Author Topic: Radio Talk Forum (Read 70790 times)

clint · « **Reply #40 on:** Apr 16, 06, 11:04:35 PM »

Scott,

I hope you have good luck with the radio, but ADI/PRYME is a brand I always stringently advise against. I have owned them. And sold them within weeks or months. I know other hams who have doen the same thing. Hitting a distant repeater is not a true test of a radio. Any radio will do that. The test is in signal reorts and durability after a year. There is a reason those radios are $50. instead of $150.

clint · « **Reply #41 on:** Apr 16, 06, 11:07:04 PM »

Hmm, interesting report. Apparently San Bernardino county has mastered time travel.

RobertW · « **Reply #42 on:** Apr 18, 06, 10:51:48 PM »

Wrightwood · « **Reply #43 on:** Apr 18, 06, 11:02:55 PM »

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Hey John, I never saw any of the pictures you took inside the radio shack. I know Rick said the location was "sensitive" and confidential, but didn't he indicate that a picture was fine to post? A picture would sure show the complexity of the system.

In later communications he asked me to not make the photos public

RobertW · « **Reply #44 on:** Apr 18, 06, 11:13:41 PM »

Quote from: Wrightwood on Apr 18, 06, 11:02:55 PM

In later communications he asked me to please not make the photos public

I certainly can understand why.

ChattyCathy · « **Reply #45 on:** Jun 23, 06, 02:17:41 AM »

Just got my renewal for another ten years (expires 6-29-16). I found my radio - now just need to find the charger!!!

ChattyCathy
KF6EVA

Toolman · « **Reply #46 on:** Jun 23, 06, 11:18:13 PM »

Wooo hoo....time goes by doesn't it

mine is coming up soon too.

Cathy....stop by sometime and meet my wife Kerin....she's a ham too.

I hope your batteries will take a charge. If not let me know, there's a possibility your batteries could be replaced with after market in the event your OEM batteries are not available any more.

ezzpete · « **Reply #47 on:** Aug 12, 06, 01:37:03 PM »

this morning i'm going to the peak of mt. baden powel. i'm gonna try to make some contacts on 146.520 simplex. listen for me, between 9-10 am.

kf6ezz

ezzpete · « **Reply #48 on:** Aug 12, 06, 08:19:58 PM »

no contact.

over!

Toolman · « **Reply #49 on:** Aug 16, 06, 07:57:42 PM »

You mean to say no one was on the 2mtr. simplex calling frq.

Kinda odd, that's usually busy and from there you should have made some Q's.

HF mobile running around WW is kinda fun. I had a nice Q with a guy in Florida on 17mtrs. driving back to the house from up on the Blue Ridge FS road last weekend. Kinda like having 8K foot tower.

WB6K

clint · « **Reply #50 on:** Aug 17, 06, 06:17:10 PM »

Mike,

Blue Ridge, Guffy and Table Mt. campgrounds are all popular Field Day sites. The Southern California QRP society sets up at Table Mt. on the Zuni Loop with dipoles and long wires in trees, and runs QRP rigs in tents all weekend. It's a very cool field day site to visit to see what QRP can do in the hands of experts.
And of course as you mentioned the 8000' tower of Blue Ridge is also popular.

Wrightwood · « **Reply #51 on:** Dec 06, 06, 04:14:48 PM »

When looking up call signs on the ARRL website. Here's a couple of questions:

Why do many of the recent hams have two listings?
The 2nd listing shows: New Systematic Call Sign Assigned

What does "License TIN Added" represent?

Toolman · « **Reply #52 on:** Dec 06, 06, 08:10:08 PM »

What does "License TIN Added" represent?

"Tax Identification Number"

I'm trying to recall the year....I think it was between 2000 and 2002 the FCC included the social security number of the applicant on the 610 license form.

Which reminds me....I just received a renewal nofication I need to get returned. How time fly's

Wrightwood · « **Reply #53 on:** Dec 06, 06, 08:16:03 PM »

I assumed that it was radio related, no wonder the TIN looked familiar

RennMan · « **Reply #54 on:** Dec 25, 06, 09:15:57 PM »

On a completely separate topic...

While down at Mtn Hardware on Saturday, I was speaking with "Pat" (don't know her last name) at the Disaster Preparedness table, and she took my name for the next set of CERT classes. She also mentioned that there was going to be a meeting of the local HAMs at the Museum sometime in early January.

I haven't found any mention of this on the forum, or maybe I'm looking in the wrong places. Does anyone have any info on this?

Thanks!

Matt/KG6ZET

clint · « **Reply #55 on:** Dec 26, 06, 05:37:01 PM »

News to me!

Wrightwood · « **Reply #56 on:** Dec 26, 06, 06:02:38 PM »

I have a feeling someone misinterpreted what the disaster group had in mind.

In January the WDPT board is meeting with the head radio tech from the county to discuss how the county and the WDPT and Hams would communicate in the event of a major disaster. I'm not aware that this was intended as a meeting of local Hams but I will inquire.

Wrightwood · « **Reply #57 on:** Dec 26, 06, 07:22:37 PM »

WDPT board member Kim Floyd responded that Pat Bittenbender was incorrect in what she told Matt.

The meeting is for the WDPT Board and SB County EOS personnel to discuss how communications might be setup during a major incident in this area.

RennMan · « **Reply #58 on:** Dec 27, 06, 12:03:31 AM »

And, Pat just called me here at home, to let me know the same information as was posted by John earlier today.

That's why I asked the question here, instead of the general Disaster Awareness topic section of the forum.

This is probably a good idea for sometime in the near future, to gather as many interested HAMs as we can, but perhaps a bit premature at this time.

Peace all!
Matt

clint · « **Reply #59 on:** Dec 28, 06, 12:05:33 AM »

Uh... yeah!

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