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Posted: 12/6/2018 8:59:25 PM EDT
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Congratulations!
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Posted: 12/6/2018 9:04:05 PM EDT
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General is virtually the same test, prepare |
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Posted: 12/6/2018 9:44:28 PM EDT
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Congrats!
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Posted: 12/6/2018 9:53:53 PM EDT
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Congratulations! Now for your General because HF is where the fun stuff happens.
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Posted: 12/6/2018 11:43:42 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/7/2018 12:01:43 AM EDT
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Congrats on passing the test.
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Posted: 12/7/2018 7:03:34 AM EDT
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Thanks. Hf is the goal, the local repeaters are cool, digital is cooler, but i want worldwide with no internet.
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Posted: 12/7/2018 8:57:03 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/7/2018 9:45:11 AM EDT
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Thanks for that im hoping it'll be listed by this time next week
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Posted: 12/7/2018 9:54:13 AM EDT
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Thanks. Hf is the goal, the local repeaters are cool, digital is cooler, but i want worldwide with no internet. 
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Posted: 12/7/2018 1:54:01 PM EDT
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Thanks. Hf is the goal, the local repeaters are cool, digital is cooler, but i want worldwide with no internet. HF is what put the hook in me. The ability to set up an antenna, and a 100watt ( or even 25) station and contact stations 8000miles away is still amazing after all these years. the first time I keyed up and used my callsign, was on 10meter SSB. worked a guy way out in California who was calling CQ I told him this was my first QSO He was so excited he mailed me a card the same day. 
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Posted: 12/7/2018 3:14:13 PM EDT
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That's awesome. It's pretty amazing how a person can set up a simple antenna and a radio and talk world wide by bouncing signals off the atmosphere. It takes the average person billions in infrastructure to accomplish that, granted i know it's not exactly the same but still pretty amazing.
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Posted: 12/7/2018 9:54:44 PM EDT
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That's awesome. It's pretty amazing how a person can set up a simple antenna and a radio and talk world wide by bouncing signals off the atmosphere. It takes the average person billions in infrastructure to accomplish that, granted i know it's not exactly the same but still pretty amazing.  Lynn KCØYQF Manages a SOTA Pile-up ...Plus a Goat! |
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Posted: 12/7/2018 10:20:46 PM EDT
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A big CONGRATS!!!
If you are capable of 100% on the Tech, you should pass the General, too. |
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Posted: 12/7/2018 11:10:04 PM EDT
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Congrats, Cheepjeep85!
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Posted: 12/8/2018 12:13:11 AM EDT
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That's awesome. It's pretty amazing how a person can set up a simple antenna and a radio and talk world wide by bouncing signals off the atmosphere. It takes the average person billions in infrastructure to accomplish that, granted i know it's not exactly the same but still pretty amazing. Congrats on passing the exam! Go for Extra if you can but General will open all HF bands for you. |
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Posted: 12/8/2018 12:56:50 AM EDT
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Good Lord, 10 meters being open around the clock, fun stuff. Not really DX at all, but I worked a CA station from IL on 10M FM and my "S" meter was pinned at 60 dB over "S" 9 for about 20 min. I'd listen to 17M and hear a truck driver in CO work a DL somewhere and hear both sides of the contact. I wonder how serious the Maunder minimum stuff really is.
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Posted: 12/8/2018 10:46:16 AM EDT
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Quoted: It is a lot of fun now but wait till the next solar maximum. This is when you will be able to work the whole world with 10 Watts and a small 6 foot long mobile vertical. Back in the late 80's, during a solar maximum, I once worked Japan on 10 meters with about 40 watts and a 100W incandescent light bulb as an antenna. LOL. Congrats on passing the exam! Go for Extra if you can but General will open all HF bands for you. Quoted:
Good Lord, 10 meters being open around the clock, fun stuff. Not really DX at all, but I worked a CA station from IL on 10M FM and my "S" meter was pinned at 60 dB over "S" 9 for about 20 min. I'd listen to 17M and hear a truck driver in CO work a DL somewhere and hear both sides of the contact. I wonder how serious the Maunder minimum stuff really is. |
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Posted: 12/8/2018 10:56:40 AM EDT
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That's awesome. It's pretty amazing how a person can set up a simple antenna and a radio and talk world wide by bouncing signals off the atmosphere. It takes the average person billions in infrastructure to accomplish that, granted i know it's not exactly the same but still pretty amazing. 
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Posted: 12/8/2018 11:01:15 AM EDT
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Here's a website with a good rundown on propagation, antennas, feedlines, and standing wave ratio (SWR). It's long, so you might want to download the .pdf file and print it out.
Here are 3 websites with current propagation and auroral data: https://dx.qsl.net/propagation/propagation.html http://www.solarham.net/ https://www.hfpropagation.com/ Incidentally, here's a website in Lapland that streams auroral displays realtime: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrEfDv09Q2suoiSDt1hZIlg. Consult either of the two sites above to see how strong the auroral oval is. Strong activity means the bands are unstable. |
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Posted: 12/8/2018 11:47:54 AM EDT
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Thanks. Hf is the goal, the local repeaters are cool, digital is cooler, but i want worldwide with no internet.  Right on!Congratulations! |
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Posted: 12/8/2018 2:00:33 PM EDT
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Here's a website with a good rundown on propagation, antennas, feedlines, and standing wave ratio (SWR). It's long, so you might want to download the .pdf file and print it out. Here are 3 websites with current propagation and auroral data: https://dx.qsl.net/propagation/propagation.html http://www.solarham.net/ https://www.hfpropagation.com/ Incidentally, here's a website in Lapland that streams auroral displays realtime: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrEfDv09Q2suoiSDt1hZIlg. Consult either of the two sites above to see how strong the auroral oval is. Strong activity means the bands are unstable. |
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Posted: 12/10/2018 6:55:27 AM EDT
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It is a lot of fun now but wait till the next solar maximum. This is when you will be able to work the whole world with 10 Watts and a small 6 foot long mobile vertical. Back in the late 80's, during a solar maximum, I once worked Japan on 10 meters with about 40 watts and a 100W incandescent light bulb as an antenna. LOL. Congrats on passing the exam! Go for Extra if you can but General will open all HF bands for you. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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That's awesome. It's pretty amazing how a person can set up a simple antenna and a radio and talk world wide by bouncing signals off the atmosphere. It takes the average person billions in infrastructure to accomplish that, granted i know it's not exactly the same but still pretty amazing. Congrats on passing the exam! Go for Extra if you can but General will open all HF bands for you. We will know by 2020 if it will happen. If the sunspots don't pick up like they should have already with the 11 year cycle suppossed to be on the upswing, then shit is going to suck. Bad propagation, famine, and cold. But it could be bullshit. It is all based on a computer model and what appears to be a delay in the upswing of sunspots on the 11 year cycle. https://astronomynow.com/2015/07/17/diminishing-solar-activity-may-bring-new-ice-age-by-2030/ |
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Posted: 12/10/2018 11:25:07 AM EDT
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The similarity is between the past few cycles and the lead-up to the Maunder Minimum is *interesting*.
I got my Novice license just before Cycle 19 ramping up. The propagation was fantastic. Once I passed my General and could afford a halfway decent receiver, 35 Watts from a single 6146 into a simple dipole put the world at my fingertips. 
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Posted: 12/10/2018 3:52:44 PM EDT
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The similarity is between the past few cycles and the lead-up to the Maunder Minimum is *interesting*. http://seawapa.org/gsm/assets/images/mini-ice-age-1400x933.jpg I got my Novice license just before Cycle 19 ramping up. The propagation was fantastic. Once I passed my General and could afford a halfway decent receiver, 35 Watts from a single 6146 into a simple dipole put the world at my fingertips. http://www.solen.info/solar/cycl19.gif It isnt just a hypothetical computer model |
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Posted: 12/10/2018 5:46:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: According to a couple of NASA scientists, and others world wide, we may be in a Maunder Minimum for the next 50-60 years.Not only will there be a mini ice age, but propagation will suck. We will know by 2020 if it will happen. If the sunspots don't pick up like they should have already with the 11 year cycle suppossed to be on the upswing, then shit is going to suck. Bad propagation, famine, and cold. But it could be bullshit. It is all based on a computer model and what appears to be a delay in the upswing of sunspots on the 11 year cycle. https://astronomynow.com/2015/07/17/diminishing-solar-activity-may-bring-new-ice-age-by-2030/ I have been doing quite a bit of reading on the Sun and all the evidence does look like we are in a bad doldrums right now. It's not recovering like it should according to the 11 year cycle. |
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Posted: 12/10/2018 8:09:50 PM EDT
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160M, 80M, 60M and 40M to some extent will get better. Don't sweat it so much, just adapt. 73, Rob
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Posted: 12/10/2018 8:43:17 PM EDT
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160M, 80M, 60M and 40M to some extent will get better. Don't sweat it so much, just adapt. 73, Rob and when there is no radio DX .....there is always magnum revolver DX 
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Posted: 12/11/2018 11:37:25 AM EDT
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160M, 80M, 60M and 40M to some extent will get better. Don't sweat it so much, just adapt. 73, Rob |
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Posted: 12/11/2018 11:45:52 AM EDT
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Learn CW. DX on 40, 80, and even 160 is doable with 50 Watts to a dipole. On 40 and 80, even QRP contacts are no big deal. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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160M, 80M, 60M and 40M to some extent will get better. Don't sweat it so much, just adapt. 73, Rob |
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Posted: 12/11/2018 2:47:29 PM EDT
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Congratulations OP!
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Posted: 12/11/2018 8:39:16 PM EDT
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Thank you again. Waiting on my call sign sucks. Took the test last Thursday hoping to have it by the end of the week.
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Posted: 12/11/2018 10:13:24 PM EDT
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Thank you again. Waiting on my call sign sucks. Took the test last Thursday hoping to have it by the end of the week. Then Bill & Hillary Clinton decided that regular folks like us couldn't have flash suppressors and bayonet lugs I sold my radio gear and started buying pre-ban rifles. Today we can have both
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Posted: 12/13/2018 8:45:31 PM EDT
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Finally my call sign showed up on uls today. I made a contact on the local repeater, that was pretty cool.
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Posted: 12/14/2018 1:26:19 AM EDT
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Congrats! I finally passed my tech a few months back.
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Posted: 12/14/2018 6:19:24 AM EDT
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Congrats to you as well.
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