Great info! Thank you so much!
DanKI5YXK
On Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 10:21:53 AM CDT, Chris Medlin via BVARC
<bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote:
I will also add…Http://websdr.orgNo radio required to listen. Anytime you are
in a place where you have some downtime but not at home or not where you can
turn on an HF radio. Maybe there is torrential thunderstorms in your area and
your equipment is all disconnected but you want to hear some ham radio
goodness, you can go to that website and access a radio in any part of the
world. And based on propagation, you can hear all sorts of interesting QSOs.
Pick a site that has the bands you want to listen on. When you select a site,
enter your callsign into the box where it asks. Its just for the station owner.
You can put anything in there but callsign is preferred if you have one. Just
so the owner knows who is using the site. Then pick the band you want that is
offered on that site. Be sure to select LSB (lower side band) for 40m (7MHz),
80m (3.5MHz), or 160m (1.8MHz) or USB (upper side band) for 20m (14MHz), 17m
(18MHz), 15m (21MHz), 12m (24MHz), or 10m (28MHz). If you find some CW (morse
code) you want to listen to, you can change the mode to CW to narrow the
bandwidth to make the signal much clearer. And dont be discouraged if you dont
know the code. You can find slow people on all the bands if you are interested
in learning. And then find the button to play the audio. Its going to vary
based on what browser you are using. It will either be an obvious button to
click or there might be something about html audio. It will be somewhere above
the radio display interface.
This will expand your listening ability any time you are near a computer (or
tablet). Sometimes I go to a coffee shop to get some work done and I’ll find a
websdr site and I’ll put on earphones and use a good ragchewing qso as
background noise while I work.
Hope this helps to give you some more options for listening to whats out there.
Listening to good operators is an excellent way to learn how to be an excellent
operator.
73 and welcome to the hobby. Chris AC5CMEx-KB5UMS
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On Mar 19, 2024, at 09:59, Dan Donalson via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote:
I am in exactly the same situation. We went to the POTA at Brazos Bend state
park and learned a bit. I'll try to make it to the 4/20 event as well. I need
to find an Elmer with a high tolerance for frustration to tutor me
Dan DonalsonKI5YXK
On Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 08:13:15 AM CDT, gshockxcc via BVARC
<bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote:
First, let me preface my request for help by saying that I am a Mechanical
Engineer and I still have no idea what is going on. I collect lots of data on
rotating and fixed equipment, and I understand Control systems just enough to
be dangerous.
That said, I have had my General license for almost a year, and I still have no
idea how to operate a ham radio, how to communicate with anyone or find
channels to communicate on. I freely admit that the amount of time that I spend
trying to learn is minimal, because of other priorities at the moment. I don’t
have any friends who are into ham, and I am rarely able to make BVARC functions
like the POTA.
How in the world do you get started if you don’t know where to begin? Sorry, I
am just lost.
-Kristan
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