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eHam Forums / Mobile Ham / RE: handheld range
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on: March 06, 2013, 11:28:29 PM
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If you want maximum range when using a handheld, just bring along a portable beam antenna! The increase in range can be substantial.
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eHam Forums / Misc / RE: FCC cleaning up 14.313?
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on: March 06, 2013, 11:23:38 PM
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That article was better than Saturday Night Live,do you really think the FCC is going to collect a $10,000.00 fine from this guy? At best maybe confiscate a few thousand dollars of radio gear to be sold off at government auction for .20 cents on the dollar not to mention keeping him and hundreds of other non ID and unlicensed station operators off the bands in the future.I also doubt that jail time is in the equation since the government is giving out [get out of jail cards free] to illegal immigrants and people who were caught behind the wheel witout a drivers license.I have to admit it makes for great press.
The FCC has been trying to clean up the jamming and profanity on many Los Angeles area repeaters for nearly 20 years! They haven't made a dent. Operators there even have the gall to stream those repeaters live over the internet on the www.RadioReference.com website! |
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eHam Forums / Station Building / RE: Back up HF
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on: February 25, 2013, 11:34:53 PM
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I agree, a good antenna is of major importance. As far as the rigs go I have owned both, and the 718 is the superior of the two.
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eHam Forums / Misc / RE: Amateur Radio Ops eat Velveeta?!
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on: February 12, 2013, 05:08:32 PM
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Well, this amateur keeps a CB rig alive in the shack, I'd bet that many knowledgeable Amateurs do as well.
A CB set to monitor one of the usual CB "skip" channels, left on all the time, with the Squelch engaged, is one of the best "10 meters is likely open" alerts there can be.
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eHam Forums / Elmers / RE: New to ten meters
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on: February 10, 2013, 10:35:10 PM
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There is local 10 Meter ground wave activity in some parts of the country. If you use a vertical like the A-99, you could reach stations up to around 50 miles away if they have a similar antenna. CBers on 11 Meters do it often with just 5 watts on AM or SSB.
There isn't any ground wave on 10 meters.  If CBers are working each other over 50-mile paths with 5W and an omnidirectional vertical on each end, that must be a very "flat" terrain place (Florida?). It ain't happening here. Well I certainly don't think that those 50 mile contacts on 10 Meters are "skip"! Yes, terrain absolutely does have a great deal to do with it. As a CBer back in the day on Long Island NY (which is basically flat), I would often on quiet evenings make contacts with other stations 50 miles away on AM, and even longer distances with SSB. I was using a basic 5 watt CB unit with a half wave vertical, reaching many other stations at that distance who were using similar radios and antennas. |
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eHam Forums / Elmers / RE: New to ten meters
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on: February 07, 2013, 03:01:22 PM
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There is local 10 Meter ground wave activity in some parts of the country. If you use a vertical like the A-99, you could reach stations up to around 50 miles away if they have a similar antenna. CBers on 11 Meters do it often with just 5 watts on AM or SSB.
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eHam Forums / Antenna Restrictions / RE: indoor antenna
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on: February 02, 2013, 01:01:33 AM
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If you want to try 2M/440, pick up one of those small Elk beam antennas. It's amazing what they can do, even from the inside of a building at ground level.
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