Diving into Ham Radio... uh oh!

[Industrial Toys]

My friend would probably never talk to me again if I said, sell me the radio and you can keep that other stuff. As it is, he already wanted to come over and survey this place for an inverted V.

For the moment, the good thing is that if the spam hits the fan, I can drive over to his place and get the radio any time.

 

[k0ua]

My friend would probably never talk to me again if I said, sell me the radio and you can keep that other stuff. As it is, he already wanted to come over and survey this place for an inverted V.

For the moment, the good thing is that if the spam hits the fan, I can drive over to his place and get the radio any time.

As you know radios need antennas, and planning and building your antenna system to do what you want to do is more important than what brand or level of radio you decide to get.

 

[Industrial Toys]

If I had run other rigs, then I would know what I want to do, just have to figure it out. I dont even know what I want or need to do. I built complex repeater systems, but all my radios only had a squelch and volume control!

 

[check 6]

Just saw the thread first licensed in 1956 call W5AKW

 

[k0ua]

Just saw the thread first licensed in 1956 call W5AKW

I was born in 1954... 73 James K0UA

 

[k0ua]

If I had run other rigs, then I would know what I want to do, just have to figure it out. I dont even know what I want or need to do. I built complex repeater systems, but all my radios only had a squelch and volume control!

So, are you saying you have been licensed all of these years and you have never explored HF at all? If so, yes you do have a bit of a learning curve.
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Question: How do you eat an elephant? One tiny bite at a time.

 

[dragoneggs]

So, are you saying you have been licensed all of these years and you have never explored HF at all? If so, yes you do have a bit of a learning curve.
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Question: How do you eat an elephant? One tiny bite at a time.

I think you are saying that one will not go hungry with the 7300? :laughing:

My day job and family stuff has seriously got in the way of my progress on the journey as of late. Was all ready to take the first exam before the holidays and now I'm wondering if I still remember enough to pass. The good news is I am not in a hurry and will bite off a little at a time when I have time. How I roll I guess.

 

[k0ua]

I think you are saying that one will not go hungry with the 7300? :laughing:

My day job and family stuff has seriously got in the way of my progress on the journey as of late. Was all ready to take the first exam before the holidays and now I'm wondering if I still remember enough to pass. The good news is I am not in a hurry and will bite off a little at a time when I have time. How I roll I guess.

yes, the 7300 has enough "meat on the bone" to keep you happy exploring for a good long while. I heard today that there is a software update in the works very soon. Advantage Icom is software updates for the 7300 are about the easiest in the industry. Literally a 2 minute 3 or 4 step process. Not all brands are so simple.

As I pointed out above, the license is a license to learn. One does not reach that milestone and stop. After the class of license that you want is achieved is when the real learning begins. But the learning is not "dry" rote memorization's of dry rules and concepts. It is more like living learning by getting on the air and asking questions or telephone buddies that you trust, and even getting on ham forums and reading the threads and asking honest in earnest questions. And of course the best learning of all is the school of hard knocks where you learn by experimenting and categorizing the things that worked for you and the things that did not work, and drawing your own conclusions or asking someone more experienced why some of the things you did or tried did not work. And if you keep with it the learning never stops. This makes my 50th year at this game, and I am still learning. "Getting smarter every day" as one you-tube science channel likes to say.

 

[dragoneggs]

yes, the 7300 has enough "meat on the bone" to keep you happy exploring for a good long while. I heard today that there is a software update in the works very soon. Advantage Icom is software updates for the 7300 are about the easiest in the industry. Literally a 2 minute 3 or 4 step process. Not all brands are so simple.

As I pointed out above, the license is a license to learn. One does not reach that milestone and stop. After the class of license that you want is achieved is when the real learning begins. But the learning is not "dry" rote memorization's of dry rules and concepts. It is more like living learning by getting on the air and asking questions or telephone buddies that you trust, and even getting on ham forums and reading the threads and asking honest in earnest questions. And of course the best learning of all is the school of hard knocks where you learn by experimenting and categorizing the things that worked for you and the things that did not work, and drawing your own conclusions or asking someone more experienced why some of the things you did or tried did not work. And if you keep with it the learning never stops. This makes my 50th year at this game, and I am still learning. "Getting smarter every day" as one you-tube science channel likes to say.

:thumbsup::thumbsup: on all accounts. Nothing better than doing. I have appreciated your advice so far and will continue to tap you as a resource as soon as I can get back on the saddle. Thank you.

 

[check 6]

yes, the 7300 has enough "meat on the bone" to keep you happy exploring for a good long while. I heard today that there is a software update in the works very soon. Advantage Icom is software updates for the 7300 are about the easiest in the industry. Literally a 2 minute 3 or 4 step process. Not all brands are so simple.

As I pointed out above, the license is a license to learn. One does not reach that milestone and stop. After the class of license that you want is achieved is when the real learning begins. But the learning is not "dry" rote memorization's of dry rules and concepts. It is more like living learning by getting on the air and asking questions or telephone buddies that you trust, and even getting on ham forums and reading the threads and asking honest in earnest questions. And of course the best learning of all is the school of hard knocks where you learn by experimenting and categorizing the things that worked for you and the things that did not work, and drawing your own conclusions or asking someone more experienced why some of the things you did or tried did not work. And if you keep with it the learning never stops. This makes my 50th year at this game, and I am still learning. "Getting smarter every day" as one you-tube science channel likes to say.

You are right over the 65 years I have tried satellite work, vhf tropo, RTTY and other disciplines but always come back to HF. My antennas are all mono band and I build most of them .... age is slowing that down. The station is a pair of ICOM 7600 feeding a PW1 amp. For years I was net control of the ICOM users net . I can also say in all these years I have never contested and I rarely chase DX . Just enjoy rag chewing now. A hobby for a lifetime. By the way when I started we built most of our equipment and the receivers were WW 2 surplus hobby has come a long way