Amateur Radio & Frisco Modelers

[w3hodoug]

Bob Wintle, Don Wirth, Me - how many more have ham licenses? 73 de W3HO Doug

[mk_junction]

I have a ham licence. KCOLFA. Technician class. I'm in Springfield Mo.

[frisco1522]

I just bought a Yaesu VX-150 2M hand held, which will also double as a nice scanner. Now all this old dummy has to do is learn how to use it. I've never been on 2 Meters, so I don't know the protocol. Typical manual is not written for old people.

[w3hodoug]

Charlie Dix in Maine is W0AQ. Doug

[w3hodoug]

another has his call in his sign-in name:

DaveRust/w0dlr

[billyboy_1]

Mine is KB0QHN. Craig Meador, Poplar Bluff Mo.

[Charlie Dix]

Charlie Dix in Maine is W0AQ. Doug

Thanks Doug. That I am.

Charlie :)

[w3hodoug]

Thus far, we've got the following on this site:

W3HO
WB0ECM
N0QXC, MMR
KC0LFA
W0AQ
W0DLR
KB0QHN
plus ex ham Glenn Young

Any others?

What's the connection between model/prototype railroading and amateur radio? Perhaps we like to tinker or solder ;-)

[Iantha_Branch]

What is this your talking about?

[bob_wintle]

Eathan:
He is talking about those of us that have Ham Radio licenses and are also Frisco Modlers or Fans. I hold an Extra Class Amateur Radio License and my call sign is N0QXC.
Bob Wintle MMR
Parsons, Ks.

[Iantha_Branch]

Ok. I've heard of Ham radio before, but have no clue what it is.

[KCC&S KCO&S]

Throw mine in the hat N0TLC Tech studing for General

Darren
Collins Mo

[Sirfoldalot]

You Guys still remember your morse code? :confused::confused:
DoDah DoDah :p

[bob_wintle]

Yes and it is DitDah Dit Dah (wish how I knew how to do a smiley face here)
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Bob Wintle

[TAG1014]

Is that sung to the tune of "Camptown Races?" :)

Tom

PS: Bob, on the reply page, click on the face you want to use.

[bob_wintle]

Oh so that's how you do it. I learned something new today.

[Sirfoldalot]

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[bob_wintle]

Back to regular English, No it is not required nowadyas and I have have mixed feelings on that subject. My code speed only got up to around 15 wpm. I passed the Extra Class after they reduced the speed for it to 13wpm. I think the FCC is in cahoots with the Radio companies and got rid of the code so more radios could be sold. Our local club has put a tone on our 2 meter repeater and I can't use it anylonger as all my equipment is too old and doesn't have tone capabilities. I haven't really been active in Ham Radio since April of 2000 when an F3 tornado blew down my tower and all of my outdoor antennas. I have worked 285 countries and have 275 of them confirmed. I worked over a hundred and fifty of them with a G5RV. I had some pretty good Elmers here who taught me the ropes of Dxing. It is alot of fun but expensive.
73 de N0QXC El Bob Oh.
PS my code skills are really rusty!

[Sirfoldalot]

El Bo Bo, My hats off to you - very good.
I was very interested when still in school, but never had the money to do anything about it. Later on when I had the $, other things seemed to always fill my plate.
About the best that I could do was 12-13 words per min.
Sorry to hear about the storm taking down all your towers. They can be wicked. I remember standing in my back yard in Shawnee and seeing three tornado funnels at one time.
What constitutes a "confirmed" country.:confused::confused:

[bob_wintle]

The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) Has a Program called DC Century club. Basically one talks to an operator in another country and then exchanges QSL cards. If you participate in the program you collect cards and then send them in to the ARRL to have the validity of the operator checked. If they confirm that the other operator is a valid operator then that country is confirmed. I believe there are around 330 countries in the program. I am not up on it and not a member of the ARRL at the present time. I have too much model railroading to do. Besides I don't have to worry about storms tearing down my antennas any longer.
Chasing DX is a fascinating and fun part of Ham Radio. During the start of the peak of the last Sunspot Cycle I got on 10 meters and through out my call and spent the next 8 hours straight answering calls from over 100 other countries. It was like I was the rare DX station and I guess for them I was. I have worked many pileups chasing DX over the years but that was the first time that the pileup was chasing me. It made me feel GREAT! Almost as good as winning Best of Show at a Model Railroad meet.
Bob

[KCC&S KCO&S]

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Hi Sirfoldalot
you have had your ticket for a long time, I wil have to admit I had to look up some of the charters. But some I did remember.:o

Have a great day

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[Sirfoldalot]

:D Darren - don't worry - I had to look up a whole bunch of them.
My ticket had (I think) either 837, 1387, or something close stamped on it. I will have to see if I can locate it just to check. My ATR (Airline Transport Rating), now called ATP, was a fairly low number as well. One of my flight instructors had #34 - I think Orville or Wilbur taught him. :D

[crosskansas]

Bill Collins, n0rry, Parsons, KS, General Class

[FriscoGeorge]

Howdy everybody,
Put me down as AB0PO in Newburg, Missouri. Name is George. I am an Extra Class, but my code speed is only about 15-18 WPM as I too got in as a 13 WPM Extra.
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