HAM Radio Discussion

[gnihcraes]

I'm about half way through studying for technician. If I started going through the general flashcards instead, am I likely to miss technician level info?

You'd miss items in the technician test. General doesn't contain all the information from tech. Frequency ranges and such.

[asmo]

Updated image files for the Baofeng and the Wouxun.. These have W0CRA (Colorado Repeater Assc) and W0TX (Denver Radio Club) programmed in for both 2M and 70cm. These were the two most popular repeaters/groups when I scanned for the last 2 weeks (with a real scanner not a HT).
I also included the GMRS/FRS frequencies and the NOAA alerts. This should get anyone in the Denver metro up and running quickly. Just load these into your radio and you should be good to go. I have tried to confirm on all freqs in there but a typo may have happened so double check anything that doesnt seem to work right.

For the Baofeng UV-5R: http://caliban.dreamscope.com/chance...S_20140303.img
For the Wouxun KG-UV6: http://caliban.dreamscope.com/chance...S_20140303.img

Enjoy.

PS. Last time I put up some files someone decided they would try to mirror my whole site. They were banned and still are. Caliban is a tiny little machine using spare bandwidth. Be gentle.

[kawiracer14]

Thanks for the file, asmo!

I made my first contact on HAM tonight with the Colorado QRP club. Happy to see the cheap-o Baofeng works well.

[kawiracer14]

Joined the ar15 echolink tonight. Was nice to get on like minded people. Very laid back informal net.


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[rbeau30]

Joined the ar15 echolink tonight. Was nice to get on like minded people. Very laid back informal net.


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Is that on 145.135? Dangit I missed

[kawiracer14]

Is that on 145.135? Dangit I missed

It's from ar15.com on echo link so you can do it from a computer, iPhone app, or a repeater with echo link on it. Every Friday at 630 our time.


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[rbeau30]

Okay, I no longer have an account on that site, I'll find the Echolink node for next time.


EDIT:
So info I found is
Echolink Conference *DCF-ARC* ------- I added this to my favorites in Echolink.
IRLP Reflector 9257

[Singlestack]

Yes - I thought the ARF net was pretty good too. Haven't been on in the past month, but hope to soon. Friday nights are me and the wifesters night out, generally.

[kawiracer14]

Bump for this thread and anyone thinking about HAM.

I just bought a new rig for the truck - does way more than I understand or will probably understand in the next year or so but I didn't want to spend a few hundred and then want to upgrade again next year.

So I got a Kenwood TM-D710G which has the built in GPS for APRS.
Will be hooked up to a Rigrunner 4004 which has 4 ports for power plus 2 USB ports for charging devices.
Also got a Cobra 75 WXST for off roading comms with non-hams

Will eventually be picking up a Dell Venue 8 Pro to do more APRS stuff as well as off roading GPS mapping.

Install is getting done Monday - I'll post some photos in the Photo area.

So... if anyone has the equipment to help me tune my antennas for CB and HAM I will happily reward them with beer or some 9 or 5.56 ammo for their time.

[gnihcraes]

Bump for this thread and anyone thinking about HAM.

I just bought a new rig for the truck - does way more than I understand or will probably understand in the next year or so but I didn't want to spend a few hundred and then want to upgrade again next year.

So I got a Kenwood TM-D710G which has the built in GPS for APRS.
Will be hooked up to a Rigrunner 4004 which has 4 ports for power plus 2 USB ports for charging devices.
Also got a Cobra 75 WXST for off roading comms with non-hams

Will eventually be picking up a Dell Venue 8 Pro to do more APRS stuff as well as off roading GPS mapping.

Install is getting done Monday - I'll post some photos in the Photo area.

So... if anyone has the equipment to help me tune my antennas for CB and HAM I will happily reward them with beer or some 9 or 5.56 ammo for their time.

c'mon over... no more than a mile apart. 9th/Sheridan area.