The only thing that would beat that would have been if he said "Callsign? Whats that?"Originally Posted by KD8HHO
The only thing that would beat that would have been if he said "Callsign? Whats that?"
73 to all!
Joshua, KD6NIG
22 year NCT (Licenced 08 Sept 1992)
Less than a year NCG (Upgraded July, 2014)
22+ years licensed.
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lolThe only thing that would beat that would have been if he said "Callsign? Whats that?"
I AM THE VOICE OF THE VOICELESS!
26.915
27.165
27.185
27.385 (LSB)
27.440 (LSB)
27.555 (USB)
27.805 (LSB)
28.400
29.620-29.680 (FM - via scanner)
14.275
6925 (USB)
6.6666 (LSB)
146.580
147.090
224.480
444.200
And many more, depending on time of day and propagation.
At the moment I have 6 HF receiver/transceiver combos (5 gene-coverage; one ham band only), an FT726R (15/12/10/2/440), a TM231/331/431 stack and 5 scanners set up in the shack. I can listen to lots of frequencies at once and spend the majority of my radio time prowling the airwaves in search of utes, pirates and other off-the-wall stuff. If I'm operating in the HF ham bands I'll tune around with one of the R7s or the Cubic Astro, looking for contacts. My TR7s can be slaved to their companion R7, so if I hear something I want to work I hit the 'RCT' button on the transceiver and have at it.
"Everyone wants to be an AM Gangsta until it's time to start doing AM Gangsta shit."
LOL
I have one scanner, a FT-8800, and a FT-857. I recently mentioned to my wife how I would like a second scanner, so I could dedicate the first to PD/Fire and the second to everything else. She laughed at me.
I'm gonna show her your post and say I want 5 instead :)
73 to all!
Joshua, KD6NIG
22 year NCT (Licenced 08 Sept 1992)
Less than a year NCG (Upgraded July, 2014)
22+ years licensed.
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10.140 is probably my favorite frequency right now also. My antenna seems to really love 30 meters, so I'm quite happy to keep parked there. I don't have an analyzer, but my tuner seems to do the least amount of work tuning 30 up than any other band. Plus I have a lot less noise on that band than I do on the others for some reason.
QSOs there just seem different than 14.070 or 7070. A lot fewer macro-bots, lots more real people talk.
When do you usually operate? During the week I mostly only jump on after about 8:00pm. I wish more folks would use 30 at night. It seems open quite often (based on the automatic spotting reports that hear my CQs), but the people on the band seem to evacuate after the sun goes down.
-Pat S.
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I'm working on getting my old FT100 a really long receiving antenna as it is receive only now, exciter gone. Then this weekend the plan is to put up another ant for my old DX400.
Currently I envy your set up. I'm considering a subterranean ant that would use about a quarter mile of wire.
Keep it up everyone as all of this is interesting and I will add the freqs to my haunts.
3870 - 3890 kc AM
7285 - 7295 kc AM
29.000 mc AM
All of 160 meters for AM activity.
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
Good luck with that dude!
Like that post was...
Moving on, my posts are not helpful
That "shack list" isn't the half of it.
Ebay's yer buddy, and if you're willing to buy broken stuff and twiddle a soldering iron around you can get some great deals.
To wit:
I have an R7/TR7 (or R7/TR5) combo for each single 'traditional' band from 160-10. Four out of the six setups currently have amplifiers; 2x L7 and 2x L75. Two more L7s and MN2700s are planned. For each of the 12 and 17M WARC bands I have a Cubic Astro 103/PSU/1500ZA/ST-2B, and for 30M I have an Astro 103/PSU/ST-3B (no need for an amp).
Each 'type' of rig has at least one backup set sitting in the closets. In fact, about half the station is tucked away...awaiting space for separate antennas for each operating position.
The upstairs monitoring post consists of 2x Icom R71A/R7000 sets slaved together, 2x Kenwood R5000/VC10 and assorted wideband scanners. Most of these are computer controllable via ScanCat.
There are a number of mobile and portable rigs in attendance as well - TS130S, TS440S, TR9130, TS660, HR2600...that kind of stuff. Most of it is used for Field Day, contests and general portable horsing around.
Also have several commercial and diplomatic sets - Mackay Marine HF receivers, Cubic's "Diplomat" suitcase rigs, etc.
Almost all of this was broken or incomplete when I got it and I've restored a good bit thus far. Have three R7s in the to-do pile at the moment, then all the TR7s and TR5s are going to get preamps and notch filters added.
Tinkering is 90% of the fun to me; using the finished product is merely icing on the cake. Comparatively speaking, I don't have a lot of money tied up in my shack and it does what I want.
"Everyone wants to be an AM Gangsta until it's time to start doing AM Gangsta shit."
Hey, sorry I missed this for so long. Seems I've been delinquent in a lot of things lately.
10.140 is probably my favorite frequency right now also. My antenna seems to really love 30 meters, so I'm quite happy to keep parked there. I don't have an analyzer, but my tuner seems to do the least amount of work tuning 30 up than any other band. Plus I have a lot less noise on that band than I do on the others for some reason.
QSOs there just seem different than 14.070 or 7070. A lot fewer macro-bots, lots more real people talk.
When do you usually operate? During the week I mostly only jump on after about 8:00pm. I wish more folks would use 30 at night. It seems open quite often (based on the automatic spotting reports that hear my CQs), but the people on the band seem to evacuate after the sun goes down.
You are right about the 30 meter guys, they're a great bunch and a lot of them will ragchew endlessly. I have been somewhat absent from 30m recently with a lot going on at work and getting back in the groove with the band...
But here is my usual 30m day, unless there is a contest I'm interested in... :shock:
I work a lot of the more narrow modes like the various psk's, hell, MFSK, Qpsk, Olivia, SSTV, etc. so I can be anywhere in the frq range listed in my last post.
Well for starters, I usually get up before sunrise everyday and hit the band at the gray line prior to work. Sometimes I get really lucky and most of the time it just doesn't work out. But I try every day anyway. I'll also skulk the band on odd afternoons for a couple of hours before sunset here on the east coast. definitely the most productive time if you like working EU and the surrounding Med region. I'll usually let the band go during it's lull about an hour after sunset, waiting for it to come back later at night, which it usually does. That is usually when the real 30m surprises happen for me on the east coast.
Some nights I'll wait till very late (early) 0600 or later and see if the my ZL friends like Rob, or some of the VK's are making it through...that is usually rag chew DX time for me depending on if they are members of the 30 meter group and the band is holding up well. This is my personal favorite time on the band, but it can get lonely. But you really never know what's going to happen during these hours either.
If you haven't joined the 30 meter digital group, we'd be glad to have you. A really great bunch of truly interested hams have become involved and it has really grown since it's creation a couple of years ago. (it's an older group than advertised and some of us baby-sat an empty band for months trying to get it hopping like it is now)
I'll have to get on the band more, I've just had a lot going on.
Trey- 30MDG #0002
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