Forum: Bands & Modes

Hi. I'm new and not yet a licensed ham radio user. I got interested in radios from when I started building circuits from kits. One of my favourites...

Being situated just under 2 miles from the sea front in St Leonards, Hastings and fairly high up, with a Triband antenna in the attic, I can often...

Hello all! I'm very new to amateur radio; I don't even have my license yet. However, I do have a question about packet radio: why is it so slow? ...

Hi all, Now, you can tester a new digital mode for Ham Radio Operators that uses military techniques: http://rosmodem.wordpress.com/ ...

Though having been a SWL for some 60 years after failing an attempt at the RAE many years ago, I managed to summon up the energy to attempt just the...

The call signs stored by http://www.qrz.com/ on their Database are obviously posted purely voluntary, so thousands must be missing. Is there another...

I am now streaming live audio from my HF transceiver located in Southeast London to the internet. The radio is tuned to the 20m PSK31 frequency and...

Hi there, I'm not actually an amateur operator but I was using somebody's radio scanner today and I came across some strange noises at 153.022MHz. It...

Mine has to be DRM on 2m followed by RTTY on 20m then SSB on 80m

Hi all, I need some help with decoding APRS protocol files. First I don't have a file to experience decoding on, so can someone please post a...

Anybody on 4m? I tried it briefly when my grandad got a rig for it....was dead, if you wanted a QSO you had to phone somebody up :mrgreen:

Hello, This is my first post, as I am studying for my tech. license, would like to know which are the best bands or frequencies used to get in...

upgrading to general next month. I want to be able to talk to my friend in Ohio 500 miles away. I was thinking about an 80/40 dipole for nvis. ...

Fast Shipping! Ordered it on Monday. Arrived on Wednesday. Follow the directions for setup exactly as described, took 20 minutes from opening the box...

Title says it all really, whats the cheapest way to start out on RTTY?

I've got a yaesu ft 290. Does USB and LSB. I've hooked it up to the line in on the computer, and am using HAM radio Deluxe (Digital Master 780) as...

I was directed to a very nice short news video from the BBC regarding Morse Code and thought I'd share the link with everyone. Enjoy! ...

Anyone with any experience with 136khz? I keep thinking about this band and the challenges it pose's to getting on it. Sean / M0GIA

Anyone in the Surrey/South West London area using a Wouxon Handie? What's the Farnham 4M repeater like? Much activity???