FCC to Drop Morse Code Requirement from General Licenses

[UNCjigga]

Harrr, license? We don't need no stinking license!! PIRATE radio FTW!!!

 

[Journer]

i'm getting ready to take my tech @_@...i took some tests on qrz.com and made ~70% withouth ever seeing the material...i'm gonna read my book and hopefully pass it when the next meeting comes around in Jan...w00t

 

[IGBT]

Originally posted by: UNCjigga
Harrr, license? We don't need no stinking license!! PIRATE radio FTW!!!

..lots of "Fox Hunters" in ham radio that make sport out of catching reprobates. That's how Jack Gerritsen lost it all.. thru the evidence collection of Fox Hunters and O.O's (offical observers authorized by the FCC.)

 

[cardiac]

Originally posted by: Journer
i'm getting ready to take my tech @_@...i took some tests on qrz.com and made ~70% withouth ever seeing the material...i'm gonna read my book and hopefully pass it when the next meeting comes around in Jan...w00t

Try AA9PW's website for a different test site: Text

Good luck!

Bob

 

[squirrel dog]

I have a tech lic. Is there anyplace to send broken handhelds to be repaired? I have an old yashu that has the bottom half broken off.I would like to get it fixed.

 

[cavemanmoron]

I took my test as soon as I could after the Morse Code mandate was dropped,
in Feb 2007.

I had wanted to do this since 1970.

I passed my Tech and General tests Feb 28, 2007, and then passed my Extra test
March 10,2007.

Who else here is a "Ham"?

 

[SunnyD]

-. . -.-. .-. ---

 

[rockyct]

Nice thread bump caveman.

I got my Technician license back in high school just because I was in the club and it was pretty easy to get it. I barely renewed my license in time when it came up. The only thing that really interests me now about it is the usefulness during disasters.

 

[OutHouse]

..lots of "Fox Hunters" in ham radio that make sport out of catching reprobates. That's how Jack Gerritsen lost it all.. thru the evidence collection of Fox Hunters and O.O's (offical observers authorized by the FCC.)

there are a couple of guys around that i see from time to time with their trucks outffied with all sorts of antennas. i know they are fox hunting.

i would post my FCC call sigh but i dont want some freaks here looking up my home address. which reminds me my licenese expires next june, time to renew it and maybe upgrade

 

[SsupernovaE]

I'm going to communicate with the afterlife with this HAM!

W9GFO

 

[ThinClient]

Question: for Christmas next year, I'm doing one of those synchronized light shows with a small FM transmitter. With an FCC license, would I be able to use a higher powered transmitter, say... one that would broadcast for 4 miles? (Because then, if I purchased the equipment, I wouldn't bother with Sirius or something like that... work is 4 miles away - I could listen to my own music on my own commercial free radio station. )

You cannot broadcast copyrighted material without a license or permission from the material owner.

You would get shut down so fast your head would spin.

 

[herm0016]

kd8dyo here

just a tech class working SAR in michigan during college. I may go for general without code.

 

[marvdmartian]

Doesn't matter. The only time Morse code would come in handy is during the evil aliens from outer space invasion. :sneaky:

 

[cavemanmoron]

I got my Technician license back in high school just because I was in the club and it was pretty easy to get it. I barely renewed my license in time when it came up. The only thing that really interests me now about it is the usefulness during disasters.

I have my Extra Class Amateur Radio License, and have been talking via the airwaves to people in Far Away places.

Here are some of the places I have talked to in just the last week.

San Marino T77KS
St. Helena ZD7DC
San Andres
Switzerland
Turkey
Balearic Islands
Israel
Lebanon
Poland
Brazil
Alaska
Azores
Faroe Islands
India
Panama

73 K2HAT fn32

 

[John Connor]

I'm an avid scanner enthusiast and tried to get my ham radio lic back in '97 and failed. LOL I wasn't well prepared and they added some EPA questions about RF exposure.

Terminators receive a shortwave transmission to coordinate.

73's

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[John Connor]

I have my Extra Class Amateur Radio License, and have been talking via the airwaves to people in Far Away places.

Here are some of the places I have talked to in just the last week.

San Marino T77KS
St. Helena ZD7DC
San Andres
Switzerland
Turkey
Balearic Islands
Israel
Lebanon
Poland
Brazil
Alaska
Azores
Faroe Islands
India
Panama

73 K2HAT fn32

Do you have any QSL cards?

 

[Imp]

What to do when the aliens come?

 

[jagec]

What to do when the aliens come?

Talk in Navajo I guess.

 

[cavemanmoron]

Do you have any QSL cards?

Oh Yes, lots of them. I have talked to people in over 150 Countries,
that I have either Paper or are Confirmed via Logbook Of The World {LOTW}.

http://files.qrz.com/t/k2hat/Scan_Pic0002_Large_.jpg

Here is one I Sent electronically via EQSL.

http://gallery.ad4wx.com/index.php?level=picture&id=120

 

[mafia]

Can someone explain the point to getting a FCC radio license? What can I do with a license that I otherwise couldn't without it?

 

[John Connor]

Do you mean an amateur radio license? Well, for one you can't broadcat on those frequencies with out a license. People who aren't amateur radio operators are limited to Family radios or FRS for short and CB. That's it unless you want to get a GMRS license or if you run a businesses you get a businesses radio licensee.

 

[Rubycon]

Internet has really killed off amateur...

Anyone can stroll into a store, buy a phone, pc, etc. Install skype and talk to anyone.

What fun is that?

The old days it was fun to erect an antenna, tune it, and do some dx'ing on such modest power. When conditions are right the person you hear come back to you sounds like your neighbor pounding your receive at thirty dB over nine, crystal clear. And you find out they are half way across the globe! Then before you know it their signal fades into the oblivion of the noise floor possibly never to be heard at your shack again! That's what the hobby is all about.

When the infrastructure fails, no internet, no power, these radios will be worth more than their weight in gold! All the kids on facebook, etc. won't be laughing at the guy down the road with the towers and big beams...then! :biggrin:

CBs are still quite popular in many areas of the Caribbean and Mexico. Some of those guys run some pretty serious footwarmers (linear amps) with tens of thousands of watts effective radiated power from their huge beams. They also tend to overmodulate badly and the "splatter" really gets annoying to surrounding services.

CW is actually good for the long shots, it will punch through QRM better than any other service and is universal. Watering down the requirements is a double edged sword but some techies get addicted to code and can belt out the keys almost as fast as people can type!

 

[John Connor]

I use to have a CB ant that was erected on a 20' mast I made back in the late 90's. I had used a SSB CB. I barley used it and still have it today. Perhaps when the proverbial shit hits the fan it will be worth something. When I go on road trips I bring it or the scanner and listen to truckers. Great for knowing on what's going on in case of a car accident or knowing if the fuzz is around. I'm more into scanners now and had a DX-394 shortwave radio and an IC-R3. I actually heard the Cuban numbers station on my IC-R3 handheld. Like to buy it again on eBay. Now a days all the damn police are going encrypted including my town in 2015 and you can't hear them. If they use DES-OFB or ADP you can use a SDR and decode it, but if they use AES your SOL. One day I'm sure someone will hack it.

 

[Raincity]

Packed up all my ham and dx gear two years ago and threw in the towel. All the RFI coming from all the new LCD and Plasma screens put a damper on the hobby.

 

[cavemanmoron]

Packed up all my ham and dx gear two years ago and threw in the towel. All the RFI coming from all the new LCD and Plasma screens put a damper on the hobby.

Try some ferrites on the coax?

The bands have been hopping.

I have worked the DXpedition 5J0R on 4 bands 10, 15, 17, and 20m.
Welcome to 5J0R - San Andres 2013 DXpedition web site, where we'll give information about our DXpedition.
The operation will be on the air from the 1st to the 11th of November.

K2HAT-@ 14269.9 ZS1VV 59+ Thanks Vessy. 1934 05 Nov South Africa

K2HAT-@ 24934.3 UA3KW 59 call North America 1218 05 Nov European Russia

K2HAT-@ 7150.0 8R1Z 59 here Thanks 0246 05 Nov Guyana

K2HAT-@ 7188.2 Z320T 59 upstate NY 0237 05 Nov Macedonia

K2HAT-@ 18145.0 5J0R UP 5 59 0128 05 Nov San Andres &

K2HAT-@ 7152.0 H70ORO 57-59 0117 05 Nov Nicaragua

K2HAT-@ 7149.0 I5REA 59 here 0116 05 Nov Italy

K2HAT-@ 7179.8 CU2CE CLICK 59 Thanks 73 0052 05 Nov Azores

K2HAT-@ 7145.0 W1MBB 59+ 0048 05 Nov United States

K2HAT-@ 7137.0 YT1AA 59 and YT5CT too 59 0039 05 Nov Serbia

K2HAT-@ 24940.0 CO8LY 59+ here fn32 2256 04 Nov Cuba

K2HAT-@ 24970.2 4K9W 57-59 Thanks Vlad 1332 04 Nov Azerbaijan

K2HAT-@ 24936.9 4K4K 59 Boris 4kilo4kilo 1327 04 Nov Azerbaijan

K2HAT-@ 24962.0 S52WW 59 LOTW 1315 04 Nov Slovenia

K2HAT-@ 14185.0 XR0YY DOWN 5 1238 04 Nov Easter Island

K2HAT-@ 24965.0 9A5N 59+ 1604 03 Nov Croatia

K2HAT-@ 24933.0 TF2MSN 59 Odinn 1550 03 Nov Iceland

K2HAT-@ 284893.0 TJ3AY 59 calling NA 1328 03 Nov Cameroon

K2HAT-@ 14189.0 5J0R UP 5-10 59 here Thanks 1236 03 Nov San Andres &

K2HAT-@ 7137.5 H70ORO 59+ 0039 03 Nov Nicaragua

73 K2HAT