Posted on 01/05/2021 11:16:13 AM PST by Red Badger
Need to find some amateur radio experts for FReeper, Magnum44.
We used to have a Ham Radio Ping List run bet Denver DitDat, but he hasn't been on since 2006...................
Yes this would be another HOA antenna. The drawback is usually very narrow bandwidth without retuning. I suggested a dipole cuz they are easy to make and cheap. the loop is better from a directional standpoint. i use a 4 element Mosley WARC band Yagi on my tower at 40 feet. I can work the world on my 100 watts.
“I spent some time on the ARRL sight, but it overwhelmed me. I dont know what I dont know yet. Same thing happens when I google for HAM radio gear. I just dont know enough to know what I want to buy. So many options and add ons. Thats why I thought I’d reach out.
I am getting some recommendations from the thread. Thanks”
Mag, if you join ARRL they now have a magazine for beginners that you can choose get instead of their monthly magazine. It is very helpful. Maybe take it on like eating an elephant :-) I got my tech several years ago then was diverted learning Hebrew. Ready to go back to get general.
Vermont, I like your method. Might try that.
whiskey four romeo romeo whiskey - yea, it’s a vanity.
I took the Tech and General on the same day. Then about 2 months of cramming and passed the Extra exam. That was several years ago and Hamstudy didn't charge for the test exams. Don't know about now.
i have an iCOM UHF/FM transceiver, that’s it
No argument. You can conceal those pretty readily as well.
Not a Ham operator but have old Drake tune into the the 80m band to listen to the extra class operators(keen minds only class) fun to find some run the old am transmitters Vikings and Heath kit on weekends but not often.
Ok, I looked it up and now I know what a Raspberry board is. In college I would have messed with stuff like that, though in the early 80’s it would have been primitive. At Grad school in the early 90’s I also did some computer board programming, but again, nothing like building a radio from a board. My hat is off to you. I think at this point in life I will have to find a pre-built solution. :)
Depends on your intended use. Communicating with other hams you know may require a whole different setup than communicating with other hams randomly.
...I assume any modern set will be able to connect to a laptop and send packets
Anything that has an audio jack can be used with just about anything with a soundcard or audio capability.
...Does SDR allow for the same hardware to do HF plus other bands?
This question is difficult to answer without further info but generally SDR stands for software defined radio which is superior, in my opinion of course, to older technology radios. It can be used to span 'DC to daylight' frequencies but, as with everything else, capability comes with a price.
Check into APRS radio for short text messaging needs that offers global coverage and is built into some very inexpensive VHF radios. Packet communication is slow but with APRS it's not really an issue.
Thank you! Yeah, I’ve found a practice exam website that does much of what you’re describing. Teach how to recognize the RIGHT answers, looking for key phrases and exclusions.
Thanks, so much to learn. :)
And then we created “Q” codes. QSL QTH QRM or my personal
fav QLF or QLF? or Stop sending with your left foot/ Are
you sending with you left foot.
Advanced here also since 1976
I am.
So what else is needed ? I don’t hardly know squat.
Almost forgot...
de N8KAH
(extra class. Licensed since 1988)
Extra class here, but not posting my callsign here due to cross reference via QRZ and FCC websites. Licensed since 1977. Have a commercial GROL now...originally First Class Radiotelephone w/Ships RADAR endorsement.
it’s handheld, short range but fairly secure for my purposes
Please add me to the list. Not going to post my call but I am one of the two 8 calls on 3838 right now. Good group of deplorables on at the moment. Not sure I’ve heard anyone discuss websdr yet.
P.S. Extra class with a 2x2, RRT, Volunteer Examiner.
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