Hello Tim,

I only have the pictures you can see on the page. The antenna works great. I can hear repeaters far away that the rubber-ducky antenna doesn't even pick up...

Gil.

Those guys are bleeding all over the Maritime Net on 14300 right now transmitting on 14299.. Don't they know anything?

Quote"Contacts logged within plus/minus 2.5kHz of 14300mHz will be disallowed and the station shall be ineligible to submit a contest log for consideration for 1 year from that date for any (sanctioning-body) event."

That would be a great rule!

Gil.

Hello,

I think travel would be both restricted and risky. Traveling by road would certainly be a no-no.
I would only travel on foot, at night, avoiding roads, and only if I had to.
The problem with stocking stuff at home is that it can be taken, by the authorities or looters.
Looters, we all know how to deal with. The authorities, you can't deal with in the same manner.
What happened during Katrina is a prime example.
In one episode of Doomsday Preppers (I know, I know...) a woman had stashed food everywhere around her house, in places nobody would have guessed. Very smart... Even if looters would have found some, most of it would have remained hidden. Another problem is that you can be "evacuated" for "your own good," whether you want to or not.. Another can of worms...
I wouldn't worry about antennas, most people have no idea what a dipole is and think all antennas are vertical. I would have a sacrificial old radio in plain view, the rest hidden.
Any piece of wire can be thrown up a tree to make an antenna. That's why i have internal automatic tuners in my two Elecrafts.
This is not to suggest anything against the law, on the contrary. Those are just precautions against law breakers, and nothing more.

Gil.

Ray, if you could have only one band on a boat, which one would use take?

Gil.

I would say in order:

• Security
• Water
• Shelter
• Food

You can go a long time without food.

Gil.

Yep, I took refuge in the lower part of 40m. Even there, I had to find some empty space between 3kHz wide SSB signals in the CW section! Operators who couldn't go there were SOOL. I just don't understand it. Just like plane spotting... Plain weird. They can contest all they want for all I care, but when a contest takes up all the bands for days, I say ENOUGH!

Gil.

QuoteUnfortunately, technology has pretty much eliminated the ability to rebel against a modern government.

Not quite so. Look at Afghanistan... There are plenty of people around the world doing so. That said, we must do everything we can to avoid getting to that point. I would even suggest not discussing things like that here. Unfortunately, people do not seem to know that there are other parties than Democrats and Republicans, but they will not vote for them. I am convinced that a Libertarian president could save the United States, but voters are too concerned about what little inconsequential and immediate small benefits their candidates promise them. Then, and I shouldn't even mention that, there are religious issues at play. Religion is one's own business and should not mix with politics. It's in the Constitution. Not only should we have separation of Church and State, but Also separation of business and State. Neither will ever happen. Still, we must vote for the best possible candidate, and unfortunately, it isn't one of those two puppets everyone is debating about. Sad thing is, people will get what they deserve, what they voted for, what they said nothing against. What annoys me is that when the SHTF, I'll get splattered too, all because most of the population are fools. Give a rowdy kid a box of matches, he will set something on fire... We are the parents. There is no point in spanking the kid after the house has burned down. We simply must not give him dangerous toys to play with in the first place.

Revolution? Not me. I'm planning on survival, and revolution doesn't promote survival. If I owned a big chunk of land and had built my house on it, I would be prepared, but I have nothing. I can simply turn around and leave if I don't like where things are going.

Tim is right, there are better ways, like speaking your mind, and spreading knowledge.

So, no more of the "R" word here please, and if you guys want to talk politics, keep it clean and civil, that's fine. Thank you.

Gil.

The problem is, they were all over the band, even the Extra CW lower part between 7.0 and 7.025. Unbelievable...
This morning I hear one calling CQ on 14300 during the Maritime Net!

Gil.

Hi Ray,

Congratulations on completing the kit. What frequencies did you end-up getting? Mine transmits on 7028.1 and 7028.8. We should try a RM-to-RM SQL one night when the conditions are good..

Gil.

I'm calling CQ tonight with the RM40 and get picked-up by a reverse beacon 1368 miles away! All the while listening to a song by Journey.. Thanks to the Rock-Mite wide-as-a-barn-door filtering. Gotta love the Rock-Mite  ::)

Gil.

And there we go again! It's Friday night and the whole 40m band, including CW part is flooded with SSB contesters.
Contesting is killing Ham radio. Maybe not economically, contesters buy radios, but in essence it is.

Gil.

I don't believe the elections would spark any civil unrest either..

What about using the plug used to charge the battery? Get a similar plug and connect the wire to the negative pin...?

Gil.

Hello,

About Morse code, I think the methods remain the same. The Koch method seems to be the most widely used, though it is pretty difficult. I used "Ham Morse" for iPod, and it is a great program. Probably similar to G4FON. lcwo.net helped me quite a bit as well. Now, if there is one word of advise I can give anyone after my experience learning Morse is that you should not go below 15wpm. I now can copy only 7wpm, and there aren't many people answering my calls... I am starting a second round of Koch at 15wpm, but it is a pain to have to do it a second time... For me Morse though is a self imposed requirement and I want to achieve at least 20wpm head-copy. So far it has been much harder than passing all exams at once. If the code requirement had still be in place, I would not be where I am today. I think there should be at least a 5wpm requirement, mind you. Radio just isn't radio without Morse Code. The Ham motto "When all else fails" must have been thought of with CW in mind. Without it, you have only half of the medal...

Gil.

Thanks Randy, glad you found the site  :)

Gil.