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Outer Banks, NC - student
« on: March 05, 2015, 03:41:00 PM »
Hey guys & gals...

total newbie here just getting started studying. There's a decent sized group local here (as you'd expect with as many storms as we get). Just saying hiya... and please go easy on me, while I ask y'all some silly questions. I know software pretty well -- but can't deal with a/v or fax or copy machines to save my life. Which is it for fax? Face up or face down?? I NEVER remember. So I used a sharpie to write it on the danged machine.


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Re: Outer Banks, NC - student
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2015, 04:31:06 PM »
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Re: Outer Banks, NC - student
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2015, 05:28:43 PM »
g'day and welcome!

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Re: Outer Banks, NC - student
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2015, 01:14:02 PM »
Thanks AD... gonna get started - again. I'll tell ya though my eyes cross & brain shuts down on the science/math stuff. Every. Single. Time.

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Re: Outer Banks, NC - student
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2015, 02:42:48 PM »
Just remeber that there are 8yo passing the exams  :(

http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/8-year-old-passes-fcc-s-amateur-radio-license-exam

Its easy. If you want to discuss PM or email me.

You are using HTOL right?  If so just run through the process outlined in my post here.
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Re: Outer Banks, NC - student
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2015, 03:04:57 AM »
Welcome from Texas!

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Re: Outer Banks, NC - student
« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2015, 05:43:38 AM »
Welcome from down the road in Myrtle Beach
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Re: Outer Banks, NC - student
« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2015, 10:30:48 AM »
Sac needs to study for both Tech and Gen at the same time then you 2 can praxtice some NVIS
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Re: Outer Banks, NC - student
« Reply #8 on: March 22, 2015, 05:13:03 AM »
We're a bit far for that, but I routinely talk to others in the area at about 10 watts.
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Re: Outer Banks, NC - student
« Reply #9 on: March 22, 2015, 10:04:54 AM »
Your between 150-200 miles. NVIS should work
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Re: Outer Banks, NC - student
« Reply #10 on: March 22, 2015, 09:00:32 PM »
It should, but never seems to. Some speculate the ocean is the cause, some the terrain; I can work Columbia at 150 miles all day, but going East about 75-100 reliably. We've done pretty well with 10-20 miles of groundwave due to the conductivity of the dirt though.
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Re: Outer Banks, NC - student
« Reply #11 on: March 22, 2015, 09:04:39 PM »
I have no experence with salt water. I live on a manmade lake but my antennas are over 100 feet from it. The ARRL section manager tried to get me to string a random wire up 3 80 foot tall palm trees next to the lake and run radials into the water and toss a few bags of rock salt on the radz to see how it worked.
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Re: Outer Banks, NC - student
« Reply #12 on: March 22, 2015, 10:01:40 PM »
I use to put up a 1/4 wave vertical for 40M and put my ground into the San Francisco bay
it worked fantastic,
but I never payed attention to if it was directional or not

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Re: Outer Banks, NC - student
« Reply #13 on: March 23, 2015, 02:20:28 PM »
Nothing better for RF Ground than, Salt Water.... Just as an Maritime Mobile Operator.....
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Re: Outer Banks, NC - student
« Reply #14 on: April 17, 2015, 08:39:58 AM »
Sacajawea
I hope your studies are going well .

73

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