Hi

[screamineagle]

Kinda new been hanging around for a little while. 08 Ford Superduty 6.4l.

08 Colorado 5th wheel. Only got in one trip since purchased last October, but looking forward to this year (if I can afford the diesel fuel:mad: )

Ham radio operator for the past 20 years or so. Have 2m and 440 and 6 in truck right now, nothing set up in house but still thinking about it, KA8DJN! Just outside of Akron, Ohio in City of Green.

[whodo]

screamineagle
Welcome to the forums. We are starting to get a fair number of hams on the forum now.

[ncbounder]

Hey Screamineagle and whodo:

I am NJ4B here in North Carolina. I have been off and on the RVSpace since it started and still trying to find my way around.

I guess there are not too many hams around anymore. I am not radio-active like I used to be, but try to stay in touch with whats going on. I have a low band rig that I have used mobile in the past, but not recently. And I also have a hand held 2m/440 dual bander that has not been out of the closet in a couple of years now. Maybe I'll use this as an incentive to get it back out and see whats out there these days.

73...

[whodo]

ncbounder
Welcome and it's about time you at least made 1 post to the forum :D

Like your self I haven't been all that active in recent years, still have a antique Yaesu 301AD for the low bands in the MH that gets turned on once or twice a year when I happen to be some where that I can string out a long-wire or possible a inverted V from a tree or ??

I gave up on 2M a long time ago, it started sounding like 27mhz durning the early 70's.
I still have a Midland 13-509 for 220Mhz.

[kroving]

;) Hi Y'all
Come on you guys, now is the time to get paracticed up on your operating skills and ready for the sun spots to come back. :D I to am not as active, as I should be, on HF. I have this sort of new screw driver that I m trying to get used to. I want to get the MFJ memory screw driver controler. I am quite active on VHF. We have left FL now and are in west central GA. near our son's home for a couple of weeks. Then will continue on to south central KY for a large part of the sumer. VHF is nice because you can meet some of the locals where ever you are and keep up with bad weather. :rolleyes:

Dave
KJ4OR

[whodo]

Your right "Dave" with the new sun spot cycle starting going to have to get some new equipment and get more active. It's been years since I've been on 2 meters (about 20 yrs actually) how is it now? Are the repeaters still being abused? or can you actually use them the way they were intended?

[kroving]

Great to hear from you again. The rptrs. are a bit different than the HF bands. You must remember that many of those who use them have VHF and up only licenses and have never ben on HF. It's not that they are CB'ers that are on the wrong band, many were CB'ers who wanted something better, and so some of thier operating "jargon" is a cary over. They are, however, very good hams in the true sence of the fraternity. Most rptrs. now have "sub audible" tone control. This is not to keep people out, rather to reduce interference between people using a differant rptr on the same freq.. Different rptrs. do have different "flavors" some are very frendly;) and some are not,:mad: just like some HF QSOs:rolleyes: . You need a curent repeter guid book to know what tone to set up. I have and love a Yaesu ft8900. It is a double, it has two xcevers in one case. I can monitor two different freqs. (rptrs.) at the same time and talk on either one at will. It is a great rig:D .
It can be very usefull to be on a local reptr. as you travel, you can get very acurate info from a local about roaads and directions.

Hope this helps
Dave

[karyljm]

Yes I am afraid we all have to get use to the price we have to pay at the pump.I don't think there are any plans of it going down. Unless we can get them to start pumping in the US.:eek: