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Link Posted: 4/25/2020 10:07:38 PM EDT
[#1]
Passed tech right before (like, the day before our governor issued the stay-at-home order) the COVID craziness kicked off. Will take General as soon as testing resumes.

Currently, I've got a couple of Yaesu HTs (FT-60R, FT-70DR) and an FTM-7250DR mobile unit as my base station. Working on plans for permanent antennas. Also have an 80m CW kit from QRPLabs with a half wave dipole strung between a couple of trees.
Link Posted: 4/26/2020 12:31:03 AM EDT
[#2]
Got my tech license in I think 99.  Was about to test for general but they could only find two VE a week before the covid shutdown in my state.

I have a UV5R, a qt-8900 mobile, and a yasue ft-891 with a 10m dipole.
Link Posted: 5/14/2020 12:28:47 PM EDT
[#3]
Tech - 2014
Baofeng UV-5R (various sub-models)
Baofeng F8-HP w/signal stick
Yaesu FT3DR w/signal stick
Link Posted: 5/14/2020 12:55:53 PM EDT
[#4]
I guess I qualify as an Old Timer.

Novice  1961 (age 12)
Technician  1962
(Went overseas as a Signal Corps officer in the early 70's and license lapsed in 1975)
Advanced 1977 (back to the states and got re-licensed)
Extra  1993 (was pushed by my then 13 year old son who also passed Extra test at that time  He now holds my dad's old Extra callsign.)

I work mostly HF.  I like portable ops and digital modes.

Radios:
FTDX3000 (base)
IC-7200 (2 ea.)
FT-891 (mobile and portable)

3 ea. Kenwood TM-V71As scattered around.
Couple of Kenwood and Yaesu HTs

Lots of antennas, mostly wires and field antennas.
Never had an amplifier, always had 100W max.  Still managed DXCC and 6 band WAS.

Still enjoy the hobby after all these years.
Link Posted: 5/14/2020 10:29:33 PM EDT
[#5]
Tech in '94 (13 weeks and 3 days wait time for license in the mail)
Tech+ in '95.
General after the 13wpm was dropped.
Hoping for Extra this summer

Shack contents are boxed up mostly:
FT-450D (NIB still packed)
HTX-10
TM-281
Moto mobile GTX 900mhz
IC-2720 (mobile)
HTX-202 (2nd version)
IC-T90a
UV5R
3 KPC-3's (one needs a pair of new caps)
Link Posted: 5/17/2020 11:26:38 PM EDT
[#6]
Tech in 2009 and never did anything with it.

Finally unboxed and set up the FT-8800 I've owned for 20 years and never used. Decided to make a radio test and lol ended up to a guy less than a mile away !

Setting up a TK-8180HK as a dedicated GMRS rig for both at home and outfitting my vehicles with them.

I'm in the city and since covid has both given some people extra time and most important motivation we are building a pretty big GMRS network and a couple dozen guys are studying for their Tech. One just passed his test remote yesterday.
Link Posted: 5/19/2020 3:51:56 AM EDT
[#7]
Tech 2003
General March 2019
2 weeks later...
Extra April 2019

SANDARC & GLAARG VE

Yaesu VX-170

Other gear: I want to sell it.
Link Posted: 5/19/2020 4:21:58 AM EDT
[#8]
05/10/2000
Tech.

VHF/UHF
Icom 7100
Yaesu VX-6R
Link Posted: 5/20/2020 8:55:56 AM EDT
[#9]
Who keeps the roster?
I came across an old copy of it and realized that even though I changed my callsign several years ago the roster hasn't been updated.
Link Posted: 5/20/2020 11:28:20 AM EDT
[#10]
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Originally Posted By KCGunnr:
Who keeps the roster?
I came across an old copy of it and realized that even though I changed my callsign several years ago the roster hasn't been updated.
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Does your "old copy" include call signs?
Link Posted: 5/20/2020 11:51:53 AM EDT
[#11]
Became a tech about 2014, due to crazy life, I just made general a couple weeks ago.  Made my first hf contact on the arfcom net last night.

Ft450d - gv5r - at100pro II

Numerous vhf/uhf rigs
Link Posted: 5/20/2020 12:13:38 PM EDT
[#12]
Tech plus in 1990
General in 2000 (after dropping the 13 & 20 WPM requirement)
Extra in 2001ish

IC-7300
Drake TR-4 with RV-4
Motorola GM300 vhf
GE MVS vhf
GE MVS uhf
IC -2820

Too many portables to mention

Hustler 6BTV
Link Posted: 5/21/2020 1:15:09 PM EDT
[#13]
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Originally Posted By Him:
Does your "old copy" include call signs?
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It does. It is dated 10/29/2013. Keeper may have changed in seven years...
Link Posted: 5/21/2020 11:56:01 PM EDT
[Last Edit: John_A] [#14]
Tech in 2009 - played around a little bit but then got sidetracked with kids/work and never did anything else with it.

Now with all this extra time I got bit by the bug and started tinkering again. I'm currently studying for my General test coming up in a couple of weeks... but I've been busy with getting on the air more.

Current radios include:

Yaesu FT-2980R with Diamond X30A antenna powered by a Yaesu FP-1023A power supply
Yaesu FT-4XR with Diamond SRJ77CA antenna
Radio Shack HTX-242 with mag mount mobile antenna
QRP-Labs QCX 40 meter with a homemade dipole antenna in the attic
2 Baofeng UV-82 handhelds with Nagoya 771

After I pass the test I am going to buy a proper all mode/all band HF rig.


***EDIT*** - I passed my general test today! Thanks to the Vermont Exam Test team - testing online was easy and I didn’t experience any issues whatsoever!
Link Posted: 7/13/2020 11:30:59 PM EDT
[#15]
06-24-2016

KI7CIL. General Class.

FT-60R and FT-817, plus other.

Will be working on informal, non-Field Day type events (not contests) and will need input from Tech users.

R K BALKE

[email protected]
Link Posted: 7/14/2020 9:20:37 AM EDT
[#16]
New tech here. Been listening thru a Yaesu VX-8 now transmitting. Just put a Diamond V-2000A in the attic (HOA) and that really extended my legs. Plenty of repeater traffic on VHF/UHF.
On Thurs, I should be receiving my new to me FT-897D. The fun can really start then. Sketching out a fan dipole to string up in the rafters.
Need to crack the books on getting my General but I’m in no hurry.
Link Posted: 7/14/2020 9:40:38 AM EDT
[#17]
I thought I had replied to this thread previously, but apparently not.

First licensed in 2005 as a Tech, upgraded to General in 2012.

My radios are:
  • Icom IC-7200 for HF (WITH the tactical handles!)
  • Yaesu FT-817ND for QRP HF, 2M, and 70cm.
  • Yaesu FT-7800R for 2M/70cm at home.
  • Yaesu VX-5RS HT for 2M/70cm (in a box somewhere, need to dig it out).
  • Two Baofeng UV5RA 2M/70cm HTs. I use one as a mobile rig in my truck and keep the other one in the back. A friend and I who's also a General class ham used them a couple weeks ago for inter-vehicle communication.
  • RTL-SDR Blog v3 dongle. Just got this yesterday and started putzing with it.


Antennas:
  • Radiowavz 40M dipole for HF, fed through an LDG IT-100 tuner, which is an augment for
  • Ultimax-100 end-fed wire for HF, fed through an LDG IT-100 tuner. It's up on the roof and still available for use.
  • Comet GP-3 for VHF/UHF, mounted on a 5' mast on my chimney.
  • Hawaii EARC end-fed for HF in the field.


Link Posted: 7/14/2020 11:16:49 AM EDT
[#18]
Licensed as Novice in 1984. Earned Extra in 1990.

Currently on air mostly portable as I don't have a home setup quite yet (recently moved).
Kenwood TS-430S
Heathkit HW-9 (complete station, my first)
Norcal 40 qrp cw
Yaesu Vertex VX150 2m
Kenwood Mobile 2m 50w... old. :D

I run CW (getting back up to speed), psk31, Olivia.  Learning js8call for messaging

Used to do emcomm stuff, so need to figure out what the landscape is for that. Amtor, Gtor, Packet, Pactor...etc.

Link Posted: 8/16/2020 7:04:49 PM EDT
[#19]
Tech 01/2020
General 06/2020
Working on Extra...

FT-857D
FT3D
VX8DR
FT270R

Link Posted: 8/17/2020 10:46:10 AM EDT
[#20]
/AG as of this weekend, now I’ll probably slow roll extra a little bit
Link Posted: 8/17/2020 10:55:23 AM EDT
[#21]
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Originally Posted By Sierra5:
/AG as of this weekend, now I'll probably slow roll extra a little bit
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It will never be easier than it is right now, once you stop studying you'll have to relearn all the material you forget. AE overlaps a lot with General, not as much as general and tech but still.
Link Posted: 8/17/2020 11:20:02 PM EDT
[#22]
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Originally Posted By Nmbmxer:
It will never be easier than it is right now, once you stop studying you'll have to relearn all the material you forget. AE overlaps a lot with General, not as much as general and tech but still.
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Well then that changes things lol.  Looks like I’ll be studying for extra sooner than I thought.
Link Posted: 8/18/2020 8:04:44 AM EDT
[#23]
EA is harder to memorize the questions as the material more complicated. I'd recommend watching a study course on YouTube in addition to the online prep tools, I liked the KE0OG video series.
Link Posted: 8/18/2020 5:09:05 PM EDT
[#24]
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Originally Posted By Nmbmxer:
EA is harder to memorize the questions as the material more complicated. I'd recommend watching a study course on YouTube in addition to the online prep tools, I liked the KE0OG video series.
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Awesome thanks for the tips.
Link Posted: 8/18/2020 9:12:37 PM EDT
[#25]
First licensed in April 2011 and upgraded to Extra in July of 2012.
 As far as equipment' HF Radios are TS-590S, TS-570SG, TS-440SAT, TS-830S, Knight T60.
 Amps are SB-1000, Henry 2-KD, and a Henry 2-K2. That's about it.
 A few VHF and UHF rigs. Plus a UHF repeater that has been off the air for a year or so.
Link Posted: 8/20/2020 5:23:53 PM EDT
[#26]
Novice 03/23/84.  
Tech 02/11/86.  
Tech Plus 01/29/96.  
General 11/28/97.

TenTec Century 21 CW transceiver
Icom 707 transceiver
RigBlaster Nomic
Icom 7300 transceiver
Ameritron AL-811H amplifier
Heathkit SA 2040 tuner
Bencher  BY1 Paddle
27 “ iMac in shack
Multi-band vertical and dipole.
TYT 390 DMR handheld
Baofeng uv5r
Yaesu FT 209 RH
Local club owns a UHF DMR repeater with internet connectivity and an analog VHF/UHF repeater.
Link Posted: 8/22/2020 4:39:27 PM EDT
[Last Edit: LurkerII] [#27]
FCC Licenses:

Amateur:
Novice - A Long Long time ago
Tech - Jan 2020 - Perfect Score
General  - Feb 2020 Frostfest - Perfect Score
Extra - Sitting for the exam in person in September (as in not virtual)

Others:
IG - Business Itinerant Mobile Analog/Digital - 16 frequencies - Legal Encryption - Used Mike327's guide from this site, it was pretty easy.
GMRS License

Icom IC-718  - Signalink - MFJ Tuner, G5RV Pro ZS6BKW 80-6m Antenna and EFHW 134' 80m-10m Homembrew
Kenwood TM-281A in Vehicle - modded to use rear SPKR out for Signalink without shutting off front speaker
Kenwood TM-281A  in case w/Samlex SEC-1235M 30Amp supply as 2m Base Station with Diamond X50A with Signalink
Two TYT MD-UV380 DMR handhelds
PiStar HotSpot
One UV5R BaoFeng
A pile of Moto GMRS/FRS HTs
RTL-SDR for ADS-B with custom military only filter - currently redoing from original Pi to Pi3.

Do a lot of 2m EMCOMM nets on W4RAT, N4POW, and WB4IKL repeaters.
Old Dominion Emergency HF Nets (ODEN) Voice and Digital (Olivia).
Active Participant on Virginia's "Winlink Wednesday" EMCOMM net using VHF Packet, VARA HF and P2P VARA HF.
(Winlink - global email via amateur radio)
Only about 80 more weeks to go for Winlink Wednesday Century Club !

Will be a net control trainee within the next few weeks.
Link Posted: 8/22/2020 9:29:04 PM EDT
[#28]
/AE as of this evening
Link Posted: 8/22/2020 10:05:24 PM EDT
[#29]
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Originally Posted By glockfan68:
/AE as of this evening
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Excellent!!  Congratulations on your new privileges!!

73

Bruce
Link Posted: 8/22/2020 10:39:51 PM EDT
[#30]
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Originally Posted By glockfan68:
/AE as of this evening
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Congrats
Link Posted: 9/3/2020 2:28:46 AM EDT
[#31]
KI5HBA

11/05/19 Technician
02/10/20 General
06/09/20 Amateur Extra

JR1572
Link Posted: 9/5/2020 5:46:21 PM EDT
[#32]
Tech : 8/8 (DB 8/10)
General : 9/5
Link Posted: 9/11/2020 12:11:29 AM EDT
[#33]
Technician 8/14/2020

Currently only using a Baofeng UV-5R5 until I can upgrade.
Link Posted: 9/11/2020 1:09:36 AM EDT
[#34]
Kinda get back into the hobby been general since 2013 have a couple HT just set up a hot spot for dmr.
Link Posted: 9/11/2020 7:25:38 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Alembic] [#35]
Extra (2019) 50/50 Secret Handshake Club
Alinco, Anytone, Heathkit, Icom, Motorola, and Yaesu radios, Vibroplex straight key and bug...
Link Posted: 9/19/2020 2:08:13 PM EDT
[Last Edit: LurkerII] [#36]
9/19/2020 - Amateur Extra today, scored 100% !
Link Posted: 9/19/2020 2:23:27 PM EDT
[#37]
G8FVM - 1972 (Still have it)

KC7FWB 2004 -> K7UF - 2017

Both full privileges (Extra, if you like).

IC7000
IC7600

Multiple VHF rigs (Mobile/HT)
Link Posted: 9/19/2020 2:38:22 PM EDT
[#38]
Tech - 8/2020

Working on General (missed it by 2 on the first try)

Baofeng UV5R for now
Link Posted: 9/19/2020 2:52:30 PM EDT
[Last Edit: sseagle] [#39]
Originally Posted By sseagle:
Tech : 8/8 (DB 8/10)
General : 9/5
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9/19/2020 Extra

I feel stupid after 2 weeks still toting around KFxxxx/AG but FCC has me as a tech still, should I switch to /AE? this was not covered lol
Link Posted: 9/19/2020 7:59:18 PM EDT
[Last Edit: LurkerII] [#40]
I have been asked to become a VE after I passed my Extra today, I accepted.  One more (open book) test to take.
Link Posted: 9/19/2020 8:10:43 PM EDT
[#41]
Zero to Extra on 4/17/2014

I have an FT60R with a bad battery, never really had time to get involved but still interested.

Plan on keeping my license active hoping to actually use it later in life.
Link Posted: 9/20/2020 11:00:38 AM EDT
[#42]
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Originally Posted By FredTheLurker:
I have been asked to become a VE after I passed my Extra today, I accepted.  One more (open book) test to take.
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Extremely easy to get the VE, but can be very rewarding.
Link Posted: 9/20/2020 6:22:14 PM EDT
[Last Edit: fosters] [#43]
General.

Radios

Icom ic7000
Yaesu vx8
Yaesu ft857d
Icom ic7600
Icom ic705
Link Posted: 9/22/2020 8:55:51 PM EDT
[Last Edit: sladekal] [#44]
General 07/27/2017

Power Supplys
Alinco DM-330MV
Astron RS-35M
Powerwerx SS-30DV x2

Battery equipment
Powerwerx PWRbox
Miady LFP16AH Rechargeable Battery

APRS station
Yaesu FT-2980 x2
Microsat WX3IN1 Plus 2.0
CAB30B cable
N9TAXlabs.com dual band slim jim antenna
GL-Inet GL-AR300M

APRS other
Byonics TinyTrak3 plus
Byonics TinyTrak4 with display

2M JS8call station
Yaesu FTM-3100
Yaesu FT-2980R
N9TAXlabs.com dual band slim jim antenna
signalink usb
raspberry pi

2M base and portable station
Yaesu FTM-7250D
Nagoya UT-72 antenna

Car
Btech UV25x2
Nagoya UT-72 antenna

HT's
Baofeng UV-5r
Btech UV-5x3
Retevis rt72
Anytone AT-D878UV Plus
Yaesu FT-4X
Yaesu FT3D
Openspot3

HF
Yaesu FT-891
z-100Plus Autotuner
MFJ Digital SWR meter
Signalink USB
raspberry pi
MFJ-1982MP antenna
Radiowavz DX 80 Pro OCF antenna
Cameleon TD-lite antenna

AREDN mesh network
2 MikroTik hAP ac lite Dual-concurrent Access Point (RB952Ui-5ac2nD-US)
2 Grandstream GXP1625 voip phones
2 TP-Link 5GHz N300 Long Range Outdoor WiFi Extender

Test equipment
2 Diamond DL-30A dummy loads
MFJ MFJ-264 dummy load
Mobilinkd TNC2
nano vnc

Other Antennas
Elk Antennas 2M/440L5 Dual-Band Antenna
Arrow antennas OSJ 146/440 J-Pole
Ed Fong DBJ-2H HAM Amateur Emergency Roll-Up Antenna
Diamond x50a

Plan to buy next
Yaesu FTM-400DR
Yaesu FT-70DR
Icom IC-2730A
Link Posted: 9/22/2020 10:50:13 PM EDT
[#45]
Wife and I are Tech's IIRC i was licensed in 06? Wife a couple years later as I had to constantly complain to get her to do so.

HT's
VX6R need new batteries yet again.

Mobile/ Home
Yaesu 8800 and 8900

Uniden Bearcat BCT15X
Uniden Bearcat BCD3252

Need to work on programing again. Local County has gone digital and secure for LEO. Neighboring county is still in open so far. County I work in also went digital, not certain if secure. But I believe so. Bummer on those.

I am wanting to get into Aredn and start connecting app on phone with radios for use with app. If anyone can help with that, it would be appreciated.

Still waiting on friends to get licensed.... Getting bored on that one. Can't help them learn what they don't want to learn. I have been trying to get back into it myself, but have been finding it difficult to do so.

I also have a County Comms radio that will pick up HAM bands, am Im wanting to listen in to nets. Just have not had the luck in doing so, so far.
Link Posted: 9/24/2020 10:11:22 PM EDT
[#46]
Passed my Tech this evening. 15 years in the making. Going to go for my General in the next month or so.
Link Posted: 9/25/2020 12:19:18 PM EDT
[#47]
Passed my Tech on 9/22/20
Hoping to go for General here soon!

Currently the UV5R is all I have but looking to add more!
Link Posted: 10/8/2020 5:32:25 PM EDT
[#48]
Newly minted tech as of this afternoon.
Link Posted: 10/10/2020 12:07:17 AM EDT
[#49]
Lots of 's are in order! Congratulations on earning your tickets/ upgrades!
Link Posted: 10/13/2020 2:54:13 PM EDT
[#50]
Tech 1992
Extra 2002

HF/VHF/UHF capable. ARES OES.
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