Amateur/Ham Radio
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Weekly Q&A Thread [03/06/2015]
Posted: 06 Mar 2015 12:02 AM PST
http://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio...read_03062015/
Heres your chance to ask questions that you think may have been asked
before, or that might not require their own thread.
This is a great place to get answers about choosing or operating first
radios, as these threads often get ignored due to their frequent
reappearance on the front page. Youll have lots of eyes here.
No question is a dumb question!
Upvote questions and good answers. It improves their visibility!
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FLDIGI now runs on Android!
Posted: 06 Mar 2015 11:34 AM PST
http://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio...ns_on_android/
submitted by tominabox1
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A Ham Worth Learning about: Helen Coutier Schmock W8GJX
Posted: 06 Mar 2015 06:50 AM PST
http://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio...utier_schmock/
Back when I was in Middle school, I had the opportunity to know a fantastic
lady. Her name was Helen Schmock. This post is a bit long, but its worth
the read if youre the sort interested in people who did some cool things
with their life, the least of which happened to be ham radio.
Before she died in 2002, she was the oldest female ham radio operator in
the world. Having died at 92, she was licensed for 73 years. She was the
worlds fastest female CW keyer of any age, and was still keying 80wpm at 80
years old. I woke up most mornings with my father a couple hours before
school started so we could go to the gym. On the 30 minute car ride there,
we would be part of our local repeaters morning net. Net controller was
Helen. It was the highly of my day, and she was a major influence in my
pursuit of a career in communications.
Below is the transcript of her obituary, from when she died in 2002. She
was an extremely kind and wonderful person, and even in her age was smart
as a fox. Whenever I listen to Diane Rheme on NPR, I think of Helens voice.
Anyway, I hope you take a moment to read through and maybe pick up her
autobiography called "I never shot a rabbit". It details her life from how
she grew up in a log cabin to how she was a code keyer back in WW2 and
earned the respect of presidents and military command for her speed and
reliability in getting messages where they were needed.
Heres her Obit.. It does a nice job of summarizing a few high points, but
still misses a lot.
Helen Cloutier Schmock, 93, of Manistee and formerly of Ludington, died
Saturday, Sept. 21 2002 at the Manistee County Medical Care Facility.
She was born March 17, 1909 in Manistique, the daughter of Henry and Carrie
(Little) Hargreaves. She married John Cloutier in 1931. In 1962, Helen
married John Schmock who preceded her in death in 1983. Helen was an
author, artist, publisher, beautician, musician, librarian, dance
instructor and a ham radio operator. She received a bachelor of arts degree
from Los Angeles University and bachelor and master of arts degrees from
Central Michigan University. She also studied under several famous artists.
Helen began her extensive career by playing the piano during silent movies
at her father’s theater, The Gero Theatre, in Manistique. While living in
Escanaba, she owned and operated Helen’s School of Dancing and later
Helen’s Beauty Shoppe.
She was a feature writer and staff reporter for the Escanaba Daily Press.
She worked at radio station WESK in Escanaba as the Women’s Continuity
director, program director and public relations director.
Later, she was assistant to the administrative head of Michigan State
Library in Escanaba. She served as director of the Menominee County Library
in Stephenson and, after a move to Chicago, she was the director of the
technical library at Motorola Inc. in Chicago.
After moving to the Ludington area, she was co-owner, editor and
circulation manager at J & H Publishing Company in Ludington. She served in
the capacity of systems librarian and art instructor in the Scottville
Community Schools and later in the Baldwin Community Schools.
As an artist, her work was exhibited at the Upper Peninsula State Fair in
Escanaba, Chicago Motorola in Chicago, Possessions Art Gallery in Chicago,
the Carnegie Exhibition in Ludington, the Scottville State Bank in
Scottville and the City Mart Expo in Boston.
Helen was the published author of 17 books including: in 1952 “Sim
Barton-Girl Radio Operator;� in 1957, “Isle Royale Calling� which was
endorsed by Gov. G. Mennon Williams; in 1960, “The Many Names of Lee Lue;�
from 1960-63 she wrote four paperback books; in 1963, she authored the
children’s series of nine books titled “The Adventures of Mournful Mouse;�
and in 1991, she wrote her autobiography “I Never Shot a Rabbit.� She was a
member of the Woman’s Literary Club.
One of her many interests was ham radio. She was licensed in 1929 as W8GJX.
At the time of her death, she was believed to be the longest licensed woman
ham radio operator in the world — 73 years. She was the first woman member
of the Quarter Century Wireless Association (Worldwide), a membership she
held until her death. She was also a member of the Sunrise Radio Net and
the West Michigan Repeater Association. In 1973, she was listed in “The
World Who’s Who of Women.� submitted by agtwork
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Today's thrift shop haul
Posted: 06 Mar 2015 01:29 PM PST
http://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio...ift_shop_haul/
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K9 Mobile
Posted: 06 Mar 2015 12:55 PM PST
http://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio...a0u/k9_mobile/
I want to get into K9 mobile, its where you strap all your gear to your dog
and operate mobile with a wireless headset. I am curious as to what the
best dog/radio combo would be? I am thinking that SLAs would be too heavy
for my dachshund so I might upgrade to a bigger dog. I am thinking
something with a huge tail so I can tie a sloper onto it like they do on
sailboats. Would I have to get him his own call sign or can I just add a
/DM to the end of my call? Has anyone tried this? submitted by Echelon81
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Looking for an HF rig with DSP under $1000
Posted: 06 Mar 2015 01:52 PM PST
http://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio...sp_under_1000/
What do you recommend? submitted by bzgrimreaper
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so much cringe. Kickstarter campaign for Mobile Communications Command
Center
Posted: 06 Mar 2015 12:04 AM PST
http://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio...gn_for_mobile/
submitted by ericfromdigg
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Icom 2350 UHF issue
Posted: 06 Mar 2015 11:38 AM PST
http://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio...350_uhf_issue/
I was trying to work an amsat station last night and found I was unable to
tune the UHF half of the radio below 440mhz I have referred to the manual
and cant find a reason why this is. I was very tired and it is possable I
missed something. Can anyone advise? submitted by bzgrimreaper
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IC-7200 (Sell me on it or talk me out of it)
Posted: 06 Mar 2015 02:53 PM PST
http://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio..._me_out_of_it/
submitted by bzgrimreaper
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wire tuner vs coax tuner for mobile vertical
Posted: 06 Mar 2015 06:40 AM PST
http://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio...bile_vertical/
Is there much difference internally between a coax tuner and a wire tuner?
The Icom AT-180 vs the AH-4. Would the AH-4 have some sort of balun built
in, that the AT-180 might not have? Does the Coax tuner (AT-180) only work
with a balanced dipole type antenna?
I installed an HF vertical on my mobile with an AT-180 tuner. The coax
between the antenna and the tuner < 8" long. I can tune 6m-17m. I cant tune
20m and lower. One of the guys in my club has an AH-4 with a 104" whip in
his car. He can tune all the way to 40, and a little bit on the high end of
75m. Not much efficiency on 20m-75m, but he can tune it.
He is thinking that I cant tune because I have a coax tuner (AT-180)
instead of a wire tuner. Thoughts? Could I add a balun to make the coax
tuner work? How about some additional impedance matching such as the
MFJ-908? A shunt coil at the antenna base? submitted by rem1473
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Just looking for ideas
Posted: 06 Mar 2015 09:25 AM PST
http://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio...ing_for_ideas/
I may come into an inheritance (sad face) soon, but if I do, I was thinking
of splurging on a radio.
I like the idea of an all-mode, all-band(ish) radio that can go mobile.
So far, the Kenwood TS-2000 is standing out b/c it can do the remote head &
cross-band repeat.
Any other suggestions?
I currently own an Icom 735 and Yaesu 2800 & vx-5r. I LOVE the ruggedness
of the Yaesus. Those things are tanks!
Otherwise, Im pretty happy with how both brands work as radios. submitted
by Tymanthius
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Ham radio badge?
Posted: 05 Mar 2015 10:26 PM PST
http://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio...m_radio_badge/
submitted by charliemic5
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Can I change the channel crystal of a CB radio to one for a ham frequency ?
If yes, here do I find the crystal?
Posted: 05 Mar 2015 10:21 PM PST
http://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio...a_cb_radio_to/
I just got my hands on a Realistic TRC-85 , its a very basic CB it has 3
channels that requires 1 crystal per channel, could I just find a crystal
for the 10m calling frequency , slap it in there and use it on 10 m? how
about 20m? but most importantly, where do I find those crystals anyway??? I
looked on ebay, and its just random frequencies all over the place
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First all-digital radio transmitter
Posted: 06 Mar 2015 03:25 AM PST
http://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio...o_transmitter/
submitted by rilliam
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Anyone own a TYT TH-9800 PLUS 29/50/144/430 MHz QUAD band transceiver? Want
to work 6 meters and this is inexpensive Chinese brand
Posted: 05 Mar 2015 08:23 PM PST
http://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio...4430_mhz_quad/
submitted by ruskeeblue
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