Roger that!! There's a fairly large group of us on the South West side of Chicago that chat on 146.445 (Simplex) and you won't find an Obama supporter in the bunch.
Our nightly chat typically consists of what the a**hole in chief has screwed up that day. Granted, I'm usually the instigator and the conversation starts with something I posted on my blog, NoBamaNation
As for my station:
Kenwood TS-940SAT (HF Rig) w/Heathkit SB-220 amp
Kenwood TS-711A (2 meter all-mode) w/KLM 200w amp
Kenwood TS-811A (440mhz all-mode) w/KLM 200w amp
My "Antenna Farm"
Rohn HDBX-48 Tower
Mosley 33 Classic (10/15/20M)
Stacked Cushcraft 13B2 (2m) horizontally mounted
Diamond 2m/440 omnidirectional vertical
Solarcon IMAX-2000 (10M Vertical) Alpha Delta DX-CC Wire (10 - 80, inc. 12, 17 and 30)
Other "Goodies"
I have a Com-Spec TE-32 mult-tone CTCSS Encoder on my Kenwood 940 for 10 Meter FM repeater communications. Last night I chatted with other Ham's in Los Angeles and New York on a LA based repeater. That was waaaaaay cool and finally 10M is opening up.
It's going to be a fun field day!
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CL33 is great little beam. Had one and it worked great. The capacity feed mechanism is balanced and very efficient. Very old design, but one of the best that Mosely built.
I am not as active as I once was, but it may be important again if the chaos progresses.
My favorite radio (have quite few) is my Collin 75S-3/32S-3 Pair. Have had them a very long time, but it is still the Swiss Watch. Many years ago I built a synthesizer to allow general coverage with it. This was my NAVY MARS station for many years.
I live in fly-over country in Central TX, and do not want to be in the city. My family has been in this county since 1886. I moved away for 25 years, but do not plan to move again. No stinking Commie is going to run me off.
I enjoy monitoring these ragchews immensely
You can’t have that perspective when you live in Alameda county as I do. This post is late mostly due the fact that it’s the morning after field day. I’ve been out yelling my head off for the last two days.
The guy that spent the most time putting things together for my club’s field day is an extremely left wing fellow. Great guy otherwise.
When it comes to operating on the radio I was always told to avoid sex, and politics as topics - seems to work.