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spankmeister posted:I did the exam today and I passed.  did u take the general exam too?
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PuTTY riot posted:
I'm in the netherlands so our regulations are different. I did an N (Novice) exam and I can do the F (Full) in September.
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good poo poo
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May 28, 2015 22:46
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lookit dis loving guy legit af
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May 30, 2015 09:59
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hahaha tight ---  at 5pm on monday if I don't have tracking, im filing a Paypal dispute (you get 21 days). I paypalled that old dude the money from a verified account on Monday and he's just making up old-man "I'm Tired" excuses as to why he has not shipped my radio yet but he certainly wasn't tired enough to accept my $650 Paypal payment.
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May 30, 2015 18:41
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with any luck I'll have a pristine Icom IC-746 in my hands tomorrow morning. It was an estate sale lot that came with the radio, astron ss-30m power supply and a Icom sm-8 desk mike for $750. 
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May 30, 2015 19:38
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that's nice, those big astrons will run until end of universe i had my choice of 746 at $500 or 746 Pro at $600, chose the pro. the 746 non pros actually are a bit higher regarded if you can load them with filters, but I wanted to play with an if-dsp radio. THAT IS, IF I EVER GET IT
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built a 2m eggbeater today. bout 30 bucks between wire, pvc and hardware. i made it a wee bit long so it would be usable as an ssb omni (these have good horizon signal which is horizontally polarized) and sure as poo poo, 1.3 swr at 144.0, 1.2 at 144.2, 1.1 at 145.0 and 1.3 at 145.8 (satellite band) and of course no 2m birds till funcube at 9pm e: got it, several guys on both SSB and CW. best satellite rx ive ever experienced. time to build the 70cm one! another pass in about an hr Jonny 290 fucked around with this message at 04:29 on May 31, 2015 |
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May 31, 2015 02:25
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I'm not allowed to put up antennas so I need stealthy ones like the mini whip for example
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built the 436 eggbeater last night. no idea if it works or not but its a v clean build and its solid as f so-50 pass in about an hour, gonna test it out
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May 31, 2015 17:01
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shoulda checked the mail yesterday. got 3 usb audio dongles. theyve got the CM108 and its not epoxy covered. GAME ON GOGOGOGO im buying ten
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May 31, 2015 21:19
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Jonny 290 posted:shoulda checked the mail yesterday. got 3 usb audio dongles. theyve got the CM108 and its not epoxy covered. GAME ON GOGOGOGO im buying ten so just OOC what exactly is the endgame function of that project, like, i get there's a signal pin open that can trigger PTT or something, but what is it actually doing? to be fair, i still dont understand what the PSK Sound Card interface upgrade board does or would be used for on my TNC.... like if someone pointed a gun to my head and demanded i "Demo It" i'd be ded
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May 31, 2015 21:33
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Sniep posted:so just OOC what exactly is the endgame function of that project, like, i get there's a signal pin open that can trigger PTT or something, but what is it actually doing? hook asterisk to a ham radio and do stupid poo poo with scripting and DTMF and a text to speech synth quote:
all it does is route the radio audio out through those two jacks in the back, which are supposed to be hooked to your pc soundcard. in that mode the 232 is a glorified rigblaster or whatever, its not actually processing poo poo. just so you dont have to hook up separate poo poo to your radio for PC processing like, if you wanted you could just put the tnc in PSK mode and record poo poo off the radio via the line out. its got many uses besides just psk31
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Jonny 290 posted:shoulda checked the mail yesterday. got 3 usb audio dongles. theyve got the CM108 and its not epoxy covered. GAME ON GOGOGOGO im buying ten which seller was it?
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May 31, 2015 22:18
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its this auction right here http://www.ebay.com/itm/291156304476?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&var=590306532022&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT been running forever.
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nice. I've got some in transit that will probably get here this week. if they don't work I'll pick up a few of those
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well it took awhile to toss a line up in a tree and get the wire antenna off the ground but I'm operational for now! probably order a CAT cable next and work on a more permanent antenna solution
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so i just moved my 2m/440 antenna up by like 2 feet and fixed massive ground plane and attenuation issues i was having from a balcony railing, and seems from across-fuckin-town ragchew testing with jonny that i am doing about 20-30db over S9, +20db from where i was before.
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johnnyonetime i will implore you to run the backlight brightness at full power. theres a transistor in there that sinks whatever power _isn't_ going to the display, and if you dim it, that transistor desolders itself and your backlight shits UGH dude better ship mine tomorrow or else. oh by the way, if you want a cheap Icom cat cable, get an FTDI TTL (5v) USB adapter off ebay or amazon and a 1/8" mono cable. connect the ground to GND, tie the RX and TX lines together at the USB adapter and connect the center pin of the 1/8" to them. boomdone Jonny 290 fucked around with this message at 01:28 on Jun 1, 2015 |
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Jonny 290 posted:johnnyonetime i will implore you to run the backlight brightness at full power. theres a transistor in there that sinks whatever power _isn't_ going to the display, and if you dim it, that transistor desolders itself and your backlight shits thanks for the reminder! I read about that a week or so ago when I was researching this purchase but forgot to adjust that. The backlight is rocking at 100% brightness now. http://www.xggcomms.com/userimages/procart2.htm I'm going to build a cable per Jonny 290's suggestion and ordered this sound card interface http://www.unifiedmicro.com/sci6.htm johnnyonetime fucked around with this message at 05:11 on Jun 1, 2015 |
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c ham s: checked into the 2m ssb net tonight. one guy said he upgraded his amp and he has 1200 watts of SSB going into 4 stacked beams lollll i found out that my new eggbeater antenna is SUPER great if the other dude has his beam pointed at me. one of the strongest signals i heard tonight was a guy from Mitchell, Nebraska, bout 175 miles as the crow flies. i could copy almost everybody else, and didn't need to repeat anything through a relay station. e: also my radio shipped yay. now time to f5 a tracking page 900 times
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Jonny 290 posted:e: also my radio shipped yay. now time to f5 a tracking page 900 times cool story bro but lol at this - did you have to actually threaten e-violence to get that beard to ship his poo poo? no wonder his wife's pissed
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Sniep posted:cool story bro but lol at this - did you have to actually threaten e-violence to get that beard to ship his poo poo? yeah i gave him a 5pm deadline or i would file a paypal dispute which would screw his account rep for a while. he sent me tracking at 3:55 pm
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20 meters was open somewhat tonight and i was able to talk to dudes in lithuania and italy tonight with the radio backed down to about 50 watts almost had a dude in slovenia but too much of a pileup
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in the mail today: two different PCBs x3 from OSHPark, great except all the new components are still in the mail gonna have some fun in 1-6 weeks!
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*sighs* Opened a Paypal dispute to get my money back. Dude printed a shipping label two days ago and still hasn't sent the radio. PP has my back, he has 10 days to prove movement through UPS or I get my moolah back. Super sad, that is a beautiful radio at an awesome deal and now my wife is all sketched out about buying radios forever.
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 if i cant get this pass next week then i just suck. on my kids third bday too!
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goddammit telecoms authority people make with the letter so i can pick a call sign. 
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i made a thing. never soldered before but i think it came out real nice now i need to see if any places in town carry 8 pin DIN connectors or if i have to wait for the mailman again
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if its for an icom, a 5 pin din will mate and hit the pins you need iirc compare the pinouts and see but if so you can maybe find a midi cable somewhere or an old AT keyboard for a buck
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Jonny 290 posted:if its for an icom, a 5 pin din will mate and hit the pins you need iirc i bought a 5 pin midi cable at radioshack for 4 bux but i'm having trouble getting the computer to talk to the radio. i'm going to check my pins and try again. multimeter says they are right, who knows
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"ok we have a $14,000 transceiver to sell. what frequency are we going to tune it to in the ad?"
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god i hate the design of that radio so hard the overly-busy graphics around every button the is-it-a-render-or-just-molded-plastic appearance the poorly sized control layout with band switch buttons the exact same size as the notch filter knob. gosh which one of these do you need finer control on i dont give a gently caress about its triple intercept point or imd ratings or 20khz roofing filters if I can't tune the loving thing hey lets cluster the AGC and scan buttons. that is logical. e: oh god and the LOOK! CNC! microphone design. aaaaaaaa Jonny 290 fucked around with this message at 20:13 on Jun 7, 2015 |
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Jun 7, 2015 20:09
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somebody's triggered
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heres flagships right now icom - pure bling and cutting edge features  $15k yaesu - special attention to performance and user interface  $8500 kenwood - legendary audio quality and reliability  $8000 hilberling  $15,000 e: lol ten-tec is so loving sad now  $2,499 and "Sold Out. Orders accepted when production parts become available." they dont even have a supply chain lmao. AMERICA Jonny 290 fucked around with this message at 20:33 on Jun 7, 2015 |
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meanwhile, i'm planning on, so far at least, getting this guy - definitely not a flagship, but nice enough i think yaesu ft dx 1200  only $1300 e: and its like another $200 to put in a fast fourier transform coprocessor board that gives you neat scope and digital poo poo Sniep fucked around with this message at 20:41 on Jun 7, 2015 |
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can they contract dieter rams or something? just once. give them some guidelines or something. get him to draw up a radio design language. christ e: let's found a company that makes beautiful, high-end transceivers. why does eveyrthing have to look like a pile of poo poo and obscure knobds and ten zillion buttons with illegible labels atomicthumbs fucked around with this message at 20:51 on Jun 7, 2015 |
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come ON
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icom recently released the IC-7100 and it is a pretty ballsy design move imo but  mono resistive touchscreen 
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