communications

So I just won a midland micromobile unit tonight. Does anyone have one of these in there unit? If so where did you mount it? Also did you just magnetically attach the antenna parallel to the ground on the center roll cage bar or elsewhere? Also should I hook this up through my fuse box? Thanks...

Hello all, I am developing a custom display/controller to use on my P1k5. I would like the ability to read some of the data from the ECU, and display it on the screen. It appears that the OEM vehicle display is receiving this type of data via a serial communication line. Would anyone happen...

Saw this ZELLO phone app for walkie talkie function. Interesting if you are in an area with signal service. (Takeover base camp??) Best free push-to-talk (PTT) app, walkie-talkie PoC, and WiFi voice app - Zello

Edited to add - the modification on the handheld mic below turned out not to improve the audio enough to be beneficial - recommendation now is to not buy the speaker mic pictured - thread below still has good information and will continue to update The benefit of using the Baofeng handheld...

Since the topic of Ham radio came up on another thread I was wondering how many people we have with their Amateur Radio License. I am a General class having passed my tech exam in 1991 while studying electronics - teacher was a Ham and since this was before cell phones a bunch of us in class...

I didn't mean to beat the hornets nest, but there's been a lot of discussion here about communications equipment, radio's, what is legal and what isn't. There's also been discussion about amateur radios (HAMS), the advantages to being one, and how to get your license. Hopefully I can cover this...