Got licensed as a General in 2014 maybe? I was active for a minute or two. I bought a bunch of GMRS, Marine Band, and commercial stuff, as well. I hold two Contractors Licenses in California, and I’m an EMT, so I’ve been pretty busy and havent been involved with amateur radio for awhile. Im dumping all my commercial gear and most of the hodgepodge of random stuff I accumulated, and I’m going to get a little bit of basic amateur gear, and get my radios hooked back up. I see stuff has... Read more ..read more

I'm looking for a line of sight tool that includes earth curvature ..read more

I'm not an amateur radio buff, but I saw this news segment on my local WCAX news station tonight and thought I'd pass it along to those who may find it interesting. Made in Vermont ..read more

HDSDR connected to a IC-9100. When tuning, the Top waterfall display moves and the tuning point below is static. This is opposite to all transceivers and is annoying. Please how change it so the waterfall is stationary and the tuning point moves. There have been many requests on several forums on this but never a complete answer. Even a statement that its not possible would save wasting more time ..read more

Back on 19 January 2016, I started this thread about learning Morse Code: If you want to learn code, do NOT do this... If you want to learn code, do NOT do this... Do not learn code at 5 words per minute (WPM). Read this article to find out why. (Reprinted with permission - copied at the end): SO YOU WANT TO LEARN MORSE CODE Forget Frustration: Gain Valuable Morse Skills And Increase Your Amateur-Radio... forums.radioreference.com That generated some good discussion and some of the participants set off to learn Morse Code. Are you all still around here and did you succeed in learning Mo ..read more

Today I received a postcard from ARRL HQ saying that I had two options: 1) Read my magazines on-line (QST and QEX are my subscriptions) 0r 2) Cough up an additional $25 to continue to get printed magazines. I would have to log in and "Add Print Delivery" to my subscription. They can't do this. On August 1st, I already renewed my subscriptions on line, and nowhere does it say they are for other than printed magazines. If you received such a card and have renewed this year already, don't... Read more ..read more

I more of less know what it means, but I don't see where that would come into play here. I did a search and found this old thread; Simplex vs. Semi-Duplex As I understand it Simplex is just radio to radio correct? What is Semi-Duplex? Radio to radio + Repeater? forums.radioreference.com but that really didn't answer the question. I was reading a review of a Alinco DR-735T elsewhere and he stated this; The Alinco DR-735T is the only current-production radio I know of that supports cross-band full-duplex Click to expand... When one is transmitting, why would they want to hear... Read m ..read more

Look what popped up on YouTube today. Seems like Josh has a pretty level-headed approach ..read more

To preface, Im still a complete novice in the Ham radio world, only getting licensed earlier this year so I'd guess my problem is pretty basic. Over the summer I moved my Diamond X-30A from my second floor room to my attic and got great results! Repeaters I couldn't hit before were now in the clear. With the start of school for me however I had to take a break and focus on my studies. Now however I have some more time on my hands and I thought I'd tune in to some NTS nets and send some... Read more ..read more

Quick question when receiving AO-91 do I need to put a 67.0Hz ctcss tone or no ..read more