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Pick up a copy of "Ham Radio For Dummies" by H. Ward Silver. Don't be fooled by the title. There's a wealth of knowledge in there and it's all explained in easy-to-understand language.
Also, join a good club. Good luck!
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Mark K7OWG
I heartily agree with those above in recommending Gordon West's license study books. I used them to study for and pass all three elements. They're designed to help you PASS the test. Later you can pick up books that go into more detail about why things are the way they are. Gordo's books teach...
I know it wasn't nearly as cool as a contact with a military fighter jet, but on two separate occasions I've contacted commercial airline pilots while they were in flight, both on 17M. One was on a flight from Chicago to L.A. The other was flying from Detroit to Beijing. I thought both contacts...
Yes, the tower's manufacturer should have recommendations and probably even diagrams showing just how to construct the base. I put up a MA-40, 20/40 foot tubular telescoping tower (non-guyed). Dug the hole approx. 3x3x3 feet. Didn't get down the full 3' because I hit rock. I built an internal...
+1 what KD4UPL said. VHF/UHF is such a small slice of the ham radio pie. I started out with a dual band HT and ran with it until the day I visited a friend's shack and participated in some around-the-world HF! I was hooked and have never looked back. IMHO, HF and DX'ing are where it's at. But...
Yeah. I used to hear that guy calling CQ 10-10 all the time. Since I wasn't a 10-10 member I never bothered to answer him. Didn't realize til I read this thread that he is such a jerk. I just went to his QRZ page where he displays all his awards and "good operator" certificates. What a joke...
Rigblaster Nomic. The weird thing is that after a normal PSK31 session I shut everything down as usual, then a couple of days later I fired everything up for another session and that's when it wouldn't transmit. I had not touched anything. Gremlins I guess. BTW, I've checked every connection 20...
When I first got my tech ticket I bought an ICOM T70A dual band HT for $239 and had a ball ragchewing on local repeaters. When I got my general I started out with a borrowed Kenwood TS-130 and power supply, a G5RV, and a cheap antenna tuner (which I still use every day) and talked all over the...
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