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Re: 2 metres
What would be good is if we get a net together on the ham bands and see if any other opps try and join in with us. The yanks are much more relaxed and more likley to have a long chat on there though.
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I've been working 17 metres for the last week and a half and have to say that so far the experience has been all good.
I've worked a couple of "You're 5 and 9,73s" stations in Cuba and Bolivia but have worked "Soyer"1B1AB in Cyprus a couple of times and various US stations with all contacts being good rag chews on a par with 11 metres for friendliness and informality....ie. there weren't call signs after every single over.
In my case I've decided to work 17 as the antenna can be slightly smaller than on 20 but with very similar band characteristics to 20 although less densely populated giving a 100 watt station a real chance to be heard......flitting across all the bands trying to find a spot that feels familiar is a bit disheartening as there is band migration with the herd often following pointers from a DX cluster or the natural tendency to follow the grey line or MUF as it rises.
Even on 17 and allowing for my Noob keeness I still don't try to work all stations I hear as a few minutes spent listening prior to trying a tail end call will give an idea of whether you really want to talk to the station concerned....in my case I'm afraid a lot of ex Soviet Union country rubber stamp operators tend to leave me a bit underwhelmed.
One other thought and this might change if I install a multi band wire is how disappointing a vertical antenna and ATU combination are for working DX....I've given up a bit on this already as the background noise and lack of directional control over the radiated signal have,I've found, been too frustrating to persevere with.
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i cant wait to get buildin antennas, you dont hear much about 17 meters Dave. Funny that its always 20 meters people go on about, i'm going to have to do some searchin to se where i can and cant transmit. i'm not totaly up together on all the bands, best get lookin. lol
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yea.not heard a lot on 17 yet but do get through the spectrum as im chillin up my hill.it passses the time a lot quicker rather than zzzzzzzzzzzs on 11 but ive been hearin a few faintys recently so we could be on the up lads.right about sepos across the pond though.they seem pretty cool and take my head to some big sunny ranch lol.
workin the pile ups is mint but 5/9 73 QRZ to me is cold ,clinical and if at the end of the day all ya got is a page of callsigns and no memories of charachters,wheres the craic? like ya say Al,we should do our thing.
by the way will my call be M6HAM given that my names Brent Ham???? or is this no longer the scene?
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i think you get to choose to some extent brent, if its not gone you can have it sort of thing. I think there is stil some M3 calls left aswell, thats what i was told anyhow
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Brent you don't want a vanity call when you first start out as it could work against you.....I might be the only one thinking this but generally the supposedly private registration plate on a car often gives a different impression of the owner/knob than the one he/she might be trying to promote by displaying it....also let's face it you won't have time to think about a better call sign when you're first let loose on HF which can be CB like on all bands if you find like minded Hams.
Paddy as I've said if you want a hand when it comes to clogging your garden absolutely solid with antennas I'll help if I can.....well ok I won't contribute to the retrospective planning application after the inevitable confrontation with your new neighbours but if we start of with say a 2 element 40 metre antenna and slip the smaller ones in when no one's looking we should be ok! Dave.
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Brent did you get my PM?
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yea dave.i agree.private plates are cheesball.ill get what im given call wise but read somewhere that it was a prefix plus the first 3 letters of your surname.upon further research m3ham and m6ham are allocated allready.didnt realise you could order a "vanity call" but i think ill give those a wide birth mate lol.
guaranteed ill let slip the old 26fb99 somewhere down the line and get destroyed the crustys.
yamanx dave,gonna check the pm now mate.
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soon as i have finished the front room and hallway decorating, i'm allowed to sort out radio room. been papering walls allday today so wont be long and i'll be calling for your help