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Amateur Radio FAQ
Anyone catch this Gun talkshow that had a spotlight on Ham radio? Check out hour 3 on 5 July http://www.ksgf.com/podcasts/thegunshow/ They have Bob Heil and Gordon West from the Ham Nation weekly podcast (new hams especially should watch Ham Nation) http://twit.tv/show/ham-nation Gary NC3Z- garym
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- Forum: Central Maryland
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Amateur Radio FAQ
Come to think of it 14.230 is in the SSTV area of 14.230 to 14.236. A lower band may be better for close in, maybe 40 or 80M. 60M (5MHz) is also a really good band for local and DX. I may be mobile a bit during the day but I can do 80M to 6M from the mobile.- garym
- Post #433
- Forum: Central Maryland
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HamNation Don't know if this has been posted before but Bob Heil puts on a great 1 hour video podcast every week on Twit called HamNation http://twit.tv/hn It is great for new hams. They also have a YouTube channel for the shows. For you rock guys Joe Walsh did the theme song and appears...- garym
- Post #405
- Forum: Central Maryland
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Amateur Radio FAQ
I use the IC-7200 as my "digital rig" as well as my grab and go, and backup rig. I have a nice Pelican case it goes into with a power supply and other bits. I take it when I go down to the house we re building in rural eastern NC. It has a direct USB interface and emulates a soundcard and com...- garym
- Post #404
- Forum: Central Maryland
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Amateur Radio FAQ
Did you find anything there? Take a look at the IC-718, some nice bang for the buck. The IC-7200 is another good low cost rig as well as the TS-480 radios. The TS-590 has a really good receiver as identified in Sherwood labs test. I had considered the 590 to replace my 756PROIII but I...- garym
- Post #398
- Forum: Central Maryland
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Amateur Radio FAQ
The AARC in Davidsonville is holding a broadband mesh working group meetings and several hams are building out a network.- garym
- Post #397
- Forum: Central Maryland
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Amateur Radio FAQ
Well my statement wasn't really meant to make sense, and it drives me nuts when I always run into that answer, unfortunately it fit here.- garym
- Post #357
- Forum: Central Maryland
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Amateur Radio FAQ
The short answer is "that's the way we have always done it!". But you are right, if you have a given antenna that is say 1000 ohms you could build an amp that had an 1000 ohm output and feed it with 1000 ohm line. But to my original answer, we have over the years standardized on coax which is...- garym
- Post #354
- Forum: Central Maryland
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Amateur Radio FAQ
Damn! This cant be good for your ham antenna.- garym
- Post #344
- Forum: Central Maryland
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Amateur Radio FAQ
Another tuner article to consider, this is from ARRL http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Technology/tis/info/pdf/9501046.pdf- garym
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- Forum: Central Maryland
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Amateur Radio FAQ
Exactly, if you know the reason behind the answer vs just memorizing it wont matter much, if at all. I studied the previous Extra class guide and took the test under the new pool and missed just 1 question.- garym
- Post #340
- Forum: Central Maryland
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Amateur Radio FAQ
Yes, many clubs including the AARC that I belong too revert to battery power. they are 1 tool in your ECOMM toolkit. BTW, although these CHICOM radios are crap (cant meet their own published specs on TX or RX), here is a way to take 2 of them and make a repeater. Although they probably...- garym
- Post #339
- Forum: Central Maryland