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after checking out some nets i am sad to say that oh my god all ham stereotypes are true looks like i somehow vastly overpaid my credit card bill so i can afford a yaesu ft-817  another stupid idiot question: what are some good recommendations for a good portable hf antennas? i do a lot of hiking and dont want to lug around some huge dumb nerd stick
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Freshwater Louie posted:after checking out some nets i am sad to say that oh my god all ham stereotypes are true end fed half wave wires are a big big thing right now. look for PAR End-Fedz. cheap and effective. you need a setup for each band tho --- mast experiments 20 feet of chain link top rail on top of a hambucket with a 5' 2 meter satellite antenna on top = lol its so loving tall im' actually going to back this one down to 15 feet as it'll be 'in front' of a 20 footer with beams on it but it stays up high for the VHF contest this weekend because i dont have any beams yet
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Jun 12, 2015 19:47
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Jonny 290 posted:ironically keeping your novice/tech call is the cool thing now is that like in a backlash against the "my hip replacement" crowd and their elitism or?
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Jun 12, 2015 22:43
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radios are dumb.
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Jun 12, 2015 22:53
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anyone who's into history poo poo, 99 percent invisible did an episode last week on frank conrad, who supposably started the concept of broadcast radio on his ham http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/voices-in-the-wire/
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Jun 13, 2015 00:31
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Sniep posted:is that like in a backlash against the "my hip replacement" crowd and their elitism or? it's why i always make sure to say that I'm a "no code" extra
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Jun 13, 2015 00:58
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Sniep posted:is that like in a backlash against the "my hip replacement" crowd and their elitism or? theres now no application for vanity calls so dudes are going to be chasing memes and using up all the callsigns
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Jun 13, 2015 01:41
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Jonny 290 posted:theres now no application for vanity calls so dudes are going to be chasing memes and using up all the callsigns i guess i dont follow - no application, meaning?
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Jun 13, 2015 01:42
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sorry. no application fees. missed a word
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Jun 13, 2015 02:40
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jello radio update
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Jun 13, 2015 03:02
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dude just emailed me back. he's a contractor type dude and is gonna call me at 3 tmw when he gets off work and I'm gonna get that poo poo
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Jun 13, 2015 03:07
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im so happy dude! yessss
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Jun 13, 2015 03:09
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ya I'm rly pumped. now I gotta figure out antennas and stuff.
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Jun 13, 2015 03:26
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Going for my tech license tomorrow. I can pass the practice tests in the 80%s consistently so pretty sure I'll do fine. Can't seem to get above a 60% on the general practice tests so not sure if I should bother attempting that or not. Looking forward to passing and then burning a pile of money on new toys.
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SpaceCadetBob posted:Going for my tech license tomorrow. I can pass the practice tests in the 80%s consistently so pretty sure I'll do fine. Can't seem to get above a 60% on the general practice tests so not sure if I should bother attempting that or not. failing the general after passing the tech does not invalidate your passing the tech it has literally 0 negative consequence and isn't even recorded as in, just take the test unless you are missing out on a hot date because there is literally no reason not to
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Jun 13, 2015 04:27
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you all and your radios, you all need to take a long walk off a short pier
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tumor looking batty posted:you all and your radios, you all need to take a long walk off a short pier a tall pier would be better actually
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Jun 13, 2015 04:37
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Jun 13, 2015 15:12
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Sniep posted:failing the general after passing the tech does not invalidate your passing the tech Spent all morning taking practice general tests and still couldn't get a passing score. Went to the test center and passed the tech pretty easily so figured I might as well try the general exam since I had nothing better to do. Ended up passing! By the minimum required score, but a pass is a pass. Really helped that a bunch of questions I was getting wrong on the practice tests were on my exam so I remembered a few answers that I otherwise wouldn't have known. So now that I'm a general the next and harder challenge is prying spending money from the wife's icy grip to buy me babby's first transceiver.
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Jun 13, 2015 18:00
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grats, see, that's exactly why i said to do it! haha
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SpaceCadetBob posted:Spent all morning taking practice general tests and still couldn't get a passing score. Went to the test center and passed the tech pretty easily so figured I might as well try the general exam since I had nothing better to do. Ended up passing! By the minimum required score, but a pass is a pass. Really helped that a bunch of questions I was getting wrong on the practice tests were on my exam so I remembered a few answers that I otherwise wouldn't have known. it took me over a year but dude is on his way right now
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vhf contest in full swing, already got a good fistful of contacts i'm not trying to win, just to meet other SSB nerds and try out the station it's not intense contesting YOURE 599 OK QRZ QRZ
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Jun 13, 2015 20:15
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 it's in great shape can't wait to fire it up
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of course he has the loving box
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Do you already have a power supply? This is one of the cheapest legit ones I know of http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00L2M2Y5O
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SperginMcBadposter posted:Do you already have a power supply? This is one of the cheapest legit ones I know of http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00L2M2Y5O I have a few I picked up at work when we were getting rid of servers. one of them I hooked a pot up to and can get a steady 13.8v out of it. need to put some power poles on the end of the power leads also he said it had the $300 electronic keyer module but idk what that means
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PuTTY riot posted:I have a few I picked up at work when we were getting rid of servers. one of them I hooked a pot up to and can get a steady 13.8v out of it. need to put some power poles on the end of the power leads is that the morse code frequency announcer for blind people
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Jun 13, 2015 22:10
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atomicthumbs posted:is that the morse code frequency announcer for blind people no you hook a paddle up to it and it maeks the beeps and boops
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Jun 13, 2015 22:11
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I'm seriously not allowed to play w/ it until I finish this stupid play set. I'm so close but also so far
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Jun 13, 2015 22:12
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paypal refund issued case closed gently caress YOU OLD MAN
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you're loving retarded
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SperginMcBadposter posted:Do you already have a power supply? This is one of the cheapest legit ones I know of http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00L2M2Y5O i have the (i think?) original switching supply of that style-- the alinco one DM-330MVT ( http://universal-radio.com/catalog/hamps/2330.html newer model i guess with USB and 2 less peak amps... lol ) i honestly don't even know if the 99 dollar ones are identical or somehow not as good no clue
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Jun 13, 2015 23:41
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yeah those are the same as the alincos inside ...god those speaker terminals scare me
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Jonny 290 posted:yeah those are the same as the alincos inside if you mean the ones on front, i cant say ive ever used them.. but they are rated max 5A so 60w... surely they have their own fuse?
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anyway, now any time i transmit im running full battery bank DC anyway, and the PSU is mostly relegated to powering my packet netbook and the packet TNC since those are heavy steady draw, all actual radios/transmitters are on battery only, filled by solar. standard disclaimer: none of this is to be green, per-se, i just think it's neat and it's super clean power as far as the radio is concerned
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tumor looking batty posted:you're loving retarded It`s u Edit: don't sign your posts with your name, of who you are.
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Jonny 290 posted:yeah those are the same as the alincos inside lol that alinco decided to ues the poo poo-tier $10 sylvania steroe speaker terminals as power terminals
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atomicthumbs posted:lol that alinco decided to ues the poo poo-tier $10 sylvania steroe speaker terminals as power terminals i think they are kinda superfluous. i mean, the point of the thing is to poo poo out 13.8 out the rear end of it, i dont think anyone is using it as a serious bench supply for electronics work, the voltage for one isnt adjustable enough nor is there any control over amps, etc
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 up to 156 pts in the VHF contest :P19 contacts four grids two bands not bad for a 25 watt radio (so you're looking at like 10-15 watts av ssb power) and a fuckin eggbeater at 25 feet. oh and rg-8x coax.
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