![]() ![]() I need to QRO, 99% of the time I'm just listening, especially when the nonsense starts. I've managed to make contacts on the East Coast, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane with my current rig when the skip is running and had a reply from Hawaii but got drowned out by the power stations. I wouldn't mind having a play with CW as well.Ĭurrently I'm running a Galaxy 959 with a ½ wave vertical but would like to get a Yaesu FT-101 (as pictured above) and a beam. I'm hoping to keep things relatively simple and old school but would like to work 27.555 and other popular 11m frequencies with a few extra watts. My handle was a reference to my first car 1980 HZ 253 Your pushing some good numbers my way deye243, solid 5's there !! Well how about that If you are a little nervous, Tony, it is OK to let the other stations know that you are new to it and they will help you along and probably give you some good advice.Deye243 wrote:G'day I see you also like HZ 253 V8 I've been licensed since 2006 and boy oh boy you can spend tens of thousands of dollars on ham radio equipment or on the flip side you can do just as good a job with very little money. You would hear one of the station then say "QSK QRZ." You would start by saying hello and repeating your call-sign and name. If you hear stations talking to each other and you would like, to join the conversation you would say "QSK" or "QSK 3762." QSK let's the other stations know you would like to join their conversation. The correct procedure is to go to the frequency you wish to use and say "26CT3762 is this frequency in use." The DX meaning distant contacts.īefore you give a QSY frequency, Tony, you need to make sure that it is not in use. If you only want long distance contacts you would substitute CQ call for CQDX. Likewise if you heard another station putting out the above call, you would say, " 26CT3762 calling," then the other station would call you in. ![]() You would say, "CQ call, CQ call, 26CT3762 QRZ," (QRZ is inviting any stations on the frequency to come back to you with their call-sign. You would then tune to 27.585 and put out another call. If you want to put a call out on T5 to make some contacts, Tony, you would say "CQ call, CQ call, this is 26CT3762, please QSY (change frequency) to 27.585 for possible contact." It can be any frequency you want, Tony. Just thought I'd share my musings on this topic. I've made some good contacts by sitting on a non T5 frequency chatting to mates, then being found by a DX station.Īnyway, I know this subject has been done to death. But people just gossiping away on T5 is frustrating. I don't really mind the whistles, "hola hola coca cola" etc. If the conversation starts becoming extended then QSY is required! A couple of sentences back and forth in my view is fine, something I've done myself on occasions. I have no issue with people saying a quick "hello" to their mate if they happen upon each other when DXing. Again, this becomes difficult when two locals are rabbiting away about their failed car MOT or hip operation.ĭon't get me wrong. But in flat conditions, there may be some good ground wave UK contacts to be made from high ground. Someone can be struggling to pull out a QSL in weak conditions because of you and your mate chatting away.Īlso, the band might be "dead". An experienced operator ought to know that radio propagation is such that you might be able to hear a station on the skip at one QTH, but a mile down the road the band can sound dead. "There's noone on here!", "The band's dead mate!" or some other variation is what I hear from seasoned operators, when I grumble at them for talking on 27.555. ![]()
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