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<blockquote data-quote="Blitzfike" data-source="post: 2446270" data-attributes="member: 807"><p>I've been hamming since the '70s, I work HF more than anything else, but I do have equipment for most all of the ham frequencies. I have built equipment, modified equipment and destroyed equipment over the years that I have been in radio. Antennas were my favorite construction projects, they are the easiest to build and can make a huge difference in your signal, both in transmit and receive. I have been active in slow scan TV, fast scan TV, AMSAT experiments, RTTY, packet radio and the newer digital modes. I built the first TNC for packet radio that the Heathkit store had on display, and I was one of the first three hams to build the TAPR TNC1 (Tucsan Amateur packet radio) in Oklahoma. Lots of fun in the old days. My HF Radios are currently a Yaesu FT900AT, and an Icom 706 MKIIG. I have mobiles and hand held radios on VHF and UHF and a host of computerized equipment. I have HF Amplifiers that will allow me to transmit with the full legal power. I seldom use the amplifiers, you aren't supposed to use more power than is necessary to make the contact. I like working the rare foreign DX stations, but I enjoy just chewing the rag (talking) with hams around the world. Ham radio has given me a great deal of satisfaction over the years. During the recovery period from the May 1999 tornados, Myself and another ham set up at Bridge Creek school to provide communications as the cell system was inoperative. That morphed into us being appointed disaster recovery agents for the county, and we found out first hand what a snafu it is to try to work with government, both local and national in a disaster. Fortunately, we were able to cut through most of the BS and get things working for our community. I learned a lot about what it is like to be in an area without essential services, and how critical it is to have a plan for those types of disaster. Hams get pushed back in to the background when governmental agencies are doing their planning, they mistakenly believe that the cellular system and their comm gear will be all they need. In our area, the cell system was overloaded and some were damaged by the tornado, our local Sheriff, fire and mutual aid frequencies were overloaded due to the wide spread disaster, so Ham radio again provided the critical communications links needed. We had hams riding with LEO's, Fire and paramedics. Forgive me, I rattle on too much...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blitzfike, post: 2446270, member: 807"] I've been hamming since the '70s, I work HF more than anything else, but I do have equipment for most all of the ham frequencies. I have built equipment, modified equipment and destroyed equipment over the years that I have been in radio. Antennas were my favorite construction projects, they are the easiest to build and can make a huge difference in your signal, both in transmit and receive. I have been active in slow scan TV, fast scan TV, AMSAT experiments, RTTY, packet radio and the newer digital modes. I built the first TNC for packet radio that the Heathkit store had on display, and I was one of the first three hams to build the TAPR TNC1 (Tucsan Amateur packet radio) in Oklahoma. Lots of fun in the old days. My HF Radios are currently a Yaesu FT900AT, and an Icom 706 MKIIG. I have mobiles and hand held radios on VHF and UHF and a host of computerized equipment. I have HF Amplifiers that will allow me to transmit with the full legal power. I seldom use the amplifiers, you aren't supposed to use more power than is necessary to make the contact. I like working the rare foreign DX stations, but I enjoy just chewing the rag (talking) with hams around the world. Ham radio has given me a great deal of satisfaction over the years. During the recovery period from the May 1999 tornados, Myself and another ham set up at Bridge Creek school to provide communications as the cell system was inoperative. That morphed into us being appointed disaster recovery agents for the county, and we found out first hand what a snafu it is to try to work with government, both local and national in a disaster. Fortunately, we were able to cut through most of the BS and get things working for our community. I learned a lot about what it is like to be in an area without essential services, and how critical it is to have a plan for those types of disaster. Hams get pushed back in to the background when governmental agencies are doing their planning, they mistakenly believe that the cellular system and their comm gear will be all they need. In our area, the cell system was overloaded and some were damaged by the tornado, our local Sheriff, fire and mutual aid frequencies were overloaded due to the wide spread disaster, so Ham radio again provided the critical communications links needed. We had hams riding with LEO's, Fire and paramedics. Forgive me, I rattle on too much... [/QUOTE]
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