Happy Dean
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I'm WA0RJ. Anyone have suggestions for a Ham Radio HF setup on a 1988 300 Weekender?
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N8MVZ - Been a while since I was on air but interested in what you may come up with for the HF.
Marine SSB whip and a tuner could get you through but might not be optimal.
ARRL always has great info.
http://www.arrl.org/marine-mobile
Good luck with the tests!
Do you still have to do code to get your license?
Code is no longer a requirement to get the Tech or General license. It's something I should have learned years ago when I still had enough memory space to remember. I think my older sisters got it, but I didn't. My father taught them, but he became a silent key when I was very young. I grew up with a shack full or Heathkit and Hallicrafters stuff. He built and repaired of a lot of it. So I'm thinking I'd like to experience it before I become a silent key! Spending time on the boat with a mobile sounds kind of fun, especially at night. We'll see!
Very sorry to hear about your dad as well. I was 4.5 and have a few memories, but not many. Lots of letter from WWII and some pictures. He flew the P-38 and did a bunch of "MARS" stuff in Montana setting up the network or something back in the 50's and 60's. I like to think of it as the predecessor to the internet although it was just military radio bands.Very sorry about your dad. Lost mine when I was about two and a half years old. My uncles jumped in to help and one was heavy in to electronics. Built me a crystal set with a diode, some wire, a toilet paper tube and a Korean war vintage ear phone. No Batteries? How does this thing work? - I was hooked.
Thank God you dont need the code anymore. Doing 5 wpm was a pain.
Good luck on the exams.
73s
-Mike
Very sorry to hear about your dad as well. I was 4.5 and have a few memories, but not many. Lots of letter from WWII and some pictures. He flew the P-38 and did a bunch of "MARS" stuff in Montana setting up the network or something back in the 50's and 60's. I like to think of it as the predecessor to the internet although it was just military radio bands.
Hitting 5 WPM would be tough at this point in life. I don't think I could look over and find the letter and decipher them fast enough to key them in! I know my memory doesn't have enough disc space either. I think I tried to make one of those radios too. I did it from a picture and didn't have a diode! I'm guessing the made the signal travel TOWARD the ear piece? I tried all kinds of stuff, so I'd just upstairs and turn on the RX and spin knobs and dials. I didn't have a clue what I was doing and got some wanky sounding folks on SSB I'm guessing. I didn't know what to do to tune them in. I still have that Apache or Mohawk RX. When we were moving my mom out of the house, I didn't have room for the TX. IT kills me I couldn't get it.
Fast Forward and I found a stupid little Baofeng on Amazon for $22. It's pretty amazing and yes, it's kind of the Bayliner of the Ham world, but I hear guys on repeaters and just over the air and it's kind of fun. I'd like to pass the test and start looking for some kind of inexpensive 2m and 70 cm unit to mess around with. We'll see. I retire in a few months and should have LOTS of time then to study.