ARFCOM Ham Roster (Page 7 of 8)
Callsign: Doc. For my wild hair and DeLorean
Joined:
Apr 2010
Posts:
12772
EE: 100% (45)
OH, USA
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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. |
"We're all new here, kid. The old ones are either dead or in the hospital. What the hell did you expect, a two week pass to Paris? Get in line and do what you're told, or you'll be dead before sunup."
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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. |
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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) |
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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. |
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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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"Violence is seldom the answer, but when it is the answer it is the only answer". T. Larkin
"Violence is seldom the answer, but when it is the answer it is the only answer". T. Larkin
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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. |
Getting old has always been risky.
Government power not exercised is power wasted.
Only the dead are safe from the Clintons.
A man reveals himself in the way he treats those under his authority.
Government power not exercised is power wasted.
Only the dead are safe from the Clintons.
A man reveals himself in the way he treats those under his authority.
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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! 
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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] |
Ephesians 6:5 is wrong.
-I'm not a slave.
-No human is my master.
-I fear only God.
-I'm not trembling.
-I'm not a slave.
-No human is my master.
-I fear only God.
-I'm not trembling.
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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. |
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A little short for a Storm Trooper
Joined:
Jul 2004
Posts:
15227
EE: 100% (1)
PA, USA
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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:
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RKBA = FREEDOM
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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. |
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Originally Posted By Sierra5: /AG as of this weekend, now I'll probably slow roll extra a little bit |
Silent Brigade, 1/20/20: Dangerous wankers to a one. 3rd rate BB
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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. Well then that changes things lol. Looks like I’ll be studying for extra sooner than I thought. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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G8FVM - 1972 (Still have it) KC7FWB 2004 -> K7UF - 2017 Both full privileges (Extra, if you like). IC7000 IC7600 Multiple VHF rigs (Mobile/HT) |
"Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice."
-- Anonymous comment applied to Microsoft software - slashdot.
-- Anonymous comment applied to Microsoft software - slashdot.
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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 |
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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. |
I'm just a man trying to take care of his family, every way I can.
's are in order! Congratulations on earning your tickets/ upgrades!
