[aklug] Re: Hams?

It's a good bet what the old-timer wants is access to the HF bands. A
friend of mine in San Diego has a newer Ten-Tec radio that has an
ethernet interface and a (Windows) client program. He gave me a login so
I could try it out. I tuned my radio downstairs to something like
14.010MHz and turned up the volume. I went back upstairs, tuned the
Ten-Tec client program (running under VirtualBox) for 14.010MHz, set the
mode for CW, and typed on the keyboard. I could hear the faint morse
code coming up from San Diego on the radio, delayed by a fraction of a
second. I tried it in the other direction with equal success.

I once heard about a ham radio club that has a station in Hawaii that is
built with remote operation in mind, with the members scattered around
the country. I looked but couldn't find any info about it.

Alternatively - people can get very creative stringing antennas up
inside small residential units. People sometimes connect their 100W
radios to rain gutters, bed springs, etc. Not ideal, but probably more
fun than using someone else's radio over the internet. The newer HF
radios, power supplies, and antenna tuners are so small that smuggling
them in and using them should not be a problem.

On 09/28/2011 08:19 AM, Tim Johnson wrote:
> * Christopher Howard<christopher.howard@frigidcode.com> [110928 07:50]:
>> Perchance, are any of the AKLUGers also amateur radio enthusiasts?
>>
>> I got a Technician license back in '04, but unfortunately was inactive
>> because I couldn't afford any equipment. Still can't afford any
>> equipment, but I'm trying to get back into it anyway. I would also like
>> to get licensed for Morse code.
> Not me, but this is a thread of interest to me for two reasons:
>
> 1)We have an elderly neighbor who is a ham radio operator and it
> is a major source of comfort for him. Because of his health, he is
> trying to get into a facility where he can get some care, but I
> doubt that he can take his gear with him.
> . Is there any sort of computer interface into the ham radio
> community(communities)?
>
> 2)What may be of interest to you is that I am currently reading a
> book that is recently published by a fellow who lives in Palmer
> part of the time:
> http://www.amazon.com/Wi-Fi-Bad-Boys-Radio-Technology/dp/1457505606/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1317226646&sr=1-2
> It is a good read. Starts with ham radio.
>
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Received on Thu Sep 29 20:20:47 2011