"Jim Hampton" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
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"Jim Hampton" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
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Vinnie S. wrote:
On 16 Dec 2006 02:58:54 GMT, Steveo
wrote:

Vinnie S. wrote:
Remember that exemption thing with the hams? I have two
buddies that are extras' - local here and they'd like to hear
me on 20
40
or 80 (160?) NOT TWO METERS THO!

The thing about it is they still use 11 meters as much as
they use any of those bands. You do too, right?

Remember the guy I bought my Icom from? He told me that the
biggest offenders in radio are extra class hams.

I think this is a great thing for ham radio. You can now get
some new blood into this hobby.

Vinnie S.

You're probably right, it should make it easier for the no codes
to
gain
more HF privilege but that doesn't blow my hair back either. I
may end up there after I pass 50, or not. I'm happy with my
little shot down CB so far.

btw..i remember who you bought your radio from man.

I'm telling you, With 75M, I can talk to you all the time. Take
the practice tests on eham.net. You'll pass them easily.

Vinnie S.

I'm not worried about passing the no code test, and we have each
others
land line in case it's really pressing, right?

Get ready to hear me on 11M in your hometown as the band opens up.
If you don't hear me directly, you'll hear people calling out my
name.
g

I'm getting ready for it again, because the last time was so much
fun.

Hello Mopar

I remember well when I had the monster antenna when I was a kid. I
could
reach Washington, D.C. from Rochester, NY running 65 watts in the
middle of the day and all points in between. On 160 meters.

At night, that extended over most of the lower 48 states - running 25
watts on 160.

Between 80 and 20 and all bands in between, you're good for much of
the world by picking your frequencies and time of day - unless the
bands are really messed up by a big solar storm.

Heck, I ran a phone patch running 12 watts rms into the beam from
Guam Island back to Rochester, NY. Until the guy said I was weak, at
which point I threw on the afterburner. Nearly knocked his speaker
off the shelf. Guam to Rochester has to be pushing the heck out of
10,000 miles .... and 12 watts would have been sufficient for a qso
on ssb, just needed a titch more for the phone patch

For the most part, you really don't need a lot of power. Just pick
the frequency, mode, and time appropriately.

I'll chat with you off-group via e-mail.

73 from Rochester, NY
Jim

Yeah I must agree those are some most impressive kredentials, Jim, and
you know you and I would get along just as well on 11 as we do via
email. I'm not an amp junkie at all man, most times I only run about 80
watts on the peaks.

I'm more into a good antenna.

Hello Mopar,

I agree with you; a good antenna helps on *both* ends of the circuit.

Heck, if you're ever in the Rochester area, give a call. I'll give you
the phone number off-group and we can have a couple of cool 807s LOL

Hi Jim

Yeah that sounds good. About the only time I get around your neck of the
woods is when I go to Niagara Falls to support the Casino.

80 watts peak can do wonders when you use a good antenna. I know that
for a fact; I used to run 25 watts am on 160 meters and was good for most
of the lower 48 at night. The fools tried a lot of high power on 80
meters and didn't have the comms that I did with low power and a good
antenna on 160. And I was running AM for the most part

73 from Rochester, NY
Jim

There you go Jim, I have the 30L1 sitting here just for special occasions
but that's SSB only of course. :-)

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