Amateur Radio Operators

[Condition1]

Do we have any Ham’s on this forum? If so tell me about your shack.

 

[Recusant]

Only one I know of:

 

[Old_Me]

i had thoughts of getting into it, but the morse code..........

then later years, i was told the morse code was not a requirement anymore, but "real hams" sorta snub non morse code hams.

then trying to find someone in my area to test me.

i gave up.

in yet more later years.....

i got into guns...faster, easier, and as expensive.......

 

[Annihilator]

Still have my license but no radios at this time due to not allowed to have any antennas at this apartment complex I live at now.

 

[Talyn]

Not licensed but I can monitor with my gear.

 

[Annihilator]

Also, I found out long ago, most amateur radio operators are stuck up snobs, not all, but most, sad to say…..

 

[Old_Me]

Also, I found out long ago, most amateur radio operators are stuck up snobs, not all, but most, sad to say…..

that goes along with what i said about the older ham operators not liking the newer ones with no morse code.

 

[LDB]

My favorite uncle was a radio operator in the Navy in WWII. Then a ham for the rest of his life. I've got his call sign now. I used to be active a bit on 2M ht and mobile. But inactive now. He was a watchmaker and could repair any watch made. Also, anything radio related. And for a few years was one of the main people in the Braniff instrument repair shop in Dallas. I have two left thumbs and zero of those talents. But it's enough knowing his call sign is mine and didn't go dormant or to some stranger. Wish I had a cool shack to share.

 

[Annihilator]

that goes along with what i said about the older ham operators not liking the newer ones with no morse code.

Especially if you started out in the radio hobby in CB, they frown on you big time……even though you knew down deep that’s how most if them started, just sayin

 

[Annihilator]

How many remember back when you bought a CB radio, you could get a call sign from the FCC for it, my dad had one but I can’t remember his call sign, that’s when CB and ham radio was very popular

 

[Model 457]

I have a grandfathered First Class GROL with the ship radar endorsement and an extra class ham. For ham I used to run old school Viking Valiant & Viking Valiant II transmitters. It was fun to tune for the 11 meter band AM and barefoot ~125 watts during the old CB days.

 

[Talyn]

Also, I found out long ago, most amateur radio operators are stuck up snobs, not all, but most, sad to say…..

 

[PieterCoetzee]

I had a buddy get me up to speed on GMRS gear. Theres a GMRS repeater in the area that we use; but I wanna get into 2 and 10meter bands for longer range

 

[Annihilator]

I had a buddy get me up to speed on GMRS gear. Theres a GMRS repeater in the area that we use; but I wanna get into 2 and 10meter bands for longer range

2-meter is only long range by hitting repeaters, usually just for local talk, where I live there used to be a repeater system that chained off one another to get out lots further, 10 meter is great during hot summer months when you can talk “skip” I did this with my cb radios that I peaked and tuned for more power, I once talked on skip from where I live in Ohio to south Florida during a hot day, atmosphere just has to be right for this.

 

[PieterCoetzee]

2-meter is only long range by hitting repeaters, usually just for local talk, where I live there used to be a repeater system that chained off one another to get out lots further, 10 meter is great during hot summer months when you can talk “skip” I did this with my cb radios that I peaked and tuned for more power, I once talked on skip from where I live in Ohio to south Florida during a hot day, atmosphere just has to be right for this.

My apology there should have been a coma after 2meter. Meaning 2m for local and repeater as more secure (less users than GMRS) AND 10m for longer distances

 

[Annihilator]

My apology there should have been a coma after 2meter. Meaning 2m for local and repeater as more secure (less users than GMRS) AND 10m for longer distances

10 meter is fun, but you will need a general class license to get the most from it

 

[Talyn]

GMRS info

myGMRS.com: GMRS Repeater Directory and Community

myGMRS.com is a General Mobile Radio Service community where users can search for and submit repeaters in their area.

mygmrs.com

GMRS Nationwide Repeater Map - Some are open use & some you need permission

myGMRS.com: GMRS Repeater Directory and Community

myGMRS.com is a General Mobile Radio Service community where users can search for and submit repeaters in their area.

mygmrs.com

BTW- There are a few threads on the survival sub-form regarding comms.

If you come out west the repeaters are few & far between compared to more populated areas elsewhere.

 

[HayesGreener]

How many remember back when you bought a CB radio, you could get a call sign from the FCC for it, my dad had one but I can’t remember his call sign, that’s when CB and ham radio was very popular

That's a big 10-4, Good Buddy! I was in a CB club in the 60's in high school. My call sign was Shotgun. (Go figure). The highlight was being on tornado watch during stormy weather.

In the early 70's we were getting a rash of reports of stolen CB radios from cars. We got a CB out of the property room and installed it in an old Chrysler Inperial and put one of those big orange whip antennas on the bumper as bait. We staked it out and arrested a half dozen or so different crooks stealing the same radio over one weekend. The CB thefts were crazy back then.

 

[Anchorite]

i had thoughts of getting into it, but the morse code..........

then later years, i was told the morse code was not a requirement anymore, but "real hams" sorta snub non morse code hams.

then trying to find someone in my area to test me.

i gave up.

in yet more later years.....

i got into guns...faster, easier, and as expensive.......

Same here … very interested at one time, but no mentors in my AO and then other interesting things took over.

 

[Annihilator]

That's a big 10-4, Good Buddy! I was in a CB club in the 60's in high school. My call sign was Shotgun. (Go figure). The highlight was being on tornado watch during stormy weather.

In the early 70's we were getting a rash of reports of stolen CB radios from cars. We got a CB out of the property room and installed it in an old Chrysler Inperial and put one of those big orange whip antennas on the bumper as bait. We staked it out and arrested a half dozen or so different crooks stealing the same radio over one weekend. The CB thefts were crazy back then.

So, you were a “bear in the weeds” at times…..