Ham radio

[poltiregist]

I've been a ham for 14 years and everyone I talk to , talk just like they would if you met them in WalMart. Goofy how ?

I am not trying to belittle anyone and perhaps it is me that talks funny . I actually did have a guy to walk around the town of Salmon Idaho hunting for me , just to hear me talk , as he had already run into my wife down the street and found her so humors that he wanted to hear what I sounded like . Actually a group of folks gathered around my wife just to get her to talk and listen to her accent .

 

[unclelevi]

I am not trying to belittle anyone and perhaps it is me that talks funny . I actually did have a guy to walk around the town of Salmon Idaho hunting for me , just to hear me talk , as he had already run into my wife down the street and found her so humors that he wanted to hear what I sounded like . Actually a group of folks gathered around my wife just to get her to talk and listen to her accent .

I know an Irish gal like that. Her accent is so thick you really have to listen to understand her. She's a JOY to listen to.

 

[Dave2001]

I am new to Ham radio . I have my base station up and operational . However I don't have my license yet so
I just sit back browse and say nothing . When my prepper site work load diminishes in a month or so , I plan to study the Ham test book that I have and make a try for the license . A concern that I have though listening to some of the stuff on the radio , conclude they talk goofy . Why don't they talk like a normal person would talk ? Maybe that is the way people talk these days , as I don't leave the Ozark Hills very often .

When you study for your ham lisc you will learn what the GOOFY talk is!!

 

[Captjim_NM]

QTH - location
QSY - change frequency
QRN - natural interfearance
QRM - Manmade interfearance
some of the more common abrevations

 

[user 7000]

 

[poltiregist]

A question or two on a Ham radio set up . I pick up all over the United States and occasionally beyond but many transmissions I hear or not clear and some are clear and was wondering if my set up could be improved . Are those garbled transmissions I hear coming from mobile units or weak stations or perhaps it is my station " 300 watt " My antenna sets on my metal roof which the roof is over 300 foot in the air facing one direction , as the house sits on the edge of a cliff . The antenna appears to be made to be not grounded as it has insulators separating the antenna from the supporting pipe . As of now though I ran a wire from my metal roof to the antenna thinking it might help transmit and receive and utilize the entire roof . -- I ran a ground wire from the antenna to a ground rod but that seemed to make things worse so for now it remains ungrounded .

 

[poltiregist]

Something else that I have been trying to figure out - My radio has channels one through forty with a red lite C on the channel viewer and then when I punch the Manuel button , it goes to channels with six digits that also occasionally I find transmissions . Why is this ?

 

[user 7000]

Something else that I have been trying to figure out - My radio has channels one through forty with a red lite C on the channel viewer and then when I punch the Manuel button , it goes to channels with six digits that also occasionally I find transmissions . Why is this ?

What radio and antenna are you using?

 

[Captjim_NM]

Sounds like you are using a CB radio. Amateur radio operators use uppersideband above 10 mhz. and lower sideband below 10 mhz. A ground wire from the radio to earth ground should not extend more than 1/4 wavelength. What kind of radio are you using and what is your SWR reading accross the band.

 

[poltiregist]

radio is a ranger RCI-2995 DX CF -- AM/ FM /SSB/CW 10 &12 meter --- antenna is a 20 meter vertical antenna overall capable height 17 feet according to my Manuel the antenna can be used for 20 meters , 17 meters , 15 meters and 12 meters To be more specific the antenna is from Comteck systems with the numbers com-20VA -- I know my SWR is not that good , right now it is over 4 and my needle isn't actually reaching the set area for the SWR --- I too have wondered if those channels 1 through 40 or CB and perhaps the 6 digit stations HAM .



















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[user 7000]

radio is a ranger RCI-2995 DX CF -- AM/ FM /SSB/CW 10 &12 meter --- antenna is a 20 meter vertical antenna overall capable height 17 feet according to my Manuel the antenna can be used for 20 meters , 17 meters , 15 meters and 12 meters To be more specific the antenna is from Comteck systems with the numbers com-20VA -- I know my SWR is not that good , right now it is over 4 and my needle isn't actually reaching the set area for the SWR --- I too have wondered if those channels 1 through 40 or CB and perhaps the 6 digit stations HAM .



















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The six digit read out is a frequency counter, it shows you the channel number in Mhz. You need to get an antenna for the 11 meter band. Or you could get a manual tuner and fool the radio into accepting a decent SWR but your signal will be reduced. You really want an antenna specifically tuned to he CB bands.

 

[poltiregist]

Thanks guys , that explained a lot to me .