Any Hams on the board?
 

Cajuncoin is an Amateur Radio OP, radios is his thing. Just wondering?

73 de N5PZJ

No comprende' ?

Oh, aint got onna dem. We use cellar fones here !

In a disaster (katrina ) when the cell towers go down, Hams are the leading line of communication. some places they may be the only type still operating.
Allways wanted to get my license but was to dang lazy to learn the code.

Generation Gap!!!!!!!!!

Ham radio operators were big back in the Pre-'70's time.

They had setups kind of like CB radios on big time Steroids.

Morse Code is no more, only 3 classes of Licenses now, Technician, General and Extra.

Technician is an easy 50 question test, Baton Rouge is full of hams, tests are given almost every weekend somewhere in South Louisiana.

PM me if you want a copy of the Tech test material.

Cajuncoin


Ham Radio the parent of cell phones, Real Radio on Legal Steroids.

Mais, Je quire pas paie.

Well, cher, me I do not pay for it. My cellar fon wants 70 cents offshore, my radio calls mon cher just fine.

Ham Radio, an American Tradition.
 

One radio the Icom 817 works worldwide with 5 WATTS, no more big and ugly, some are real small and powerful.

Its not as sexy anymore but just as potent, think of it as a well kept secret.

Licensed for 35 years
WB5UXA

FB OM

See you inhabit Leeville, Need to QSO sometime.

73 de N5PZJ since 1989 (1971 FIRST TIME)

translation please ?

Speaking Ham Radio is knowing a language over 150 yrs Old
 

Here goes:

First most of our sayings and shorthands come from the days of the Telegraph when the standard was to keep the message sweet and simple, some of these abbreviations have made it into text messaging also.

FB is FINE BUSINESS (a greeting)
OM is Old Man, a reference men make to each other in the Communications world, a YL=Young Lady whereas a married woman is referred to as an XYL, hence EX YOUNG LADY.

Inhabit Leeville (Is around the area of Leeville, a small fishing village in the Southern Portion of Lafourche Parish best known for fishing and a toll bridge that goes to Fourchon)

QSO is a shorthand from telegraph days which means a contact, either over the radio or in person.

73 means Best wishes (If speaking to my XYL, I would have said 73 & 88s, which 88s means Love and kisses)

de (French Shorthand for FROM)

N5PZJ My FCC registered callsign which allows me to transmit upto 1500 Watts of Power on certain radio frequencies.


We speak a language all our own but you can explore this and the subculture at

ARRL.org

or

W5YI.com

Best Wishes (73) de (from) N5PZJ (Cajuncoin)

Couldn't have said it better my self :-)

How much does it cost to get into this ?

my grandpa was a ham and my uncle still is. I started to learn morse code when i was young but i got distracted by the outdoors, girls, and beer... always kinda wanted to get a license

How much you want to spend?

VHF 2 meter radios run 150-500+
HF stuff 599 to SKY is the Limit.

Modest station with all popular bands run about 1000 more or less.

What did you have in mind of spending.

Read the above post, NO CODE TEST ANYMORE, Techinician Class Test Material online and tests given almost every weekend in S. Louisiana.

Siberia, Alaska and the Northland on the Horn
 

Seems to be quite some activity on the radio, 10 meters opened up into Russia, seems they are having quite some time with the Forest fires, they have some California Jump teams coming in to help. Siberia is peat moss and burns when dry and hot.

:cool:Salmon Fishing runs are starting and the season is on.

BTW-we are trying to get a repeater up at Port Fourchon on 2 meters (145MHZ VHF Ham Band)