Any other Hams here?

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Ihaveagun posted this 02 January 2013

de KK4CB

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onondaga posted this 02 January 2013

de N2EQS/G

I'd love to get active again but my HF station is in boxes in my little apartment. I am a BUG collector and have been very active in CW. My mom was a telegraph operator throughout WW2 for the Red Cross and she taught me the code at age 3 with the alphabet at the same time!!!!! At my best, I can sing back and forth at 25-35 wpm with a bug and never have to pick up a pencil.

Gary

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Ihaveagun posted this 02 January 2013

Very good Gary I got started late in Ham Radio at age 37 in 1990. Learned the code the wrong way in dots and dashes, but I managed to stay with it long enough to up grade all the way to Extra Class with in a year. I'm only active on 160 meters on SSB now. Most of my friends are gun guys, but only one of them does any casting. Thanks for the reply. Clint

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Ed Harris posted this 02 January 2013

KE4SKY here, hang out on 40 meters SSB mostly.

73 de KE4SKY In Home Mix We Trust From the Home of Ed's Red in "Almost Heaven" West Virginia

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Ihaveagun posted this 02 January 2013

Ed Harris wrote: KE4SKY here, hang out on 40 meters SSB mostly. Hi Ed I had to take my 40 meters antenna down to put up a 160 Dipole. When I find a place to put up another one on 40 I will let you know. Clint

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Pigslayer posted this 02 January 2013

Wow! Excuse my ignorance but I was under the impression that HAM radio operators were non-existent anymore. As a young man my neighbor was really into HAM radio. I still remember his call sign being WA3CSP. Name was Larry Brown. He was the one that got me into casting back in 1973 0r '74. He shot a Ruger .44 Mag & I shot a S/W mod 28 .357 mag.. I remember Larry participating in something called a CQ contest. Does that sound right? Also there were restrictions as far as what countries you could work. Pat

If someone else had of done to me what I did to myself . . . I'd have killed him. Humility is an asset. Heh - heh.

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Ihaveagun posted this 02 January 2013

Pigslayer wrote: Wow! Excuse my ignorance but I was under the impression that HAM radio operators were non-existent anymore. As a young man my neighbor was really into HAM radio. I still remember his call sign being WA3CSP. Name was Larry Brown. He was the one that got me into casting back in 1973 0r '74. He shot a Ruger .44 Mag & I shot a S/W mod 28 .357 mag.. I remember Larry participating in something called a CQ contest. Does that sound right? Also there were restrictions as far as what countries you could work. Pat Thanks for the good comments Pat. There are about 3,000,000 Hams in the world. Japan had 1,296,059 reported in 1999 and the U.S.A. had 738,497 as of 2012.

About 9 out of 10 Hams that I know are interested in guns in one way or another. So most of the time when I'm on the air, the conversation is about Guns, Holsters, Bullets, etc. I got into leather working because of a Ham friend and I bought a package deal on casting equipment from another Ham buddy.

Can you imagine a half a dozen guys that you know from this forum getting together each night for a round table conservation. That's what Ham Radio is for me. People with the same interest keeping in touch with each other.

To get a Ham license now is easy compared to years ago. No Morse Code is required and we have much better study material. If you ever have an interest, let me know and I will tell you where to start.

You were right about the CQ Contest and there are many more contest of different names held during the year. It never interested me but some of the guys will contest all weekend with very little sleep. Just not my idea of fun.

Take care from Clint.

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CB posted this 03 January 2013

I remember back in the sixties I met a couple of ham operators. They were tied in with here in the US the Civil Emergency Service. They said a lot of hams were, having meetings with the Civil Defense people and a whole set of preparedness procedures.

I camped next to a ham (noticing the antenna on his camper) this was the fall after Katrina Huricane. He and his team went mobile heading for New Orleans, but here blocked and ordered not to interfere. Guess the gov. doesn't have a need for hams anymore?.......Dan

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LWesthoff posted this 03 January 2013

Never got into Ham radio but I was a Merchant Marine Radio Oficer during WW2. Everything was Morse Code.....Now I understand merchant ships don't even have Radio Officers any more, and everything is voice. Is Morse Code still used anywhere? Or am I really as out-of-date as my grandkids think I am?

Wes

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Buhler50 posted this 03 January 2013

I'm KD6DRU located in Central California. I check into a weekly 40 meter net and am a part owner of 2meter repeater. I'm also involved in emergency communications and Skywarn at our local NOAA weatherstation in Hanford, CA.

It's nice to have this thread bring some attention to this common interest.

Bruce, KD6DRU

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Ed Harris posted this 03 January 2013

Most ship-to-shore radio these days is digital on HF. Not sure which modes merchant ships are using, but here is info on Navy MARS radio:

http://www.navymars.org/pacific/Reg10/files/MT63GettingStarted.pdf

http://www.navymars.org/central/reg4/al/MT63.htm

?v=bNZBuxIbWM0

73 de KE4SKY In Home Mix We Trust From the Home of Ed's Red in "Almost Heaven" West Virginia

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Ihaveagun posted this 04 January 2013

LWesthoff wrote: Never got into Ham radio but I was a Merchant Marine Radio Oficer during WW2. Everything was Morse Code.....Now I understand merchant ships don't even have Radio Officers any more, and everything is voice. Is Morse Code still used anywhere? Or am I really as out-of-date as my grandkids think I am?

Wes Hi Wes

Yes Morse Code is alive and well. Many thousands around the world  use it daily and they also have CW Contest. If you can get a general coverage receiver you will have plenty to listen to.

If you are interested in buying one I can suggest a couple.

Clint

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daveed1 posted this 05 January 2013

yep.. de KK4CNF out of Virginia. getting the hang of morse code. tweeter got nothing on us.

dave

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ducati posted this 05 January 2013

My buddy tried to get me involved back in the mid nineties. Didn't care to learn Morse code. I did help him put up an antenna. You may know him, Jeff Ham out of Roanoke.

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Ihaveagun posted this 05 January 2013

daveed1 wrote: yep.. de KK4CNF out of Virginia. getting the hang of morse code. tweeter got nothing on us.

dave Keep at it Dave. I didn't do very well with CW and never really liked it. Now I'm only on 160 Meters SSB. Clint

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Ihaveagun posted this 05 January 2013

ducati wrote: My buddy tried to get me involved back in the mid nineties. Didn't care to learn Morse code. I did help him put up an antenna. You may know him, Jeff Ham out of Roanoke. I am only 30 miles from Roanoke and I have heard of Jeff Ham and I think I have talked to him.

You know his call sign?

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ducati posted this 06 January 2013

Not sure, have not talked with him in years. Great guy.

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Ihaveagun posted this 09 January 2013

ducati wrote: Not sure, have not talked with him in years. Great guy. I think that would be N4ZRO Jeffrey A. Ham,  lives in Roanoke, born in 1960.

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Dale53 posted this 09 January 2013

I got into Ham radio as a teen ager in the fifties (early fifties). My call letters were W8VQH. I let my license expire and, frankly, the internet replaces Ham radio for me.

I was quite active in the beginning and actually was Editor of our local Ham Radio club newsletter. Great bunch of guys. I took part in a number of emergency drills. I was reasonably proficient with CW and actually got to talk several times with a Russian Army Officer during the cold war (strictly business, tho' - they were not talkative(:>)).

Dale53

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Ihaveagun posted this 09 January 2013

Dale53 wrote: I got into Ham radio as a teen ager in the fifties (early fifties). My call letters were W8VQH. I let my license expire and, frankly, the internet replaces Ham radio for me.

I was quite active in the beginning and actually was Editor of our local Ham Radio club newsletter. Great bunch of guys. I took part in a number of emergency drills. I was reasonably proficient with CW and actually got to talk several times with a Russian Army Officer during the cold war (strictly business, tho' - they were not talkative(:>;)).

Dale53 Thanks for the reply Dale Now days the internet is just as much a part of ham radio as my radio equipment. More than half of my friends are hams. I checked my email address book and 60 of them are hams. So letting my license expire ain't gonna happen. I'm not going through all that testing again. Best regards from Clint

I should add that I bought my casting equipment from a ham friend. So I got into casting, leather working, etc because of ham radio. Any problem you run into about anything can be answered by someone on the air. It's like Google on the radio.

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