"Ham" Radio Operators

[Tupelo Kid]

Originally Posted by Carol

Just curious how many ham (amateur) radio operators we have on this forum. If you're a ham, give a shout. I've been a ham for about 48 years--my call is WA6DDB and was GW5AXH for a couple of years. I think I was the only female ham (GW5) in Wales at the time.

Hi Carol, (and everyone else)

AE4OP here from Georgia.
New to the Forum, camping world and first time RV owner (Thor ACE) as of about 3 weeks ago.
Like a lot of people here, I'm entertaining the many ideas of how to mount ant's.

73's.

[Ag&Au]

Ken W7TS - Ham since 1958. Right now I'm not very active. My wife is Susan - W1LCO.

[Wonderdog]

Uhoh - I think I see interest in another hobby rising. Could this be the one that sticks?

[MTN RV]

As you can see in my signature - KK6HKT Big Bear CA

[Swix]

Just a lowly SWL'er. Give me a receiver and a bit of wire & I'm happy. [emoji16]

[brucev]

KK6IYK, Orange California

[MTN RV]

Originally Posted by brucev

KK6IYK, Orange California

I'm usually monitoring the Keller Peak Repeater in the am.

[Ag&Au]

Originally Posted by Swix

Just a lowly SWL'er. Give me a receiver and a bit of wire & I'm happy. [emoji16]

There's nothing lowly about SWL'ing. It just another way of enjoying radio. Many hams including me got their start listening. If your interest doesn't lie there, there are a lot of interesting things to run across on the radio frequencies.

Ken W7TS

[Swix]

Originally Posted by Ag&Au

If your interest doesn't lie there, there are a lot of interesting things to run across on the radio frequencies.



Ken W7TS

Oh there's always something interesting on the airwaves, for the last couple decades preset #1 on the Drake has been assigned to 6925 kHz. [emoji41]

[Ag&Au]

Originally Posted by Swix

Oh there's always something interesting on the airwaves, for the last couple decades preset #1 on the Drake has been assigned to 6925 kHz. [emoji41]

Aye Matey,

Trice days hence be "Talk like a pirate day"

Arrrggg,

Ken

[jackel440]

Quick update on my earlier post. My son,daughter,son's friend and I have started taking a Technician class to teach us how radio works and prepare us for the test. Just had our second class last night. 8 more weeks to go. Really glad I decided to do the class with my family instead of just going it all on my own.

[Metalman]

My wife and I took the Tech class in 1992 and enjoyed it. Over the next few years we continued upgrading to Tech+, General, Advanced, and Extra. Learning the code together worked well. Without each other's support advancement might not have happened for either of us.

N1VE and K1VE

[Lakefront5]

Kc9wxx

[brucev]

Originally Posted by MTN RV

I'm usually monitoring the Keller Peak Repeater in the am.

Not on the air much anymore. I just have a FT-8800 set up at home and a FT-60 handheld I carry in the RV. I keep them mostly for an emergency situation, like if the big one hits! LOL

[Metalman]

Nothing set up in the RV yet, but we carry a couple of HTs for backup guidance once in a while. I also keep an old Realistic hand-held CB for monitoring traffic problems. Got it for $5 at a ham radio club auction a couple of years ago. It has an antenna about five feet long and works well from the driver's seat.

[NBThor4]

Hi all
KG5RNH new operator have a ton to learn. only have a hand held unit to start Bao Feng UV 82 as our CERT and SAR Team requires HAM and has a part 90 license for CERT communication.

[brucev]

Originally Posted by MTN RV

I'm usually monitoring the Keller Peak Repeater in the am.

I brought my hand held in to work this morning, a lot of static but I am listening.

Bruce, KK6IYK

[Metalman]

If you have an FM HT, you should set the squelch so you don't hear any "static" while monitoring when no signal is present.

N1VE

[brucev]

That works fine for a strong signal but a weak signal, not so much.

[tconn54]

Yep.. KC3AZA

Tim