Ham radio

Tchocky · 07-06-10, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

Of course there is the VHF portions that 'novice' licenses have access to and I made my two meter 'J Pole' out of old copper tubing and it takes up very little room.

Huh, what VHF freqs are open to novices?

August · 07-06-10, 11:31 AM

Back in the late 70's I just to chat with ham operators in the states from Germany using my AN/GRC 106.

SteamWake · 07-06-10, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Tchocky

Huh, what VHF freqs are open to novices?

I misspoke meant 'technician' and 2 meters 440mhz are popular there are others.

Since they removed the code requirements a big stumbling block was removed.

I learned code when I was a young child and still copy in the order of 20 wpm and occassionaly get down on the low end of the bands.

07-06-10, 11:31 AM	#2
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,217 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Back in the late 70's I just to chat with ham operators in the states from Germany using my AN/GRC 106. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.