krnpfunch posted:

Does anyone know how this software and setup work? I think this is how you put voices in peoples heads and torture them. My dad found it and I literally think we solved the problem of Targeted Individuals. My voices used to say they tracked me with a program that had a star on it.

johnnyonetime posted:

xergm posted:

If you just want to mess around on HF cheaply, an inverted-V would probably work fine hanging off of that just to get started.

Not as cool or fancy as an expensive yagi though.

johnnyonetime posted:

Cool thanks! I've got a G5RV coiled up in my drawer that I'll run up on a pulley and some para-cord. I guess that's my answer for now since I'm not willing to shell out the bucks

xergm posted:

Of note: with a G5RV, or anything fed with ladder line, you're going to need to make sure that the ladder line is kept away from the metal tower structure.

eddiewalker posted:

Is that HAARP?

johnnyonetime posted:

So if I mounted a piece of unistrut on the tower to hold the ladder line away and parallel to the tower would that be enough separation?

xergm posted:

Separation should probably be a foot or so from any metal, which would include the metal unistrut, so you'll want a little section of rope to let the center down a little.

xergm posted:

Separation should probably be a foot or so from any metal, which would include the metal unistrut, so you'll want a little section of rope to let the center down a little.

johnnyonetime posted:

So if I mounted a piece of unistrut on the tower to hold the ladder line away and parallel to the tower would that be enough separation?

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I'm jazzed about climbing the tower and getting this setup. My coworker has a climbing harness I will borrow and I've got a stainless steel pulley and carabiner on the way.

Progressive JPEG posted:

If you haven't done this already, this guy sells a 3' tower arm for $60, pulleys incl: http://www.kf7p.com/KF7P/Antenna_Standoff_Arm.html

mycomancy posted:

I took and passed my Technician license today! I almost passed the General too, but that's ok. I may go impuse buy a Yaesu tonight if I can find one in a brick and mortar store. Also the local radio club apparently gives out free Baofengs to newbies at their first meeting? That's pretty rad.

This hobby is gonna be awesome!

mycomancy posted:

local radio club apparently gives out free Baofengs to newbies at their first meeting?

Halah posted:

Is that the one that has/used to have an online stream? I seem to remember listening to an LA repeater a few years back wondering how they got away with all the poo poo they were pulling.

edit: haha hell yeah, it's still there - http://www.435online.com

SoundMonkey posted:

anyone got enough arthritis and ailments to make a new OP?

mycomancy posted:

Could we call it "Amateur Radio: No Hobby For Young Men?"

JointHorse posted:

Ok hold on, what's that "System Fusion C4FM" thing? Yet another digital mode?

[edit] Yep, looks like it. So, you have D-STAR, DMR and now this.
[edit2] Also there's a thing called NXDN. This is getting confusing.

poeticoddity posted:

Anyone have any experience with Yaesu mail-in rebates?
Tomorrow's the last day a purchase of a FTM-400XDR is eligible for a $150 mail-in rebate (until they run it again).
I've been eying that as a mobile unit to put into my truck for a while and I'm wondering if I should pull the trigger or wait until the next round/find something else.
Any thoughts/info would be appreciated.

JointHorse posted:

[edit] Welp, I guess this is the point where I dive into the rabbit hole that is digital radio: Looking up the repeaters made me check out http://dmr.fi/, which mentioned DMR-MARC and how the hell can you have global repeater network and augh!

poeticoddity posted:

Anyone have any experience with Yaesu mail-in rebates?
Tomorrow's the last day a purchase of a FTM-400XDR is eligible for a $150 mail-in rebate (until they run it again).
I've been eying that as a mobile unit to put into my truck for a while and I'm wondering if I should pull the trigger or wait until the next round/find something else.
Any thoughts/info would be appreciated.

Progressive JPEG posted:

I got an Icom IC-2730a for less than half the cost of that and it's been fine, with a reasonably intuitive interface (had the hang of it in 15 mins or so). This was just going to be at my desk so I didn't really care about additional built-in features like e.g. APRS or some snowflake selection of digital voice codecs.

Icom had a small rebate at the time, which also went fine. They even mailed an actual check rather than one of those lovely prepaid cards that rebates sometimes have

manero posted:

I just picked up an FTM-100DR to replace my FT-7900. I've already got a D-Star radio, so I've been a Fusion user for about one day now. I like the 100 so far.

I like not having to register anywhere, and it mostly "just works."

I played with an FTM-400 at HRO Milwaukee a few weeks ago and was surprised to see how long the radio took to respond to screen taps and button presses -- it would take maybe a full second to respond. I also personally thought the 400 was ugly.

poeticoddity posted:

TFT displays are typically slow

Progressive JPEG posted:

Regretting giving these people a bunch of money now, ughhhh



I'm sure there's a world where this balances out somehow

mycomancy posted:

the OP is almost a decade old.

SoundMonkey posted:

seems appropriate for something where 70 year old men talk on 60 year old radios