COMM CQ,CQ, CQ........Calling all amateurs with a HF ticket. Any station, anywhere.

Sacajawea

Sacajawea

Has No Life - Lives on TB
I still have antenna work to finish. Been a little windy last few weeks... and garden is priority the next 6 weeks.
Would love to get on the air, though, before I have to renew my license. :rolleyes:
 
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Big Bob

Senior Member
Some years back we had a “TB2K” net for awhile. We had a regular afternoon time I think it was on 40 meters. One guy was in Iowa. I would have to check my old log book for the others location. We talked many days when I got home from work.
 
Raggedyman

Raggedyman

Res ipsa loquitur
I would love to get on with everybody here - the problem for me is ID'ing . . . I'm reluctant to give that call sign just because of the tremendous amount of information tied to it. then again - go listen on 75 and recently even 40 - and hear some of them talk and you wonder what happened to the hobby from the standpoint of not only courtesy but "abiding by the rules".

gonna keep my eyes on this thread and at the very least will sit back and copy the mail. 10 may not work for everybody - what about an alternate freq?
 
Nowski

Nowski

Let's Go Brandon!
It would break TB2K OP-SEC, being as grey as possible.

A digital net would be best IMHO, JS8CALL would work,
and Contestia 4/250, like some of the prepper nets
are using.

With TB2K members all over CONUS, most likely 40
meters would be the best band, for afternoons and
early evenings. I am a member of HFPACK,
the hf portable group, and there are messages now
about working 10 meters.

I will monitor, whatever net you all get set up.

73's to all de Nowski
 
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Czechsix

Contributing Member
Only a 100w in AK, on a EFHW, not going to work with voice. I'm still mucking around with JS8CALL, still haven't got that fully set up.
 
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LYoung8

Contributing Member
Dang my living area doesn't support Hf right now. Live in RV in NC while house hunting. Plus have high voltage power lines over head. But if y'all still be talking when we find a place I shall do my best to drop in and chat.
 
Txkstew

Txkstew

Veteran Member
My Dad joined the Navy when he turned 18. He was going to Radio Man school in Lafayette Louisiana when WWII ended. Didn't keep him from having to go to China, delivering trucks, jeeps, and other stuff to the Nationalist. Next he went to Subic Bay with all the other LST's. His job was to dismantle the antennas. A bunch of them ended up accidently in the bay.

Fast forward 16 years, when I was 6 years old, and my Dad got his Ham license. I would sit for hours listening to him talking to people all over the world. Over the years, he tried to get me to learn code, and get licensed. I just never wanted to do it.

I have his old tubie Swan 500 transceiver, but my oldest Brother got his modern Kenwood. I have his 30 foot truss tower laying on the ground. His beam antenna is in pieces and missing parts. Never got around to erecting it for him when he was alive. I also have his 2 meter rig.

I could probably get the Swan fired up with a whip antenna and listen in, maybe. 10 years ago, a co worker who is a Ham, looked up his call sign, and said his license was still active. He said I should just assume his identity and get on. License is listed at this address. I reminded him that was an FCC fine of $10,000.
 
Txkstew

Txkstew

Veteran Member
I think you can go to QST magazine's web site and look up any call sign and get the license holders status and personal information including full name and address.
 
Txkstew

Txkstew

Veteran Member

Digital QST Now Available

The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.
www.arrl.org www.arrl.org

I looked up my Dad's call number, and it had been reassigned to someone else, who changed it to a different call sign. No record for my Dad.
 
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Dr. G

Senior Member
Icom IC718 for base station and Anytone AT6666 for mobile here, just don’t have as much time as I’d like to use it. Will try Sunday evening @ 5PM ON 28.325MHz
 
Raggedyman

Raggedyman

Res ipsa loquitur
Txkstew said:

Digital QST Now Available

The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.
www.arrl.org www.arrl.org

I looked up my Dad's call number, and it had been reassigned to someone else, who changed it to a different call sign. No record for my Dad.
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if they changed it as you've indicated it may have been put back in the pool - check the FCC data base - assuming you're licensed - you have a right to his call sign IF it hasn't been assigned to another ham in the interval.

what you're looking for is the "vanity call" program. as a direct relative you have first dibs. if its still available and hasn't been reassigned - you better get hot on your tech ticket before its grabbed up. those older (and shorter) calls are in demand for CW operators - PARTICULARLY if they're composed of characters that are easy/quick to pound out . . .
 
Raggedyman

Raggedyman

Res ipsa loquitur
Carl2 said:
You can use a Post Office box as your FCC address. I do.
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I do also - BUT - you can't change your name . . . shoots OPSEC all to hell. I would LOVE to rag chew with alla ya - but HOW to do that without ID'ing is the issue. for some its not a concern. . . for me and I'm CERTAIN I'm not alone in this - it clearly is
 
#1 oldskool

#1 oldskool

"You finally really did it. You maniacs!
OK...it's a deal! 5pm Sunday on 28.325 I will start calling CQ about 5:25 pm. I will also be here on TB monitoring this thread in case 10 meters isn't open and we have to go to another band. Does anyone know the legalaties of adding ( /TB ) behind your callsign ?!
 
Raggedyman

Raggedyman

Res ipsa loquitur
possible thot here - would it be any different than specifying you're a control op in a qso where a non ham is operating on your station?
 
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ShadowMan

ShadowMan

Designated Grumpy Old Fart
As soon as I get out of this current blizzard DISASTER and dig out from all this snow, getting my Ham Shack set up is one of my top priorities.
 
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