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Post by 2e0rcs on Mar 1, 2008 21:16:46 GMT
hi all my name is scott ex royal sigs.Been licenced now since oct 07 so really a newby too.Just gained the uk intermeidiate exam the old callsign was m3uum.Im also another sota addict and have just started the new year to see what i can acheive for 2008.
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Post by k9do on Mar 2, 2008 0:56:23 GMT
hello from ;D Renae k9do
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Post by M0ZOE on Mar 3, 2008 1:08:41 GMT
Hiya Scott, Post whatever you like on Sota. We have a board for it and you can post your piccies and reports too if you like as you know I am always interested in seeing how folks adventures on the summits went. 73's for now, Zo
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Post by 2e0rcs on Mar 3, 2008 13:59:01 GMT
hiya renae nice to meet you for the very first time on the forum and maybe when conditions get better to work you on one of the bands in the future.
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Post by k9do on Mar 3, 2008 21:17:59 GMT
hiya renae nice to meet you for the very first time on the forum and maybe when conditions get better to work you on one of the bands in the future. That would be awesome. I go on all bands. ;D
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Post by M0ZOE on Mar 4, 2008 13:45:29 GMT
That would be good all round
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Post by ridgerunnr on Mar 4, 2008 17:39:59 GMT
Hi everyone! I don't operate a transceiver i just listen to shortwave radios and scanners. I've got a 1954 Hallicrafters SX88 worldband receiver that stopped receiving so I need to figure that out but I have two other units in operation-a 1959 Zenith Transoceanic Royal1000 and a 1976 Realistic Patrolman-9. Both, as old as they are, very healthy performers-I'm lucky. I still find shortwave very cool! Guess I'm a radio geek...
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Post by 2e0rcs on Mar 4, 2008 19:36:29 GMT
hi ridge hope your ok and enjoy being on the forum. Hey swl is were it all starts do you have an interest area you like to listen to?Let us know . Yes the old radios are the best i used to have an old yaesu frg 7 derived from the seventies and it was much better on rx than my little yaesu ft817. 73 scott
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Post by M0ZOE on Mar 5, 2008 1:17:42 GMT
Hiya Ridgerunnr, I agree with Scott, It all starts with listening. Your radios are not ones that I am familiar with but they sound just great. The Zenith Transoceanic sounds very interesting. I think it is important that there are listeners because whats the point of radio if there is no one there to listen. We all expect it and it is an important part of being a Radio Amateur....You are most welcome here and I hope you will post and tell us a little more about those radio's that you have there. 73's Zo
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Post by k9do on Mar 5, 2008 12:29:29 GMT
It all starts with listening. That is very true, that is how I started out listening for years and years before finally deciding to go for it.
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Post by ridgerunnr on Mar 5, 2008 21:46:24 GMT
Hi back! So I'm gathering that you all are on the air in some fashion? I listen alot to two meters..repeater-type traffic on the scanners. Any of you running full-house ham radios with thousands of watts and the like? To me that's where the meat of communications is-to recognize that the station is doing the gruntwork all on its own to push that signal to the world. There's something still so neat about that to me all these years.....modern technology has taken all the fun and wonder out of radio (i.e. the internet ironic) Frank
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Post by M0ZOE on Mar 7, 2008 15:54:17 GMT
Hi Again Frank, In the UK we have a 3 tier system of courses and exams for Amateur Radio Licences. Entry into the hobby starts with the Foundation Course and Exam...Its a taster into the hobby but once you have done the course and passed the exam you get almost all the bands and 10 Watts output power from your equipment. Then there is the Intermediate Course and Exam...this gives a whopping extra 40 Watts of power and just about all the bands so little change for such a big step...in that part of the course you learn about the electronics side of things and have to build something and put pl plugs onto Coaxial Cable and also fit a plug to three core wire correctly...Then there is the Advance or Full Course and Exam....This once passed gives us a total of 400 Watts power should we wish to use that amount of power. We don't get Kilowatts I'm afraid but to me that is a good thing because I will certainly know that I have had to work hard to get through all the stations that are putting out Kilowatts...I agree that to some extent technology has taken the fun and wonder out of radio for a lot of people but some of us do enjoy trying to get through the techno sea to get contacts with people no matter what form those contacts may take....The internet can be fun but at other times it can be a splatter of confusion for people....There is so much information available on the internet it can be a daunting task finding what you need. Anyways just to confirm that over here in the uk the foundation licencee's station call signs start with M3, Intermediate's start with 2E0 and Full/Advanced Stations start with M0....these are the modern day equivalents to the G- series that used to be issued. We are active on 2 mtrs, we occassionally go on the repeaters and sometimes hubby goes on the Nodes...Hope you found that interesting Frank and look forward to your comments. 73's Zo
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Post by ridgerunnr on Mar 7, 2008 18:03:41 GMT
Hi Zo-yes I found your answer very interesting! What fascinates me found within your info-is that the U.K. does things to a standard I find neat. I love trains as well as radios and I find your "Deltic" diesel engine with its twin Napier engines to be one of the coolest ever built! I have a collection of Corgi toys from the 1960's when I got them as gifts-the amazing detail and quality still shining thru today. It seems that common thread of standard runs thru how you are able to run your home radio station! I'd like to hear a comparitive from one of the radio operaters her in the U.S as to what they had to do to earn their spot on the same airwaves to see if our expectations are the same.
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Post by ridgerunnr on Mar 8, 2008 1:15:12 GMT
Hi Scott-you sure are right about the quality back in the days of your Yaesu. Speaking of which-way back in the 1970's when i lived out by Renae in Illionois I knew this guy who was a police captain and he ran a Yaesu base station that looked and acted like a Ham base. This dude had money and he spent it. He had a most bizzare antenna setup the likes of which I've never seen; while everyone had an antenna on the roof-this guy had his professionally installed ON THE GROUND in his backyard by the guys who install them for police/fire depts. It stood around 14' high and its elements were 4" thick! Looked like a freekin' rocket sittin' on the lawn...really cool. Needless to say he was king of the airwaves-had to go check it out!
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Post by k9do on Mar 8, 2008 2:28:40 GMT
Hi back! So I'm gathering that you all are on the air in some fashion? I listen alot to two meters..repeater-type traffic on the scanners. Any of you running full-house ham radios with thousands of watts and the like? To me that's where the meat of communications is-to recognize that the station is doing the gruntwork all on its own to push that signal to the world. There's something still so neat about that to me all these years.....modern technology has taken all the fun and wonder out of radio (i.e. the internet ironic) Frank We just got an amp but it only puts out about 500-600watts. Works out well for DX though.
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Post by ridgerunnr on Mar 10, 2008 17:04:02 GMT
Wow Renae but you have to admit that's BIG power for a home station! Do you guys operate on two meters or what band? I'd love it if I could hear you on my radios! Hi Zo-my coolest radio is the Zenith. My Uncle Joe was an anesthesiologist (the rich side of the family) and he purchased this unit way back in 1959 in New York City. It was supposedly top of the line for the time world-band radio. Heck, it even has black leather on the case which is still in great shape. They knew how much I loved using it when we went visiting so they gave it to me (turns out I was the only one who ever used it) I've had it my whole life and it is truly a die-hard from the days when Zenith products were bulletproof! By the way where'd everybody go? Seems I'm the only one here all weekend.
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Post by k9do on Mar 10, 2008 17:12:04 GMT
Wow Renae but you have to admit that's BIG power for a home station! Do you guys operate on two meters or what band? I'd love it if I could hear you on my radios! . We use the amp for DX. Usually 20, or 75/80 meters. Sometimes use it on 160 meters I never go on 2 meters. Dave is on 2 meter simplex on the ride home
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Post by M0ZOE on Mar 10, 2008 21:41:28 GMT
Wow Renae but you have to admit that's BIG power for a home station! Do you guys operate on two meters or what band? I'd love it if I could hear you on my radios! Hi Zo-my coolest radio is the Zenith. My Uncle Joe was an anesthesiologist (the rich side of the family) and he purchased this unit way back in 1959 in New York City. It was supposedly top of the line for the time world-band radio. Heck, it even has black leather on the case which is still in great shape. They knew how much I loved using it when we went visiting so they gave it to me (turns out I was the only one who ever used it) I've had it my whole life and it is truly a die-hard from the days when Zenith products were bulletproof! By the way where'd everybody go? Seems I'm the only one here all weekend. Hi Frank, Hubby has always referred to the old Zenith products as being really really well made especially the camera's and such. I am really pleased that you were able to have the Zenith Radio and hope it can be passed on in years to come to another member of your family perhaps. On Sunday we had a club field event on a local hill. Mainly to check out some second hand equipment that the club purchased to see if it is working ok. It was a cold cold day but we all enjoyed each others company. Heard an Amateur working Air Mobile in some sort of Jet and we tried to make a contact with him but he had no time left and dissappeared....never mind there might be other times when we can have an interesting contact...When we got home I was so cold that it took hours for me to start feeling warm again and I fell asleep in the chair before I had realised....so that is why I didn't get on the forum yesterday. I have also been busy with making sure the club books are straight as it is time for the AGM in a week or two so been busy with that also. Think I know where I am with it all now so can relax with it. Hope you had a Great Weekend Frank and keep us informed if you hear any interesting stations on your radio's as I am always interested to hear of any good one. 73's for now, Zo
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Post by m3vqb on Mar 15, 2008 15:30:54 GMT
hi all and frank just to say not realy up on radios and things yet but learning scott teaches me most things but with you guys and gals out their iam sure i will learn even more intresting reading 73s janine
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Post by ridgerunnr on Mar 15, 2008 15:56:49 GMT
Hi Zo- you have a neat pile on your plate-I got ya. Me- I am off work recovering from an operation now for 2 months. Can't get around much- so i wind up here at the desk often. Hi Janine--so Scott is the radio man there-cool! My Rosie doesn't get too far into my radio stuff but she does think it's a neat hobby--she gets a bang out of hearing "Radio Zimbabwe" and the like in my living room in San Francisco on shortwave
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