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Really Damon? I figured this is where you got all of your leads ;-)
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Originally posted by Damon
In fact... the house I'm living in has a big old antenna STILL ATTACHED!
My brother moved out of my parents house. However he left his massive Ham Radio antenna attached to the roof. He hasn't had the time to take it down.
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Originally posted by JWFITZ
Very cool, last I worked with were the big ICOM sets, which were pretty good. Who's the brand today?
ICOM is still one of the 3 major manufacturers of amateur radio transceivers, along with
Kenwood and
Yaesu.
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And all of those manufacturers make UHF/VHF radios small enough to be kept in pockets and purses. For the HF rigs, those can be as small as a CB radio and the antennas can be similar to a CB radio. CB's are on the 11 meter band and the hams use a nearby 10 meter band as well as many others.
The Big Island Amateur Radio Club (BIARC) meets in Keaau once a month and it isn't all that expensive to join. They also have field days occasionally where they all take their radios off to a park and set them up there. That's when you will see some of the big wire antennas stretched between two coconut trees while the operators chat with folks in Europe and other faraway places. There are also a few members who like to build special antennas so they can chat with folks on the mainland with just a few watts of power.
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There are ham transcievers the size of walkie-talkies!
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Originally posted by ArtM
There are ham transcievers the size of walkie-talkies!
Duh. You been livin' on an island or something?
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Mine is handheld. Even smaller than a police radio and can recieve from 0-999.999
MHz. Google it. Hams are sweet. If you get one make sure you can do digital too. Hand held hams have been around a lot longer than 5 years.
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Originally posted by JWFITZ
No kidding, what sort of antenna set and tuner do they use?
I've installed a fair number of these in boats but haven't in about 5 years and am obviously behind the tech curve.
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Sure, I thought the conversation was in the context of units with transmission ability.
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Yee gawds and little fishes, you've all been living on a remote rock someplace. There have been hand held ham radios for decades. You can get transceivers smaller than a pack of cigarettes and they've been available for decades, too. Kinda hard to manipulate the little buttons, though.
Hey, I saw a transceiver someone built in a metal Altoids mint candy case once. That's even smaller than a box of cigarettes. Better for you, too.
"I like yard sales," he said. "All true survivalists like yard sales."
Kurt Wilson
"I like yard sales," he said. "All true survivalists like yard sales."
Kurt Wilson
