RF is just so cool. :-+
QuoteRF is just so cool. :-+
You can say THAT again!!!
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Not a very good idea to do here. There are other places for that :)
In Adelaide, Sth Australia, currently trying for,1296MHz eme but have fried my pre-amp, obviously have sequencing wrong or emi up power supply.
I am hesitant to post mine--googling it turns up my home address.
(Actually my old address. I should probably update that with the FCC.)
I am hesitant to post mine--googling it turns up my home address.
(Actually my old address. I should probably update that with the FCC.)
So do you not properly identify on the air with your call sign?
I am hesitant to post mine--googling it turns up my home address.
(Actually my old address. I should probably update that with the FCC.)
So do you not properly identify on the air with your call sign? Hams and SWL will look you up. I have had almost 1500 lookups on QRZ.com for my current call sign. Everyone's call sign with address is on QRZ.
Serious dish envy++++
Serious dish envy++++
...did you see the dish we used for the 70th anniversary of Project Diana? Two video links follow...
Introductory video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdrtnFlIKRI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdrtnFlIKRI)
Compilation of the 70th anniversary special event EME activityL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEYAz2_Rz0c (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEYAz2_Rz0c)
73 de W2AEW
So, I just upgraded to Extra, and with it, the opportunity to upgrade my callsign. I'm thinking 2x2, with the the group-A's being impractically difficult to get.
I'm a very new ham and am not attached to my current sign at all.
So, what makes a good callsign? I don't know code now, but might learn it later. How concerned should I be about length in code? Are some letter combinations particularly likely to be mis-keyed or mis-copied?
NF6X here. I play with old military radios, and I am active in the West Coast Military Radio Collectors Group. In fact, I'll be running our weekly AM net on 3985 at 19:00 PST tonight if I can get my big T-368C transmitter working again. I had it apart to deal with an issue of arcing on voice peaks, and I did something in the process that messed up the modulator plate current. Fun with high voltage and 60 year old wiring!
At first I was just going to post a couple arrows pointing to the left, 'cause that's where you'll see my call sign, then I spotted this "move" button, then tried it with ASCII art... too much?
At first I was just going to post a couple arrows pointing to the left, 'cause that's where you'll see my call sign, then I spotted this "move" button, then tried it with ASCII art... too much?The last guy who posted a large piece of ASCII art in these forums has been arrested and locked up for anti-social behavior. But perhaps that is just a coincidence. ;)
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At first I was just going to post a couple arrows pointing to the left, 'cause that's where you'll see my call sign, then I spotted this "move" button, then tried it with ASCII art... too much?
At first I was just going to post a couple arrows pointing to the left, 'cause that's where you'll see my call sign, then I spotted this "move" button, then tried it with ASCII art... too much?I remember this call sign was used also on the movie "Contact". I bought the movie when I got my first laptop with a DVD player :)
I remember this call sign was used also on the movie "Contact". I bought the movie when I got my first laptop with a DVD player :)
I always wondered how they assign those. Is it based on country or location? How do they know its actually you and you're not just "borrowing" someone elses?
Yes, based on country and location. In the US, the "W" prefix is used in the East and the "K" is used in the West. Vanity calls can use either. New callsigns are assigned sequentially. Other countries have their own prefixes.
the K/W thing is mainly broadcast (AM,FM,TV) Hams get anything from a W,K,N,AA-AL all new tech/gens get a Kx# call no matter if they are east/west
I always wondered how they assign those. Is it based on country or location? How do they know its actually you and you're not just "borrowing" someone elses?
Yes, based on country and location. In the US, the "W" prefix is used in the East and the "K" is used in the West. Vanity calls can use either. New callsigns are assigned sequentially. Other countries have their own prefixes.
"They" will know when other hams report you. Hams are self policing and almost universally takes the rules seriously. If they didn't they would risk losing (more) bands to commercial and government interests.
I remember this call sign was used also on the movie "Contact". I bought the movie when I got my first laptop with a DVD player :)
Yes, it was used in the movie. A brief description of how I came to have this call sign is here in this 20 year old, never been updated webpage. http://www.qsl.net/w9gfo/ (http://www.qsl.net/w9gfo/)
I thought the spinning .gifs were the coolest thing ever when they came out. I like when you could do html in notepad.
Hmmm... I just ordered a baofung 455 mhz ham radio... Maybe I will get my license although I really don't like talking to the other people other then "Where are you located, can you hear me". I just like the "dx'ing" and trying to see how far/low power I can go. Unless I end up in jail before then. Press that little TX button and you are headed to jail.
the K/W thing is mainly broadcast (AM,FM,TV) Hams get anything from a W,K,N,AA-AL all new tech/gens get a Kx# call no matter if they are east/west
I stand (sit) corrected. It is the number than denotes region for Hams not the letter. This explains it pretty well; http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/index.htm?id=amateur&job=call_signs_1 (http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/index.htm?id=amateur&job=call_signs_1)
And this from wikipedia; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio_call_signs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio_call_signs)
I thought the spinning .gifs were the coolest thing ever when they came out. I like when you could do html in notepad.
I made that using AutoCad along with some gif program, sure spins a lot faster now than when I made it.
the K/W thing is mainly broadcast (AM,FM,TV) Hams get anything from a W,K,N,AA-AL all new tech/gens get a Kx# call no matter if they are east/west
I stand (sit) corrected. It is the number than denotes region for Hams not the letter. This explains it pretty well; http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/index.htm?id=amateur&job=call_signs_1 (http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/index.htm?id=amateur&job=call_signs_1)
And this from wikipedia; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio_call_signs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio_call_signs)
I always wondered how they assign those. Is it based on country or location? How do they know its actually you and you're not just "borrowing" someone elses?
Yes, based on country and location. In the US, the "W" prefix is used in the East and the "K" is used in the West. Vanity calls can use either. New callsigns are assigned sequentially. Other countries have their own prefixes.
"They" will know when other hams report you. Hams are self policing and almost universally takes the rules seriously. If they didn't they would risk losing (more) bands to commercial and government interests.
Hmmm... I just ordered a baofung 455 mhz ham radio... Maybe I will get my license although I really don't like talking to the other people other then "Where are you located, can you hear me". I just like the "dx'ing" and trying to see how far/low power I can go. Unless I end up in jail before then. Press that little TX button and you are headed to jail.
Hmmm... I just ordered a baofung 455 mhz ham radio... Maybe I will get my license although I really don't like talking to the other people other then "Where are you located, can you hear me". I just like the "dx'ing" and trying to see how far/low power I can go. Unless I end up in jail before then. Press that little TX button and you are headed to jail.