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Cq cq state side
Any Vette-lovers with HAM call QRV? The sun activity is getting better now after a long time of bad conds. I'm now frequently beaming state side..... any takers? 
.... I'm QRV 20/15/10 ssb, cw and rtty
CU SN de LA3DV
Arne
.... I'm QRV 20/15/10 ssb, cw and rttyCU SN de LA3DV
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UFB N6WIJ .... You just have get a HF rig again!!! ... I am hoping for a Vette to Vette DX QSO on 10 in a year or two when we have sun spot max.... There is not much ground plane on Vette, but on 10 it should be possible ... I have had a few mobile QSOs with state side earlier, not from my Vette though.
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St. Jude Donor '08
HF is back again with some great openings, we are going up-hill with the 24 sun spot cycle, which should peak in 2 years from now.
arneoe, unfortunately you are too far away for a VHF-up contact!, it may be possible on 6 meters though. Right now I don't have any antenna for HF, I had a TS-870, a Alpha 87A amplifier (1.5K) and a 5 band cubical quad, but I sold them all few years ago, and now I only have the VHF-UHF setup, FT-847 and ME1500-V 1.5K amplifier and a stack of two cross yagis. when ever I put a good HF antenna, we have to sked a QSO on HF
arneoe, unfortunately you are too far away for a VHF-up contact!, it may be possible on 6 meters though. Right now I don't have any antenna for HF, I had a TS-870, a Alpha 87A amplifier (1.5K) and a 5 band cubical quad, but I sold them all few years ago, and now I only have the VHF-UHF setup, FT-847 and ME1500-V 1.5K amplifier and a stack of two cross yagis. when ever I put a good HF antenna, we have to sked a QSO on HF
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Sun spots are getting better and HF is also ..
Look my call up on QRz.com ..I have photos of my present HF station, and oh yeah, my C-3 too .
Dean/K3KHG
btw . my neighbor has a '78 anniversary addition C-3, and his call is N3HYR.
Look my call up on QRz.com ..I have photos of my present HF station, and oh yeah, my C-3 too .
Dean/K3KHG
btw . my neighbor has a '78 anniversary addition C-3, and his call is N3HYR.
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Dean, you have such a great shack, I like that Collins Radio line
I'm away from HF since 2001 or so, I live in a horrible area where they don't allow any tall masts/towers, but I'll be moving in about 6 months to a new house which is 20 miles out of the city and I will try to put up some good antenna for the HF.
We need to create a net on 20 meters, C3 net?
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I didn't ever expect to see any fellow ham in this forum!,, its really nice to see you guys here
Dean, you have such a great shack, I like that Collins Radio line
I'm away from HF since 2001 or so, I live in a horrible area where they don't allow any tall masts/towers, but I'll be moving in about 6 months to a new house which is 20 miles out of the city and I will try to put up some good antenna for the HF.
We need to create a net on 20 meters, C3 net?
Dean, you have such a great shack, I like that Collins Radio line
I'm away from HF since 2001 or so, I live in a horrible area where they don't allow any tall masts/towers, but I'll be moving in about 6 months to a new house which is 20 miles out of the city and I will try to put up some good antenna for the HF.
We need to create a net on 20 meters, C3 net?
btw ..I have been also working a lot of 2 mtr repeater dx using my android phone with an echo link application ... ( just another option )
73
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UFB! A lot of HAMs are QRV on C3 forum. I made CQ calls on C6/5/4 and 1/2 forums to invite Vette lovers to join up here. A Vett net with SKEDS would be nice during the cold winter nights to come. I have to look at the frequency forecast to suggest SKEDs.
Any more takers? PSE AR K
We'll see what brings.
Arne
Any more takers? PSE AR K
We'll see what brings.
Arne
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I spent a lot of time studying for my 13 and passed it with an abscessed tooth and the lights going on and off during the whole test.
And now you don't even need the code!
Oh well.. Doesn't matter. I haven't used a key in 10 years and just sold my HF rig.
The only thing I have left is 10 ,6 and 2 and they aren't hooked up anymore.
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Hi,
No HAM here, but a story...
After the first sputnik, (1957?), was launched, some of the people in my neighborhod in New Jersey stayed up in the middle of the night to hear the signal received by our local HAM operator's equipment. Just sort of a 'beep', but still thought it was pretty cool.
Seeing it pass overhead was more interesting. A light much like an aircraft but it didn't blink.
Regards,
Alan
No HAM here, but a story...
After the first sputnik, (1957?), was launched, some of the people in my neighborhod in New Jersey stayed up in the middle of the night to hear the signal received by our local HAM operator's equipment. Just sort of a 'beep', but still thought it was pretty cool.
Seeing it pass overhead was more interesting. A light much like an aircraft but it didn't blink.
Regards,
Alan