Might look on You Tube ham radio 2.0 . A Jason has sort of weekly showing of radios . Kb5pnu Larry Brand .
On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 11:19 AM Kori Rahman via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > Jimmy, > > Thanks for reaching out. The BVARC reflector is a great resource for > asking questions. You have the call sign correct (WX5KR), I'm glad to hear > you are interested in getting involved and thank you so much for joining > BVARC! Congratulations on your General License as well. > > So as far as getting on the air, if you haven't already done so, I highly > recommend adding the 146.940MHz repeater (offset is -600 kHz and CTCSS tone > is 167.9 Hz) to your radio. If you're having trouble with that, please give > me a call at my number below. I can meet with you sometime this week to get > you squared away on operating your radios. Also (if you have time) we will > be having an event at Brazos Bend State Park on Sunday 10/23/22 which you > are absolutely welcome to attend, and I or other folks in the group can > give you some hands-on assistance with your rado there as well. > > A good resource to find repeaters to program in your radio would be > RepeaterBook.com. I'm sure you've taken a look at YouTube as well, but > it's always a good spot to check for detailed information. We have a few > other organizations you may want to look into here in the area, and that is > ARES > District 14 <https://stxd14ares.org/> and District 1 (depending on your > location). There are many public service opportunities that are publicized > by that group and BVARC (e.g. Bike rides, the Wings Over Houston Airshow, > the Houston Marathon etc.) > > There are many nets on the 146.940MHz repeater, including the BVARC > Stir-Crazy net weekdays at noon till we finish (usually around 1pm), we > have the Monday Night net at 8pm, the local traffic net on Mondays at > 6:30pm, Tuesdays at 7pm we have the QuestionAir net, and on some Wednesdays > we have the ARES D14 SW Unit net at 8pm. > > Like I said, give me a call and I can make time to meet with you about > your radio and getting on the air. I wish you the best of luck in your ham > radio endeavors and as we say, 73! > > Thanks, > > Kori Rahman, WX5KR > *Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club* > > Cell: (770) 298 8516 > [email protected] > > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 10:46 AM Jimmy Newland via BVARC <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello all, >> Back in 2018, I took Dr. Pat Reiff's class on the physics of HAM radio at >> Rice University as teacher professional development. I passed the >> technician exam back then. (I teach physics and astronomy at a school in >> Houston ISD.) Now I am taking the class again for credit as a graduate >> student at the University of Houston and last night I passed the general >> exam. I have a DMR and a handy talkie, both by TYT. But I am still >> struggling to learn how to actually make contacts and how to use my radios. >> >> Dr. Pat connected to a BVARC net back in August and I made a contact with >> the operator. (If I entered the details into my QRZ logbook correctly, I >> made contact with WX5KR.) That night I joined BVARC. I also recently joined >> the UH ARC as well. But I still don't know what I am doing really. I am >> looking for advice on how to learn to use my 2 radios. As a teacher and a >> graduate student, I don't have a lot of time to attend meetings but I want >> to get involved in the community at large. >> >> The DMR handset is a TYT model MD-UV390 with a code plug from 2018. The >> handy talkie is TYT model TH-UV88. >> >> I am a technically competent person with a lot of knowledge about the >> physics of radio waves and lots of "computery" skills but I can't even >> figure out how to change frequencies on the TYT handy talkie. I can muddle >> through on the DMR handset but again, using the interface on the unit makes >> me feel clumsy and frustrated. >> >> I am looking for some good resources on learning HAM stuff so I can >> become a competent user of my equipment and can make contacts. I'd like to >> get a home or car setup eventually but I need to master these little radios >> and make some contacts first. >> >> Any advice is appreciated. >> Thanks, >> Jimmy >> N5JFX >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
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