just took of my jumper. Anything in mid-90F is normal for most of our summer. The 125F I had when I was in Afghanistan was ok, except the tarmac started to get real sticky.

As expected... if you want to do more cool(er) reviews, I'd be super interested in seeing you review the EcoFlow WAVE 2. I'm really curious about that one... wondering if it'd help me out on my boat (if you'll recall, I borrowed some parking space for a few days, so you've seen it... enclosed cabin RV on water, kinda). Good to see you doing well, still enjoy your videos. de KC3PO

Its a scam product with false advertising

Cali? its been the same in southern Oregon!

I grew up in the Green Mountains (that'd be Vermont). I recall the only wime the swamp-cooler ever works is 'in a desert' -- Phoenix merchants used lawn sprinklers to cool their product display windows.

Last year I bought two of those bad boys at Home Depot. I was roasting in my top floor apartment in NYC before I got an AC unit and I was hoping those would be enough - short answer - NO! They are not replacements for a real AC unit. They will not cool off a room. They will only make you feel a little cooler if you are right next to it, but you have to keep filling the ice/water every hour or so. It is basically sputtering the water into a fine mist that blows on you and the evaporation makes you feel a little cooler, but it also increases humidity, so if the humidity is already high it really is even less effective. Also some note of caution - the water mist will accumulate on your desk or table and can cause electrical issues if you have outlets below. When I was using them I had to put them in a small aluminum pan (or glass would work) to keep the water spilling all over the place. Are they worth it for $40 - maybe, if an AC is not an option it is better than just a fan. If an AC is an option it is a much better solution especially for cooling off a larger area or a room. I wound up buying a portable AC unit, 8000 BTU to cool off my bedroom for only $250 on Amazon. Works great!

it may help but, like you said will not replace the big A/C

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thanks a lot for biting the bullet my brother bought one when they first came out all I did was laugh at him , he paid full price, yesterday our high temperature in Kingman AZ was 112

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swamp type coolers only work in low humidity environments... with 62% humidity in MN right now that thing would be useless

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Thinking $39 buys 24+ cans of refreshing cold liquid.

Thank you, Sir! And thank you for taking the plunge for us viewers! I could tell it was not a game changer by its size and being a swamp cooler. Try to stay cool however!

Thank you, Bob. It is always nice to see your videos. KN6PWH...73

Hanging a wet towel in your doorway with a fan on it would probably be more effective.

Thanks. Now I know version 2.0 is no better than the original. When I was driving trucks , the company [ made ] all the drivers purchase one in an attempt to cut down on the fuel costs of idling their trucks . The machine blew cold air for maybe an hour and a half. Then all it did was increase the humidity inside the cab . The first version was pretty much junk , and like you state with Vers. # 2 ; a complete waste of money . Thanks again for your summary on the updated model . 73

Prince Albert in the Can 😅

I was a patient of a Dr. Faraday a while back, his tests were with beer from the church, a coronal mass ejection. 😊

I just ordered a pair for about $35.00 including shipping. 2 pak for sure. 😊

I started out with the Icom 7851. It's OK but now discontinued. I build all my own kit these days sourcing parts mainly from Japan and Germany.

Less noise also means less signal strength due to the losses in that antenna! And at 150 bucks, I could build 3 or 4 of them with money left over.

It's amazing to me how many people have just that attitude of "I'll just learn how to use it when I need to."! That's not the time to "learn", that's the time to "do"! We learn BEFORE we need to use the skill or tool. That's why people go to school BEFORE they get into the law office, classroom, doctors office, ect. You know what and how to do things beforehand, NOT when the other person is in trouble or needs to be able to do something! But with all of the stupidity out there today, this attitude isn't really that surprising sadly. Just can't fix stupid i guess.

1/4 to 1/2 mile on the flat lands? That's supposed to be a range test? Ok, whatever! This is just too funny!

A good proposition? Really? You mean, being paranoid? Sounds pretty sad to me! 73 de kd7cjo

7 things that ruin ham radio......... D-I-G-I-T-A-L

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Team replay as normal but i had good reason today .. went to airport for an airshow .. blue angels fat albert a few f35s and some others too .. no Helo tho my cup o tea if i prefer

Need some help on TH-D74 Is there a MARS / CAPS mod ??

Maybe the group that wanted to use some frequencies for high-speed trading the AArl was pushing back on wanted to ruin the logbook to prove Hams never used the frequencies.

Good (honest) review. They're not for me but I see the utility.

MFJ might not always be the highest QC, but they have been a constant American manufacturer of Amateur Radio products. They were there when I first licensed in 1992. Many of their products are more than adequate for the price and availability. It’s time for Martin to enjoy his family. Yes it would be nice if he could find a buyer for MFJ, but I’m sure that process has its own set of hassles.

As an Amateur Extra I also have the GMRS License radio's, four FRS radios, CB radio, HF and dual band radios. They all have a place. Great review.

I have a few FRS radios, I can hear them on my scanner, but for some reason the FRS radio picks up the signal better than the scanner does

Recent Yaesu radios in general are 2-5 years radios. Something WILL fail in that time frame. The FTM-500 is a pathetic radio for the money. For FM and Fusion it does it's job. But that's about it. Even John CROOK knows it's junk, but that's where he gets his paycheck from. Quality control for these CHINESE built radios with the Yaesu name is gone. Baofeng builds a more reliable radio!

Looks nice. If bluetooth realy works you parhaps can also use it handsfree in a car when driving with muliple cars as a group to the same location and easy stay in contact without using mobile phones

2024 update? All I can find on Ham is pedophiles, is that what Ham Radio is in 2024? Old men, creepy offerings - Is that what an Elmer or a Fudd is ? An 50 year old creep?

I stopped paying dues when the ARRL didn’t advocate giving Advanced Class licensees Extra class priveleges, despite already passing half the former extra exam and 13WPM code test. Now I see these codeless extras walking around the hamfests with these 1x2 calls……makes me wanna puke.

Where I live, you might hit a mile, mile and a half. The only thing is nobody is on any of this stuff, so it's hard to say.

Another thing to consider for FRS radios: in a shtf situation, you can crossband with them to get that additional range.

Great little radio ! And they come in pairs too . Um , those contacts on the sides bottom ? Yes , that looks like a stand that you can put the radios in . But the part that impresses me is you might beable to encrypt the frequency your on . So you can cuss your ass off at her / she at you , when you screw up . And as with any radio , they work best at LINE OF SIGHT . They are simple . That is fantastic for short distances . Why not . Better than tieing up your cell phones .

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Worked well when both were vertically polarized Bob.

Compander is probably speech processing or compression. ( The old Lafayette Radio CB walkie talkies had a switch called "Range Boost" that increased the modulation percentage). The scrambler function is probably speech inversion that mixes the TX audio with the CTCSS tone. I have some Kenwood FRS radios that work that way.