"BYTES AND HERTZ"
A blog devoted to the hobby of Amateur Radio (Ham Radio). The radio amateurs of the world promote good will, contribute to public service and emergency communications. This blog hopefully will reflect that fact!

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RULE GLANCES
Not being a citizen of the country that issued the amateur service license
would disqualify a foreign amateur operator from being authorized for alien
reciprocal operation in places where the FCC regulates the amateur service.
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1/15/2010
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Monday, January 21, 2008
STATION ID
An amateur station "must transmit its assigned call sign on its transmitting channel at the end of each communication, and at least every 10 minutes during a communication, for the purpose of clearly making the source of the transmissions from the station known to those receiving the transmissions".
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1/21/2008
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Monday, December 17, 2007
GONSET COMMUNICATOR
MY FIRST TWO METER RIG (AM) WITH AN 11 ELEMENT CUSHCRAFT. ABOUT SIX (6) WATTS. WOW! WHAT A POWERHOUSE!
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12/17/2007
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Monday, July 09, 2007
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Wednesday, February 08, 2006
ECHOLINK...CHECK IT OUT!
"EchoLink" by Jonathan Taylor, K1RFD, is a useful and fun mode of communicating. I've used it since January (2005), and although it's not a daily activity in my case, it is enjoyable. All you need is the "EchoLink" software, a computer and any old microphone. I use a cheap Radio Shack mike here. Some use the one built into their webcams. I use the strictly Internet method. You can also link your rig to the system, either simplex or through a repeater.
To download the free program go to Echolink.org.
Just down the street or around the world, you never know where your next contact may be. Check it out if you get a chance.
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Sunday, November 06, 2005

MY FIRST RIG....1953
Although this photo is of W5VID's first rig, it is identical to mine as a Novice in July of 1953. I built it and my best DX on 80 was Georgia. My power supply looked different,(it was on a metal chassis) but the transmitter is the same "Sucker Stick" rig.......73, K2DYB.
P.S., 2nd Rig was a Heathkit AT-1 and 3rd was a Heathkit DX-40. Then a used Collins 32-V3. Receivers were a National NC-57B, then a Hammarlund HQ-110 and finally a Hammarlund HQ-170C.
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WINTER
"Winter is the season in which people try to keep the house as warm as it was in the summer, when they complained about the heat."
- Anonymous
"SKYWARN"

Why not contact your local Emergency Coordinator (EC), or Section Emergency Coordinator (SEC), about the
"SKYWARN"
activity in your county or section? You can help the National Weather Service (NWS) and the residents of your area! They need on the ground weather reports during severe conditions.(IN WINTER TOO!) (CLICK ON TEXT FOR THE NATIONAL SKYWARN WEBSITE)
NOAA NWS NOAA NWS NOAA NWS NOAA NWS
JUST A REMINDER......
PLEASE NOTE
Yes, Laura Smith is doing her job. Read and heed!
Also three (3) August entries regarding call sign issues.
Plain English
The Commission requires that repeaters be under the supervision of a control operator and not only expects, but requires, such control operators and licensees to be responsible for the proper operation of the repeater system. Control operators may take whatever steps are appropriate to ensure compliance with the repeater rules, including limiting the repeater use to certain users, converting the repeater to a closed repeater or taking it off the air entirely.
"A theory is something nobody believes, except the person who made it.
An experiment is something everybody believes, except the person who made it."
SALVATION ARMY TEAM EMERGENCY RADIO NETWORK
Just click here for the SATERN Website.
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COME BACK SOON! ANY SUGGESTIONS ALWAYS WELCOME. 73 and/or 88 "THE EDITOR"
This blog first published in April 2005. Editor: K2DYB
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