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Old 09-27-2015, 08:11 AM
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But what do you do if the infrastructure goes down and there's no cell phones, no telephones, no computers, AND the radio spectrum is being jammed?? That is why I have joined a smoke signal club, equipment is cheap and it's easy to learn. We also do yodeling on weekends as a backup for foggy days.
A smoke signal club sounds like fun. I wouldnt even begin to know how to read it.

Growing up we had a bell in our yard. It was to alert the neighbors in case of emergency - there were different rhythms depending on the reason you were ringing it, and as a child if I just rang it for no reason I got in trouble. It was taken seriously and if you stood there and rang it a neighbor would show up to help with the emergency. I do remember using it once when the neighbors pigs were lose and rutting up the entire yard - what a mess, and how they made the >1mile track through the woods to our yard I dont know.

In my early Ham days whenever there was a big blizzard or storm, we would get together and volunteer with the police and fire department. We would go around checking on elderly to see if they had power and heat. In those days cell phones didnt exist, and our communication gear was helpful (and a a group, a very responsible bunch - and being a rural community we could volunteer and not have the risk of somebody suing that we do these days).

Then there is field day. Just go out into a field (tents, generators for the electronics, and home made antennas). See if we can bounce a signal half way around the world on low power.

I learned code and started when I was 9 with my 11 yo brother and his friend. We spent many an hour huddled over a radio trying to pick out the code from the static, as well as learning radio theory and improving our equipment. There is no doubt it kept us out of a lot of trouble we would have been into otherwise (my brothers friend seemed predispositioned to find trouble), so a very healthy and rewarding hobby. They went on to become 'expert' class and then military communications officers.

I could even argue it was more educational that tractor hobbies, but maybe I will stick to just 'different'.



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Old 09-27-2015, 09:33 PM
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I tested for my tech and general a few months ago, haven't had the time to really get on it.

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Old 09-28-2015, 09:49 PM
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Well I guess I missed the last few posts here. Congrats on getting licensed KE0FCC! Nice call sign too!

Yeeter, cool stories there! I see you just renewed, are active much on hf? I like your sign too. Anyone wanna know yeeter's first name?

Anyway hope to see you guys on the bands!

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As a trucker I do love my cb.s and I do play on side band a lot I'm not licensed but wanna get my license for ham radio
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About 60 years ago I got interested in electronics and played around some, got into TV and radio repair, went into the Army and worked in electronics, came home and 50 years ago I got my First Class Commercial license an worked in 2 way radio for awhile . 35 years ago I got my Technician license, WD8NRF, built a control package for a 2m repeater and lost interest in the hobby. I have worked in electronics my whole life.
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I still have my first Ham radio from eons ago. A Drake TR3. I think that those were made in 1963.
I remember taking Code and Theory classes with a bunch of fellows here. Eventually we got our licenses but one guy was so very upset with his call letters that he requested a change from the FCC.
I dont know if he got a different callsign or not. His call letters were WD9FAG ...The FCC should filter out certain letter combinations .
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Frank, I can understand why he was upset! I just checked and they don't use that suffix anymore. I have a new radio but am looking for some old iron.

I haven't been on occ much recently, so here's an update. In Dec I passed my extra class exam. In March, I got a vanity call. I am now W8BT.
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Frank, I can understand why he was upset! I just checked and they don't use that suffix anymore. I have a new radio but am looking for some old iron.

I haven't been on occ much recently, so here's an update. In Dec I passed my extra class exam. In March, I got a vanity call. I am now W8BT.
Hey Travis, whiskey 8 bravo tango , cool / I`ve been off air so long I can`t remember the Phonetic alphabet by memory anymore . Congrats on the license upgrade, I never got into electronics enough to get above General class,but learning the code was fun for me back then. Many exciting days in the hobby back in the day like others have spoken about on here already. I had a couple occasions to say 73`s and 88`s to a YL in New Zealand that I met by correspondence beforehand. Had a QSO with a Ham there and had her visit him. Skip was at a high point so it worked great from Indiana. DXing was fun.
Yeah ,I looked around on the net and did a Ham call letter search and didn`t find that guy. There used to be callsigns worse than that one. hopefully that has been rectified. I dont know if the HF bands are very active now or not. I suppose the higher bands are active with local traffic because they offer a more practical use for emergencies and in events. . I remember putting a big 2 meter rig in the car once while on a date just in case we got lost or in case the date wasn`t exciting ..lol
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