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Keep swimming! You got this!

Same on Phone! In some contests I do on Phone I use "Norway" for the N in my prefix as by the time I rattle off November the other end is already picking up someone else! But I mostly do cw and rtty contests and my call in cw and rtty sends quickly.

In truth, mostly my chinese is limited to hello/goodbye and "that's very bad" A smattering of phrases my army buddy taught me at DLI and Goodfellow and I returned the favor and taught him how to swear in Arabic...

For the most part I don't scan the GMRS channels, simplex or repeaters. I park on Ch. 19 for local contacts, mostly with friends and family I know and already talk to. We do hear an occasional caller asking for Radio Check or throwing their Callsign out "Listening" or "Monitoring" and I will respond. There's growing activity on this simplex channel in my neighborhood including a Net on Monday nights at 1900 local time. I have one repeater on the dual watch in the mobile, and follow as above on that channel; When I'm on either simplex or the repeater, I will also call out <MYCALL> listening and will converse with whomever, if anyone, comes back to me.

你好 Very good review - may have to look into these!

Don't forget that it's a well-known fact that antenna work in colder temps results in at least a 6 dB gain! You should also now see better results on Simplex as well.

I still have my HTX-202 from 1992, works great still. It's a veteran of the Packet Wars of 1994 as well!

Don't forget to check on your POTA log page for those fabulous, and printable should you care to, award certificates!

Why not DL it for Linux? I run it on Ubuntu and it's working very well so far, especially on 60 meters at night!

"You want fries with that?" "AGN AGN, QRZ? QRZ?"

When I first got my Tech+ upgrade in 1996, I needed an antenna for my HTX-100 at home. Went to the hardware store and bought 2 20 ft. long pieces of 1/2" galvanized conduit. Cut them down to size for 10 meters. Put it on a wooden dowel about 10' off the ground and ran it vertical. Worked all over the states and So. America, and even got Japan on that thing running a whopping 25 watts. It's amazing how you can make things that radiate for not much $$$. Sometime thereafter, I got an A-99 vertical and got it up at the same QTH up 20' with swaged antenna masts. When I got back into the hobby in 2020, still had that in the garage at the new QTH, threw it up on a 15' mast and got it working, with internal tuner on the TS-440S on 15/17 and 10m. replaced with the Comet CHA250B up 35' which does nicely on 80-6. but take the A-99 out to our "Hams in the (non POTA) Park" get togethers and it still does the job. Speaker wire, Twin Lead, lamp cord; pretty much any wire will make an effective radiator of RF!

WRL has a very good email reflector - always something worth checking out on their weekly updates!

You can work CW on the entire Technician portion of the band from 28.000 to 28.500. In practice it is preferred you do so below 28300 where the Phone privileges begin. You can do digital modes on 28.000 - 28.300 (in practice 28.297 to make sure your signal doesn't go above 28300) . I work plenty of Techs on digital modes like FT8/4, JS8, RTTY, VarAC. PSK31, Olivia, etc. etc. I generally only do CW for contests, never been big on the mode for ragchews or other contacts. I talk a good portion of my work day on two-way DMR UHF, so I prefer to "let my fingers do the talking" when I operate on the amateur HF bands. Technicians can operate Phone on SSB from 28.300 - 28.500 (again 28.497 so as not to operate out of band). So pick up the mic. and make some calls! 73 de NØTXW/WJG283

Welcome to the world of GMRS, what is dual sport-adventure style motorcycling pray tell? I've sone a bit of motocross type stuff back in the day, as well as some enduro riding. These days my off road adventures are in a 4WD truck and GMRS has been a great asset to have along when out in the Toolies alone or in groups.

For my expert rules interpreters, What from 47 CFR 95 95.303 waht differentiates the two listed below? Base station. A station at a fixed location that communicates directly with mobile stations and other base stations. Fixed station. A station at a fixed location that directly communicates with other fixed stations only. Enhanced Content - Paragraph Tools URL https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/part-95#p-95.303(Fixed station) Citation 47 CFR 95.303 "Base Station" - “Fixed station” If I'm using a mobile rig at a fixed location and talking to my buddy in his truck on his mobile, I'm a base station, but if I'm talking to him on his mobile rig at his house we're both fixed stations? Seems like we flip-flop a ot when involved in a multi operator conversation with our home stations, a mobile and my buddy at the park on his HT ( a very common scenario around here). Coming in from the amateur world, I was always under the understanding that a fixed station was something like a UHF link to a repeater from a remote receive site or similar...