So much has changed about this so I figured I would start over.
Hello I am N2RJ. Licensed in the late 90s at the encouragement of a teacher.
I enjoy DXing and contesting, home brew, digital and DMR.
What say you?
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So much has changed about this so I figured I would start over.
Hello I am N2RJ. Licensed in the late 90s at the encouragement of a teacher.
I enjoy DXing and contesting, home brew, digital and DMR.
What say you?
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Originally Posted by N2RJ
Ryan, I agree 100%. I wish I hadn't gotten side tracked years ago, I wanted to get my ticket then but wasn't aware of any hams in my area, and there was no interweb to look up clubs/exam sites etc.
The great thing about amateur radio is the vast diversity of activities one can choose to partake in. Digital modes, Sat work, CW and the list goes on. I wish my stroke didn't effect me as it did as I used to love building kits, unfortunately my motor control skills aren't what they were or I'd be building a K-2.
Anyway, welcome aboard Duncan, and welcome to the hobby.
WOOPEEEEE!
I got a nice little surprise when I saw this forum.
Anyways.... I'm Cal, K0DXC; I am 13 years old. I've been a ham for about 3 years since I was 10.
I am only a general :oops: but I hope to have my extra by the end of June (before they get a new test, I just spent money on a book)
In hamming I most enjoy CW, it is a fine mode. The only thing I enjoy more than that is running a CW contest. I have submitted articles to QST and the FISTS magazine, "the keynote"
The FISTS article will be published but the QST one I just sent off after I got an email from Sean, KX9X, that said he would like to see the article that I wrote for him about my favorite subject of contesting. I was also published in the July/August issue of the National Contest Journal.
I am a moderator on "gokarters" ( gokarters.com/vbforum/ ) and I also moderate this forum here on Hamisland.
that's about it. for more info you can read my qrz.com biography or visit http://www.k0dxc.9f.com
73, thanks to Mike for the new board!
Nice hearing the backgrounds.
I used to be a little kid. I was born and raised in Lawrence, KS. Yup. About 35 miles from KU0DM. I got WN0RXE in 1976. I was Rated X Entertainment. As a farmhand on my parents farm, I was always putting up hay. But I ended going to college at Pittsburg State University.
Guess where I'll be at next Tuesday Night? Ooooh Lay Tha. (That's how you pronounce Olathe). Yup. A visit to Garmin GPS.
Know of any good repeaters around there?
Not bad. Do you guys supply crystals to them?Quote:
Originally Posted by N9XR
Complicated question. Yes, we supply crystals to the guys here in Kansas, but a lot of the manufacturing is in Taiwan, and those buyers like the cheap Taiwanese and Chinese crystals.Quote:
Originally Posted by N2RJ
I see these crystals from competitors and i know how the different crystals perform. I know that ours (comparing apples to apples meaning same frequency and case size) have a lower crystal resistance than other brands that I look at including the other Japanese manufacturers.
But we have crystals in engine controllers, transmission controllers, tire pressure monitors, dashboard displays, backup cameras, and many other automotive type applications. Maybe someday even in the cupholders.
I will look for you there on the repeaters, Duncan.
I used to work at 75th and I-35 for about 7 years until 1999. It was a little sliver of land there belonging to Overland Park North and West of I-35.
While I was there, I developed a design for a double oven crystal oscillator that would remain on frequency from -30C to + 75C to within 0.0002 ppm. I got fired shortly after that development and the company went out of business a few years later.
Wow. That was a fun place.
Well so much for that, I agree with you that cost often wins over quality. No wonder so much consumer electronics these days resembles the cheap knock offs you buy in chinatown.Quote:
Originally Posted by N9XR
I wish one of my teachers was a ham.Quote:
Originally Posted by N2RJ
It's not too late to encourage them.Quote:
Originally Posted by K0DXC
Yes, I still have a shot.
One of the high schools in Ohio that I might be going to has a Science teacher that is a ham. I think they may even have a small radio club.
However..... I don't know if I'll be going to that high school.
I had a teacher in high school that was a ham...I found that out about 20 years after HS.
My high-school electronics teacher and Elmer was Stan, WB8WDQ. He scrounged hamfests for broken gear for the club station. Stipulation was that if we wanted to use the equipment, we would have to diagnose and repair it.
I started in ham radio at age 13 in 1953. Unfortunately, I found girls and cars more interesting and cheaper so I didn't get my first license until 1966. It has been fun since then too.
Frank
KL7IPV
Welcome to the Island, Frank.
Pull up a deck chair and a line because the mahi are biting down at the Island bar at the end of the pier.
Enjoy your stay and the warm breeze.
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Welcome. Park your dinghy in the cove, grab your drink, a pole, and some mackerel. like the man said the Mahi are biting. WooHoo!
:-D
I don't think it can be "envy" since it is only guesswork ! :snooty:
Frank
Hello from a brand new member! WD4ICJ here...handle is Ron...recently retired from commercial radio broadcasting, so have time now to get back on HF ham radio. Been a long time! Hope to be active soon on 80, 40 and 20 AM with an old Knight Kit T150-A.
Another interest tho --- Has anyone tried Part 15 operation on 13.560mhz? Pt 15 allows considerably more field strength there than on the CB band, for example, especially since it's measured at 30 meters instead of 10. I hope to try it soon for some REAL QRP!
Also in the market for a Globe Scout 65-A. Had one as a kid ---- thought I had bought another one several weeks ago, but it looks liked I was scammed. Anybody have one? '73s! Ron WD4ICJ, Palm Coast, FL
Hello Ron, and welcome. You'll enjoy retirement and wonder how the hell you ever found time for work.
The barkeep will be along shortly. Enjoy the cocktail and don't put your eye out with the umbrella.
eddie
Welcome to the shores here Ron :)
Welcome to the Island, Ron. I haven't experimented on 13.560MHz—too many other things I want to do on the regular ham bands first—but it sounds like it might be fun. Please keep us informed of your progress.
Barkeep, set this man up with the umbrella drink of his choice and put it on my tab!
And a hearty welcome to you, too, Ron. I see our Island Bartender, Charles has already set up up. Enjoy!
What rx you suing with that T150-A. By any chance an R-100? That was my step-up rx from an AR-3 and I LOVED it! If ya don't have one, that'd make a wonder vintage radio. My R-100 lived up to all of Allied's specs. It was fabulous!
Again, welcome to the island!
Welcome Ron. I have a solar powered beacon on 13.5605. I also used to be a broadcast engineer.
Used to be? Honey, once a broadcast engineer, always a BCE. It's an "in the blood" thingy. We are a dying breed. I wonder how many of them today can run radial readings on an AM or do a proof. It's been so long for me, I don't even know if that has to be done anymore with all the dereg and what not. I would think you would to ensure compliance with rules, regs, and station license parameters.
Just thought i would complete the union mandated greeting post, the names Jamie and i live in sunny south wales ( about 30 miles from cardiff). Glad to be a member of this here forum provided we dont have badges saying Full Member (mw0uzo will know what i mean )
Owdy mate. Welcome to the island shores. Pull up a rock, relax, and our pub tender will be along shorty to serve you an umbrella drink or an ale. I'll join you, and we'll put them on Carl's tab.
Nice to meet you, Jamie and welcome to The Island. I think you'll find the natives friendly and the umbrella drinks to your liking—especially since all drinks here go on my tab, which I never pay.
I see you're a fan of the digital modes so perhaps we can make a PSK31 QSO one day. With my wimpy little station, it's my preferred mode of operation as well.
Hi Jamie,
So do tell...
Is ARSE an actual radio society that doesn't translate well across the pond?
Or is it a hilarious, intentional spoof designed to make me laugh my ARSE off, like I did?
its the radio society of great britain 'arris gb, they having a lot of problems and basically cant tell their arse from their elbow
:lol:
Hi Jamie - and welcome!
I recently got into PSK31 - perhaps I can put you in the log on 20-10M some time.
Welcome aboard! Or as I like to say, Welcome Abroad!
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