On Friday 02 July 2010 22:46:36 John Goerzen wrote: > Hi folks, > > I am hoping to get my amateur radio license soon, and thought I'd bring > a handheld along with me to Debconf.
I'm assuming you'll be bringing a 2 meter (144 MHz) handheld. My guess is you'll probably be too busy to use it much during the day. I may or may not bring a handheld 2m rig. > Are any other hams planning to attend? I'm going to assume that operating > in Manhattan is substantially different from operating in Kansas; any locals > have suggestions? I'd say the main difference between NYC and a rural area like Kansas is decreased range (due to buildings and multipath interference) and generally more busy channels/repeaters due to greater population density. There are a bunch of good repeaters in the area, some of which have been making long-range bi-directional VoIP links to other areas and even other countries via Internet. I'd suggest getting a pocket-sized Repeater Directory if you don't own one already. [It doesn't have to be current, they don't change often.] If you're bringing a 2m handheld then you might also tune into the "Tech Net" on the Limarc repeater (146.85 MHz, 136.5 PL tone, - frequency split) on Sunday evenings 8pm - midnight. If you want to know what they do beforehand you can listen to and download previous shows at http://AmatuerRadio.TV. [Amazingly, each of these individual shows are often indexed in detail for what is discussed at what time.] -- Chris -- Chris Knadle, KB2IQN [email protected] _______________________________________________ Debconf-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
