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BigHustle posted:Guys, check out these HIP HAM SHIRTS! Please note that sizes go up to 5x... Holy Crap! One of those is my design! I think the guy who runs this sign is a redditor. I suggested he take the ARRL logo and remove the diamond and text, leaving just the yellow radio symbol.  Also, my 2x1 application went through today. xergm fucked around with this message at 17:30 on Dec 17, 2010 |
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xergm posted:Holy Crap! One of those is my design! I think the guy who runs this sign is a redditor. I suggested he take the ARRL logo and remove the diamond and text, leaving just the yellow radio symbol. Sue the poo poo out of him. It can be the Ham equivalent of Shmorky vs Todd. Congrats on the 2x call!
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Dec 17, 2010 19:50
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Finally got off my lazy rear end and got validated on Echolink - connected to AG0ON last night but nobody else was on. Pretty cool being able to "ham" from my phone though!
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Dec 17, 2010 19:55
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BigHustle posted:Sue the poo poo out of him. It can be the Ham equivalent of Shmorky vs Todd. Nah, I actually suggested he make it. I'm just surprised he actually did it and it showed up here.
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Dec 17, 2010 20:21
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BigHustle posted:Sue the poo poo out of him. It can be the Ham equivalent of Shmorky vs Todd.
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Dec 18, 2010 02:19
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Pretty decent 6 meter opening this morning if anyone has the inclination to hop on.
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Dec 18, 2010 16:05
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Yeah there you go , I'll get that shirt and get accused of it being a steampunk pogo stick or some poo poo. I hooked up the VHF indoors for a bit and tested my "beam". I gotta get an analyzer or something. It works swell on the exact frequency I cut it for, and pretty much nowhere else. 11M still terrible (as in static and noise that's it). Gotta love being below ground !
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Dec 18, 2010 20:54
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Dijkstra posted:Pretty decent 6 meter opening this morning if anyone has the inclination to hop on. What??? Where? I've literally never heard anyone on 6M. It's as dead as dead can be. I've been hoping to see some activity on there for ages.
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Dec 19, 2010 17:52
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Catastrophe posted:What??? Where? Best thing to do with 6 meters is just keep your radio parked on 50.125 during the day, especially in the late spring/early summer. Openings aren't as common in the winter. You could also keep an eye on the spotting clusters if you don't want to keep your radio on 6 all the time. Also mark your calendar for the January VHF sweepstakes on January 22-24. There will be tons of stations on 6 meters.
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Dec 19, 2010 21:29
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xergm posted:Holy Crap! One of those is my design! I think the guy who runs this sign is a redditor. I suggested he take the ARRL logo and remove the diamond and text, leaving just the yellow radio symbol. That's the only shirt of those i'd wear. I do have two shirts from SA history, though; "I find your lack of capacitance disturbing" and "resistance is futile", each with the schematic symbol. QPZIL posted:Finally got off my lazy rear end and got validated on Echolink - connected to AG0ON last night but nobody else was on. Pretty cool being able to "ham" from my phone though! I idled for a few evenings in a row where no one came on. v0v I got bored at work and looked up my location on a maidenhead grid / googlemaps mashup. I could set up about a 400' treetop dipole on the grid line with main lobes true N/S. 
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Dec 20, 2010 01:19
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Catastrophe posted:What??? Where? When not using your HF+6M rig tune it to 50.125 USB in the background. Openings can come and go fast so when you hear something call back ASAP. I've made random contacts up and down the east coast this way.
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Dec 20, 2010 04:49
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I try to be on the Echolink node whenever I can - even when I'm sleeping - but lately when I connect, it shows a different callsign in the station info box than it used to, and the link to the fallback node isn't there. Hmmmm. I'm in Europe though, so the time zone might make it hard to catch me I guess.
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Dec 20, 2010 15:42
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Vir posted:I try to be on the Echolink node whenever I can - even when I'm sleeping - but lately when I connect, it shows a different callsign in the station info box than it used to, and the link to the fallback node isn't there. Hmmmm. The vanity callsign application went through, so the primary node was reassigned AG0ON since KB3VIB was invalidated at the time the new call hit the database.
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Dec 20, 2010 15:50
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Yes, I've successfully connected to AG0ON before, but this weekend and right now it's acting a bit wonky. I'm seeing the same node number as when it was called KB3VIB; that's correct, right?
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Dec 20, 2010 16:18
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Vir posted:Yes, I've successfully connected to AG0ON before, but this weekend and right now it's acting a bit wonky. I'm seeing the same node number as when it was called KB3VIB; that's correct, right? No, It should have a different node number, unless I'm mistaken. You might be connecting to the second Echo server. I can't remember what the call on that one is and I already took EchoLink off the laptop in preparation for sending it in for service.
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Dec 20, 2010 16:30
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I cant' seem to find an answer anywhere, and all the instructional diagrams seem to ignore this, but does the lower leg, the part below the 'T', on a J-pole (designed for 2m) have a length requirement or limitation?
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Dec 21, 2010 02:06
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iostream.h posted:I cant' seem to find an answer anywhere, and all the instructional diagrams seem to ignore this, but does the lower leg, the part below the 'T', on a J-pole (designed for 2m) have a length requirement or limitation? No it doesn't. It's because that portion of the antenna is electrically shorted at the jumper that connects the two poles, if I'm remembering it correctly.
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Dec 21, 2010 02:45
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BigHustle posted:No it doesn't. It's because that portion of the antenna is electrically shorted at the jumper that connects the two poles, if I'm remembering it correctly. Thanks!
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Dec 21, 2010 03:08
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I have been researching APRS set-ups as I want to do more than just beacon my position. I was looking at Toughbooks the other day, but they're hideously expensive. I had settled on grabbing whatever $300 netbook I could find when I though to look up the pinout for the Apple Dock Connector. A few google links later, I found out people have hacked DB9 serial ports onto their iOS devices and Redpark is making an official serial DB9 dongle. Holy poo poo, the iPad is now a must have. I mean, if anything is going to make me dabble in app creation, this is it. The iPad has GPS and a 3G data radio. The iPad could run a program that used the GPS to formulate packets to send out on APRS, it could listen to APRS packets and plot them on a map. You could text from the OSK or add a BT keyboard. There would be no need to kitbash it to work in a vehicle or make it run longer on battery power. Any mounting option is or will eventually be available. It's perfect. I'm nerding out hardcore.
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Dec 22, 2010 02:22
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Skyssx posted:The iPad has GPS and a 3G data radio.
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I'm a fan of APRSdroid for android. https://github.com/ge0rg/aprsdroid/wiki It's only a tracker I think, but it works.
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iostream.h posted:I'm pretty sure the iPad only has aGPS. I know I have absolutely no option to turn my GPS on or off on my iPad. AGPS > GPS. The ipad 3G has an actual GPS chip, it just Assists the chip by using cell towers and wifi to get an initial fix immediately. There are several APRS apps for iOS, but none of them are what I would call useful.
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Skyssx posted:AGPS > GPS. The ipad 3G has an actual GPS chip, it just Assists the chip by using cell towers and wifi to get an initial fix immediately. blugu64 posted:I'm a fan of APRSdroid for android. I'm in the midst of trying to figure out how the Icom 92-AD interfaces with APRS systems (apparently it's not true APRS so there's a conversion to be done). Any big opinions on HT antennas from anyone in here? I'm so tired of the rubber ducky it's ridiculous and I'm off work tomorrow so I may head to the ham shop for my GPS mic and a new antenna.
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Speaking of APRS stuff, where do websites like aprs.fi get their data? I ask because I want to throw up a google map on my website with my location, but also not have it display my callsign/all the other hams locations. I'm going home for the holidays, and this is easier then calling the folks every 2 hours and telling them where I am. iostream.h posted:Any big opinions on HT antennas from anyone in here? I'm so tired of the rubber ducky it's ridiculous and I'm off work tomorrow so I may head to the ham shop for my GPS mic and a new antenna. Size matters.
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Something I've wanted to do for awhile but never got around to it is investigate some of those cheap small name gps units that are for sale. Typically they run some sort of Windows CE os with the shell replaced by the GPS program. If you can find a serial connection for one, shouldn't be too terribly hard to get it running aprsisce instead.
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iostream.h posted:Hot drat, I've been wanting something like this! D-Star radios report their position as a part of the D-Star network. What you need to port that on to APRS is someone running a D-Star repeater to have a bit of computing and another radio, or some computing and a link to the APRS-IS. On an Icom, they call it DPRS. Should be some pages if you google "DPRS to APRS". As far as HT antennas go, I am really liking my Smiley antennas. They make their antennas with generic bases and then sell them with whatever base you want. That way you don't need to cause wear to your SMA when you swap between an extensible antenna and a stubby duck. Still doesn't help if you're swapping to a cable, though. I have their 2/70 telescoping spring loaded antenna, a 146 MHz tuned duck and a 465 MHz tuned super stubby. Even with the 146 duck on, I can "hit" repeaters 20 miles away at 1 watt. The 2/70 extended allows me to actually talk to people. I really need my batteries to get here soon.
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Skyssx posted:As far as HT antennas go, I am really liking my Smiley antennas. They make their antennas with generic bases and then sell them with whatever base you want. That way you don't need to cause wear to your SMA when you swap between an extensible antenna and a stubby duck. Still doesn't help if you're swapping to a cable, though. I have their 2/70 telescoping spring loaded antenna, a 146 MHz tuned duck and a 465 MHz tuned super stubby. Even with the 146 duck on, I can "hit" repeaters 20 miles away at 1 watt. The 2/70 extended allows me to actually talk to people. I really need my batteries to get here soon. I'm currently using a Diamond SHR320A on a MFJ-310S window mount at present, which actually turns my HT into a beast. I'm able to hit my usual repeater from about 15 miles away line of sight with 5 watts while moving in the car. When I'm in other areas without any line of site blockages, I can hit the same repeater from 15 miles out at half a watt. I usually talk on that 440 repeater while sitting in my basement 8 miles away about 4 feet from the glass slider door and hit the repeater at full quieting at 5 watts and some noise at 2.5 watts. I also live in a valley and have to deal with terrain between me and the repeater.
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Skyssx posted:I have their 2/70 telescoping spring loaded antenna,
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For anyone interested in VUCC, LOTW is in the process of adding VUCC functionality right now. Supposedly starting December 28 or so you will be able to track VUCC credits, in addition to DXCC and WAS. If you're a tech or interested in working SSB on VHF or chasing awards you should give LOTW a look.
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Vir posted:Would that be what they call the 270A Dual Band? Yes. FWIW, the guy at Amateur Electronic Supply said "if you're not having problems with the antenna that came with your HT, you shouldn't change it". I explained that I had broken my stock antenna months after purchasing the radio, and the thin whip I got to replace it had gotten kinked somewhere over the years. The 270A can be tuned to 2m, 1.25m and 70cm by extending or collapsing different numbers of segments. I keep it collapsed all the time as it will still receive a 2m repeater that way. No idea how it works on 1.25m. I'd really like to see HT manufacturers go back to BNC for the antenna. Sure, you can't get a submersible rating with it, but you can swap it out over 10,000 times without damage, compared to 500-700 for the SMA. Plus, drop damage resistance is way higher, although that can be relieved on a SMA with the right adapter.
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Anyone here want to get on HF tonight ? At the club, we got a long wire up and can do HF but I'm told it doesn't go very far.
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Partycat posted:Anyone here want to get on HF tonight ? At the club, we got a long wire up and can do HF but I'm told it doesn't go very far.
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If the people posting on the HF Underground IRC are to be believed, 10M is open right now.
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iostream.h posted:I'm down, where you want to meet within the General spectrum? Sorry I took off from the club about 9 which would have been a few hours earlier. I'm General anyways, so anywhere would haev worked but I can't do it here  I can do IRLP too one of these days. Sorry to disappoint !
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Later tonight or tomorrow I planned to fire up the club remote base and see if I can make some contacts on 10m, assuming I can speak. I've got this massive sinus problem today and can barely function. Running net control on Sunday should be interesting.
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Okay who's got IRLP and wants to chat ??? It's 8:50 PM EST and I may check this again around 9:30 so I'm not leaving anyone hanging ... Okay welp turning it in Merry Christmas all Partycat fucked around with this message at 03:29 on Dec 25, 2010 |
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Hell yeah Christmas haul Yaesu FT-2900 2M transceiver Astron RS-20A power supply Diamond mobile antenna Life is good  - been talking to a guy on some random repeater for the last 15 minutes about possum stew. Sometimes I love visiting my parents in the South.Also, that power supply is beastly. I had it set to high (75w) power, and the first time I keyed up it blew a fuse and all the lights went out. Whoops.
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QPZIL posted:Hell yeah Christmas haul You should put that antenna on something metallic to get a better ground plane. It drop the SWR on the antenna like a rock, meaning you will get much better transmit range.
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Phuzion posted:You should put that antenna on something metallic to get a better ground plane. It drop the SWR on the antenna like a rock, meaning you will get much better transmit range. Yeah, after that picture I put the antenna on top of an upside-down loaf pan. Made the signal clear up a lot 
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