n0ndv
Tue 12th Aug 2008, 03:18
hello from west central florida everybody. name is bill
im just another grumpy old rf junkie. been playing with radio of some kind for 45 years. i been sorta away from radio and hamming for about 7 years and just getting back active. life had me busy for a few years and no time for radio. been in florida now for about 12 years or so originally from the midwest hence the n0ndv call.
im really a digital freak that was where i spent the 1st 5 or 6 years of my ham hobby. but it started going away few years back so now i dont use digital much. now days i hang on 75/160 meter ssb. not a dx chaser or contester im a ragchewer and can bend an ear when i get going. about all i do now days is hf. have vhf/uhf junk here but im not a repeater sort of guy i like simplex and since i been in florida there isnt much there on simplex so i just sorta once in awhile listen to the local repeaters. packet likewise is dead where i am so i dont even bother turning that on.
been pretty busy throwing up wire and antennas last month as we moved while i was away from the hobby. but finally sorta got everything together. im a wire antenna freak and constantly experimenting with the wire. i cant stop myself im addicted to wire wrapped around my feet. in my radio years ive used about every form of antenna there is and decided id never buy another 1 about 20 years ago. so i build em. use what i got.
equipment seldom changes here ive had same junk for years its just all been in storage awhile.
icom 746 for 20mtr thru 160mtr
ameritron al-811 hf amp
alinco dx-70 mobile hf and 6 mtr i work 12 meter lots and thats the rig i use there
kenwood tm-741a uhf/vhf fm
kenwood tm-231a used forever on vhf packet
an older kam ive had for 20 years for my data work
antennas nothing special there. im a believer in resonate antennas or close as i can get. hf wire is a fan dipole res wires on 160/75/40/20/15 on the 746 and 811ive always went back to the fan dipole or a novice dipole the old guys in the hobby call it. seems thats about eziest and best for me. and makin em res helps keep the neighbors watching tv instead of yelling at me.
an old homemade cb 5/8 vertical on the alinco gets me 10/12 mtr
thats pretty much it and i bet you all are glad im finally going to shut up huh. :lol: told ya i was a ragchewer now didnt i. sorta home frequencies are 3.838/14.266/24.965/28.400 and i roam everywhere on 160mtr. nice group of florida locals on 3838 if ya can stop in some evening. i hang out on 28.400 with an old beat up uniden 2510 and a crappy dipole mostly just to catch my buds from kansas when 10 is fired up. most of them up there dont use anything but 10mtr.
nice place ya all got here and btw i found you off eham.net. nice to meet everybody. and im finally going to shut up lol.
im just another grumpy old rf junkie. been playing with radio of some kind for 45 years. i been sorta away from radio and hamming for about 7 years and just getting back active. life had me busy for a few years and no time for radio. been in florida now for about 12 years or so originally from the midwest hence the n0ndv call.
im really a digital freak that was where i spent the 1st 5 or 6 years of my ham hobby. but it started going away few years back so now i dont use digital much. now days i hang on 75/160 meter ssb. not a dx chaser or contester im a ragchewer and can bend an ear when i get going. about all i do now days is hf. have vhf/uhf junk here but im not a repeater sort of guy i like simplex and since i been in florida there isnt much there on simplex so i just sorta once in awhile listen to the local repeaters. packet likewise is dead where i am so i dont even bother turning that on.
been pretty busy throwing up wire and antennas last month as we moved while i was away from the hobby. but finally sorta got everything together. im a wire antenna freak and constantly experimenting with the wire. i cant stop myself im addicted to wire wrapped around my feet. in my radio years ive used about every form of antenna there is and decided id never buy another 1 about 20 years ago. so i build em. use what i got.
equipment seldom changes here ive had same junk for years its just all been in storage awhile.
icom 746 for 20mtr thru 160mtr
ameritron al-811 hf amp
alinco dx-70 mobile hf and 6 mtr i work 12 meter lots and thats the rig i use there
kenwood tm-741a uhf/vhf fm
kenwood tm-231a used forever on vhf packet
an older kam ive had for 20 years for my data work
antennas nothing special there. im a believer in resonate antennas or close as i can get. hf wire is a fan dipole res wires on 160/75/40/20/15 on the 746 and 811ive always went back to the fan dipole or a novice dipole the old guys in the hobby call it. seems thats about eziest and best for me. and makin em res helps keep the neighbors watching tv instead of yelling at me.
an old homemade cb 5/8 vertical on the alinco gets me 10/12 mtr
thats pretty much it and i bet you all are glad im finally going to shut up huh. :lol: told ya i was a ragchewer now didnt i. sorta home frequencies are 3.838/14.266/24.965/28.400 and i roam everywhere on 160mtr. nice group of florida locals on 3838 if ya can stop in some evening. i hang out on 28.400 with an old beat up uniden 2510 and a crappy dipole mostly just to catch my buds from kansas when 10 is fired up. most of them up there dont use anything but 10mtr.
nice place ya all got here and btw i found you off eham.net. nice to meet everybody. and im finally going to shut up lol.