[TriLUG] Ham Operators
Tadd Torborg
tadd at mac.com
Sun Dec 8 11:50:26 EST 2013
Congrats on passing the ham test.
I’m also a ham, KA2DEW/Tadd I live in north Raleigh.
You can find me and all of the hams near you using the callbook database at http://www.qrz.com I’m not sure what features require a log-in, but a logged in person can search for a call sign, find a map of where they are located in clouding bearing and distance from your location, see a web page created by the ham, send a log entry to the ham stating what frequency and time you talked to them to establish a QSL contact record with them. In addition you can find all of the hams near you on the map as well as their call signs. Some hams post an email address as well. QSL records are good for qualifying for awards, like worked-all-states and dxcc. See ARRL’s web page at http://www.arrl.org
There are some other search features that let you search on a first and last name and a county so you can look for somebody you know to be a ham but for who you do not know the call sign.
There are tons of resources available for hams including clubs, at least one per county JARS, RARS, OCRA, DFMA, FCARC, Smithchart, SouthWake, Cary ARC, TEARA, plus many national clubs TAPR, AMSAT, ARRL, monitoring resources on the internet that show you where APRS beacons are located http://aprs.fi, that show propagation between areas based on fixed beacons http://aprs.mountainlake.k12.mn.us, track amateur radio satellites http://n2yo.com and predict when you can talk to them or hear them, on-line stores that sell wire, pulleys, rope, cable, connectors, radios, antennas, etc.. Each ham will have their own list of those pages. There are a couple of local stores but we are kind-of lacking a full-service ham radio store. The closest full service store that I know about is Ham Radio Outlet in Washington DC area. See www.hamradio.com.
Yahoo has a chat group for every radio manufacture and some for individual lines of radios and even for individual models of radio.
There are many peripheral groups, including TriLUG that have lots of hams in them but are not about ham radio specifically. I’m in a few of those.
There are several web sites that are crucial to any ham. http://QRZ.com is one of them. The others are http://www.eham.net, http://swap.qth.com, http://www.repeaterbook.com
Have fun!
Tadd
Tadd Torborg
tadd at mac.com
On Dec 7, 2013, at 3:25 PM, Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com> wrote:
> How difficult was it?
>
> On Sat, 7 Dec 2013 15:15:05 -0500
> James Jones <jc.jones at tuftux.com> wrote:
>
>> William,
>>
>> Thanks for mentioning taking both Technician & General at one sitting.
>> I did so today.
>>
>> I lucked up and passed both. Now waiting for my call sign to appear in
>> the FCC database.
>>
>> jcj
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 10:30 AM, William Brown <brownwa at ftc-i.net>
>> wrote:
>>> I am a general class operator. HF radio has so much more to offer.
>>> I know plenty of people who took the tech test and the general test
>>> on the same day and passed. Doing that cuts out a lot of time and a
>>> second trip. I enjoy packet radio as well. Winlink is fun too!! It
>>> gives me the capability to send email out if we have another
>>> hurricane here. I am trying to cover most of the emcomm bases. We
>>> have a repeater linking system here too.
>>>
>>>
>>> www.palsnet.com
>>>
>>>
>>> I have both long term and short term radio covered.
>>>
>>>
>>> William Brown
>>> KG4AQH
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- From: James Jones
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 9:32 AM
>>>
>>> To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
>>> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Ham Operators
>>>
>>> William,
>>>
>>> I had thought about that, but as a Senior Citizen ( retiree ),
>>> Don't know if I could sit for all that :-)
>>>
>>> Thanks for the advice. Will keep it in mind.
>>>
>>> One of the areas of interest for me is in packet radio. Is there
>>> much activity in that area around the Raleigh area?
>>>
>>> Later
>>>
>>> jcj
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 9:27 AM, William Brown <brownwa at ftc-i.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> James,
>>>> Just for the sake of trying, when you take your tech test,
>>>> go ahead and take your general test too. Around here the charges
>>>> are for "testing", so it will cost the same for one test or all
>>>> three. So you should be able to take both the same day. Who knows,
>>>> you nay get to be a general at your first testing session. It's
>>>> worth a try.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> WAB
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message----- From: James Jones
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 8:47 AM
>>>> To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
>>>> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Ham Operators
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Rob,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks. I have contacted Youngsville about it.
>>>>
>>>> jcj
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 3:02 AM, Rob Rousseau <ki4bke at nc.rr.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> James,
>>>>>
>>>>> Using this shows there are two coming up on Dec. 7th in
>>>>> Rocky Mount and Youngsville.
>>>>> http://www.arrl.org/exam_sessions/search
>>>>> How far do you want to drive?
>>>>> Good luck!
>>>>> 73,
>>>>> -Rob de KI4BKE
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 11:31 PM, James Jones
>>>>> <jc.jones at tuftux.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> All,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I know that there are some Radio Amateur Operators on this
>>>>>> group.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am studying for technician class and ARRL says that the next
>>>>>> exam >
>>>>> class
>>>>>> is february 2014. I really wanted to try for my license before >
>>>>> Christmas.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyone know of an upcoming exam location in Raleigh area before
>>>>>> Christmas???
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Jc Jones
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