Comments for Ham Radio - Ham Events - Ham Reviews - Ham Links - Ham News http://ke2yk.wordpress.com Information Related To Ham Radio Communications, Scanning, Shortwave And Electronics Gear Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:26:38 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Why Linux/OSS for Amateur Radio? by Tweets that mention Why Linux/OSS for Amateur Radio? « Ham Radio – Ham Events – Ham Reviews – Ham Links – Ham News -- Topsy.com http://ke2yk.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/why-linuxoss-for-amateur-radio/#comment-496 Tweets that mention Why Linux/OSS for Amateur Radio? « Ham Radio – Ham Events – Ham Reviews – Ham Links – Ham News -- Topsy.com Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:26:38 +0000 http://ke2yk.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/why-linuxoss-for-amateur-radio/#comment-496 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Ray Shank, GB7MBC. GB7MBC said: KE2YK (Gary): Why Linux/OSS for Amateur Radio?: How to explain to a non-computer-geek ham what Open Source Software and http://url4.eu/qNXZ [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Ray Shank, GB7MBC. GB7MBC said: KE2YK (Gary): Why Linux/OSS for Amateur Radio?: How to explain to a non-computer-geek ham what Open Source Software and http://url4.eu/qNXZ [...]

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]]> Comment on First It Was CW – Now It’s The Question Pool by Regina http://ke2yk.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/first-it-was-cw-now-its-the-question-pool/#comment-493 Regina Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:44:48 +0000 http://ke2yk.wordpress.com/?p=470#comment-493 I am studying to get my tech and I am not near as intelligent as my husband in the area of electronics. He is an extra and I'm proud of him. I know that ham radio was harder to get into back in the day but what will keeping people out resolve when ham radio does not have the draw it did years ago? The study pool and some of the slideshows have been a help to me. No, I don't build radios and that isn't where my particular intelligence lies but I am a good communicator. I have gone to college and was on the dean's list so I am not unintelligent. But being intelligent in the area of electronics is not the only thing ham radio is about. I will never be like my husband but I will learn and if the test were raised to have a 100 questions, I will study and pass it, the same as I would if it were 50. I don't really care how many questions are on the test. But I am interested in ham radio and I do want to learn. Make the test harder if you like but I will succeed, not because of superior radio skills but because I have the desire to try. I will be a good ham radio operator one day. You could keep making the tests harder to keep people like me out but what would you accomplish? I do have my own particular talents but I can still learn from you and I can be a good part of ham radio. I don't think ham radio is about exclusivity. Also, I do not believe that you are "dumbing down" by accepting people like me. I believe that you giving me a helping hand up and I do appreciate it. I am studying to get my tech and I am not near as intelligent as my husband in the area of electronics. He is an extra and I’m proud of him. I know that ham radio was harder to get into back in the day but what will keeping people out resolve when ham radio does not have the draw it did years ago?
The study pool and some of the slideshows have been a help to me. No, I don’t build radios and that isn’t where my particular intelligence lies but I am a good communicator. I have gone to college and was on the dean’s list so I am not unintelligent. But being intelligent in the area of electronics is not the only thing ham radio is about.
I will never be like my husband but I will learn and if the test were raised to have a 100 questions, I will study and pass it, the same as I would if it were 50. I don’t really care how many questions are on the test. But I am interested in ham radio and I do want to learn. Make the test harder if you like but I will succeed, not because of superior radio skills but because I have the desire to try.
I will be a good ham radio operator one day. You could keep making the tests harder to keep people like me out but what would you accomplish? I do have my own particular talents but I can still learn from you and I can be a good part of ham radio. I don’t think ham radio is about exclusivity.
Also, I do not believe that you are “dumbing down” by accepting people like me. I believe that you giving me a helping hand up and I do appreciate it.

]]> Comment on The Yaesu Vertex Motorola VX-8R – Engineering vs Marketing? by John http://ke2yk.wordpress.com/2009/01/03/the-vx-8r-what-happened/#comment-490 John Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:01:31 +0000 http://ke2yk.wordpress.com/?p=285#comment-490 Update to how I'm getting on with my VX-8....whilst in a built-up retail park in Glasgow, Scotland I had some great qso's through a repeater 25 miles away. Not bad for an HT, eh? Update to how I’m getting on with my VX-8….whilst in a built-up retail park in Glasgow, Scotland I had some great qso’s through a repeater 25 miles away. Not bad for an HT, eh?

]]> Comment on The Yaesu Vertex Motorola VX-8R – Engineering vs Marketing? by Jimbow http://ke2yk.wordpress.com/2009/01/03/the-vx-8r-what-happened/#comment-489 Jimbow Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:33:32 +0000 http://ke2yk.wordpress.com/?p=285#comment-489 Jimbow London 5 Nov 2009 So you were given the radio to test that’s nice not every body gets that chance or your friend did not to sure witch of you did the test and it had a dead battery so you got it changed at no cost. Not a problem As all radios where was it tested under what conditions weather wise are you near other fields of RF do you test at the same time with other radios for comparison? Locations on top of a hill or block of flats or inner city every thing changes with location &conditions. Yes it’s expensive but so is every thing else in radio but you want more gadgets’ put on to it yes some things can be improve but at what cost. If you’re out in the middle of nowhere get your self a sat phone then you have got no problems You have made your comments on the radio every time some one casts out you jump on the hook Give it a rest, talk about some thing else Been in radio for 35 years Jimbow London 5 Nov 2009

So you were given the radio to test that’s nice not every body gets that chance or your friend did not to sure witch of you did the test and it had a dead battery so you got it changed at no cost. Not a problem

As all radios where was it tested under what conditions weather wise are you near other fields of RF do you test at the same time with other radios for comparison? Locations on top of a hill or block of flats or inner city every thing changes with location &conditions.

Yes it’s expensive but so is every thing else in radio but you want more gadgets’ put on to it yes some things can be improve but at what cost.

If you’re out in the middle of nowhere get your self a sat phone then you have got no problems

You have made your comments on the radio every time some one casts out you jump on the hook
Give it a rest, talk about some thing else

Been in radio for 35 years

]]> Comment on The Yaesu Vertex Motorola VX-8R – Engineering vs Marketing? by ke2yk http://ke2yk.wordpress.com/2009/01/03/the-vx-8r-what-happened/#comment-486 ke2yk Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:35:09 +0000 http://ke2yk.wordpress.com/?p=285#comment-486 You are entitled to your opinion sir. We continue to be amused by the controversy generated over our negative experience with this radio. You are entitled to your opinion sir. We continue to be amused by the controversy generated over our negative experience with this radio.

]]> Comment on The Yaesu Vertex Motorola VX-8R – Engineering vs Marketing? by Michael Drake http://ke2yk.wordpress.com/2009/01/03/the-vx-8r-what-happened/#comment-485 Michael Drake Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:03:17 +0000 http://ke2yk.wordpress.com/?p=285#comment-485 To your comment on a "Friend" with over 30 years of radio and scanner experience, that in itself means nothing to me and therefore should be disregarded as a erroneous boast of personal achievement by the so called tester of this unit. I have seen many a so called "expert" in my current occupation as well as others who are not worth even the fraction of the *BS* they trowel. Slander, while a strong and (to you it seems) inappropriate term for the accusations you make seem (in my opinion) to be very fitting. My point is, that no numbers, hard data, test results and or comparisons have supported anything you said above and that is the exact reason you are being met with such resistance. I have owned both the units you speak of, the TH-F6A and the VX-8R, they both do exactly what is expected and what the manual states they will do. I do not understand your argument or complaints. Maybe I need to think a little lower, perhaps as a child with a new video game? To your comment on a “Friend” with over 30 years of radio and scanner experience, that in itself means nothing to me and therefore should be disregarded as a erroneous boast of personal achievement by the so called tester of this unit. I have seen many a so called “expert” in my current occupation as well as others who are not worth even the fraction of the *BS* they trowel. Slander, while a strong and (to you it seems) inappropriate term for the accusations you make seem (in my opinion) to be very fitting. My point is, that no numbers, hard data, test results and or comparisons have supported anything you said above and that is the exact reason you are being met with such resistance. I have owned both the units you speak of, the TH-F6A and the VX-8R, they both do exactly what is expected and what the manual states they will do. I do not understand your argument or complaints. Maybe I need to think a little lower, perhaps as a child with a new video game?

]]> Comment on LID Operator With the $10k Rig -or- Which Way To The Inlet??? by Ed http://ke2yk.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/lid-operator-with-the-10k-rig-or-which-way-to-the-inlet/#comment-481 Ed Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:08:00 +0000 http://ke2yk.wordpress.com/?p=587#comment-481 Your posting was dead-on. I think these big-shots are the same ones you hear calling a DX station when they're transmitting, or insist on calling even when the DX comes back with "W4? W4?" and they're in the 9th call zone. I cannot being to count the number of times that I've been involved in modest, but well-behaved pileups, only to have some "bully" (I'll borrow your term) bust in and drop their call in 50 times while running a kilowatt. Your only hope at that point is that the DX station will go ahead and work them so they'll go away. The kicker is that you can often look them up on QRZ later and read their self-touts of DX success and see pictures of their high-dollar stations. Nothing against spending money to build a fantastic station, but when the operator is subpar, so is the station. Nice read. Your posting was dead-on. I think these big-shots are the same ones you hear calling a DX station when they’re transmitting, or insist on calling even when the DX comes back with “W4? W4?” and they’re in the 9th call zone. I cannot being to count the number of times that I’ve been involved in modest, but well-behaved pileups, only to have some “bully” (I’ll borrow your term) bust in and drop their call in 50 times while running a kilowatt. Your only hope at that point is that the DX station will go ahead and work them so they’ll go away. The kicker is that you can often look them up on QRZ later and read their self-touts of DX success and see pictures of their high-dollar stations. Nothing against spending money to build a fantastic station, but when the operator is subpar, so is the station.

Nice read.

]]> Comment on The Yaesu Vertex Motorola VX-8R – Engineering vs Marketing? by John http://ke2yk.wordpress.com/2009/01/03/the-vx-8r-what-happened/#comment-480 John Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:49:52 +0000 http://ke2yk.wordpress.com/?p=285#comment-480 I've had a VX-8 for a few weeks now (it's my first rig since passing the Foundation Licence here in the UK) and I'm REALLY pleased with it. Have gradually bought ALL the extras (Diamond SRH-940 antenna,1800mAh battery, speaker/mic, GPS unit, soft case) and it works brilliantly! On 70 cm's I've spoke to someone nearly 40 miles away on simplex and have had great qso's on 6 meters and 2 meters simplex and worked a repeater on 2 meters. APRS works just fine and the GPS functions and read-outs are GREAT!! To sum up: a FABULOUS HT!!! I’ve had a VX-8 for a few weeks now (it’s my first rig since passing the Foundation Licence here in the UK) and I’m REALLY pleased with it. Have gradually bought ALL the extras (Diamond SRH-940 antenna,1800mAh battery, speaker/mic, GPS unit, soft case) and it works brilliantly! On 70 cm’s I’ve spoke to someone nearly 40 miles away on simplex and have had great qso’s on 6 meters and 2 meters simplex and worked a repeater on 2 meters. APRS works just fine and the GPS functions and read-outs are GREAT!!

To sum up: a FABULOUS HT!!!

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