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[jims-terrano]

It's like you guys are speaking Klingon :lol

Nope, its just QRM :lol:lol

 

[Paff]

Not QRN then?

QSL?

 

[jims-terrano]

QRM is man made and QRN is natural

Dunno if QSL manager has any postage of mine, not used my call for yonks

 

[Paff]

QRM is man made and QRN is natural

Yeah I know

 

[MicraShed]

QSK...

When I was at college in the 80's (BTec Electronics) everyone on my course was a ham radio operator and I became quite interested in SSTV which was starting out at that time though I only got as far as doing my morse exam before losing interest and discovering girls.

I used 27meg and bomber band CB quite a bit priding myself on the odd occasion when the unit twig location and skip were exactly right to do some decent DX work before sacking that off and picking up a pair of flashed PMR's for local contact work with my other half (before mobile phones were commonplace).

I keep looking at cheap hand held units on the bay and wondering if I shouldnt pick one up and see whats going on out there in 2m land.

 

[briggie]

QSK...

When I was at college in the 80's (BTec Electronics) everyone on my course was a ham radio operator and I became quite interested in SSTV which was starting out at that time though I only got as far as doing my morse exam before losing interest and discovering girls.

I used 27meg and bomber band CB quite a bit priding myself on the odd occasion when the unit twig location and skip were exactly right to do some decent DX work before sacking that off and picking up a pair of flashed PMR's for local contact work with my other half (before mobile phones were commonplace).

I keep looking at cheap hand held units on the bay and wondering if I shouldnt pick one up and see whats going on out there in 2m land.

cheap Chinese h/t out there for about £30 these days 5w too

 

[MicraShed]

Dont hold a licence any more and doubt my old morse exam cert is valid - anyone know if its a case of just paying my £10 and re-registering and getting my old call sign back -
M3RFV?

 

[rustic]

amstrad 901 thats a blast from past, mid 80s ?

Blast from the present too, I still have my 901, now fitted in cubby hole under the ash tray.

Very few people have their "ears on" these days, and those that do, hog the breaking channels, 14 and 19 and swear like mad.

I originally bought mine from Dixons in the 80's, when it was first legalised, used to be great on the motorways, for 10-13's better than any modern traffic master, as you could get instant information for your road ahead.

 

[jims-terrano]

Dont hold a licence any more and doubt my old morse exam cert is valid - anyone know if its a case of just paying my £10 and re-registering and getting my old call sign back -
M3RFV?

Your morse never expired though there is no requirement for the "Full" license as it is now called. To get your old callsign back you may have to provide proof it was yours. Check out the OFCOM web site or phone them, actually a govt dept that really are helpful too.
Once you have your license back it is now for life so no renewing every year. All you have to do is revalidate every 5 years or less at no extra charge. Dam good value for money i have to say.

Looking at your callsign you did the morse appreciation as part of your foundation trainging/assessment so forget about it dont worry.

Get logged on to ofcom and see if it lets you reactivate that callsign.

 

[MicraShed]

Looking at your callsign you did the morse appreciation as part of your foundation trainging/assessment so forget about it dont worry.

Get logged on to ofcom and see if it lets you reactivate that callsign.

You know, this is why this website needs a Facebook style "like" button :clap

 

[jims-terrano]

You know, this is why this website needs a Facebook style "like" button :clap

May be so but we are a team on here and besides that i need to check my spelling more often.:doh

 

[MicraShed]

Ah don't worry about spelling. I can't spell to save my life. When I was at school in the early 70's I learned something called ITA and it's crippled my ability to spell ever since. It's not held me back though.

Sent from my GT-I8190N using Tapatalk

 

[briggie]

This reminds me I need to sort a separation kit for the 8800 for the new motor. Might even stick the kit in for the 857 too, what do you reckon Pete?

go for it mate , live dangerously lol

 

[jims-terrano]

Im going to Pete, I bought some roof rails off cnc last week. When i get them fitted I will mount the aerials on them, will probably fit dedicated earths for the Atas. Will need to run some dedicated power cables into the boot too, thats for August when I get back from France and Belgium.

73s

 

[briggie]

Im going to Pete, I bought some roof rails off cnc last week. When i get them fitted I will mount the aerials on them, will probably fit dedicated earths for the Atas. Will need to run some dedicated power cables into the boot too, thats for August when I get back from France and Belgium.

73s

yh , the atas needs a good earth or it wont tune efficiently ,earth to chassis mate too :thumb2

 

[briggie]

still got my 817 nd jim , but I don't need oodles of power up here :naughty

 

[jims-terrano]

Still like those Pete:thumb2

Hardly use ham bands now, too busy with other stuff and will chat to you about that face to face at the meet next week.