Hams

How many SSW guys are also ham radio operators? I'll take the Tech exam in December and hope to have Ryan ready by then. If not he can go for it in February. He would be among the youngest hams in the area at 11.

Plus, how many SSW hams are aware of Echolink? If not, checkout the web site for same <www.echolink.org>. I would say this might have real possibilities....

Ham radio is pretty off-topic, but what the heck. I'm N5OP. Not active on echolink, but I could be. I usually use HF and CW, but am nearly all-mode capable (no CLOVER, MFSK 64, or PSK 62) with 1 kW and decent antennas. We should set up a sked; I'd suggest we use voice, of course Evenings on 75 m bwould probably work now that the thuderstorm season is declining.

Kim Elmore, N5OP, licensed May 1970

>Ham radio is pretty off-topic, but what the heck. >

I figure not if there is another communication link that some of us could share. Just a thought.

I have been licensed since about 1955. Extra Class, N4LN. I kept the 4 tag since it is my initials. At one time I had my Ham license with N4LN, my car license with N4LN, and I was working on a home built Bi-plane that I was going to try to license as N4LN. I moved and had to sell it before I finished it.

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Advance Class WB7AUF. Active on 20 meters from Mexico as XE2WB7AUF. Usually just the Ham Freq. boaters nets. Now if I can just get nitro fuel in Mexico I will be flying control line there winters.

Extra Class - KF5R. Kept my 5 call when I moved to Alabama in 1985. Not very active these days. Generally work CW and prefer low power.

Extra Class license is N8CAH. I was originally licensed as KA8FTK in about 1977, received advanced class license in 1979. I upgraded to Extra class 1 week before they changed the CW requirements a couple of years ago.

Lately, I usually tinker with homebrew equipement and boatanchors. I have two R-390 receivers that I keep in tune, and also build some QRP stuff. Big shortfall is antennas after we moved into a neighborhood with antenna restrictions.

73's
Jim N8CAH

KU8L Extra since 1966 I think. THe technical aspects of that hobby provided a pretty solid basis for alot of what I have done in my career. Mostly HF but dabble with 2mtr and repeaters. Always wanted to mess with some LOS microwave stuff. Worked on a 2mtr EME project for a senior design project in High School.

I got my license 1 year ago.
Technician - still haven't upgraded.

W9NGC

I got my novist license about 1970. I built my own transmitter and receiver from scrap TV parts and I used it about 2 weeks. My father gave me a hard time about it, he thought it was a stupid hobby. Not sure what ever happend to my transmitter and received. That was a long time ago. I never got back into it. I probably have enough electronic parts in my shop to build 30 transmitter but I have not built any type electronic project in several years.

N3CCR - Tech Plus. I got my license about twenty years ago so I could fly RC on the 6 meter band. We also used the 2 meter band for some airborne telemetry.

I still have all my transmitters and some extra hand held stuff in the basement.

Ron King

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I got my novice ticket in 1948, general around 1952 and the old Tech in 1955 so I could do 6 meters RC.The Jump to General in 1952 was a big step back then. I had several special tickets so I could do work for the US goverment in the 60's & 70's. I am still doing boat anchor repair after all there years.Boat anchors are old very heavy radios.I checkrd the ARRL site and none of my old W2 numbers show.
Ed
HERE SOME TRIVIA this is the last ticket I got KYW1199 what kind of ticket is it? It's no longer given and I got it around the mid 60's.

Ha! Citizen's Band, Class D. We used to have KMV3023.

Correct One needed a ticket back then for CB. I think a ticket was needed to fly RC on 27 mhz also.No tests were given but there may have been a simple open book test in the 50's.
Ed

>Correct One needed a ticket back then for CB. I think a
>ticket was needed to fly RC on 27 mhz also.No tests were
>given but there may have been a simple open book test in the
>50's.
>Ed

Yep, I think I paid 3 or 4 dollars for my one and only CB license. Just before the explosion in use (and the Smokey Bear phenom) made licensing unenforceable. I'm excited about finally getting my license. My dad was a ham, K5BFG, from 1953 to 79. I had a bad case of the shoe-maker's children......Perhaps we can hook up down the line.

n0kkj, advanced class. Formerly ka3sqa, originally licensed around 1985 or 1986.

Only claim to fame is operating maritime AND aeronautical mobile at the same time. The Lockheed S-3B Viking (same plane Bush took to the carrier a year or so ago) runs around 1kw, tuning the entire skin of the aircraft to the operating freq via an autotuner. Teledyne stuff I think.

Main rig is an IC-740 pushing a Henry 2k-4 into a Hygain TH-3 through a Viking tuner. Need to restore the TH-6 I've had on ice for a number of years.

Tools

W6NVQ....Extra class...Got my Novice ticket in 1956..

Tnx, Mike, the "Old Harley Man" [email protected]

Well, now that we're learning who we all are, we shoudl meet on the air. If anyone has suggested frquencies, fire away! As I mused earlier, 75 m is probably the better bet. I'd prefer 40 m, but the 500 kW BC stations are pretty tough competition. I'll give a listen tonight and see if there are any clear frequencies available betwixt and between all the nets that carry rag chews about prostate problems...

Kim Elmore, N5OP

Remember when you could buy an Amature Radio Handbook at the local book store in the 1960's. Remember you use to be able to buy Amateur Radio project books too. I had several of the project books one was, Build a 1 tube Novice Transmitter and Receiver or maybe it was a 2 tube transmitter and receiver, another one was, Build a 2 meter mobile. I sold all of my project books at a yard sale in the early 80's. I wish I had all my project books back and I wish I had all the project books that I never bought. I have looked on ebay from time to time for years and I have never seen one for sale. I remember an article in QST or maybe it was another magazine I can not remember, it used a model transceiver in your car to call the base station at home. The base station was connected to the telephone line and you could make a telephone call from you car. Sorta like early cell phone. I wish I had a copy of that magazine I would build that project for sure it would beat making monthly payments for cell phones. If anyone has one of those old project books they would like to sell let me know.

Hamfests or swap nets. Many of the elmers will give them away.

Tools

There is a ham fest here once a year at cedars of lebanon state part in august. It starts about 1 am in the morning and is over by the time the sun comes up about 5 am. I have been there more than once at 6am and everyone is almost packed up and leaving.

There are lots of hamfests in your area. Take a look at any QST or CQ magazine to see a listing of upcoming 'fests.

Kim Elmore, N5OP

waaay back when i was 13 or so i had an old military surplus xmtr and a hallicrafters rx. learned code and could key about 7wpm (on my buddy's setup..he was KA4BGX) and started studying for the novice test. BUT, i met Suzanne from around the block and that was the end of my ham days!

There use to be a place online to check ham fest schedule but last time I checked was 3 years ago and I don't remember the URL.

Gary Weaver. You can get all the info from www.qrz.com.

I am K6BSU. I got this call in 1952 as a General. I upgraded to Extra Class in 1955.

I operate a station here in Eugene, Oregon. I mostly stay on 40M. but I get on all bands, including CQ, which I still do at about 20 WPM. I belong to QRP clubs. I operate my R/C equipment on the 6M band at 53.3 MHz.

Sorry I'm late getting this. I am not on-line as much as I used to be, but I'll jump in here too.

I hold an Advanced class license, AL7AA. I used to be on the air a lot, but since moving to an apartment where I cannot have an antenna, I've been silent on the bands.

My first call sign was KL7IOX, but when I passed the exam for Advanced, I asked for one of the new batch of call signs. Since I was the first one to ask, I got the first one issued.

I'm wondering why everything is spinning around?