Like N8YX I'm also a radio enthusiast. I enjoy all radio.
I have a lot of fun on 11 meter SSB. Yes we get the occasional whacko but most of it is civil.
It all has it's place.
Visit my site:
http://www.gokarters.com/smf
Around here is sort of dead. At least when I was looking into it. Have not tried it out in a while so may be different.
As of late I get little time to talk on radio. Most of the time I am on the repair bench working on vintage stuff.
Also atm I am trying to learn more about pic programming. I have this idea to add a DDS VFO to and old Siltronix 1011C and maybe a FT-101. A friend of mine was teaching me this a little at a time. Then he passed away. Now I have all these boards he sent me, and no schematics of his design. So I have to restart it all.
Visit my site:
http://www.gokarters.com/smf
It's unlikely as I 'm not anywhere near Barberton. My evil twin brother lives in Akron but, I'm about 450 miles from there near the Vermont border in NY state. You would only be likely to hear me on 11 meters if we had some short hop E layer action. That said we did hear A similar net from Nova Scotia start up as we were winding down.
Archie N8OBM
I've got back into 11 meters since last March. Very useful mobile.
I built an 11m dipole that I hung up in the trees at about 60 feet. Took my old 1982 Cobra 148 to the local guru in Greenville who's been around in his well established shop since the 60s. This is a 4 watt +/- radio. The antenna configured itself in an inverted V and is aligned East/West.
Today I made a contact.
Southern France. The contact's name was Jean Luc.
Armchair copy.
Afterwards I enjoyed a cup of General Foods international coffee while reminiscing.
UK and SW Africa this morning.
Like many here I'm into radio, no matter what kind! I still CB on a regular basis. When I'm in the shack I always have the CB on and being within 1 mile of the 95 corridor and just south of DC, I get a lot of highway traffic from truckers and travelers. There are some pretty active local folks as well in the DC area and we have the occasional nice rag chew. It's great for shooting the breeze and not having to ID or worry about restrictions. I run legal gear, no amps, all stock. I have a 5/8 wave Wilson GP at 20ft on the end of the house that also doubles as my 10 antenna.
My current CB rig is a Midland 13-880 SSB 23 channel. That was the model I started out with back in the CB days and I just this year found another on on FleaBay. Great to have one back. Check it out on my "other" page. Also run a 40 channel Uniden mobile when I want the higher ones.
When I get rich I'll get another Tram 201 or a Stoner, but for now I'll make do.
"Don't put it on the plate if you can't eat it!"