Contest King

You're encouraged, but not required, to use the NATO Phonetic Alphabet. Many operators use informal, alternate words (America, Germany, Sugar, etc.) The key is clarity under current conditions - sometimes switching phonetic sets helps when one isn't getting through.

im kind of in the same boat, been trying to get hamlib talking to my old ft-857 through a pi 4 and its been hit or miss. sometimes rigctld just drops the connection for no reason and i have to restart it. didnt think itd be this flakey honestly. your setup sounds more polished than mine, what are you using for the CAT stuff, hamlib or did you write your own serial parsing

so ive been trying to sort out my dual band mobile setup in my F-150 for the past few weeks and im getting inconsistent SWR readings depending on where i put the antenna. right now its on a lip mount on the rear of the cab roof and im seeing around 1.4:1 on 2m which isnt terrible but on 70cm it jumps all over the place sometimes 2.5:1 and sometimes almost flat. antenna is a Tram 1185 which i know a lot of people use without issues. i ran the coax down through the door jamb and into the cab, used some split loom to protect it. the radio itself is a Yaesu FTM-300 mounted under the dash. grounding is to the chassis via the radio mounting bracket. not sure if this is a coax issue or a ground plane issue or what. the truck has a lot of plastic body panels near the rear which i wonder if thats affecting things. anyone run into something similar on these newer trucks with less metal to work with