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![]() Beachbum wrote: Well, that was simple enough. EARCHI had a testing session this AM, and I passed! I've been listening in to a couple of the local repeater nets, getting a feel for local practices and personalities. Now comes decision time...Yaesu or Icom? I'm leaning to the Icom dual band HT's right now. For the home portable/base, would a mag mount on the corrugated metal carport roof work pretty well (vs. rooftop mag on the car)? I would also suggest looking at mobile VHF radios. While larger than a handheld, they are also more powerful. You can run them off battery power in the house for an emergency fixed station or off your car batter for a mobile station. Eventually you will probably want one of each if you want to get seriously involved in emergency communications. If you used the ARRL study guide (not the shorter question/answer book), I believe that it contains instructions for a 2 meter J-pole. This is a very useful antenna for fixed station use as it doesn't need the ground plane like a standard vertical does. So basically you can connect where you like (although you might want to get it away from other metal objects for best results). Dee, N8UZE |
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Dee Flint wrote:
Beachbum wrote: Well, that was simple enough. EARCHI had a testing session this AM, and I passed! I've been listening in to a couple of the local repeater nets, getting a feel for local practices and personalities. Now comes decision time...Yaesu or Icom? I'm leaning to the Icom dual band HT's right now. For the home portable/base, would a mag mount on the corrugated metal carport roof work pretty well (vs. rooftop mag on the car)? I would also suggest looking at mobile VHF radios. While larger than a handheld, they are also more powerful. You can run them off battery power in the house for an emergency fixed station or off your car batter for a mobile station. Eventually you will probably want one of each if you want to get seriously involved in emergency communications. If you used the ARRL study guide (not the shorter question/answer book), I believe that it contains instructions for a 2 meter J-pole. This is a very useful antenna for fixed station use as it doesn't need the ground plane like a standard vertical does. So basically you can connect where you like (although you might want to get it away from other metal objects for best results). Dee, N8UZE Mahalo, I'll look into that antenna. I do have the ARRL Level 1 Ham Manual. I've got a couple of options on where/how to set up antennas. I have definitely checked out the mobiles, but have decided to start with the HT. When I get a better feel for various bells/whistles, and limitations (or not) of my QTH, I will no doubt get a bigger rig. I also anticipate upgrading to general within a short time, and will need to consider HF. |
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Beachbum wrote:
Well, that was simple enough. EARCHI had a testing session this AM, and I passed! Well.. Congrats on Passing... I kind of recall how you feel.. You see,, I got my first license (novice) back about 1968, Then my second (Fall same year Tech class, and remained stuck there for what, 38 years... Finally I broke tradition and visited Dayton, walked into the testing session and did the paper upgrade to General, bought a TS-2000 and quickly found that unlike the hand held I used as a Tech.. It was able to transmit on frequencies not allowed a General class licensee. So.. I took a class, well 2/3 of it as I was leaving town, and the Saturday before thanksgiving.. I fixed that TS-2000 so it would not transmit out of band.. I fixed it using a #2 lead pencil and a dollar store calculator.... (I got 2 wrong on the Extra Class Test) Congrats on joining the ranks of the licensed.. May good fortune follow you all of your days. -- John in Detroit E-Dress is smoked, Invalid equals NET. |
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On 3/20/2010 12:02 PM, John from Detroit wrote:
So.. I took a class, well 2/3 of it as I was leaving town, and the Saturday before thanksgiving.. I fixed that TS-2000 so it would not transmit out of band.. I fixed it using a #2 lead pencil and a dollar store calculator.... (I got 2 wrong on the Extra Class Test) Congratulations! I still remember how nice it felt to say "Temporary AE" for the first time. W1AC |
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Bill Horne wrote:
-- John in Detroit E-Dress is smoked, Invalid equals NET. On 3/20/2010 12:02 PM, John from Detroit wrote: So.. I took a class, well 2/3 of it as I was leaving town, and the Saturday before thanksgiving.. I fixed that TS-2000 so it would not transmit out of band.. I fixed it using a #2 lead pencil and a dollar store calculator.... (I got 2 wrong on the Extra Class Test) Congratulations! I still remember how nice it felt to say "Temporary AE" for the first time. W1AC Well,, I kind of never did that.. Cause when I did the upgrade to General, I also got the TS-2000 same day, but rather than end up with one arm considerably longer than the other from lugging it all over Dayton Convention center.. I had 'em ship it (I'm serious, that WAS the reason) and by the time I got back home.. Well.. The license was waiting and the radio arrived a couple of days later.. No no "Temp" there. And when I did the upgrade to Extra.. ... Well,, I don't often stray out of the General bands anyway.. So again, I never needed to sign "Temp" as... Well.. I just don't use those frequencies much Usually it's like 2973 or 3995 or x.070 (Many different X's) |
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