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01-15-26  Dollar Tree Scanner Antenna (I'm not kidding...

A friend of mine made an outdoor scanner antenna out of a few Dollar Tree paper towel holders. He said 2 minutes with a Dremel and 5 minutes with the soldering antenna...

01-15-26  Good cheap radios for DMR that work

I'm wanting to build up my collection of DMR handhelds I only need a couple more just so I've got a good selection. After buying the problematic Boafeng DR-1801UV its...

01-15-26  Is this XTS2500 m3 VHF a good one?

Looking for a XTS2500 in the vhf range with aes256 and fpp - i've scrolled through a ton of listings, I get that aftermarket housings aren't as good as OEM. Seems to be...

01-15-26  Grundig Satellit 800 Millenium Battery Issue

I have a Grundig Satellit 800 Millennium that works great with AC power. But when I put in six brand new Duracell batteries, no power. the battery compartment is clean...

01-15-26  MPSCS Sites/Talkgroups 2026

This is the main discussion thread for the MPSCS radio system for 2026. 73's Ron

01-15-26  Red River DMR? Apparent new Non-Interopable...

So lately I've been noticing that Red River EMS appears to be using DMR conventional on San Antonio Peak, 151.1. (I'm monitoring from Southern Colorado, not the local...