Citizen Band radios?

[Depmandog]

another neat thing is black flag freq for RC controlled vehicles..

yeah I didn't even remember those. on 6 meters

I love to work 6 meters SSB and CW during E season. It is amazing what you can do with 100 watts and a chunk of wire or a simple vertical.

James K0UA

Between the 73's and E season and black flag... IS THERE A SECRET HANDSHAKE TOO??? Haha!!

 

[Soundguy]

Just lingo that goes with the license

73 means 'best reguards '

black flag freq for RC, is as the other ham responded. a special freq that can be used to control RC vehicles.. but you need priveleges on that band to use it.

in crowded rc meets where people are crosstalking and stepping all over their limited RC freq's, it can be troublesome controlling a rc vehicle.

those of us witht he black flag freqs are on a seldom used ( at most meets ) band..

just a lil privelege that goes with the license..

soundguy

 

[k0ua]

E season runs from June to mid to late August and a weaker season in December when Sporadic E Ionospheric clouds normally form. Six meters is a band of frequency's that run from 50 to 54 Mhz. (MegaHertz) This is a VHF band and as we discussed earlier VHF frequencys are good for mainly just line of site distances covered (maybe 100 miles on a good day). This is a simplification but close enough for this discussion. BUT in the ionosphere, when these radio reflective clouds form, some of these VHF and even sometimes UHF frequency will reflect/refract or "bounce back to earth" these signals that normally go on into outer space. E skip is only one form of propagation for radio. You could spend your lifetime trying to understand all the forms that this can take. The study of Ionospheric propagation of radio signals is just one small facet of Amateur Radio. I know.....big long answer to a simple question. No there is no secret handshake....that I know of:laughing: Thanks for asking.


Maybe a little dry and technical but here is a link for those who really want to know about E skip, that explains it far better than I.

http://www.uksmg.org/content/sporade.htm

James K0UA

 

[jdonovan]

Between the 73's and E season and black flag... IS THERE A SECRET HANDSHAKE TOO??? Haha!!

yep, but start with hihi

Ham Radio Jargon, Abbreviations and Terminology

 

[Depmandog]

I was just given you guys a hard time. I have discussed your hobby with James, my fellow Missouri neighbor to the south. Very interesting to me. Not that I need another hobby.

I do plan on learning more about all the "100 hobbies", perhaps I can find something that would be of interest that wouldn't require a huge time or financial investment.

Thanks guys (Soundguy and James K0UA), your contribution to this thread has been outstanding.

 

[Depmandog]

yep, but start with hihi

Ham Radio Jargon, Abbreviations and Terminology

Glad none of these guys signed off:

88's

HIHI

(How am I doing?)

 

[k0ua]

Glad none of these guys signed off:

88's

HIHI

(How am I doing?)

You are well on your way OM. :thumbsup:
73

James K0UA

 

[cdaigle430]

I live at the bottom of a narrow valley, and can't even get commercial radio reception, so imagine SW would not work well from a base station. Are there mobile rigs that would be suitable?

I suppose I could run power up the hill a quarter mile or so and mount a transmitter up there. The extra 800 feet of elevation makes a big difference.

There are ways to set up dipole or other antennas so that the signal bounces. Sometimes local clubs can help secure the proprty and equipment to setup a new transmitter. You can even get the feds to help if the club can also play a part in emergency communications.

HAM's are very much around still

 

[Depmandog]

yep, but start with hihi

Ham Radio Jargon, Abbreviations and Terminology

Great link!

Thanks!!

 

[D7E]

CB's seem to be having a huge comeback as every other truck belonging to a teenager has one and all farmers around here are getting back into them . We've always had them in everthing ,tractors/trucks/swathers/combines even wifes last car had one . Think i have 14 40 channel CB's .

 

[Soundguy]

so.. can you text on a cb.. if not.. the kids around here wouldn't have a use for them.


speaking of old stuff.

rember radio-telephones?


soundguy

 

[k0ua]

Great link!

Thanks!!

Dean here is a pix of my primary HF radio

James K0UA

 

[Soundguy]

i'm on a ICOM IC-2350H ... have a couple yaseau handhelds in 2m/70cm (440) kicking around... various aerials.. couple DX amps.....

 

[RobertN]

Regarding HAM, my son and some other boys from our Scout Troop earned thier "Radio" merit badge.

It was cool; they earned it aboard CVS-12 USS Hornet, the aircraft carrier that is now museum. As they were finishing their requirements, they got to sit in on a conversation the counselors had with someone in Nicaragua.

They spent the day doing that, and then stayed the night aboard as part of a Scout/Youth group over-nite program.

http://www.uss-hornet.org/groups/overnightscouts/

http://www.uss-hornet.org/groups/meritbadge/index.shtml

Our groups has done that a few times. As Cub Scouts, they just did the overnite program. As Scouts, some have earned Radio, Aviation, and Space exploration. The USS-Hornet was involved with all three, as it obviously had radio communication, and aircraft. But, it also was used as a recovery ship for the Apollo program.

 

[k0ua]

If that old ship could only talk, think of the history...

James K0UA

 

[MossRoad]

Somebody mentioned CB licenses. As I recall, I got mine when I was about 14 back in the mid 70's. They were good for 5 years. They dropped the requirement sometime in the 80's I believe, so I never renewed it. I think it was KBBI-1480 :laughing:

 

[RobertN]

Fortunately some of the ships are museums. Kinda sad, BB-61 USS-Iowa is not remaining in N Calif; it will go to Los Angeles.

If anyone has kids in Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Girl Scout, Brownie, 4H, or other organizations, I would highly recommend a trip(overnite program) to one of the ships.

BB-59 USS Massachusetts in Battleship Cove was the first ship to offer an overnight program. BB-59 USS Massachusetts still offers the program. CVS-12 USS Hornet, CVS-16 USS Lexington, and CV-41 USS Midway offer programs. Submarine SS-383 USS Pampanito also offers a program.

There may be other ships with programs.

If that old ship could only talk, think of the history...

James K0UA

 

[dmccarty]

The USS NC at Wilmington has over night stays as well. Next weekend they are having two four hour tours that go into parts of the ship that are usually off limits. Next month they have a different tour that focuses on the weapon systems and such that are not on the normal tour.

I hope I can go on both.

I have always been interested in HAM radios but for the life of me I cannot see why I would. Because of this thread, I did go do some reading on HAM, but I do not have enough time and money to do things now. :laughing:

Oh yeah, to keep be on topic, I can remember my dad having to fill out the license for the CB in the 70's. We would use the CB during camping trips and trips to family. At the height of the CB craze, I remember my grandparent's next door neighbor would sit out in her car talking on the CB until late at night. She was a divorced, the whole family where wing nuts, and I think she was looking for "dates."

Later,
Dan

 

[LBrown59]

CBs were all the rage back in the late 70s but when cell phones came along they all but faded away.

 

[Depmandog]

Of course, no CB discussion would be complete without a reference to a pretty good movie in its day that reminds me of whole CB era "Smokey and the Bandit".

Buford T. Justice: [to his son] There's no way, *no* way that you came from *my* loins. Soon as I get home, first thing I'm gonna do is punch yo mamma in da mouth!

LAUGHING!!!!!