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After a lot of waiting and more time spent installing than I had planned, I finally have the radios installed in my Blazer. While everything is not perfect yet, I am excited to finally have them installed.

In applying my “Things To Overestimate When Planning A Project” post to my current project of installing radios in my Blazer, I find that I did one thing right, one completely wrong, and one was somewhere in the middle.

A dummy load acts as a fake antenna for testing and adjusting radios. It may not be necessary for everyone to have, but it might be a good idea to have one. Dummy loads can also be useful for ruling out antenna issues when troubleshooting a problem.

A multimeter is one piece of test equipment that everyone should have. Functions of a multimeter include measuring voltage, resistance, and current and multimeters can be used for much more than just ham radio related projects.

Test equipment is something that is often overlooked by people who are becoming interested in the hobby of ham radio. While this is fine and test equipment is not necessary, most people will likely want to get some eventually.

I apologize for not having anything relating to ham radio posted for awhile, but I do have a project in the works that will provide material for at least 3 if not more posts.

Some people have received their TM-D710’s, but I’m still waiting for mine. In the meantime, the operating manual is available for reading at Kenwood’s website.

I recently came across this very interesting video with Walter Cronkite talking about ham radio. He focuses on ham radio being a form of emergency communication and its usefulness during disasters.

There is a recent press release that announces that Walter Cronkite will be receiving an award from the Radio Club of America.

When installing a mobile radio in a vehicle, one of the decisions you will have to make is whether to power it directly or have the power run through a switched source such as the ignition.