Possible new hobby

[Tnhawk]

Kind of like Women...
Had a friend that once said that every 10 years he got the urge to buy some woman a house...

I worked with a person who did that 7 times

 

[ULEWZ]

Hate to say on a gun forum but in the time since retiring ham radio has gotten more of my time and money than guns.

I have hoa restrictions on my property, so my ham radio gear just sits in a box. Use to have a Force 12 C4 beam on my 38 foot tower, but alas, no more. My extra class license is just a nice to have now.

 

[no2gates]

I have hoa restrictions on my property, so my ham radio gear just sits in a box. Use to have a Force 12 C4 beam on my 38 foot tower, but alas, no more. My extra class license is just a nice to have now.

I have HOA restrictions too, but just have a 20' vertical in the backyard that can't be seen from the road.
It's no beam, but I've made hundreds of contacts in Europe, Japan, Russia, and South America.

 

[Tnhawk]

I have HOA restrictions too, but just have a 20' vertical in the backyard that can't be seen from the road.
It's no beam, but I've made hundreds of contacts in Europe, Japan, Russia, and South America.

I'm also under HOA restrictions. I'm using an inverted vee at 25 feet. I plan to raise this higher and use the roof gutters as an antenna as well.

 

[unicom]

Got my technician license and will be testing Monday for my general license. Programing with chirp is much easier the on the radio.


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[no2gates]

Got my technician license and will be testing Monday for my general license. Programing with chirp is much easier the on the radio.


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Chirp is a huge time saver. Makes it nice when you travel to pre-load the repeaters where you are travelling through to your radio.

 

[Tnhawk]

Got my technician license and will be testing Monday for my general license. Programing with chirp is much easier the on the radio.


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Do a few practice tests on QRZ.com before taking the General Test. Good luck!

 

[Lead Belly]

Anybody ever try the slinky dipole antenna? I even have a brass slinky but never got around to try- HOA and is pretty flat around here. Might just go for it and wait for the warning letter and play dumb.

SLINKY ANTENNA

 

[no2gates]

Anybody ever try the slinky dipole antenna? I even have a brass slinky but never got around to try- HOA and is pretty flat around here. Might just go for it and wait for the warning letter and play dumb.

SLINKY ANTENNA

I've done it as my first try at an antenna in the attic. Didn't work well at all since the attic roof insulation has metal foil backing turning the attic into a Faraday cage. Outside it worked better, but had to use PVC pipe to keep it from drooping onto the ground.
Finally got a 20' vertical and nobody could notice it.

 

[unicom]

Do a few practice tests on QRZ.com before taking the General Test. Good luck!

I’m using game radio prep app and it has been very helpful in getting me ready. The practice test aren’t the same questions and answers over and over again. I like that it changes up questions and even redoes the order of the multiple choice answers so you can’t just memorize the questions and answers.


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[Texasjack]

Urban and suburban restrictions make me think of the antenna that would raise up from inside a flag pole on Hogan's Heroes.

 

[Steve In Texas]

HOA other restrictions are supposed to allow exemptions for television antennas. Some of those huge television antennas with an antenna matcher and a bit of redesign can blend in many places.

I have my ham license and have using it more on the project list.

 

[Tnhawk]

HOA other restrictions are supposed to allow exemptions for television antennas. Some of those huge television antennas with an antenna matcher and a bit of redesign can blend in many places.

I have my ham license and have using it more on the project list.

I'm in a HOA and have a 100 foot wire antenna at 30 feet. It isn't easily noticed from the street due to the roofs and trees. The fiberglass mast will likely get extended to 43 feet soon. Using an Acom amplifier and a tuner I'm able to work 12, 15, 17, 20, 40 and 80 meter bands. I've never been on the 160 band so I don't miss having it.

 

[majormadmax]

Urban and suburban restrictions make me think of the antenna that would raise up from inside a flag pole on Hogan's Heroes.

 

[Tnhawk]

Urban and suburban restrictions make me think of the antenna that would raise up from inside a flag pole on Hogan's Heroes.

A flag pole antenna was on my list of options to get on the air if it became necessary. An HOA would have a very difficult time telling a vet that he couldn't fly an American Flag. Fortunately the HOA didn't present a problem.