Building stuff. modding stuff, repairing stuff and then putting the results on the air.
I listen 99% of the time I'm in the shack.
Building stuff. modding stuff, repairing stuff and then putting the results on the air.
I listen 99% of the time I'm in the shack.
"Everyone wants to be an AM Gangsta until it's time to start doing AM Gangsta shit."
mostly listen. however i do own a 440 repeater so sometimes that keeps me busy... and well, keeps me busy when i don't want to be busy honestly.
I AM THE VOICE OF THE VOICELESS!
I pursue DX and dip my toes into the occasional contest. Since I discovered JT65 and JT9, I've been on a mission to work towards DXCC on 160m. I'm a bit over the half way mark with 57 worked.
I find rag chewing to be mostly boring as shit, which is probably why (among other reasons) I don't bother to hang out on 75m, unless it's in the SSB DX window. I find most of what goes on above 3.800 to be a toxic mix of racists, homophobes, xenophobes, and bigots. Lots of Conservative/ Right Wing ass-hattery, if you like that sort of thing. Same thing could be said of a lot of 40m, as well. :roll:
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Oh yeah, antenna building, 99.9% listening AND sitting alone in the dark talking to strange men ... (in my underwear).
That was you? :POriginally Posted by KG4CGC
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So there I was, totally naked. With only a rubber hose and a stuffed animal...
I've always enjoyed Restoring/operating the old tube stuff.
Trying to push data over RF.
That kinda sorta also describes me. I really don't "pursue" DX, but if I happen to run across it while spinning the big knob (yes, I went there!), I will roll the dice, toss my call out and see what happens, but I don't have the patience to work those mega-DXpeditions. I am still one of those "100 watts and a vertical" guys so it can take a lot of patience and perseverance to bust those pileups and its just not worth it to me.
As far as digital, I have "dipped my toes" into the JT65/9 pond. Talk about boring as shit! Jeez! With all due respect to Joe Taylor, I would rather watch golf on TV on a Saturday afternoon than do those modes. I was an early adopter of PSK31 and even though it has become about 96.87394% macros, I still enjoy it. The other digital mode I really like is Hellschreiber... when I can find it.
However....
I have been doing RTTY (FSK of course!) since I have been licensed (1992). It has long since been supplanted by the newer digital modes, but gimme a good ol' RTTY contest any day! Everyone knows to leave me alone on the first weekend in January for the RTTY Roundup. Even with my 100 watts and a vertical, I have still managed to eek out First Place in the low power single operator category for Missouri two years in a row and a few other times in the past but this is the first time I have made it two years in a row! Woot woot!
I have managed to get DXCC Mixed and Digital (mostly thanks to RTTY contesting) and a handful of WAS awards over the decades. Even so, I still get pretty much the same thrill now as I got almost 25 years ago when I hear a DX station come back to my call!
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i actually like the JT65/9 modes due in fact its no BS just simple exchanges. granted it is boring and slow but its no BS.
I AM THE VOICE OF THE VOICELESS!
Love to fiddle around with antennas and really mess with SDR radios.
Quite a bit of listening, including regular and Utility SWL'ng.
Added some VHF/UHF listening at the newer QTH.
I like the friendly B.S. ragchews the best.
Maybe even run some Evil ESSB, or AM.
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