I have to admit that I really have enjoyed JT65 for tracking down some relatively rare DX that I otherwise would have a heck of a time snagging. We're talking <500mW with a short random-wire antenna thrown into some trees. All 50 states and 105 countries on every continent.
And, as far as utility is concerned, if a group of preparation-minded hams could develop a CEOI (communications-electronics operating instruction) for a private net, some very effective communications could be exchanged during a "disaster" at very, very low power with very, very stealthy equipment (low enough power where it would be extraordinarily difficult for fox-chasers to be able to catch them). If you catch my drift.
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To: markomalley
develop a CEOI (communications-electronics operating instruction) for a private net
= = =
If you can conceive it, it can (and will) be done.
2 posted on
11/02/2017 7:32:46 PM PDT by
Scrambler Bob
(Brought to you from Turtle Island, otherwise known as 'So-Called North America')
To: markomalley
3 posted on
11/02/2017 7:35:24 PM PDT by
Fiddlstix
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To: markomalley
Huh?? I operated 50+ years ago. This sounds like a RTTY operation highly souped up with computer detection and transmission. Hams used keyboards and hf 60 plus years ago. Am I close?
Miss my 20 and 40 cw dx and 160 am. A vertical and 50 watts. Really cooked when I moved up to ssb.
4 posted on
11/02/2017 7:37:36 PM PDT by
whistleduck
("....the calm confidence of a Christian with 4 aces".....S.)
To: markomalley
What’s it cost to get into that game?
6 posted on
11/02/2017 7:39:50 PM PDT by
dsc
(Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
To: markomalley
8 posted on
11/02/2017 7:53:48 PM PDT by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: markomalley
9 posted on
11/02/2017 7:56:39 PM PDT by
RushIsMyTeddyBear
(Screw The NFL!!!!!! My family fought for the flag!)
To: markomalley
13 posted on
11/02/2017 8:06:31 PM PDT by
SpaceBar
To: markomalley
14 posted on
11/02/2017 8:08:46 PM PDT by
TheCipher
(To my mind Judas Iscariot was nothing but a low, mean, premature Congressman. - Mark Twain)
To: markomalley
I love FT8. It's so much faster to make a contact than the older JT65, and almost as sensitive. I worked New Zealand from Alabama, with -16 dB signal to noise ratio!
I prefer the computer-based digital modes to HF voice; the background noise is terrible, my hearing is not good, I have tinnitus, and I just can't pull stations out of the noise. But Joe Taylor's software WSJT-X sure can.
15 posted on
11/02/2017 8:11:54 PM PDT by
backwoods-engineer
(Trump won; we got Gorsuch and a bit of MAGA. Likely have a civil war before we get more.)
To: markomalley
16 posted on
11/02/2017 8:13:48 PM PDT by
Lurker
(President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
To: miele man
To: markomalley
What equipment is required other than an HF rig and an antenna? Software from whom?
Thanks
To: markomalley
as far as utility is concerned, if a group of preparation-minded hams could develop a CEOI (communications-electronics operating instruction) for a private net, some very effective communications could be exchanged during a "disaster" at very, very low power with very, very stealthy equipment (low enough power where it would be extraordinarily difficult for fox-chasers to be able to catch them). If you catch my drift.
Why do I find this encouraging?
To: markomalley
23 posted on
11/02/2017 8:27:59 PM PDT by
Ignatz
(Winner of a prestigious 1960 Y-chromosome award!)
To: markomalley
27 posted on
11/02/2017 9:44:36 PM PDT by
Techster
To: markomalley
I can confirm the recent rise in popularity of FT8. Apparently the software defaults to the same frequency as our evening traffic net. Through some negotiations this default was moved a couple kc down, but it seems many are still using the old default. After a couple months we gave up and moved our net.
28 posted on
11/02/2017 9:48:19 PM PDT by
Database
To: markomalley; Texas Fossil; backwoods-engineer; dsc; whistleduck; everyone
I've been fiddling and grab-assing with ham since I was a teen, and decided that since I turn double nickels on my next birthday, getting my general class license is on my bucket list. I'm currently upgrading my 40 channel Washington SSB CB rig with a Turner SSB+2 power mic and better SWR meter, and putting up a TRAM mast antenna (waiting for the lightning arrestor, ground spike, all that jazz to get here - I've been using some moth-eaten 1/2 wave dipole antenna that's been through a major house fire). I've been looking for a decent, inexpensive multi-band ham starter rig on eBay. Any suggestions?
29 posted on
11/02/2017 10:05:05 PM PDT by
Viking2002
("If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck." - John Steinbeck)
To: markomalley
I'm in it for the fun.
5 watts and one of these babys
No computers, no extra stuff.... Old school radio.
30 posted on
11/02/2017 10:26:03 PM PDT by
ASOC
(Forced to give a man a fish, he eats one day. Deport him and you'll never have to feed him again.)
To: markomalley
33 posted on
11/03/2017 4:31:50 AM PDT by
fulltlt
To: markomalley
...The human in radio has somehow been lost...
Welcome to the 21st century.
34 posted on
11/03/2017 5:42:03 AM PDT by
Sasparilla
( I'm Not Tired of Winning.)
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