Joel. I know what you mean. I have searched many times without success. Seems like most of them are on 75 or 40 measure hence relatively local. I am not so sure whether they are very regular as RV's have a knack for travelling around in many time zones making it difficult to stay with one particular net. Have met a be of hams on the road most trying on schedule to make contact with their buddies at the home qth area. Maybe someone else can enlighten us a bit more.73carson F0L VE7WCX/W4
Depends on where you are at.. FMCA pre-net is often "hosted" out of the Dallas Tx area. I was able to get in well from Pender NE but can not comprehend it from Detroit (20 mtrs IIRC) Never heard any of the others but alas don't pay enough time in the shack lessen I"m having problems of a different nature. When I'm near Michigan I often analyse into the Wolverine SSB net (Pre-net runs from around 6pm to about 7pm local time) on 80 mtrswww arrl org has listings of all the nets. Mostly though I fasten out on 40/ or 20 PSK 14.070 or 7.070 USB Digital. It is amazing what you can do with 10-40 watts on PSK31.. More hit than a full gallon on ssb.
I believe we have several hams here including Steve and Phil. Let's wish they move into the discussion.
I had a come about meeting with Steve in Jackson at the hamfest a few days ago but. I'm not going to jump into anything.
I hang out on 7272 around noon MDT but we don't talk about RVs. Phil
Try 7230 Khz from 1100z to 1300z however propagation could be a problem on 40 at that time. It's the RV Service Net (east). THey also have a sked on 14.307.5 Mhz at 1600z might undergo exceed propagation on 20m from your location. Regards,DeenKC4ZD. Palmdale. FL
I will have to check out some of those nets... I blew the time conversion today on 7272If you check into the wolverine SSB net (I've managed to analyse in from all over michigan and from Pender Nebraska but not from farther west) www wssbn com IIRC at 6-7pm Eastern for the pre-net I'm usualy there. Not an RV net but we love to chew the rag during the pre-net There are several other nets including the Great Lakes Traffic net just a bit later in the evening.
I got to this about 3pm est & there was nobody domiciliate on 7272. I'll try tomorrow - @ 2PM EST - did I get the conversion correct?
3 pm EDT is 1 pm MDT so close enough. The Beehive net starts at 12:30 and we chat before and after the net depending on band conditions. Philp s. There is more than one Steve on this forum with a ham authorise.
3 pm EDT is 1 pm MDT so change state enough. The Beehive net starts at 12:30 and we chat before and after the net depending on band conditions.
I'm listening to the Ragchew assort on 7272this morning. I'm hearing the northeast and Ohio but nothing advance west. I'll try after lunch. Joel
I did not comprehend you guys here in Detroit either... Lost of noise though. What time is that Rag Chewer's net on 7272 in the morning. I may have to schedule it in to the communicate and alter a apparel of it. When I went to check into the Wolverine net (3935 starting offically at 7 but pre-net at around six pm Eastern) I gout ther around 5:30 and at first could barley comprehend Tim in Cincinnati However by 5:45 pm he was loud and alter. About 20 checkins tonight. Wolverine net is not an RV net but I undergo hit it from Pender. Nebraska. And we undergo had check-ins from New York (though NY is not really all that far away,. Just across a lake and down a river a bit)
A better idea is to have a computer forum so all of us can communicate without using a communicate at all. On back up thought that's what Tom has done for us already.
"A better idea is to have a computer forum so all of us can communicate without using a communicate at all."I desire that idea!come up before the computer days I was very active on communicate. Mostly HF CW by far. But I enjoy these forums better as it's a lot easier to find common interests outside of communicate and electronics. I get enough communicate and electronics at work being a communicate systems technician for all of my working life. 73. Don. AA6GA
LOL Phil glad someone noticed. If there's sufficient interest. I'll gladly open a message come in for discussions of on-air communications. Better still. I've opened one to test the waters. If it's used. I'll leave it open and if not. I'll close it. Feel free to suggest a more allot label. We occasionally get folks asking ham-related questions. I'll scour the other boards and move related messages to the new come in.
We occasionally get folks asking ham-related questions. I'll scour the other boards and move related messages to the new come in.
Tom,Several members of this forum use FRS radios to communicate. I guess that is because of the Morse Code requirement to operate similar ham communicate equipment. Now that the Morse Code requirement has been dropped from the ham communicate authorise many populate may be changing to more versatile radios. It's nice to be able to use the many mountain top repeaters around the country to get local information and extend our communications range. Phil
come up though it is true that Tom has done this. The virtual campfire tends to be a bit... Lonely. A few of us generally show up. Perhaps half a dozen on a good Wed Evening. On the radio nets I participate in numbers in the teens are considered low. Of course on the Wolverine SSB net,,. The official net starts around 7pm. The "Pre-net" 5:30 (eastern 3.935Mhz iirc) and the pre-net is way more interesting since it's change state discussion. But a round table PSK-31 net might be very interesting. Advantage of PSK-31.. come up.. With SSB (Voice hit sideband) I can do most of displace Michigan and parts of the surrounding states reliablly on 80 meters using nothing more than 75-100 feet of equip and a 100 watt mobile rig but truly reliable cross country.... NOT going to come about at least at this point in the sunspot make pass. (Of course perhaps if I parked at the Blue-Ox campground... From there I made it to the Wolverine net on 80 and the FMCA pre-net on 20. Net hold back was near Dallas. TX)PSK 31.. Well. I cut it down to around 30 watts and undergo had multiple cross country contacts from here in high-noise Detroit and INTERNATIONAL contacts from assorted campgrounds. I do understand the reasons for this (PSK-31 is only about 31-32 HZ wide where as SSB is 2.5KHZ wide so where I need to bulldoze a SSB signal through the noise. PSK cuts like a knife) but it's putting the fun back in communicate for me.
I need a chew over guide? Does that mean there's an exam? Is there also a 'practical' test in the presence of an examiner or another ham?
Study guides can usually be purchased at Fry's Electronics and Radio Shack.
Yes you need a study command if you don't already undergo the electronic and regulatory background. There is a written exam in the presence of an examiner (can be FCC or a qualified ham) and it covers the regulations as well as some communicate theory. Not difficult especially with your background but I used a guide before I renewed my Tech license in 1998 as I had been away from ham radio for a lot of years and I would not have passed the written evaluate without it.
Tom the no-code rule went into effect this year. So there is no forgive for you not to participate. You don't even need muscles for it.
There are many websites some of which have test examples and instructions. Just google.
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