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ICOM m810 open up for ham bands?
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"Doug Dotson" wrote: But only outputs a few milliwatts when tuning I believe. But you do still need a valid license to work QRP. Doug, k3qt s/v Callista Autotuners need about 3 to 5 watts of RF at the input to the tuner for the internal Phase and Power Sensing Systems to operate correctly. Bruce in alaska -- add a 2 before @ |
ICOM m810 open up for ham bands?
"Doug Dotson" wrote in
: Doesn't matter. All rules are suspended in an emergency. Having a ham enabled rig on board is a good idea even if one does not have a ham license. Much better chance of reaching a ham than anyone on Marine SSB in an emergency, Doug, k3qt s/v Callista You can even run more than 25W on VHF to get over the noise of Bubba's Marina parking boats running 25W from his 90' tower, in an emergency. My boats have all had a 160W linear amp, made for 2 meters but broadbanded, in them for years.... Marinas should all be limited to 1/2 watt from an antenna no taller than the top of the fuel dock house.....dammit.... |
ICOM m810 open up for ham bands?
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ICOM m810 open up for ham bands?
Larry W4CSC wrote: 73, Larry W4CharlestonSouthCarolina (aka WN2IWH, WB4THE, KN4IM...all fine old calls) How many years did you sit around waiting for the old W4CSC to die off? :-) -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
ICOM m810 open up for ham bands?
I almost bought a 100W amp for marine VHF when I was in the
Bahamas. They are legal there but they wants way too much money for it. Didn't seem to have a RX preamp so it seemed to me that talking to folks that I couldn't hear wasn't worth it Doug s/v Callista "Larry W4CSC" wrote in message ... "Doug Dotson" wrote in : Doesn't matter. All rules are suspended in an emergency. Having a ham enabled rig on board is a good idea even if one does not have a ham license. Much better chance of reaching a ham than anyone on Marine SSB in an emergency, Doug, k3qt s/v Callista You can even run more than 25W on VHF to get over the noise of Bubba's Marina parking boats running 25W from his 90' tower, in an emergency. My boats have all had a 160W linear amp, made for 2 meters but broadbanded, in them for years.... Marinas should all be limited to 1/2 watt from an antenna no taller than the top of the fuel dock house.....dammit.... |
ICOM m810 open up for ham bands?
Glenn Ashmore wrote in
news:7oAic.14111$uF3.1695@lakeread04: Larry W4CSC wrote: 73, Larry W4CharlestonSouthCarolina (aka WN2IWH, WB4THE, KN4IM...all fine old calls) How many years did you sit around waiting for the old W4CSC to die off? :-) None, really. I was looking for a call to replace the FCC-generated AWFUL KN4IM. No more calls with N and/or M in them! Way too confusing on the air. WCSC is Channel 5 TV, here and I have a friend who works there. I thought it was neat that it was open. My other choice that was open wasn't an old-time W4 call, but N4SEX, which is also very neat. Well, I got the best one, Charleston's call....or Clemson or Conway or Cainhoy or Camden or Clinton, SC...(c; I had a nice golf shirt made up with W4CSC done in the same letter font as WCSC uses before the ham club was invited to tour the new WCSC broadcast facility and watch the local newscast live from behind the cameras. Everyone at the station got a big kick out of my shirt. I've been meaning to go take a nice picture of the front of the WCSC new building with the bottom of the big, widebase, radar tower looming over it. I want to morph a 4 into the WCSC over the front door and have that picture made up into color QSL cards like it's my ham station...(c; One of many projects that hasn't been completed.... Larry W4CSC The original W4CSC died 4 YEARS before I applied for the call. There's lots of fine old 1X3 original ham calls looking for a new home. I wouldn't trade it for A4A or W4A or W4DX, those fakey new calls.... |
ICOM m810 open up for ham bands?
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Larry W4CSC wrote: Bruce in Alaska wrote in news:bruceg- : In article , "Doug Dotson" wrote: But only outputs a few milliwatts when tuning I believe. But you do still need a valid license to work QRP. Doug, k3qt s/v Callista Autotuners need about 3 to 5 watts of RF at the input to the tuner for the internal Phase and Power Sensing Systems to operate correctly. Tuners get all excited if you tune them up at a kilowatt....(c; Larry W4CSC Yep, if you do that, the "Magic Smoke" comes out and they don't work right anymore. It isn't easy to put the smoke back in either. Bruce in alaska -- add a 2 before @ |
ICOM m810 open up for ham bands?
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ICOM m810 open up for ham bands?
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Larry W4CSC wrote: Bruce in Alaska wrote in news:bruceg- : Yep, if you do that, the "Magic Smoke" comes out and they don't work right anymore. It isn't easy to put the smoke back in either. Bruce in alaska I have never seen anyone successful at pumping the "Magic Smoke" back into any electronic component or cabinet, however many have tried in vain....(c; "Magic Smoke" is much more impressive in transmitters over 10 KW, don't you agree? Larry POWER IS OUR FRIEND! Had a Gates 15Kw FM take a dump, from over the hill Power Tubes going flat at 2AM in the snow. Back of the Cabinet was outside building with the front inside. When I arrived, with the consulting engineer, we found "Smoking Holes in the snow" where the final parts had been thrown, and melted down thru the snow. This was a NON-Profit, noncommercial, that used handmedown finals from the local Tv Station Modulator, and when they went south they did it in an "Exlosive" fashion. It took us 6 hours to rebuild all the "Plumbing" and get back on the air with the next set of "Overtime Tubes". One of my many "Broadcast Stories" from when I was a kid. Bruce in alaska -- add a 2 before @ |
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