On 9/4/2013 4:11 AM, Brown Sugar wrote:
On 02/09/2013 21:07, HankG wrote:
"Brown Sugar" wrote in message
...
On 30/07/2011 03:39, radio rambo wrote:
"Barry OGrady" wrote in message
...
QSY, QSL?


10-4, asshat.


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


--

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?

--
Try God!
Don

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
...
On 30/07/2011 03:39, radio rambo wrote:
"Barry OGrady" wrote in message
...
QSY, QSL?


10-4, asshat.


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


--

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?



--
J

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
...
On 30/07/2011 03:39, radio rambo wrote:
"Barry OGrady" wrote in message
...
QSY, QSL?


10-4, asshat.


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


--

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.


--
Try God!
Don

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
...
On 30/07/2011 03:39, radio rambo wrote:
"Barry OGrady" wrote in message
...
QSY, QSL?


10-4, asshat.


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


--

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.


--
J

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
...
On 30/07/2011 03:39, radio rambo wrote:
"Barry OGrady" wrote in message
...
QSY, QSL?


10-4, asshat.


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


--

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.

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 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.

What kind of transceiver do you use?


--
Try God!
Don

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
...
On 30/07/2011 03:39, radio rambo wrote:
"Barry OGrady" wrote in message
...
QSY, QSL?


10-4, asshat.


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


--

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.



--
J

On 9/6/2013 2:20 PM, Brown Sugar wrote:
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
...
On 30/07/2011 03:39, radio rambo wrote:
"Barry OGrady" wrote in message
...
QSY, QSL?


10-4, asshat.


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


--

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.

Here, the 80 meter crowd won't accept you if you don't use an amp.

The windom works well for me. Also, it doesn't attract a lot of
attention. If I put something on a tower, I'd have to get the blessing
of the local zoning people. I just use a CB antenna, an Imax 2000, for
10, 12 & 15. It usually, but not always, works better than the windom
here. I've thought of getting a hex beam for 20 thru 10.

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.

I agree about repeaters. The irony is that this club was formed to
maintain repeaters.

I prefer to shoot my signal into the ether and being surprised where it
is heard.

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.


I agree that the 80 meter whips are resisters on a stick. but the 20
meter whips have far less coil and are more efficient. Never played with
loops.


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.

I started with an Ft-101. Then I became inactive because of other
demands. I got active again about 15 years ago. I bought a Kenwood
TS-870 and an Alpha 87A amp. I just liked the Kenwood because of the
audio - both transmit and receive. Even now, the only short coming it
has for me is the lack of 6 meters.

A couple of weeks ago I joined the current century, I bought an Elecraft
K3. Still learning how to set it up properly. So many menu options!
People tell me it doesn't sound as good as the Kenwood, but it should
just be a matter of tweaking the equalizer. Fortunately, Elecraft uses
the Kenwood mic pin-out.

The Alpha amp does an easy 1.5 kw. I usually run it at 1 kw as I see
diminishing returns on going higher.

What is the primary newsgroup you are posting to? I was reading
rec.radio.amateur.policy when I saw your posting. I just want to trim
the cross postings.


--

Don

On 06/09/2013 22:00, Rev. Don Kool wrote:
On 9/6/2013 2:20 PM, Brown Sugar wrote:
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
...
On 30/07/2011 03:39, radio rambo wrote:
"Barry OGrady" wrote in message
...
QSY, QSL?


10-4, asshat.


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


--

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.

Here, the 80 meter crowd won't accept you if you don't use an amp.

Technically you do, even if you don't Here and in europe station
prefer to work qrp stations. More of a challenge I once got pulled
out the pile up for using the postfix "portable qrp"


The windom works well for me. Also, it doesn't attract a lot of
attention. If I put something on a tower, I'd have to get the blessing
of the local zoning people. I just use a CB antenna, an Imax 2000, for
10, 12 & 15. It usually, but not always, works better than the windom
here. I've thought of getting a hex beam for 20 thru 10.

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.

I agree about repeaters. The irony is that this club was formed to
maintain repeaters.

Some here refuse to use them. others don't. don't mind using them but i
draw the line at echolink or dstar.


I prefer to shoot my signal into the ether and being surprised where it
is heard.

I'm often suprised what makes it into the repeater.


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.


I agree that the 80 meter whips are resisters on a stick. but the 20
meter whips have far less coil and are more efficient. Never played with
loops.


They would still be lossy but saying that they are a loaded dipole. I
have plans for a wire loaded dipole. effectively cuts the length of the
dipole in half and you lose about 20%. I can live with that.


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.

I started with an Ft-101. Then I became inactive because of other
demands. I got active again about 15 years ago. I bought a Kenwood
TS-870 and an Alpha 87A amp. I just liked the Kenwood because of the
audio - both transmit and receive. Even now, the only short coming it
has for me is the lack of 6 meters.

I can't agree more. I used a ts-520se on loan for a short time. best
audio I ever heard. Odd isn't it? You can spend thousands on a radio and
they put a **** 5 euro speaker in it. You can buy a Kenwood 520 for
around 100 sterling and it has a decent speaker. Saying that i have a
dual band trio somewhere. tw4000 i think. gorgeous little radio.
wonderful audio. I am supposed to be putting a ctcss board in it.
Another project.

A couple of weeks ago I joined the current century, I bought an Elecraft
K3. Still learning how to set it up properly. So many menu options!
People tell me it doesn't sound as good as the Kenwood, but it should
just be a matter of tweaking the equalizer. Fortunately, Elecraft uses
the Kenwood mic pin-out.

Menu driven takes some getting used to doesn't it? when i got my 897 it
seemed almost entirely menu but despite that it's an excellent radio for
its price.

The Alpha amp does an easy 1.5 kw. I usually run it at 1 kw as I see
diminishing returns on going higher.

I'm old school. I still think you can't beat a decent radio, good
location and good antenna. If you don't have those then use an external
amp. I had a friend who promised to teach my how to build valve
technology so I could build myself a cheap valve linear for about 600
watts but he went and died on me, selfish swine . As amps go I'd
prefer an alc controlled one but you can't have everything

What is the primary newsgroup you are posting to? I was reading
rec.radio.amateur.policy when I saw your posting. I just want to trim
the cross postings.

uk.rec.radio.cb




--
J