Here is a link to talk to a few more operators that might help out. Also like some of the other guys said try to make it out to the event on the 20th of April. It's a Saturday.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/KqUHY7oTqciKGxNC/?mibextid=A7sQZp On Tue, Mar 19, 2024, 5:47 PM gshockxcc via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > Hello All, > I just want to thank everyone for the wealth of information on the > chain today. This really helped a lot, and I appreciate the support. > > -Kristan > KI5VVT > > Sent with Proton Mail <https://proton.me/> secure email. > > On Tuesday, March 19th, 2024 at 1:34 PM, Dan Donalson via BVARC < > bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > > Great info! Thank you so much! > > Dan > KI5YXK > > 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.org > No 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 AC5CM > Ex-KB5UMS > > > Typos brought to you by iPhone > > 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[image: Emoji] > > Dan Donalson > KI5YXK > > 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 > > > Sent from Proton Mail <https://proton.me/mail/home> for iOS > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ >
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