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WB8VLC

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Re: Is this what amateur radio has become?
« Reply #45 on: February 08, 2023, 08:07:17 AM »

still no 20 meters on the air.

 locals on 2 meters commented last nite that they avoided 20 meters probably  because the people that already have bouvet and the rich ones who can afford it probably donated big bucks already have 20 meters and these big donors probably needed 30, 17, 15 and 12 and this looks to be true.

I only have directional gain antennas for 20 15 and 10 but their signal on 15 ssb is so piss poor and unreadable so there is no chance for me unless they put 20 on the air.

 
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K1FBI

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Re: Is this what amateur radio has become?
« Reply #46 on: February 08, 2023, 08:12:21 AM »

still no 20 meters on the air.

 locals on 2 meters commented last nite that they avoided 20 meters probably  because the people that already have bouvet and the rich ones who can afford it probably donated big bucks already have 20 meters and these big donors probably needed 30, 17, 15 and 12 and this looks to be true.

I only have directional gain antennas for 20 15 and 10 but their signal on 15 ssb is so piss poor and unreadable so there is no chance for me unless they put 20 on the air.
Better hope they don't read this thread or your chances of getting through will be even less.
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Re: Is this what amateur radio has become?
« Reply #47 on: February 08, 2023, 08:56:16 AM »

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isn't split operation a subject in the amateur radio licensing exams as one of the questions in the question pool?

It never has been.  Certainly not in the still "know code" days when I took the tests 30 years ago and, so far as I know, it wasn't in the tests when the FCC was running the exams.

DXing (officially at least) has never been a "thing" as far as testing for a license is concerned.  We need to get over ourselves.

DXing is something one learns after the license grant.
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K1FBI

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Re: Is this what amateur radio has become?
« Reply #48 on: February 08, 2023, 09:04:02 AM »


G4A03: What is normally meant by operating a transceiver in “split” mode?

A. The radio is operating at half power

B. The transceiver is operating from an external power source

C. The transceiver is set to different transmit and receive frequencies

D. The transmitter is emitting an SSB signal, as opposed to DSB operation
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Re: Is this what amateur radio has become?
« Reply #49 on: February 09, 2023, 02:38:29 PM »

You can get that answer wrong and still get your license....

Ed  N1UR
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N5INP

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Re: Is this what amateur radio has become?
« Reply #50 on: February 09, 2023, 03:07:00 PM »


G4A03: What is normally meant by operating a transceiver in “split” mode?

A. The radio is operating at half power

B. The transceiver is operating from an external power source

C. The transceiver is set to different transmit and receive frequencies

D. The transmitter is emitting an SSB signal, as opposed to DSB operation

No! It means the transmitter half and the receiver half have been separated on a table to improve cooling.
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W0BKR

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Re: Is this what amateur radio has become?
« Reply #51 on: February 09, 2023, 03:11:50 PM »

Coming to?  Sorry, been that way for some time.  Since when did folks shoot cops for nothing, push elderly people onto subway tracks....our present society and it won't get better unfortunately....
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Re: Is this what amateur radio has become?
« Reply #52 on: February 09, 2023, 03:40:34 PM »

For all those who didn't get it, it was a rhetorical question.

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Re: Is this what amateur radio has become?
« Reply #53 on: February 17, 2023, 02:24:56 AM »

The DQRM Show, lacking higher profile targets, has now settled upon YJ0A, lowly Vanuatu (#101) now on 15 m CW.
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K1FBI

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Re: Is this what amateur radio has become?
« Reply #54 on: February 17, 2023, 04:14:08 AM »

The DQRM Show, lacking higher profile targets, has now settled upon YJ0A, lowly Vanuatu (#101) now on 15 m CW.

Argh..those know code Extras are at it again.
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WB9LUR

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Re: Is this what amateur radio has become?
« Reply #55 on: February 17, 2023, 05:24:51 AM »

The DQRM Show, lacking higher profile targets, has now settled upon YJ0A, lowly Vanuatu (#101) now on 15 m CW.

Argh..those know code Extras are at it again.

It could be "know code Extra's" but it could also be "question-pool-memorizers that wished they could work DX"

I have no proof either way.
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K1FBI

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Re: Is this what amateur radio has become?
« Reply #56 on: February 17, 2023, 08:24:21 AM »

The DQRM Show, lacking higher profile targets, has now settled upon YJ0A, lowly Vanuatu (#101) now on 15 m CW.

Argh..those know code Extras are at it again.

It could be "know code Extra's" but it could also be "question-pool-memorizers that wished they could work DX"

I have no proof either way.
Reading is fundamental. Since the post said the Op being interfered with was using CW it would indicate that they were or at least should have been in the CW portion of the band. (Yes I know band plans aren't technically official).

So why would someone who memorized the question pool and doesn't know Morse Code or care to know, be in that part of the band in the first place.

More than likely an old time Extra that still hasn't learned no matter how big his station is, without propagation in his favor he won't get heard. So he gets mad and jams all the other stations he feels are talking over him.

But hey, it's just a speculation and it conceivably could be for any reason.
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K1VSK

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Re: Is this what amateur radio has become?
« Reply #57 on: February 17, 2023, 09:24:08 AM »

The DQRM Show, lacking higher profile targets, has now settled upon YJ0A, lowly Vanuatu (#101) now on 15 m CW.

Argh..those know code Extras are at it again.

It could be "know code Extra's" but it could also be "question-pool-memorizers that wished they could work DX"

I have no proof either way.
Reading is fundamental. Since the post said the Op being interfered with was using CW it would indicate that they were or at least should have been in the CW portion of the band. (Yes I know band plans aren't technically official).

So why would someone who memorized the question pool and doesn't know Morse Code or care to know, be in that part of the band in the first place.

More than likely an old time Extra that still hasn't learned no matter how big his station is, without propagation in his favor he won't get heard. So he gets mad and jams all the other stations he feels are talking over him.

But hey, it's just a speculation and it conceivably could be for any reason.

To state the obvious, you don’t need to know Morse code to deliberately interfere on that mode. Let’s be objective - it’s far more likely someone who can’t participate n CW activity who will interfere compared with someone who can.

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K1FBI

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Re: Is this what amateur radio has become?
« Reply #58 on: February 17, 2023, 01:28:30 PM »

The DQRM Show, lacking higher profile targets, has now settled upon YJ0A, lowly Vanuatu (#101) now on 15 m CW.

Argh..those know code Extras are at it again.

It could be "know code Extra's" but it could also be "question-pool-memorizers that wished they could work DX"

I have no proof either way.
Reading is fundamental. Since the post said the Op being interfered with was using CW it would indicate that they were or at least should have been in the CW portion of the band. (Yes I know band plans aren't technically official).

So why would someone who memorized the question pool and doesn't know Morse Code or care to know, be in that part of the band in the first place.

More than likely an old time Extra that still hasn't learned no matter how big his station is, without propagation in his favor he won't get heard. So he gets mad and jams all the other stations he feels are talking over him.

But hey, it's just a speculation and it conceivably could be for any reason.

To state the obvious, you don’t need to know Morse code to deliberately interfere on that mode. Let’s be objective - it’s far more likely someone who can’t participate n CW activity who will interfere compared with someone who can.

Could be. All I know for certain is that I was on sideband today working POTA and even managed to get a contact with Slovenia.

Conditions are getting good again!

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Re: Is this what amateur radio has become?
« Reply #59 on: February 17, 2023, 01:32:29 PM »


So why would someone who memorized the question pool and doesn't know Morse Code or care to know, be in that part of the band in the first place.



Because they looked at the DX cluster and want to cause QRM.
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