It was so sunny and warm that I worried about sunscreen more than about having sufficient clothing. The first three years, the weather was amazingly good. So for me this contest becomes a hike-the-mountain-then-make-some-contacts event.
The contest goes all weekend but I am not signed up for a mountaintop camp out in January. I am not sure how I got hooked on this but the basic idea is to hike up to the summit of Mt Herman (~9000 feet in elevation, grid locator DM79mb) and operate for the afternoon.
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But will it have the reach?ħ3, Bob K0NR Febru9:13 Bob K0NR Emcomm, Ham Radio K0NR – ARRL January VHF Sweepstakesįor the last four years, I have operated a backpack portable QRP station in the ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes. It is a good message that should appeal to a segment of potential hams. It also appears to be well done, based on the initial web site. Now we have the Emergency Radio campaign. This is a practical challenge of any advertising campaign…getting enough exposure to reach the target audience. Did it ever make it into the mainstream media? I don’t know. Unfortunately, the only place I heard about Hello Radio was via the amateur radio community. I think the Hello Radio campaign was well done from the point of view of having a simple, on-target message and decent media content to back it up. ARRL Media and Public Relations Manager Allen Pitts, W1AGP, says the 2007 emergency communications initiative pick up the momentum ARRL public information officers started during the just-ended “Hello” campaign. The “ Emergency Radio ” Web site debuted this week. Getting the message through for your family and community” is the theme of the League’s 2007 public relations campaign. How do I know? The roger beep and echo control are the main tipoffs!!!!ħ3, Bob K0NR Ma20:16 Bob K0NR Ham Radio 2006 ARRL September VHF Contest Results They are clearly not intended for the ham market. Take a look at any of these 10-meter mobile radios on the The 1 Stop CB Shop web site. On the other hand, it seems that the manufacturers ( Cobra, Connex, Galaxy, etc.) are just as blameworthy. It is good to see the FCC go after these guys. This sort of messed up his argument that he was just selling a ham transceiver, which does not require FCC certification. Metzger modified for them (in less than 15 minutes) to operate on CB frequencies. It seems than a FCC agents bought a Connex CX 3300HP amateur transceiver that Mr. The FCC’s Forfeiture Order makes for interesting reading. Well, the FCC apparently takes a dim view of this. Oh, did I mention that these radios run a lot more output power than the 4W that is legal on CB? A quick snip of a wire or component and these rigs just happen to land right on the Citizen Band channels. The 1 Stop CB Shop is just one of many companies selling radios on the internet that are 10-Meter ham transceivers that just happen to be set up for 40-channels of operation. Worth reading… click here.ħ3, Bob K0NR Ma15:04 admin Uncategorized FCC Fines CB Shop for Selling "10 Meter Ham Rigs"įCC fines shop selling non-certified CB transceivers as ham gear (Mar 6, 2007) - In a Forfeiture Order released March 2, the FCC has affirmed a $7000 fine it levied on Ben Metzger of Titusville, Florida, doing business as 1 Stop Communications / 1 Stop CB Shop, for marketing non-certified Citizens Band transceivers. This is a good article, with insight into the electronics hobby, including ham radio. Louis goes on to say that electronics tinkering at the component level has largely disappeared but that the “Systems Hobbyist” is alive and well. So what the devil happened to the electronic hobbyist? You don’t see too much of that going on anymore. As a result, when they ended up getting the bug, they ended up not only adopting electronics as a hobby, but also made it into a career. Kids learned electricity and electronics in school. There were at least a dozen magazines supporting this group and plenty of parts and kits suppliers to keep them happy. There were literally hundreds of thousands, maybe even millions, of people who used to play around with electronics as an avocation or part-time interest and activity. In Electronic Design magazine, Louis Frenzel wrote an article, “Whatever Happened to the Electronics Hobbyist?”Įlectronics used to be one of the greatest hobbies ever.
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