Anyone thought of or is/are currently doing a HF net from NES? I plan to upgrade my ticket this year. Would really like to get on the HF airwaves...
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Anyone thought of or is/are currently doing a HF net from NES? I plan to upgrade my ticket this year. Would really like to get on the HF airwaves...
I'd be down...that is assuming you could deal with having a lefty scumbag on the air with ya!
I have been No code Tech since 1997. Need to upgrade my ticket...Our antenna got wiped out by a tree. Not sure when we will be up again. Plus I need to get out of tech level but we could probably work with that.
"No code Tech". For some reason this triggered an old memory of a ham joke Zappa told here in the long lost Ham Humor thread. His joke came just 3 years after the FCC eliminated the Morse code license requirements.I have been No code Tech since 1997. Need to upgrade my ticket...
Do you know any lefty scumbags here?
Just askin'....
I just assumed everyone thinks I'm a lefty scumbag.
Here's the long thread on the ARfcom NET. Perhaps something can be learned from it that is useful for NES?
https://www.ar15.com/forums/outdoor...SB-net-Now-Tuesday-Evening-SSB-Net/22-639821/
I have not read that thread as I don't have the hardware for HF yet nor the knowledge about what I'd be reading.
I am on that thread over there. I have been off arfcom for several years now. Too many a holes and know it alls etc. You cannot be serious about anything over there because everyone is out to destroy anyone posting for the first time etc and they people just say screw it and leave. Probably the worst thing about gunowners is the know it all a holes. Just my opinion.
Solid copy brotherIt's not that I recommend ARfcom, just that perhaps some good info could be gleaned from that thread.
I've been on ARfcom since 1998, both the now-dormant eList and forum. I pretty much restrict myself to the Hometown Forums, Legal (but tangle too often with one know-it-all FFL there) and restricted LE and some instructor forums. I picked up the Ham forum when I got licensed in April to see if I could learn a few things.
While I don;t have an easy way to play HF at home anymore, both truck and field radios are ready to go.
Will be interesting if something materializes.
I suggest we invite anyone with short wave listening capability to listen in and give signal reports later. It will give us a better idea of our areas of coverage and for them build skills in SWL which will be important in a SHTF situation.
That actually is a stellar idea. perhaps we can list a few examples of SW radios to buy as well.I suggest we invite anyone with short wave listening capability to listen in and give signal reports later. It will give us a better idea of our areas of coverage and for them build skills in SWL which will be important in a SHTF situation.
I don't have any first hand experience with SWL (short wave listening) radio brands. So take the following with a grain of salt.That actually is a stellar idea. perhaps we can list a few examples of SW radios to buy as well.
I don't have any first hand experience with SWL (short wave listening) radio brands. So take the following with a grain of salt.
Reviews on eham.net are a good source of reviews for this sort of thing. If they agree with Amazon reviews you can probably trust the rating.
* You want SSB (single side band). 95% of the HF frequency ham chatter is SSB. There's some CW (Morse code) and very little AM in the HF frequencies.
* For SWL you really want an external antenna. So you want a radio with an External Antenna jack.
Usually external antennas are as simple as 25' or more of wire strung out a window up to a tree. If you want to get serious, go to LNRprecision.com and look for their EF-SWL antenna. You get 45' of steel core wire and an impedance matching box. The impedance matching really makes a difference.
* You want digital tuning. Tuning a cheap analog dial will drive you nuts.
I think it's still hard to go wrong with a Sony, and Tecsun seems to get mentioned a lot. I just looked for Short Wave Radios on Amazon $50 - $150 (4 stars min) and there's a lot to choose from. If I had to buy today I would get the Tecsun PL600 ($84) or maybe the PL660 ($120) since it gets the aircraft band. The come with a 25' external antenna.