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Wiggly Wayne DDS posted:i have a bunch of rtlsdr gear kicking around here from a project last year, think i'll get it set back up after this cool thread buy an upconverter, check out the HF side. there's lots of SSB there so SDR is nice, and plenty ham/digital/whatever stuff to tune in.
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I really really hate tuning SSB with SDR software, maybe I should buy one of those glowy hockey puck things http://utaharc.org/rptr/synchronous_62.html this is one of the cooler repeater projects I've seen, two repeaters at two sites on the same frequency, with a very slight frequency offset and a duplex link + voting circuit they implemented a repeater system with diversity receive and transmit to normal radios
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Sniep posted:this is the HT antenna that i use on my FT-60R Is that a Smiley? I had a Smiley tri-band which I think they later renamed to dual-band because it was bad at 222mhz or w/e, but it went missing somewhere 
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atomicthumbs posted:Is that a Smiley? I had a Smiley tri-band which I think they later renamed to dual-band because it was bad at 222mhz or w/e, but it went missing somewhere yes, i got it in a HRO or something in san diego
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Mar 1, 2014 17:54
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Building that Lindenblad now, PVC shavings and solder blobs are everywhere
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Mar 1, 2014 18:11
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i know its been said that rc planes and ham isnt a good mix, but is that more a control issue? what if a normal rc radio was used for flying and the ham radio was used for telemetry/video/other comms but no actual stick and rudder controls?
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maniacdevnull posted:i know its been said that rc planes and ham isnt a good mix, but is that more a control issue? what if a normal rc radio was used for flying and the ham radio was used for telemetry/video/other comms but no actual stick and rudder controls? p sure it's all ok as long as ur not violating FAA regs.
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so this is only tangentally related but how hard is it to wire up a second batt (marine deep cycle) so that i can run a radio or other accessories (either separately from vehicle electronics like cd player or w/ them?) im assuming u can't/shouldn't crank off of a deep cycle batt but i want the alternator to charge it at least obvs. on the suburban apparently batt install itself is super ez cause theres a factory location for second batt so im not worried about that aspect. would i be better off letting my shadetree mechanic guy do this when he fixes my AC compressor?
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Mar 1, 2014 22:23
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beware the dark side of ham radio, though, like these guys who casually imply you should feel bad if you dont SIGN OVER YOUR HOUSE AND ASSETS IN YOUR WILL TO THEM WHEN YOU DIE INSTEAD OF YOUR FAMILY
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Mar 2, 2014 00:27
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i think that's more for childless old folk who would be leaving their property to the state otherwise
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Mar 2, 2014 01:44
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newington is really cumbersone to say try it out
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window shopping - an Icom R9000 receiver has gone on ebay, it is not the best receiver ever made, but it is up there, and I have wanted to own one for twenty years. cool thing about this listing is that the seller obviously knows this radio inside and out http://www.ebay.com/itm/Icom-IC-R90...S:B:SHOP:US:101
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Mar 2, 2014 16:46
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"wahh everythings going digital" so what? go digital. ISS is going to fire up a DTV transmitter and if you're set up for it you'll be able to get high res video from it: quote:Ham Video Commissioning now scheduled
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Jonny 290 posted:"wahh everythings going digital" so what? go digital. "wahhh the same bands now hold far more content while also reducing the cost to enter my hobby" "wahhh i liked electromagnetic waves before it was cool" also that looks rad as hell, as a total newcomer what would be the minimum gear i'd need to pick that up?
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Honestly i'm not sure and I didn't know hams were tinkering with DTV (we have a long long history of analog TV operation, there are even repeaters) intrigued now, good thing to study for an icy sunday where I CAN'T GO OUT AND PLAY WITH THE NEW ANTENNA I BUILT YESTERDAY
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have any of you ever heard numbers stations? that whole thing fascinates the gently caress out of me enough to consider buying some radio stuff.
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Mar 3, 2014 16:24
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nope, never.
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Verdafolio posted:have any of you ever heard numbers stations? that whole thing fascinates the gently caress out of me enough to consider buying some radio stuff.
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Mar 3, 2014 16:38
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number stations are neat + one of the things i would want to try and listen to if i did radio things
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Mar 3, 2014 16:39
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found a web based sdr: http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ if anyone wants to play around with the air around the netherlands
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Verdafolio posted:found a web based sdr: http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ if anyone wants to play around with the air around the netherlands i posted that poo poo on like page 2 son
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i've heard numbers stations a few times, mostly in spanish. poo poo's mildly creepy late at night
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Honestly they're kind of a neat curiosity to me but I don't sperg out on them like the guys that make the recordings and stuff, as it's generally accepted that they're likely using OTP's and it's prob unbreakable
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when I read up on them I noticed that most western nations have stopped using them in the last decade, but the russians and other east block countries seem to still operate them presumably the more technologically sophisticated spy agencies have switched to horse ebook twitters and other more advanced communication methods, which makes sense since these days having short wave radios is pretty rare compared to 30 years ago
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Jonny 290 posted:Honestly they're kind of a neat curiosity to me but I don't sperg out on them like the guys that make the recordings and stuff, as it's generally accepted that they're likely using OTP's and it's prob unbreakable i would think triangulating their location would be the ham equivalent of geocaching.
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Mar 3, 2014 20:34
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but, you know, interesting
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longview posted:when I read up on them I noticed that most western nations have stopped using them in the last decade, but the russians and other east block countries seem to still operate them steganography cat pictures That tabby you reposted once? assassination orders. 
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you triangulate it and it's probably just some antennas out in a field and a little shack you can't get to
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EMILY BLUNTS posted:you triangulate it and it's probably just some antennas out in a field and a little shack you can't get to They have done, usually they're in some RAF facility in Cyprus or the Ukraine
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test day is today. i woke up w/ stomach pain, took a dump and then threw up. took a promethazine and passed out for like 6 hours. test is in like 3 hours and i'm def not rdy for general exam ugh. and wife is mad cause daycare is closed (loving the south + snow) so she's wfh and watching babby while i slept all day cause promethazine. ugh. gently caress me. at least babby is still napping
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it was pissing down freezing rain when i got my general/extra, bad weather is a guarantee of success when taking license tests or erecting antennas* *it is a proven law of nature that the shittier the weather when you put your antenna up, the better it works
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what is the legality of using 433mhz bands (e: in the us)? theres a ton of dirt cheap parts on DX that work with microcontrollers. they seem like they've have very low power but if it will piss off some greybeard in my town then i either wont do that or will do it even harder and smuggier than before ex: http://dx.com/p/433mhz-rf-transmitter-module-receiver-module-link-kit-for-arduino-arm-mcu-wl-green-220194#.UxTwwMso6Ai
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its one of the ISM bands so go hog wild below some power level oh jk thats just in region 1 apparently america is region 2 lolol
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maniacdevnull posted:what is the legality of using 433mhz bands (e: in the us)? theres a ton of dirt cheap parts on DX that work with microcontrollers. they seem like they've have very low power but if it will piss off some greybeard in my town then i either wont do that or will do it even harder and smuggier than before the 433mhz subband is also an allocation and these things are 100% legal. actually almost all of the 70cm band is secondary allocation, iirc. maybe its just big chunks of it, forget for sure
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Mar 4, 2014 01:01
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passed tech and general  
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toot
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PuTTY riot posted:passed tech and general grats that was my day 1, too. the general is just like tech::extended anyway imho, if you can learn/cram tech you can put in another 10% of the effort including the general question set.
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hell yeah bro
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Sniep posted:grats this is true why did this thread get voted down from 5?
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also my china boat SDR dongles get here today.
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