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Post by Huntnfreak on Dec 25, 2022 9:01:36 GMT -5
Merry Christmas to all you fine folks at Hunt-Indiana!! Enjoy the day!!
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Post by deadeer on Dec 25, 2022 9:38:05 GMT -5
Merry Christmas everybody!
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 25, 2022 9:48:42 GMT -5
Merry Christmas to all the great members here on H-I!
You make all the effort worthwhile.
May the Good Lord continue to bless us all!
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Dec 25, 2022 10:55:33 GMT -5
Merry Christmas all!
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Post by genesis273 on Dec 25, 2022 10:57:20 GMT -5
Merry Christmas everyone!
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Post by esshup on Dec 25, 2022 11:49:04 GMT -5
Merry Christmas everyone!
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Post by mossberg500 on Dec 25, 2022 11:55:09 GMT -5
Merry Christmas
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Post by bill9068 on Dec 25, 2022 12:28:27 GMT -5
Merry Christmas 🎄
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Post by gumbootbill on Dec 25, 2022 13:00:03 GMT -5
Merry Christmas everyone.
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Post by greghopper on Dec 25, 2022 13:12:30 GMT -5
Yes…. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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Post by M4Madness on Dec 25, 2022 15:12:50 GMT -5
Hope everyone is having a great Christmas! Christmas with my sisters isn't until Wednesday, and my wife doesn't have anything to do with her family. My wife and I have no children, so it was just us. We had rotisserie chicken, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and green beans for Christmas dinner today.
I did get a nice present last night on Christmas Eve a couple minutes before 8PM. I made contact on ham radio with a French gentleman in the sub-Antarctic Crozet Islands, which is the #3 rarest country in the world in amateur radio. It is 14566.7 miles between us on the "long path" around the globe.
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Post by esshup on Dec 25, 2022 19:50:35 GMT -5
Hope everyone is having a great Christmas! Christmas with my sisters isn't until Wednesday, and my wife doesn't have anything to do with her family. My wife and I have no children, so it was just us. We had rotisserie chicken, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and green beans for Christmas dinner today. I did get a nice present last night on Christmas Eve a couple minutes before 8PM. I made contact on ham radio with a French gentleman in the sub-Antarctic Crozet Islands, which is the #3 rarest country in the world in amateur radio. It is 14566.7 miles between us on the "long path" around the globe. That's cool. I will have to tell my ham radio buddy.
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Post by M4Madness on Dec 25, 2022 20:16:21 GMT -5
That's cool. I will have to tell my ham radio buddy. If he's big into "collecting" countries, he's probably working on getting him, too. Lol! The last time anyone manned a radio there was 13 years ago. If your buddy is a long-time ham, he may already have Crozet. There are tens of thousands of people in the world trying to make contact with him, so he's using a mode (FT8) that allows for the fastest contacts so he can move on to the next one. He's only going to be on the air 3 weeks, and at least 5 hours a day he has to shut down so scientists can take readings -- and he has to sleep too. Lol!
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Post by esshup on Dec 25, 2022 22:02:56 GMT -5
That's cool. I will have to tell my ham radio buddy. If he's big into "collecting" countries, he's probably working on getting him, too. Lol! The last time anyone manned a radio there was 13 years ago. If your buddy is a long-time ham, he may already have Crozet. There are tens of thousands of people in the world trying to make contact with him, so he's using a mode (FT8) that allows for the fastest contacts so he can move on to the next one. He's only going to be on the air 3 weeks, and at least 5 hours a day he has to shut down so scientists can take readings -- and he has to sleep too. Lol! Thanks, I sent my buddy that info.
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Post by esshup on Dec 26, 2022 1:09:04 GMT -5
M4Madness, my buddy wanted to know how much power you are running and what is your antennae setup? He's running 100 watts and has a small beam antennae on the roof. His wife collects entities and has worked over 100 of the 300+ that are "available" is what he said.
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Post by M4Madness on Dec 26, 2022 8:14:12 GMT -5
M4Madness, my buddy wanted to know how much power you are running and what is your antennae setup? He's running 100 watts and has a small beam antennae on the roof. His wife collects entities and has worked over 100 of the 300+ that are "available" is what he said. My antenna is $5 worth of 12-gauge wire hanging in a maple tree, so he has me beat on antenna. Lol! My saving grace is that I do have a 500-watt tube amp. I'm what they call in the ham world an "alligator" -- all teeth and no ears. Lol! I'm currently at 242 entities.
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Post by greghopper on Dec 26, 2022 8:28:11 GMT -5
M4Madness, my buddy wanted to know how much power you are running and what is your antennae setup? He's running 100 watts and has a small beam antennae on the roof. His wife collects entities and has worked over 100 of the 300+ that are "available" is what he said. My antenna is $5 worth of 12-gauge wire hanging in a maple tree, so he has me beat on antenna. Lol! My saving grace is that I do have a 500-watt tube amp. I'm what they call in the ham world an "alligator" -- all teeth and no ears. Lol! I'm currently at 242 entities. Saving all that money for QSL cards I see...
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Post by HighCotton on Dec 26, 2022 8:29:44 GMT -5
Hope everyone is having a great Christmas! Christmas with my sisters isn't until Wednesday, and my wife doesn't have anything to do with her family. My wife and I have no children, so it was just us. We had rotisserie chicken, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and green beans for Christmas dinner today. I did get a nice present last night on Christmas Eve a couple minutes before 8PM. I made contact on ham radio with a French gentleman in the sub-Antarctic Crozet Islands, which is the #3 rarest country in the world in amateur radio. It is 14566.7 miles between us on the "long path" around the globe. That’s amazing and I’m super intrigued by this! I know little to nothing about ham radio. I just finished a book on Endurance, The fateful voyage of Ernest Shackleton’s attempt to reach the South Pole in 1914. That got me researching more info on Antarctica. Not too hi jack the thread, But how much would you guess it costs just to get started in ham or shortwave or amateur radio?
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Post by M4Madness on Dec 26, 2022 8:34:34 GMT -5
Saving all that money for QSL cards I see... I ordered a thousand when I got licensed, so I'm good for a long time. Lol!
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Post by greghopper on Dec 26, 2022 8:42:21 GMT -5
Saving all that money for QSL cards I see... I ordered a thousand when I got licensed, so I'm good for a long time. Lol! Post a pic .... or send I post
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