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I have the 4-CD General Class study guide (sans book) that's put out by Gordon West if anyone wants it. It's made for the old question pool that expired last year, but it seems that most of the questions covered are still valid. If nothing else, it's a great way to learn a bit more about things.
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nmfree posted:Tropo ducting doesn't usually occur in the HF bands, it's far more common at 50 MHz (6 meters and TV channels 2-6) and occasionally up to 144 MHz (2 Meters). This is partially because shorter wavelengths are easier to bend (as opposed to reflect), and also because longer HF wavelentghs are simply too large to fit in the duct. I think I'm gonna shoot for this weekend to take the General test, there's one about an hour from me. Then it's penny-saving time to get a HF rig. My lease is up in May, so I may look around for a place to stretch my antenna...er...arms and see if I can't build something better to listen.
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Mar 11, 2008 04:49
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McRib Sandwich posted:I think you just won the steampunk SWL award for this thread. What an awesome relic to have! I wonder if there's an external speaker for mine 
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nmfree posted:Also, if the extra is there with you, you can use his privileges (IIRC again, too lazy to look it up).
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Apr 16, 2008 01:58
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Angiportus posted:One question, though: is tuning into things on a real set as difficult as it is with this web-based tool? Because I've been listening to this thing for several minutes and I'm still getting the Charlie-Brown-teacher voices from time to time.
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I may go ahead and get one of those G3's just for the hell of it. I'm pretty happy with my E5 but eh. I've been playing around with 300 feet of speaker wire wound around a garden hose reel (around the base, not the reel itself.) Works pretty well, all things considered.
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