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10-11-2005, 02:34 PM | #1 | |||
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G'Day guys.
I have been studying recently for my Advanced Amatuer Radio Licence, and was just wondering if there were many other HAMs on FF.au. If so, what level licence have you got and whats your VK? What kinda rig do you use? do you get into other HAM related activities like Amatuer Television and weather stuff?
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10-11-2005, 04:36 PM | #2 | ||
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10-11-2005, 04:58 PM | #4 | |||
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10-11-2005, 05:29 PM | #7 | ||
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10-11-2005, 08:13 PM | #8 | ||
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10-11-2005, 08:41 PM | #9 | ||
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10-11-2005, 08:44 PM | #10 | ||
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Oh I thought you meant amatuer radio like shoutcast stuff...
The only ham I know of is the one they put on my pizza.
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10-11-2005, 08:47 PM | #11 | ||
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I have no idea what any of you just said.
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10-11-2005, 08:51 PM | #12 | ||
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And you guys had a go at those of us who can type in 1337??
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10-11-2005, 09:06 PM | #13 | ||
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10-11-2005, 09:17 PM | #14 | |||
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As for morse code its long gone and I never could get the coke bottle and the blind cord to act together.
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10-11-2005, 09:22 PM | #15 | ||
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10-11-2005, 10:53 PM | #17 | ||
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Oh no, a morse war.....
Young'un asked if there were any hams on the forum. So far only one has actually answered him. As far as morse being dead, well I have worked ZL & FK8 on 70cm, ZL, FK8 & P29 on 2m and half of Europe, North & South America and most of Asia on 6m. Try doing that on voice..... Morse is what you use when everything else fails. But then it is just a hobby, some enjoy it others can't see any sense in it. But then I heard there was a person once who thought that modding cars, dragging and dropping burnouts was really weird too. |
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11-11-2005, 08:10 AM | #18 | ||
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VK2UP (20+ years). Various stuff in storage as I currently live in apartment block, which makes it difficult.
Hope you do OK in the exam, it's a great hobby. The DOC is slowly dragging it down to the level of CB. Only two real levels left now and no CW. I guess the theory will be next to go, then regs, then its open slather LoL. 73
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11-11-2005, 12:41 PM | #19 | |||
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I hope I do okay in the exam too... I have been studying Swainstons like a man possessed!
I intend to teach myself morse one day, but I must say I agree with it being removed from the exam. Morse was the major thing stopping people from attaining thier VK, and now that that is removed, more people will be able to get into the hobby. Once they're in they can be nagged into learning morse!
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11-11-2005, 12:44 PM | #20 | |||
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11-11-2005, 01:17 PM | #21 | |||
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BTW Charliewool... you misspelt the first word of your post... ;)
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11-11-2005, 01:37 PM | #22 | |||
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We once had a high standard and it was easy to get a reciprocal call in another country if you held a VK full call, but since dropping the CW I am not sure this is still the case.
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11-11-2005, 01:52 PM | #23 | |||
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11-11-2005, 02:20 PM | #24 | |||
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Couple of typo's. First and last letters LoL.
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11-11-2005, 02:35 PM | #25 | |||
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Hmmmm, bit rusty on the Y's hey?.... Thanks for that
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