Amateur radio, ham radio, RF nerds, emcomm, weather spotters, etc...

[strawman]

Soooo, I finally got some antennas up.

Anyone here licensed, interested in ham radio, or already into it?

 

[HCGLNS]

I am interested, but not yet pursuing it. My dad is a ham radio operator, and I have participated in several fox hunts with him.

 

[Terrik]

Soooo, I finally got some antennas up.

Anyone here licensed, interested in ham radio, or already into it?

Hrm, my callsign was KF4ZYX. I wonder if it's still valid.

 

[PatrThom]

I've always been interested, but I've never really gone outside the 11m band, and of course now I can't spend hours in front of a set in my basement.
Getting one of those custom plates would be pretty cool, though.

--Patrick

 

[GasBandit]

2pro2ham

 

[Ravenpoe]

I go HAM often, but not on a radio...


As a kid, I was actually really into ham radio. And then I got my first computer and a dial-up modem, and then never touched amateur radio again.

 

[strawman]

Hrm, my callsign was KF4ZYX. I wonder if it's still valid.

Valid until 6/6/2018. You just have to renew it next year, no testing required IIRC.

 

[Terrik]

Valid until 6/6/2018. You just have to renew it next year, no testing required IIRC.

Oh good. I'll be sure to do so.

 

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I like the idea, but I also don't know what I'd do once I had the equipment. Be awkward at long distances?

 

[DarkAudit]

I used to collect QSL cards from various shortwave broadcasters. I won a t-shirt from NHK in a haiku contest. China Radio International sent me stuff for *years* after I sent in the reception report.

 

[GasBandit]

I like the idea, but I also don't know what I'd do once I had the equipment. Be awkward at long distances?

Seems to me that would apply to phones, texting, facebook, this forum... any form of long distance communication really

 

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Seems to me that would apply to phones, texting, facebook, this forum... any form of long distance communication really

I'll give you phones, but the others aren't real time.

 

[Ravenpoe]

I'll give you phones, but the others aren't real time.

Says you. I'm here always.


ALWAYS.