On 06/09/2013 18:27, Rev. Don Kool wrote:
On 9/6/2013 4:32 AM, Brown Sugar wrote:
On 05/09/2013 22:29, Rev. Don Kool wrote:
On 9/5/2013 4:56 PM, Brown Sugar wrote:
On 05/09/2013 07:07, Rev. Don Kool wrote:
On 9/4/2013 4:11 AM, Brown Sugar wrote:
On 02/09/2013 21:07, HankG wrote:
"Brown Sugar" wrote in message
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On 30/07/2011 03:39, radio rambo wrote:
"Barry OGrady" wrote in message
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QSY, QSL?


10-4, asshat.


Qsy: Change Frequency.
Qsl: Confirm, acknowledge, or confirmed.


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Those terms were in use by Hams, long before CB was alive. You also
hear
73(s) a lot.

HG


They are q-codes. designed as morse abbreviations by the ham radio
community. Most of cb terminology is derivitive of ham.

Do you have HF privileges?

Every licensee here does have them. What about in your country?

Technicially they all do, but the Technician license only has a small
allocation on 10 meters with limited power.

Can you operate on 20 or 40 meters? If the God of propagation allows it,
maybe we can try a QSO sometime. I have an AA3** call sign.


I have 10 meters and am constructing a loop for 80. I had a whip that
gave me 20 but I only heard the states once and that was long path.My
location does not afford me space for a decent antenna system, however I
occasionally visit the local clubs and i've worked stateside from one of
them. Have you tried the iirlp nodes? I was playing with those for a
bit. Not really my cup of tea but useful in difficult situations.


I'm fortunate that I have a large lot with tall trees. I use a 265 ft
Carolina Windom (dipole variant) up about 80 feet for the lower part of
HF. UK/europe is usually an easy catch. As often as not, I don't even
bother with the amp.

That is one of the things I do envy about Americans. You have a lot more
space and you use it more efficiently. In this shoe box there's barely
enough room to swing a cat. Even back home we were tightly packed but
not as packed as the Chinese of course. I've never used a windom but i
know a chap who swears by his. He has a beam for higher hf but he loves
his windom. I only ever used an amp once and that was at a club event. I
forget the make but it was a plate and loader. Had one been inclined one
could squeeze one and a half killowatt from it. My most entertaining
qso was working japan on a home made g5rv copy and 3 watts, on telephony
of course.


About 10 years ago, my club had an IRLP node. After a couple of years,
people lost interest in it. Many grumbled that it wasn't 'real radio'.
Two meters/70 cm is now nearly dead in this area.

I agree. It isn't real radio but needs must when the devil drives, if
you'll excuse the expression. Mind by that analogy, using a repeater
isn't real radio either.
2 meters is used well here, as is six. Four is picking up but 70 cm is a
dead dog. Stations have taken to putting irlp there.


I can work europe on 80 meters, I just do better on 40 or 20 meters.

I've seen people make a dipole out of 2 20 meter monoband mobile whips
and do OK.

Very lossy due to the large coils. I made a similay system from two 80
meter ones. I bought the t junctions, screwed it to a wooden broom
handle and buries it in a bucket of soil. very narrow bandwith and very
lossy. A mag loop would be better although the capicitor would cause loss.


What kind of transceiver do you use?

On hf? until recently I had a ft-102. Wonderful audio on it but it
started blowing fuses. I sold it to somebody for spares, and i was told
and inductor burned out hence the high current. I wish i'd thought of
that. Still now I have gone modern and have an ic-7400 for hf and an
ft-897 for vhf and 6 metres.



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J