ARFCOM Ham Roster (Page 4 of 8)
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general 6-19-2012
Yaesu FT-920 Yaesu FT-897d Yaesu FT-857d Yaesu Ft-2900r Cushcraft R-5 10, 12, 15, 17 20 meter base Buddipole deluxe Workman UVS-300 Base 2 meter, 70cm base Diamond mobile 2 meter 70cm Alpha delta dipoles Baofeng UV-5R+ HT Almost as bad as AR sickness... |
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General 2013
Yaesu FTDX 3000 Yaesu FT60 _ Wife's HT (Tech 2013) Kenwood D710 Kenwood V71A Crushcraft AR270 and AR-6 - VHF/UHF MFJ-1796 - HF (forget 6 meters - see AR6) Not going to say worse than guns (yet) but a dammed close second for sure |
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December '99
Extra Class HAM, General Radiotelephone license w/ship radar endorsement, GMDSS Operator/maintainer. Currently the Radio Electronics Officer onboard an oceanographic research vessel. (And currently up the Davis Strait heading toward Baffin Island as I post this) |
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Originally Posted By radiowave:
December '99 Extra Class HAM, General Radiotelephone license w/ship radar endorsement, GMDSS Operator/maintainer. Currently the Radio Electronics Officer onboard an oceanographic research vessel. (And currently up the Davis Strait heading toward Baffin Island as I post this) Wow! This is way cool! Do you operate HAM radio onboard the ship? |
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Originally Posted By radiowave:
December '99 Extra Class HAM, General Radiotelephone license w/ship radar endorsement, GMDSS Operator/maintainer. Currently the Radio Electronics Officer onboard an oceanographic research vessel. (And currently up the Davis Strait heading toward Baffin Island as I post this) I heard you earlier on 20m PSK talking to a Canuck. Have you got macros figured out now? 
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"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." - Charles Darwin
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Straight to General 2013 (2) FT-840 TS-130S MFJ-962C MFJ-962B G5RV Homemade 20m moxon (2) Baofeng UV5R Ed Fong j-pole (and about to be testing a 75 ohm version of Ed's j-pole with hardline) All SSB and FM for now. Studying for Extra and about 75% through morse training to go CW. |
Happiness=UPS+ORMD
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March '11 technician
2 Kenwood 281's 2 Wouxun HT's - I keep one at work 2 Baofeng HT's - one is for my xyl, she's a technician AND a police/fire dispatcher - she doesn't like to talk on the radio as a hobby Icom 703 running into a Par 10-20-40 Endfedz that I've had about 2 months - everyday is QRP portable! I've got to get my ass in gear and go test for general |
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2008 - Tech and General
2009 - Extra Was a very casual/experimental op until about 2013. Current HF rigs include IC-7200, FT-857D. |
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11/25/13 -- Technician
1//5/14 -- General Working on extra Icom 7200 w/o handles. 
LDG IT-100 tuner Homebuilt fan dipole for 40, 20, 10 1nd 6m Max 2000 vertical for 10m Wouxun KG-UV920P-A for 2m and 70 cm homemade dual band j-pole like the Arrow Yaesu FT-8900R in the truck with a Diamond quad-band antenna Baofeng UV-5R+ and Baofeng UV-82 HTs |
The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.
Karl Marx [Sound like anyone you know???]
Karl Marx [Sound like anyone you know???]
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3/5/14 - Technician
3/15/14 - General 3/29/14 - Extra Getting In TODAY, April 21: ICOM IC-7200 with LDG IT-100... I am going to build a big backyard mulitiband wire antenna... probably a (2x) Baofeng UV-5R / Currently have one connected to an Arrow 2m/440 Jpole in my attic for hitting anything local. I am currently negotiating the purchase of a used Yaesu FT-8800r |
Poking kooks with pointy sticks since 1981
Joined:
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FL, USA
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Tech and General 03/2013 Extra 04/2014 but I never got on the air until 02/2014 Have a Yaesu FT-950 and an IC-7200 |
Repeal the 17th Amendment.
A right should restrict the government, not obligate it!
It is America's love of, rather than fear of, democracy which is the little lie that coats the poison pill and makes it sweet to swallow.
A right should restrict the government, not obligate it!
It is America's love of, rather than fear of, democracy which is the little lie that coats the poison pill and makes it sweet to swallow.
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KC2 Something Something Something... :) Tech March 2008 General June 2008 Extra Lazy, TBD. Home QTH: Yaesu FT-847 w/LDG YT-847 Yaesu FT-7900 AEA PK-900/9600 TNC Fox Delta SC-2 & Easy Digi Sound Card Interfaces G5RV Jr. (just got my G5RV Lite antenna, will be installing soon) Two dual band verticals (Fiberglass type) Dual band mobile antenna on a tripod in the living room, too. Oh, and a Uniden Preisdent Washington on an Antron-99. Go Kit & "Field" Stuff: Yaesu FT-2600 14A Power supply Fox Delta SC-1 Interface & PacComm HandiPacket TNC 450Ohm ladder line 2m J-Pole & Arrow Dual band J-Pole Yaesu FT-897 & LDG AT-897 (Both Non-Plus, but Radio has TCXO and SSB filter.) Mobile (WJ): Yaesu FT-7800 with Tram 1180 (or whatever I put on there) antenna Kantronics KAM TNC Kenwood TS-480SAT w/LCG Z-11 Pro tuner (built in one kinda sucks) Wilson 5000 antenna (Works great on 10m!) Other Hamstick antennas, full size and "shorty" versions. Mobile (SRT-4): Yaesu FT-7800 with Tram 1180 antenna At Work: ADI AT-600 HT MFJ-1278 TNC HT's: Yaesu FT-60 (x2) Wouxun KG-UV2D 2m/70cm (x2) Wouxun KG-UV2D 2m/1.25m Kenwood TH-K2AT Kenwood TH-K20 Baofeng UV-5R (x2) Puxing PX-777 UHF Weierwei VEV-3288S VHF Qhansheng TH-K4AT (iirc) VHF HYS VU-88 (x2) 2m/70cm Baofeng BF-666 UHF Yaesu FT-727 (In a charger/power supply on my reloading/electronics bench.) Other Rigs: Yaesu FT-2800 Yaesu FT-2900 Kenwood TR-7850 Kenwood TR-7950 Kenwood TM-231A Other TNCs: PK-232/PK-232MBX (several) PK-88 (x2) PK-12 (1 working, 1 dead) PK-96 MFJ-1278 (x3) MFJ-1270 KPC-3 (x2) KAM (x2) Antennas: Way too many HT antennas and mobile antennas to list. I'm Jay, and I collect way too much stuff when I get into something. |
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"Arfcom makes me happy. Arfcom is like a giant, heavily armed, dysfunctional family that smells like cheetos and gun oil." - Undefined
"Arfcom makes me happy. Arfcom is like a giant, heavily armed, dysfunctional family that smells like cheetos and gun oil." - Undefined
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1995 Tech minus
1996 Tech plus 1997 General 2009 Extra FT 7900 / Comet GP-9 FT 857D / several wires, Hi-Gain multi-band vertical, Elk 2m/430 log, 3 ele 6m yagi Most antennas change periodically. Edit, 3/2019. New radio, FT-450D |
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