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Jose Pointero posted:Ahahah wow it took a while but holy poo poo you guys have finally done it Mac EchoLink-compatible client, recommended specifically to you by EchoLink! Edit: EchoMac is probably much better.
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Jose Pointero posted:Ahahah wow it took a while but holy poo poo you guys have finally done it I haven't been voted in, I just pulled a Fidel and filled in the power vacuum. I think me and nmfree are going to have a stench-off to see who is Goonier and therefore should lead this rag-tag crew of misfits. Since Partycat mentioned it, I've got Echolink installed under Wine for Linux on my netbook and have no problems with it. I'm glad the Mac Hams got something going native to Apple's system though.
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Sniep posted:Just saying, when the OFs die, who's going to protect the hobby? I mean the FCC will just be like "cool unused spectrum" and in 10 years itl be gone. Pretty much this. I know we laugh at old men in jean shorts and grey tube socks who drive around in Astro Vans but their ability to organize and unleash the loving fury is spectacular. The ARRL sued the FCC (and won) for violating federal law when they ignored claims of interference in their eagerness to roll out BPL. If you had BPL in your neighborhood you probably wouldn't be able to get on certain HF bands depending on the installation. I'm not saying we need to affiliate with the ARRL (it's probably better that we don't) but they are useful for certain things. One day we'll be OFs too but hopefully we'll have better taste and won't try to turn people away from the hobby because they can't send QRQ code.
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Sniep posted:Just saying, when the OFs die, who's going to protect the hobby? I mean the FCC will just be like "cool unused spectrum" and in 10 years itl be gone. First they came for the straight keys, and you said nothing because you were a no-code.* Then they came for the DOS based packet radio programs, and you said nothing because you used Windows 7. Then they came for the tube rigs, and you said nothing because your rig was solid state. Then they came for you, and there was no one left to speak up. *For the record, all of my 'CW hate' is there to harass the OFs. I plan on learning code and have a friend I'm trying to get to take his Technician license so we can practice CW using some homemade QRP kits. Dijkstra posted:Pretty much this. There's a difference between the ARRL and the OFs who claim membership in it. It's like any other category of people... The 'normal folks' who make up the majority go unnoticed while the loud and obnoxious minority get all the attention. If the militant OFs really had any pull around the ARRL, the CW requirement would never have been removed and there would have been no advancement into digital modes in the band plans at all. I joined the ARRL when I got my ticket and will probably renew my membership. QST is a pretty good magazine if you ignore the few reviews written by OFs using them as a platform to bitch about modern standards and for as much as I do enjoy pointing and laughing at the OFs, the ARRL does do a good job of defending the spectrum and the rights that otherwise would be eroding away before our eyes. I'm waiting for the old TV bands to get crowded with OTA broadband. I can tell you now that the next target that they'll set their sites on will be forcing AM and FM to stop transmitting analog signals so they can sell off those frequencies as well. After that comes 2m, 1.25m, and 70cm since they're all in the same neighborhood. BigHustle fucked around with this message at 15:52 on Nov 16, 2010 |
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I probably think the people active in the ARRL mostly are good guys and ladies. The OFs who gripe about "no code", who hate emergency communications, traffic nets and contests with a passion, etc. are vocal on some forums and repeaters, but I don't consider them representative of the hobby. As for frequencies, I think the primary use amateur frequencies are relatively safe from being formally re-allocated as long as we use them for what they were intended - experimentation, friendship and emergency communications. What is a bigger danger, in my opinion, is stuff like "broadband over powerlines" where the people regulating are willfully ignorant of radio physics, or businesses or agencies using the amateur bands for commercial or routine business traffic. Here in Norway, there's a desperate push to close down FM broadcast transmissions and replace them with DAB (not DAB+, but the old one), but they haven't been pushing broadband over the air as a new use for these old FM frequencies. They just want to save money by not transmitting both on FM and DAB. This initiative is not popular with the public or politicians, so it seems like FM radio is going to stay a while here. By the way, I'm now another "no-code extra". I'm sending my info to that GMail address. Vir fucked around with this message at 16:38 on Nov 16, 2010 |
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Well after a bit of time copy and pasting, here's the current list of goons who have emailed me the correct info. They will all have an email sitting in their Inbox with the node info. BigHustle Catastrophe Dijkstra dv6speed IonClash KingOMtDew mwdan One Day Fish Sale Partycat QPZIL Radio Nowhere Snapshot TC the Giant TNLTRPB vinic Vir xergm There is one goon who emailed me his call sign, but left out his SA username. Once I get that, I'll add you, and any other stragglers on the list and email the info.
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Vir posted:I probably think the people active in the ARRL mostly are good guys and ladies. The OFs who gripe about "no code", who hate emergency communications, traffic nets and contests with a passion, etc. are vocal on some forums and repeaters, but I don't consider them representative of the hobby. Wait... There are hams who hate EmComm? I'd like to meet one of those. All I ever see are people who either don't give a poo poo or have a full DEVO-esque radiation suit covered in HTs who drool at the thought of a disaster so they can 'spring into action'. Personally I got into ham as a hobby, not as a way to play 'hero' in case of disaster. I plan to go to SKYWARN/RACES (they do it as one class here) and possibly ARES and MARS training, but I won't join any groups as a full member unless they have a very low whacker content. In this area they don't. "Vir posted:As for frequencies, I think the primary use amateur frequencies are relatively safe from being formally re-allocated as long as we use them for what they were intended - experimentation, friendship and emergency communications. What is a bigger danger, in my opinion, is stuff like "broadband over powerlines" where the people regulating are willfully ignorant of radio physics, or businesses or agencies using the amateur bands for commercial or routine business traffic. My comments were meant to be a 'long term' type scenario. We've all seen how long it took them to implement DTV, and they haven't done poo poo with that open spectrum yet. BPL has pretty well been shot down as a viable source of communication infrastructure here in the US. Manassas, VA shut down their BPL service in July because it was costing them too much to keep it up and running. I know that everywhere else that BPL is brought up, the ham community goes apeshit. quote:Here in Norway, there's a desperate push to close down FM broadcast transmissions and replace them with DAB (not DAB+, but the old one), but they haven't been pushing broadband over the air as a new use for these old FM frequencies. They just want to save money by not transmitting both on FM and DAB. This initiative is not popular with the public or politicians, so it seems like FM radio is going to stay a while here. They haven't pushed for cessation of analog radio here in the US yet, but a lot of the local stations here in MO are also broadcasting one or more stations in HD and a few of the AM stations have partnered with FM stations to get their programming on HD. I know if AM radio ever goes away, I'll miss driving down the highway at night manually scanning through the stations and picking up poo poo from all over the US and Canada. quote:By the way, I'm now another "no-code extra". I'm sending my info to that GMail address. Gooble Gobble, we accept you, we accept you, one of us!
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BigHustle posted:Wait... There are hams who hate EmComm? I'd like to meet one of those. All I ever see are people who either don't give a poo poo or have a full DEVO-esque radiation suit covered in HTs who drool at the thought of a disaster so they can 'spring into action'. The people who don't give a poo poo are at least not a problem right now. What will happen though is that when they get hit with a disaster some of them may want to help out and won't be well prepared. Big disasters always get spontaneous, untrained volunteers. This is a challenge for emergency management. Untrained volunteers can't just be put to work operating radios or chainsaws if you haven't confirmed that they know what you're doing. If those volunteers have an amateur license or a forestry service chainsaw operator qualification, then you know that they at least know how to use the equipment. But you don't know if they'll understand who their boss is, understand what the various ICS units do, if they're adequately insured etc. Being an effective emergency communicator takes some training and exercising, so it's not something we should force everyone to do. (As well as taking people's time, it takes resources from the NGOs or agencies which train them - some places they even give Hams full emergency dispatch training.) I do, however, think that all hams - from technician and up - should have a minimum of EmComm knowledge, such as knowing - that EmComm has priority over contesting and ragchewing - how to use the radio - where the local traffic nets are - which ARES/RACES (in the US) or similar groups are active in their area - how to originate or deliver a radiogram - have realistic expectations for what ham radio can and can not do in an emergency - how to volunteer without being in the way BigHustle posted:Personally I got into ham as a hobby, not as a way to play 'hero' in case of disaster. I plan to go to SKYWARN/RACES (they do it as one class here) and possibly ARES and MARS training, but I won't join any groups as a full member unless they have a very low whacker content. In this area they don't. Speaking of SKYWARN - learning how to accurately report weather sounds like a good idea, but, my goodness those people with flashing lights driving into tornadoes.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tjGJiRPCuE Flashing amber lamps are OK if you're using them to warn of obstructions, but reflective vests and tape are usually better - and don't speed with your lights flashing like you're a Russian oligarch, you whackers.  
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Well... I can't use echolink because stupid echolink's stupid site won't let me validate my stupid account with them because it's stupid and is somehow still seeing my old address from 4 months ago when I still lived in Philly even though the FCC database lists my new, correct address so I have no idea what to do here because everything is stupid and broken and stupid. Summary: stupid echolink.
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Catastrophe posted:Well... I can't use echolink because stupid echolink's stupid site won't let me validate my stupid account with them because it's stupid and is somehow still seeing my old address from 4 months ago when I still lived in Philly even though the FCC database lists my new, correct address so I have no idea what to do here because everything is stupid and broken and stupid. You changed your address recently, right? It takes about 48/72 hours for the updated files to be released by the FCC and downloaded by EchoLink. It's the same with QRZ. It took 48 hours for my call to become active so I could change my EchoLink account over to my new callsign.
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Catastrophe posted:Well... I can't use echolink because stupid echolink's stupid site won't let me validate my stupid account with them because it's stupid and is somehow still seeing my old address from 4 months ago when I still lived in Philly even though the FCC database lists my new, correct address so I have no idea what to do here because everything is stupid and broken and stupid. Ha, this made me realize I've never updated the address on my amateur radio license. I've moved like 3 times though today I'm still in the same area as my old address. My old address is my parents house and they haven't gone anywhere, so I'm okay if anything got mailed. Still I should get that changed now that I'm settled in my new house. Are we doing any regularly scheduled nets on this echolink node? I'll volunteer as net control if that gets the ball rolling.
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 Keep in mind with echolink that you still need to follow all the same rules and generally accepted operating practices as you would on the air. This is true with even two computer users connecting to each other, but the real thing to keep in mind is you never know when someone may be using an RF link of some type.  Radio Nowhere posted:Are we doing any regularly scheduled nets on this echolink node? I'll volunteer as net control if that gets the ball rolling. Speaking of nets, if anybody in the Philadelphia and Suburbs area can hit the 145.13 + 147.06 linked repeater system in Paoli and Newtown Square, PA, I will be running my first net, on behalf of the local club that owns it, on Sunday the 28th at 20:30 EST. I'll be running two nets a month or so there.
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Radio Nowhere posted:Are we doing any regularly scheduled nets on this echolink node? I'll volunteer as net control if that gets the ball rolling. Don't wait for approval, decide when you want to get your balls out and let everyone know when to check in. dv6speed posted:Speaking of nets, if anybody in the Philadelphia and Suburbs area can hit the 145.13 + 147.06 linked repeater system in Paoli and Newtown Square, PA, I will be running my first net, on behalf of the local club that owns it, on Sunday the 28th at 20:30 EST. I'll be running two nets a month or so there. Will you give yourself an 'atta-boy' on the air if we show up?
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BigHustle posted:Will you give yourself an 'atta-boy' on the air if we show up?
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Please welcome Phuzion to SAARS. There is still one goon with a call sign, starting with K and ending with F, who has an email address @yahoo.com who's SA username I need. You should be able to figure out who you are... dunno if my reply got lost in your spam folder or you haven't checked your email yet.
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dv6speed posted:Please welcome Phuzion to SAARS. Reporting for duty. Psyched to get on the air with you goons.
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dv6speed posted:There is still one goon with a call sign [snark] ...if only there were a collection of callsigns (a list, perhaps) somewhere easily found in this thread (in the first post, even!) that one could look up which user has which call... [/snark]
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This afternoon, I got my Echolink account working, set it up on my iPhone, connected to the node and tried talking to see who was out there. No response. Tried again. No response. I realized I was standing on a sidewalk trying to use a cell phone to talk to an Internet-connected ham radio network across the country in hopes that other Internet users would hear me... and was unsuccessful. This was the gooniest moment of my life. Yay!
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BigHustle posted:Don't wait for approval, decide when you want to get your balls out and let everyone know when to check in. Well I didn't want to step on dv6speed if he already had plans since it's his node and all. I'll gladly get a weekly net rolling, I'm thinking starting at 9 PM EST so it's not too early for west coasters nor too late for east coasters. You goons can PM me what evening would work best. Also PM me some goony net names but remember to keep it FCC legal.
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Radio Nowhere posted:Well I didn't want to step on dv6speed if he already had plans since it's his node and all. I'll gladly get a weekly net rolling, I'm thinking starting at 9 PM EST so it's not too early for west coasters nor too late for east coasters. You goons can PM me what evening would work best. Also PM me some goony net names but remember to keep it FCC legal. There goes my idea for calling it the Aural Sex Net...
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I'm picking up a new toy this weekend...  That right there is a Gladding 25, a crystal controlled 2m rig made by Pearce-Simpson back in the mid 70s, I think. I haven't been able to find much about it on the net, other than a few threads in QRZ where they called it the worst 2m rig ever made. I'm getting the radio, power supply, mic, 12v power cables, and a lovely mag mount antenna from a guy for  EDIT: I found a QST review done of this thing from the December issue of 1971. It seems that the things the OFs were bitching about when talking of this rig were because the when the thing used a non=standard design, like using a slope detector in the receiver and using the DC to DC converter as the audio amplifier during receive. BigHustle fucked around with this message at 05:27 on Nov 19, 2010 |
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Please welcome Radnor to SAARS. Current list: BigHustle Catastrophe Dijkstra dv6speed IonClash KingOMtDew mwdan nmfree One Day Fish Sale Partycat Phuzion QPZIL Radio Nowhere Radnor Snapshot TC the Giant TNLTRPB vinic Vir xergm AbsentMindedWelder fucked around with this message at 14:28 on Nov 19, 2010 |
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The club station license is now official. Our interim call sign is KB3VIB. I have a support ticket in with the FCC now so I can gain access to the ULS and apply for the vanity. So, fess up, who was it who got to QRZ before I did and put a picture up there? Edit: I'm still figuring out what needs to happen so I can cover my rear end and let you guys use the club call sign. I probably need a copy of your FCC paper license or something. Until this happens, please hold off on using the call sign. AbsentMindedWelder fucked around with this message at 14:09 on Nov 19, 2010 |
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dv6speed posted:The club station license is now official. Our interim call sign is KB3VIB. I have a support ticket in with the FCC now so I can gain access to the ULS and apply for the vanity. Unless I'm mistaken, they can only use the club callsign when seated at the club equipment or using it via remote operation. Since we only have the EchoLink node, I don't believe that anyone should be using the club call unless they're running the net. If they do, they need to use proper ettiquette (Ex: This is club station KB3VIB with AC0TW at the controls calling C-Goon) and stay within their licensed frequencies. Using a club station with an Extra call doesn't allow for automatic upgrades. Did you go to QRZ and remove said picture? I don't see one there, but I can imaging that it was either Tubgirl or Goatse. I know it wasn't Lemonparty, since that's who frequents the site.
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So, recently my roommate has become interested in amateur radio, and we're looking to set up a system here. I already have my technician license, but he and I are probably going to take the General exam soon. I, personally, have forgotten everything, and while I'm sure I can study for the exam itself with the questions, I'm still quite unsure of what to actually do. Anyway, my roommate is interested in trying to contact specific people both 50 km away and up to ~1800 km away. I believe the 40m and 20m bands would be the most appropriate for such long distances, correct? As far as receivers go... I have no idea. I remember reading a lot of good stuff about Yaesu, Icom, and Kenwood, but as far as each goes, well, I have no idea. I've tried looking at eHam reviews but they're a mess. Any recommendations? I would say around $500 is the budget, and if it has to be used, that's probably okay. EDIT: This is a receiver I'm looking at: Icom 718 Finally, antennas. We're fine with building a j-pole for the appropriate bands, but I really don't know what we'd be looking at for 40m and 20m. There is a tree that we could string some sort of dipole up on, but I don't think it's as simple as that. What would we be looking at for cheap and hopefully not too ugly antennas? I have, in fact, read through this whole thread in the past, but it's just an overwhelming amount of information. Thanks for any help you can provide. ohgodwhat fucked around with this message at 23:16 on Nov 20, 2010 |
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ryanmfw posted:So, recently my roommate has become interested in amateur radio, and we're looking to set up a system here. I already have my technician license, but he and I are probably going to take the General exam soon. I, personally, have forgotten everything, and while I'm sure I can study for the exam itself with the questions, I'm still quite unsure of what to actually do. My best suggestion for learning etiquette and procedure is to get a rig and listen, listen, and keep on listening. Everyone tends to follow the same general procedure, but you'll get a few ideas on how best to operate your station. If you want to get something to read, check out the ARRL 'Operating Manual for Radio Amateurs'. There's a poo poo ton of info in there that will come in handy. quote:Anyway, my roommate is interested in trying to contact specific people both 50 km away and up to ~1800 km away. I believe the 40m and 20m bands would be the most appropriate for such long distances, correct? I believe so, but there are a few more folks in here who could answer this better. My HF experience is pretty limited at this point. quote:As far as receivers go... I have no idea. I remember reading a lot of good stuff about Yaesu, Icom, and Kenwood, but as far as each goes, well, I have no idea. I've tried looking at eHam reviews but they're a mess. Any recommendations? I would say around $500 is the budget, and if it has to be used, that's probably okay. They all make good radios. A lot of the eHam reviews and bullshit over at QRZ is full of brand loyalty and poo poo of that nature. I've never used the 718, but I know a few folks who have them and they always sound good over the air. quote:Finally, antennas. We're fine with building a j-pole for the appropriate bands, but I really don't know what we'd be looking at for 40m and 20m. There is a tree that we could string some sort of dipole up on, but I don't think it's as simple as that. What would we be looking at for cheap and hopefully not too ugly antennas? Actually, it IS as simple as that. Making a simple 1/4 or 1/2 wave dipole is how a lot of folks get on the air. Just make sure that if you don't get an autotuner that you get an SWR meter so you can be sure that you're transmitting with an antenna that's resonating well. Dipoles are simple to make and easy to modify... Cut each side to formula length plus about a foot extra. Hang it up, test the SWR, and trim the ends if it's too high. Just remember to trim both ends equally. quote:I have, in fact, read through this whole thread in the past, but it's just an overwhelming amount of information. Thanks for any help you can provide. The thread does have a lot of info. I actually need to start at the beginning and re-read it one of these days.
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