Ham Radio

[MonkeyButt70]

Curious if there are any members that hold a amateur license? Im not a very active operator, but I do geek out once in awhile and get in and out of the hobby. I have been enjoying the DMR stuff and learning about it recently.

K6FTW

 

[sintax]

yup, I grabbed a tech license a long while back, mainly for offroad use of handhelds.

KJ6ONX

 

[J DUNN]

WB6OXI

Got my license 15 years ago. I got permission from my wife's grandfather to take over his license number. He had it since WW2 and was no longer operating. Passed away a few years later and carry it proud now.

 

[Ziggy]

Had a neighbor that was into it. No way to watch tv when he would broadcast, garbled audio & video on every TV.
I had a cb that I could send/receive to europe when conditions were perfect, usually middle of the night when local transmissions were virtually zero. Odd phenomena that I discovered by accident.

 

[BHC Vic]

Guy we bought out travel trailer was into it. Left some stuff on the trailer but I don’t know what it is.

 

[troostr]

KEI5AY (Rich) is my head mechanic at the dairy. Nice to have some equipment out here in case shit hits the fan. He's got everything from tube type to the newest stuff. He participates in all sorts of "events".

 

[STV_Keith]

K7KLL - general license.

 

[RogerThat99]

I have been thinking about getting a license.

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[sintax]

KEI5AY (Rich) is my head mechanic at the dairy. Nice to have some equipment out here in case shit hits the fan. He's got everything from tube type to the newest stuff. He participates in all sorts of "events".

ya, theres all sorts of contests and events these guys do. Its pretty cool to listen in on them and see it all go down.

 

[Carrera205]

I hop on 147.450 sometimes to listen in.

 

[mesquito_creek]

Yes I have my HAM... Main reason was 20 years ago pre cell service in Mexico. I had a land based mobile at my house in Baja and I could hit a repeater on telegraph hill in Yuma. That repeater was part of the link from San Diego to Phoenix. I was able to talk to my wife who was/is a HAM that way some 20 years ago before Cell service was good.

I still carry a Baofeng handheld at Lake Powell to hit the HAM station on the top of Navajo Mountain. That opens a link to both southern Utah and the RIM link in AZ... in case of an emergency. I never hear much on that repeater, but in one of my trucks I still have a mobile rig and it will crack open the repeater when I key it recently.

I may or may not have a wildcat cross band repeater setup in mexico that hits the pass out of Valley T, through La Ventana to Mexicali...

 

[Vector]

K9DCA. Got my license in 2017 but just recently have been using it quit a bit. I work on a repeater on Sunset Ridge sometimes.

 

[Nordie]

KG7KNE

I usually work UHF in 440 range also on DMR, and mess around on GMRS. Don't really mess around on VHF very often.

 

[01erionracing]

KJ6RKU

 

[squeezer]

KD7KT0

 

[H20 Toie]

got mine and never setup the radio

 

[LHC30]

KK6VIU Here. Had my lic for maybe 10 years and get on the wed night ham meet in Havasu now and again. I got the license for Jeeping the Rubicon and deep desert spots.

 

[BoatCop]

I was a CB geek in the '60s and early '70s. That radio experience let me use the HAM, equipment when the Coast Guard Ice Breaker I was on did phone patches and other comms from the Ice. The only time we could do it, without a full blown Amateur License holder, was above the 60th Parallel North and below the 60th Parallel South. There were about 6 of us on the ship that rotated doing it, so the home and love sick sailors could call their mommies and/or (X) girlfriends.

 

[crzy2bealive]

I’m interested in getting my license


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[intense]

KJ6IZZ Mostly use DMR and VHF for offroad

 

[racetrash]

KE6PDS

 

[Yoshiro]

My dad was big time into it, KC7T. I think he had some high level license or something to get that short call sign. Then my mom got hers so she could talk to friends in Japan as phone was expensive back then, N7ELN.

 

[coolchange]

Currently studying for it. There’s an app, HRE tech, that is a test study guide. Also a book that is very good.

 

[Nordie]

My dad was big time into it, KC7T. I think he had some high level license or something to get that short call sign. Then my mom got hers so she could talk to friends in Japan as phone was expensive back then, N7ELN.

That's working HF, means he was an Amateur Extra

 

[MonkeyButt70]

I have been thinking about getting a license.

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it is worth the effort, I like the tech aspect of the radio and figuring the systems and how they are engineered, learning is never ending if you like to tinker.

 

[MonkeyButt70]

I’m interested in getting my license


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Get it, the hobby is very welcoming and the PAPA System here in SoCal is big.

 

[MonkeyButt70]

got mine and never setup the radio

Join the PAPA System in SoCal and they have all the info and people to get you going.

 

[floatn turd]

I have a few that I'd like to get programmed to local channels for emergency use or if the shit hits the fan.

Any shops in the Chino / IE area that anyone know of?

Thank you
FT

 

[TITTIES AND BEER]

Not ham but looking into a cb Radio in my truck I drive so much it would be nice if need to take frontage roads or dirt

 

[MonkeyButt70]

I have a few that I'd like to get programmed to local channels for emergency use or if the shit hits the fan.

Any shops in the Chino / IE area that anyone know of?

Thank you
FT

Closest place to start that I know would be Ham Radio Outlet in Anaheim

 

[floatn turd]

Thank you Sir.
I'll look em up.