Ham Radio

TROUBADOUR · 12-08-2012, 10:25 AM

Any of you guys into amateur radio? I just got my "Technician" license manual in the mail from the library and need to study. I hope to get an antenna (inverted "V") set up this weekend so I can at least start listening until I can get my test arranged.

Dave in VA · 12-08-2012, 04:40 PM

My brother has been a ham for almost 50 yrs, and I've enjoyed short wave listening, off and on, for a long time, too. He gave me an ICOM something or other that I had hooked up to a jerry rigged longwire--it worked good for listening--not so good xmitting. He wants me to get my license--maybe I will now I've got the time.

gornoman · 12-08-2012, 05:16 PM

I got real close to qualifying back in the early seventies, but I never mastered Morse code, and eventually lost interest. There were two 8 meter towers within one block of my boyhood home, and I knew both of the owners very well. One of them was also a model railroad buff. It was amazing he stayed married, lol.

jlhog · 12-08-2012, 05:23 PM

K8YNO here.

Dave in VA · 12-08-2012, 06:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gornoman

I got real close to qualifying back in the early seventies, but I never mastered Morse code, and eventually lost interest. There were two 8 meter towers within one block of my boyhood home, and I knew both of the owners very well. One of them was also a model railroad buff. It was amazing he stayed married, lol.

No code required now.

Trent3 · 12-08-2012, 09:58 PM

Welcome to the hobby! Find me on QRZ.com

KJ4KAF
Trent

ic746 · 12-17-2012, 05:07 AM

N8CWR here formally KC8BTF General class in West Virginia been a ham since 1994. Really nice hobby to get into my friend you will enjoy it if you like talking all over the world. I had a Carolina Windom 160 stretched between 2 50 foot towers 300 feet apart and talked all over the world. Pretty neat when I talked to a couple soldiers in Afghanistan a few years back. Good luck with your license my friend.
Calvin.

Orgnoi1 · 12-17-2012, 07:07 AM

I thought about it when I was working for a 2-way radio company... never followed through though... its nice that they came out with the Tech-No Code...

TROUBADOUR · 12-17-2012, 08:10 AM

I was intending to put up an inverted "V" so I could at least listen to 10 meter while I'm waiting for a test, but this darned snow won't go away!. :

Temps haven't been above freezing for quite a while we got even more snow last night ... not the kind of weather I'm looking for when I want to dig a hole for a post or climb up on a metal roof.

I might just have to rig something very temporary just to have something to mess with, but I hate to have to do something like that twice. And even if I get my license I don't think I could get a decent antenna set up until spring thaw!

Oh well - guess I'll figure something out.

Orgnoi1 · 12-17-2012, 08:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TROUBADOUR

I was intending to put up an inverted "V" so I could at least listen to 10 meter while I'm waiting for a test, but this darned snow won't go away!. :

Temps haven't been above freezing for quite a while we got even more snow last night ... not the kind of weather I'm looking for when I want to dig a hole for a post or climb up on a metal roof.

I might just have to rig something very temporary just to have something to mess with, but I hate to have to do something like that twice. And even if I get my license I don't think I could get a decent antenna set up until spring thaw!

Oh well - guess I'll figure something out.

You can actually have the v not perfectly inverted (angled) which you can do with stakes into the ground and not going so high on a structure... The only thing that changes is the attitude of signal... For FM it won't work AS well... But for hitting skip on AM you will just have a tighter bounce...

12-08-2012, 10:25 AM	#1
TROUBADOUR Gone Wild Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Oroville, WA --about 7 miles south of Canada. Posts: 1,233	Ham Radio Any of you guys into amateur radio? I just got my "Technician" license manual in the mail from the library and need to study. I hope to get an antenna (inverted "V") set up this weekend so I can at least start listening until I can get my test arranged.

12-08-2012, 04:40 PM	#2
Dave in VA maintaining a low profile Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: SW Virginia USA Posts: 6,316	Re: Ham Radio My brother has been a ham for almost 50 yrs, and I've enjoyed short wave listening, off and on, for a long time, too. He gave me an ICOM something or other that I had hooked up to a jerry rigged longwire--it worked good for listening--not so good xmitting. He wants me to get my license--maybe I will now I've got the time.

12-08-2012, 05:16 PM	#3
gornoman Stay thirsty my friends! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Suburban Chicago Posts: 24,290	Re: Ham Radio I got real close to qualifying back in the early seventies, but I never mastered Morse code, and eventually lost interest. There were two 8 meter towers within one block of my boyhood home, and I knew both of the owners very well. One of them was also a model railroad buff. It was amazing he stayed married, lol.

12-08-2012, 05:23 PM	#4
jlhog Gone Wild Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Dorr, MI Posts: 210	Re: Ham Radio K8YNO here.

12-08-2012, 09:58 PM	#6
Trent3 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Kentucky Posts: 42	Re: Ham Radio Welcome to the hobby! Find me on QRZ.com KJ4KAF Trent

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12-17-2012, 05:07 AM	#7
ic746 Gone Wild Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Martinsburg, WV Posts: 651	Re: Ham Radio N8CWR here formally KC8BTF General class in West Virginia been a ham since 1994. Really nice hobby to get into my friend you will enjoy it if you like talking all over the world. I had a Carolina Windom 160 stretched between 2 50 foot towers 300 feet apart and talked all over the world. Pretty neat when I talked to a couple soldiers in Afghanistan a few years back. Good luck with your license my friend. Calvin.

12-17-2012, 07:07 AM	#8
Orgnoi1 Getting Wild Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 77	Re: Ham Radio I thought about it when I was working for a 2-way radio company... never followed through though... its nice that they came out with the Tech-No Code...

12-17-2012, 08:10 AM	#9
TROUBADOUR Gone Wild Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Oroville, WA --about 7 miles south of Canada. Posts: 1,233	Re: Ham Radio I was intending to put up an inverted "V" so I could at least listen to 10 meter while I'm waiting for a test, but this darned snow won't go away!. : Temps haven't been above freezing for quite a while we got even more snow last night ... not the kind of weather I'm looking for when I want to dig a hole for a post or climb up on a metal roof. I might just have to rig something very temporary just to have something to mess with, but I hate to have to do something like that twice. And even if I get my license I don't think I could get a decent antenna set up until spring thaw! Oh well - guess I'll figure something out.

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