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No I'm not. They are online though, and if you want to make it really easy just go to our other sister site http://www.di-dah-dit.com/

Long after writing this series we started a ham radio sight. Yes much like the people complained, another Jeep sight?!?! It's another HAM radio sight. Just like any fledgling web sight we need...

ICOM IC-2100H 50 watt mobile. Current bid is $114.50 and $12 shipping.

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How do become a HAM, or Amateur Radio Operator?

The ARRL is an excellent resource for information.

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Study for your license. Find a Class or get a...

Yes, generally if you see antennas next to a nice house it's a HAM, if it's next to a trailer, then it's a CB'r. :smiley-laughing021:

Seriously though you should be able to look the guy up at...

It depends. 5 miles should be reliable. If you're in a heavily wooded, wet environment that will be cut down drastically. Buildings, metall, same thing.

For contrast, if you were in SPACE 5...

A HAM can talk on the CB, but not in the capacity of a HAM, just another CB'r. A HAM cannot use a HAM radio to talk on CB, unless it is an emergency. A HAM must use a CB radio that was created to...

Sorry just getting back to the computer. 2nd birthday party tonight.

I see "sort of" how you have it mounted, but I really need a close up of the mount.

I'm guessing you have a 3/8" hole...

Can you take a picture and post it? Also what is written on the coax?

I'll check but I don't think the firestick needs adjusting. You may have another issue. connectors, coax bad, mounting position. Where is it mounted and what coax are you using? (It will say on...

"foot warmers" are illegal on CB. $10,000 fine and prison I believe. You'd probably just get the fine and all your equipment confiscated, if they choose to do anything. Usually they'll send you a...

The final write up was going to have to do with getting a HAM license "today". It's been 3 decades since I got my license, so I don't know what the current requirements are. Also I was waiting for...

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So now that I had reached my goal it was time to enjoy the hobby. One of the most "fun" things I did was making my own antennas. The formulas for calculating the antenna are very easy. Finding...

Now that I had my General class license I was raring to go. I purchased a non-amplified Astatic D104 microphone.

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I wired it up to a plug and stuck it into the...

Well I haven't got to it yet, but I started buying ICOM radios back in the early 80s. You can only buy a used Heathkit, since they are out of business long ago. And Radio Shack doesn't carry...

But you know you learned the Morse Code, and it is your duty as a TRUE HAM to give all the newbies that didn't have to pass a Morse Code test hell for the rest of your life! :smiley-laughing021:

No the rules have changed quite drastically. They've removed the Morse code requirements so everything is just written exams (multiple choice). They have removed the Advanced class license and I...

Well now I was pretty fat dumb and happy. I was having so much fun talking with the local HAMs on 2 meters, and in the evening I would talk to HAMs over HF Morse code, usually on 40 meters.

At...

I think I've been doing one a day, days?!?!? :smiley-laughing021:

Oh I forgot to mention, you have Spanky to blame/thank for this. It was his suggestion. He said he was curious about HAM radio...

Truly guys, I figured everyone would find it quite boring. I find HAM radio fascinating, but I really didn't think most other people would. Thanks.

As you can imagine at 16 I was more interested in girls that anything else, including school. I was very shy so I pretty well kept to myself. I enjoyed looking at the girls, but talking was really...

By the time I was 15 I had been studying the electronic theory and felt I would have my license fairly soon. I thought it would be fun to have a real HAM radio, but they were so expensive. One of...

I had a pretty good time talking on the CB. My Mom was interested in it too, so we bought a mobile radio from Radio Shack and I installed along with an antenna in/on my Mom's power blue 1973 AMC...

Back in the mid 70's my half-brother came to visit my Mom, Dad and myself. He was 18 years my senior, and moved to Arkansas with his new wife many years prior.

He had become interested in CB...