Amateur (Ham) Radio BS and Callsign Thread!

Someone hop on IRLP 7758 in Kodiak, AK. Got my HT with me right now..

 

Were you on the the Win-Sys about 45 ago?

 

Roger..

I'm on 7758 most of the time, just have the radio on.

 

You're doing pollock? I'm from Kodiak.

 

What's your call-sign.

 

Haha weird.. Small world

KG7DVI.

Used to live here for a couple of years, now I just drive a boat home ported here.

Like I said, usually monitoring the 7758 repeater.

 

Just ordered a Yaesu FT-897D and an LDG tuner!

 

Seems like the majority all ready know that! Must come with the radio instructions. Let's see, dang I don't see that in the tech class study book I must be missing some thing.

 

You'll like the tuner don't panic the first time it tunes it will sound like it's going to blow up but after awhile it will generally make a match if the antenna is any where near close.

 

Time for a new battery for my Icom IC-T7H HT. Got the low battery indicator and heard a click, the case is starting to split. Batteries must be swelling, not even gonna try to charge it. Ordered a new battery from Batteries America.

Thankfully I received my Kenwood Th-D72A this past Tuesday.

 

Sweet, I'll keep an ear out. I left after highschool in 97.

 

Anyone running a screwdriver? Any pics how you mounted it to the truck?

 

Google Scorpian antenna or tarheel antenna, they both have large galleries of their antennas installed.

 

Awesome! Thank you.

 

Just signed up for tech class with the local club.

 

When I had a screwdriver on my Nissan, I used a ball mount and made a bracket for the insulator.

 

Is is funny that I can still remember my stepfather's call sign from around 1980? KCY5856 was his call sign. I not only remember his HUGE rigs, but I actually still have some of his old equipment. Some of it is ancient! I remember listening to him talk skip to Korea a LOT. (He was stationed in Korea during the Korean war.

 

Awesome, good luck.

That's really cool. Tubes are getting hard and hard to come buy, so that stuff is going to be worth it's weight in gold some day.

What about you? Your stepfather's hobby rub off on you at all?

 

Not really. I never got into it myself since CBs no longer required a license to operate, and were so popular. It is interesting, but it hasn't drawn me in to it yet. Wouldn't rule it out in the future though.