Re: Portable Radio


"dan" <no@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Snip ..........Any modern
> transmitter has subaudio capability so I don't see how this would prevent
> unlicensed, and intentional interference. PL/DPL is, and has always been
> a means of cooperatively sharing resources.

Dan,

I know this is true; however, modern equipment is a new concept for me. I
am a HF operator and continue to use vacuum tube base equipment that I built
in the 1960s and '70s. (Don't see a need to upgrade as long as I can keep
the stuff working.) Before my trip to Mackay, I had not tried to hit a 2
meter repeater for at least 15 years.

The technology of my sailplane, a HP-14, is consistent with the technology
of my "Ham" equipment. However, I do have it equipped with a GPS, PDA and
EW Model D data logger. (Am I slipping and bowing to modern technology?
http://www.soaridaho.com/photogallery/Mackay/17900_MSL.jpg)

I guess it is time for me to put all my 2 meter equipment into the useless
antique bin and buy some new stuff.

Wayne
HP-14 N990 "6F"
http://www.soaridaho.com/
W7ADK


>
> > In the US, most of the barriers to get a Amateur Radio license have been
> > removed. Go to Radio Shack get a current license guide read it and take
the
> > test for the "no-code" license class. Any glider pilot should be able
to
> > pass the test with one weekend worth of study.
>
> I agree with this one completely. There's no reason any pilot should have
> trouble passing a no-code tech exam on 1 weekend's worth of studying. I
> think its only about 50 questions, multiple choice, with published
> questions and answers. I see no legitamite reason to use an amateur radio
> unlicensed. The act of purchasing it essentially implies that you intend
> at some point to use it. So even if its an emergency at the moment, it
> wasn't an emergency during the one year between when you bought it and
> used it during which time there's no reason you couldn't have gone out and
> gotten a license.
>
> dan


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