gamer_jim
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Passed the Extra exam tonight!!
Thank you for your help and encouragement K-31!
Now to find a decent HF rig and stretch some wire.
Congrats!
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Passed the Extra exam tonight!!
Thank you for your help and encouragement K-31!
Now to find a decent HF rig and stretch some wire.
I missed the July hamfest which was closer for me; but I hope to make this one, if anyone thinks it will be worth the day trip:
If you are going there for testing there may be places closer to you, check the Laurel VEC website listed.
If you are going there for equipment, the consensus I have usually heard is that you can obtain better prices on new equipment on-line, that ham fests today are good places to find accessories such as wire and rope and that you should be their first thing to get any bargains on used equipment.
I missed the July hamfest which was closer for me; but I hope to make this one, if anyone thinks it will be worth the day trip:
Carroll County Tailgate Fest
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Sponsor: Carroll County Amateur Radio Club
Website: http://qis.net/~k3pzn
Location: Carroll County Agriculture Center
706 Agriculture Center Drive
Westminster, MD 21157
Talk-In: 145.410 (PL 114.8)
Contact: Steve Beckman, N3SB
2145 Bethel Road
Finksburg, MD 21048
Phone: 410-876-1482
Email: n3sb@qis.net
these things, little bit of stripped romex and a panel mount connector you can get at Rat Shack..
http://www.kb6nu.com/21-things-to-do-build-an-antenna/
If you are going there for testing there may be places closer to you, check the Laurel VEC website listed.
If you are going there for equipment, the consensus I have usually heard is that you can obtain better prices on new equipment on-line, that hamfests today are good places to find accessories such as wire and rope and that you should be there first thing to get any bargains on used equipment.
went last year, for the first time in about 7 years, was disappointing simply due to lack of participation, but i did pick up some odds and ends
I was looking for a scanner and found that Ham Radio Outlet was the cheapest on the net including Amazon. If you want to look at the stuff, they have stores in Woodbridge, VA and New Castle, DE. They're both exactly 90 minutes from my house. I decided to go out to the VA store and buy the scanner. Now I'm looking at a mobile radio for use in my condo and I'm going there to look after the Chantilly show this weekend.
I'm going to also start studying for the general test. The problem is I live in a condo and can't really put up antennas for the HF bands. I think I figured out one for 2m/70cm that no one will notice.
When I was a kid, it seemed to me like most hams were into DX'ing CW (i.e. Morse code) on shortwave frequencies, bouncing signals as far across the globe as they could get. Do hams still do this, or is it mostly HF stuff nowadays?
I was looking for a scanner and found that Ham Radio Outlet was the cheapest on the net including Amazon. If you want to look at the stuff, they have stores in Woodbridge, VA and New Castle, DE. They're both exactly 90 minutes from my house. I decided to go out to the VA store and buy the scanner. Now I'm looking at a mobile radio for use in my condo and I'm going there to look after the Chantilly show this weekend.
I'm going to also start studying for the general test. The problem is I live in a condo and can't really put up antennas for the HF bands. I think I figured out one for 2m/70cm that no one will notice.
When I was a kid, it seemed to me like most hams were into DX'ing CW (i.e. Morse code) on shortwave frequencies, bouncing signals as far across the globe as they could get. Do hams still do this, or is it mostly HF stuff nowadays?
ARRL has books on stealth antennas.
A friend was in base housing and managed to load up the gutter system as an HF antenna.
Anyone have experience with the Yaesu FT-8800R radio and/or Alinco DM-330MVT power supply? Those are my two front runners at this point.
Luckily I live on the third floor and not a lot of people walk behind the building so I think I can get away with something. No way can I clamp something to the railing since it can easily be seen.
Hang a flag on it. If someone bothers you about it, accuse them of hating our troops.
A lot of noise or very low power.
I have a QSL card from a guy in NJ that is a serious QRP (low power ) freak. He was worked across the Atlantic at power levels like 0.00002 watts.
Cool video, thanks for posting.
I'd be concerned mounting an antenna to a vent pipe, we get some strong winds here. I'd prefer to mount to chimney if possible. Better right?
If you had to be discreet, could you put the antenna inside a piece of rain gutter? Or run along the seam of the siding? Antennas don't generate heat right? Maybe a lightning hazard?
I think we are talked out of driving all that way for the hamfest, for the reasons provided thank you.