My Ham Shack... Drake TR-4 for the low bands.. What a good rig... CW is my calling. My antennas are as follows; An inverted V for 75 and 40 meters with a tuner; a zep for good measure and a 20 meter beam 3 element.... On VHF I have a Yeasu FT-470 dual bander that allows me to access our local repeaters.
Both on the 440 side and on 2 meters.
This last year I have built a nice J-Pole for two meters.... I also have a Kenwood TS 7850 that I run in my van. I'm very active as ham. I have made a sub audible tone board that I have interfaced with my Kenwood so next time I get out in North Idaho or the Spokane area, I should be able to key up all of the repeater sites....73's
KE7MK
And if you are in to cross-band repeaters, I can help...
I am amazed how many steel players are involved with Ham Radio... Go figure.
Well...I hold a Technician's License. Operated Vioce on HF and on 2 MTRS. Some on 440 MHZ. Haven't been on the air for several years. I am suprised that Mike Sigler has not responded. He is an Amateur Radio Operator. I think he told me at one time that he is an Advanced or Extra.
My call is N7INV. I have been licenced since the mid-80's, but really got into the hobby in the last few years. I recently upgraded to General (it was a "paperwork upgrade" since my tech licence was so old).
Last fall, I bought an ICOM 718 and have really been enjoying the HF bands. I have been a SWL nut since the mid 70's. In fact, the SWL bug helped push me into the electrical engineering profession. At one time, I helped in developing state of the art radio receivers and radio ICs for Motorola.
AC5LS here, but not on the air lately - and it's worth noting I got my Extra ticket when the 20wpm code requirement was still in effect. And I'm damned proud of it.
However, why keep a couple of thousand dollars of equipment operative, when the same result can be had for essentially nothing via the internet? It's a science-fair project at best.
There doesn't seem to be much point in RF comms anymore in amateur radio, unless you're interested in moon-bounce, that kind of stuff. I'm not.
My Dad's was W2WVF -William Victor Fox
My Dad was in Radio corp WWII
The stories he tells can raise the hair on your head, in some locations that is.
Rick Anderson
WT8E, been a ham for 29 years. During some of the conversations with pickers I would ofter ask about ham radio, the old reply was , "I have problems with tones, can't hear the code" My reply, "how do you tune your guitar" then I got the sheepish grin meaning I just didn't take time to learn Morse code.
Ok Guys
Here is the updated list.
And thanks BJ for coming up with this.
Alan Tanner - W8FAX
Ben Carnevale - W1VZT
Benton Allen - WB5TWC
Bill Perry - K5CLD
BJ Jenkins - NC4BJ
Blake Hawkins - N4YCQ
Charles L Powell - N5LMS
Charles Rodrigues - K1QGN
Curtis Boatright - N5RMY
Dalton Boehm - AD9GB
Dan Burnham - AE4AY
Danny Hammers - W4MOP
Dave Beaty - K7MNC
Dave Potter - AC5LS
David Hartley - G6CWP
Delbert Phelps - KB8VJV
Dick Wood - WD5CBO
Duane Becker - KB7GCF
Fred Thompson - K1VYE
Greg Cutshaw - AA2FX
Gregg Thacker - N5LYS
Howard Parker - WA3BMM
James Sluder - KG4WYD
Jan Mulder - PA3HCR
Jim Paschall - K9JCP
Jimmy Lewis - AB5YS
Joe Finley - KA5IFX
John Lemay - AC3G
Keith Currie - VE5HKC
Ken Adkins - K9DVA
Lem Smith - K5WSM
Mark MacKenzie - KC4KFC
Mike Fereday - G3VOW
Mike Hoover - WB5AOC
Reginald Diller - W3VTF
Ric Epperle - KE7MK
Rob Segal - WA2NFG
Robert Harper - W4IWJ
Ron Silva - WB6YMK
Roy McKinney - KD7OOO
Russ Little - N5UG
Sam Marshall - N7INV
Steve Morley - W1LV
Walter Jones - WT8E
I worked with WAG4 I Gota Zoo,wag4igz, Built several Heathkits, testers. Also a RC Radio kit, worked very well.
CB radio was so popular we had several of the, SINGLE SIDE BAND, WITH HOME MADE QUAD ANTENA, made out of fishing poles, out talked many comercial made antenas. Good period of time in our lives, one of the things Nan shared with me.
I still have the sending key I practiced on back then out in the shop.
ernie
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I majored three years in tech radio at Benson Polytechnic High School; class of 1954.
Back then, one had to be able to send and/or read like 20 or 60 words per minute in Morse Code. I can no longer recall this fine point. I even made my own
'sender thingie' or 'clicker' like in the olden days of telegraph.
Guys I have been a ham since 1994, (KB8PWI) my novice call, but i hold a general ticket, I love to work Cw at about 22wpm, And Work alot of 80 meter phone at 3.952and so on... I have to many rigs to mention, and i have about 5 SB220 amps and a couple SB200.... A couple long wires and a tribander.... And some 2 meter gear...so on and so on....
If your in central ohio on 2 meter give me a call on 147.030 (Open Repeater) I monitor it all the time.
Mike
I am trying to play a Harlin Brothers 1956 Multi Kord 6 String 4 Pedal Steel Guitar
and a RONDO lap
Retired from Boeing Helicopters in Ridley Park Pa.
we build the CH47
