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#52 Guest_vinced_*
Posted 10 October 2001 - 06:49 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Anton:
Perhaps the site administrator will give us a separate forum, called "GPS & Ham Radio". If you like that idea, say so!
Please leave your name and callsign.
Anton
Vince
KD5NVO (formaly KC6ISS, I oops'ed on my renewal form) /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif
#53 Guest_vinced_*
Posted 10 October 2001 - 06:49 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Anton:
Perhaps the site administrator will give us a separate forum, called "GPS & Ham Radio". If you like that idea, say so!
Please leave your name and callsign.
Anton
Vince
KD5NVO (formaly KC6ISS, I oops'ed on my renewal form)
#55 Guest_Kimrobin_*
Posted 11 October 2001 - 01:25 AM
Have to admit that I haven't paid my licence up for about ten years now.
But my call G1ANT is a pretty good one.
Alex
(also known as The Big Man - get it??)
[This message has been edited by Kimrobin (edited 11 October 2001).]
But my call G1ANT is a pretty good one.
Alex
(also known as The Big Man - get it??)
[This message has been edited by Kimrobin (edited 11 October 2001).]
#56 Guest_skeeter_*
Posted 11 October 2001 - 01:29 AM
KA0EGL (originally ticketed in Iowa during high school days)
Rockwall, TX
Rockwall, TX
#57 Guest_W7WT_*
Posted 11 October 2001 - 01:54 AM
Been a ham for over 50 years. Picture of me at my station on qrz.com and then type in W7WT. Have had GPSs for several years. Actually heard about Geocaching from Matt the webmaster for mavican.nu, a Sony camera
forum. I am sure many of you are also interested in flying, digital cameras, flyfishing etc. I am 76 years old and the old body pays for some of my Geocaching. 73
Dick
forum. I am sure many of you are also interested in flying, digital cameras, flyfishing etc. I am 76 years old and the old body pays for some of my Geocaching. 73
Dick
#58 Guest_rogerswin_*
Posted 11 October 2001 - 02:25 AM
WA6MZX
Roger
Whenever I go geocaching, fishing or hunting, I always carry my gps, cell phone, and 2/6 meter handheld.
(Sold the VHF rig, now carry the Yaesu FT-817).
[This message has been edited by rogerswin (edited 01 February 2002).]
Roger
Whenever I go geocaching, fishing or hunting, I always carry my gps, cell phone, and 2/6 meter handheld.
(Sold the VHF rig, now carry the Yaesu FT-817).
[This message has been edited by rogerswin (edited 01 February 2002).]
#60 Guest_JerryB_*
Posted 11 October 2001 - 05:47 AM
KF6DNJ
Torrance, California
On the way to look for the Mt Lowe cache I discovered that the printout was missing and there's no cellular service on top of Mt. Wilson. No prob, called friends dad on PV repeater, who called us at the pay phone nearby and he got us the info. It's amazing how far a few watts will take you with line of site.
Jerry.
Torrance, California
On the way to look for the Mt Lowe cache I discovered that the printout was missing and there's no cellular service on top of Mt. Wilson. No prob, called friends dad on PV repeater, who called us at the pay phone nearby and he got us the info. It's amazing how far a few watts will take you with line of site.
Jerry.
#61 Guest_N6RZR_*
Posted 12 October 2001 - 09:33 AM
N6RZR / Brian
KE6VFQ / Debbie
Anderson,CA
Hello fellow operators, APRS'ers and
Geocachers.
We never leave home Geocaching without
our 2m/70cm handheld, digital camera, and
of course our trusty Garmin GPSII+.
Which by the way was originally purchased
for APRS use several years ago.
73
KE6VFQ / Debbie
Anderson,CA
Hello fellow operators, APRS'ers and
Geocachers.
We never leave home Geocaching without
our 2m/70cm handheld, digital camera, and
of course our trusty Garmin GPSII+.
Which by the way was originally purchased
for APRS use several years ago.
73
#62 Guest_RedwoodRed_*
Posted 13 October 2001 - 05:29 AM
KF6VFI :: RedwoodRed aka: Lori
KF6VFH :: Steak'n'Eggs aka: Eric
We live in extreme coastal Northern California, near Seesthewind, though we didn't know about each other until day before yesterday!
We are hoping to get some of our Amateur Radio club members involved in this sport/hobby... especially since most hams are gadget-happy (don't try and deny it!
)
73's from Crescent City!
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Lori aka: RedwoodRed
KF6VFI
http://www.queenofheartscastle.com/home.htm
http://www.beautywithattitude.com
http://www.w6hy.org
KF6VFH :: Steak'n'Eggs aka: Eric
We live in extreme coastal Northern California, near Seesthewind, though we didn't know about each other until day before yesterday!
We are hoping to get some of our Amateur Radio club members involved in this sport/hobby... especially since most hams are gadget-happy (don't try and deny it!
)73's from Crescent City!
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Lori aka: RedwoodRed
KF6VFI
http://www.queenofheartscastle.com/home.htm
http://www.beautywithattitude.com
http://www.w6hy.org
#63 Guest_RedwoodRed_*
Posted 13 October 2001 - 05:29 AM
KF6VFI :: RedwoodRed aka: Lori
KF6VFH :: Steak'n'Eggs aka: Eric
We live in extreme coastal Northern California, near Seesthewind, though we didn't know about each other until day before yesterday!
We are hoping to get some of our Amateur Radio club members involved in this sport/hobby... especially since most hams are gadget-happy (don't try and deny it! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif)
73's from Crescent City!
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Lori aka: RedwoodRed
KF6VFI
http://www.queenofheartscastle.com/home.htm
http://www.beautywithattitude.com
http://www.w6hy.org
KF6VFH :: Steak'n'Eggs aka: Eric
We live in extreme coastal Northern California, near Seesthewind, though we didn't know about each other until day before yesterday!
We are hoping to get some of our Amateur Radio club members involved in this sport/hobby... especially since most hams are gadget-happy (don't try and deny it! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif)
73's from Crescent City!
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Lori aka: RedwoodRed
KF6VFI
http://www.queenofheartscastle.com/home.htm
http://www.beautywithattitude.com
http://www.w6hy.org
#65 Guest_martinp13_*
Posted 14 October 2001 - 03:29 AM
There are sites out there that give a "practice" test for the various licenses... I took the Technician's test, and nearly passed! Now, I'm a software guy, with no radio experience at all. Most of my "hardware experience" has been installing my TiVo and upgrading my Magellan 330. /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif I took the bare minimum of physics courses in college, and that was 20 years ago.
I DO play along with Jeopardy a lot, tho. /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif
Is that really all there is to it? Pass an official version of a multi-guess test like that?
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> Martin
Magellan 330 (1.56/WAAS enabled!)
Don't have time to program and record your shows while geocaching? Get a TiVo !
I DO play along with Jeopardy a lot, tho. /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif
Is that really all there is to it? Pass an official version of a multi-guess test like that?
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> Martin
Magellan 330 (1.56/WAAS enabled!)
Don't have time to program and record your shows while geocaching? Get a TiVo !
#66 Guest_martinp13_*
Posted 14 October 2001 - 03:29 AM
There are sites out there that give a "practice" test for the various licenses... I took the Technician's test, and nearly passed! Now, I'm a software guy, with no radio experience at all. Most of my "hardware experience" has been installing my TiVo and upgrading my Magellan 330. 
I took the bare minimum of physics courses in college, and that was 20 years ago.
I DO play along with Jeopardy a lot, tho.
Is that really all there is to it? Pass an official version of a multi-guess test like that?
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> Martin
Magellan 330 (1.56/WAAS enabled!)
Don't have time to program and record your shows while geocaching? Get a TiVo !
I took the bare minimum of physics courses in college, and that was 20 years ago.I DO play along with Jeopardy a lot, tho.
Is that really all there is to it? Pass an official version of a multi-guess test like that?
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> Martin
Magellan 330 (1.56/WAAS enabled!)
Don't have time to program and record your shows while geocaching? Get a TiVo !
#67 Guest_K9FIK_*
Posted 14 October 2001 - 07:51 AM
K9FIK here, from Jefferson City, Tennessee. I have loved hidden transmitter hunts since High School (35 years ago). Love these hunts too. Less competitive, don't you think?
73
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K9FIK
73
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K9FIK
#68 Guest_Mopar_*
Posted 14 October 2001 - 01:23 PM
quote:
Originally posted by martinp13:
Is that really all there is to it? Pass an official version of a multi-guess test like that?
Yes, that REALLY is all there is to it now. When I got my ticket, you HAD to have at least 5 Words Per Minute morse code for even an entry level license. Now, you can get a pretty good taste for it without knowing code. They recognized that:
A)Code really isnt that popular on the higher freqencies (voice and digital make up probably 98% or more).
B)Those say higher frewuencies FOR THE MOST PART are limited to line of sight local communications(although unter the right conditions, you can get 1000's of miles) , so they really dont fall under international laws that require code. and perhaps the biggest reason:
C)The recognized that the same people who used to like to tinker and take the time to learn morse code where now learning things like HTML and C++ instead. Ham radio was pretty much slowly dying. There were alot of new technologies that would love to get hold of some of those prime radio bands set aside for hams. It came down to a case of "use it or lose it". So they relaxed the code requirements to bring more people into the hobby.
#70 Guest_Fotogg_*
Posted 15 October 2001 - 08:45 AM
Martinp13,
Yes there are sites where you can take practice tests. Go to www.qrz.com and scroll down on the left to "General Services" and click on practice test.
Also for a good morse code practice program go to http://c2.com/~ward/morse/morse.html
and you can download a free code practice program for your pc.
I used both of these to get my ticket, and still mess around with the code practice program from time to time.
Hope this helps,
Steve N5MSY
Yes there are sites where you can take practice tests. Go to www.qrz.com and scroll down on the left to "General Services" and click on practice test.
Also for a good morse code practice program go to http://c2.com/~ward/morse/morse.html
and you can download a free code practice program for your pc.
I used both of these to get my ticket, and still mess around with the code practice program from time to time.
Hope this helps,
Steve N5MSY
#71 Guest_TresOkies_*
Posted 16 October 2001 - 12:40 AM
I have my grandfather's tube equipment. He was one of those pioneers who built his own equipment from sketches he made and found in science magazines in the 30's. I remember getting up at 5 a.m. to go out to the "ham shack" before he went to work. All his grandchildren called him "Didaw" ("dit" and "daw" were the language he spoke).
I learned to code on a practice set as a child, but I never took the license exam. Now that my grandfather is gone, I wonder if I can inherit his call sign. I understand that the FCC grants vanity signs, can that also include a legacy sign?
-E
grandson of K5HDP
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35°32.981 98°34.631
I learned to code on a practice set as a child, but I never took the license exam. Now that my grandfather is gone, I wonder if I can inherit his call sign. I understand that the FCC grants vanity signs, can that also include a legacy sign?
-E
grandson of K5HDP
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35°32.981 98°34.631
#72 Guest_Mopar_*
Posted 16 October 2001 - 12:56 AM
d call is not being used, so I don't think it would be a problem. Might want to brush up on the code too. It's alot like riding a bike, you never REALLY forget it. 5WPM is all you need to know now for the higher grade tickets.
N2GZG
N2GZG
#73 Guest_Mopar_*
Posted 16 October 2001 - 12:56 AM
old call is not being used, so I don't think it would be a problem. Might want to brush up on the code too. It's alot like riding a bike, you never REALLY forget it. 5WPM is all you need to know now for the higher grade tickets.
N2GZG
N2GZG
#76 Guest_ncstate1_*
Posted 23 October 2001 - 09:52 PM
N9UDH
Cacheing w/GPS and 2M/440....
73's
Dave
Cacheing w/GPS and 2M/440....
73's
Dave
#77 Guest_kd5knr_*
Posted 24 November 2001 - 02:06 AM
As the UserName shows... KD5KNR.
APRS with a D700 and a GPS III+, Geocaching with a D7 and a Vista. APRS running in the vehicle in lieu of setting the waypoint for your parking spot. Usually have a status message indicating "Out GeoCaching".
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Regards,
Billy Mason, KD5KNR
Bedford, Texas EM12kt
IPN - DFW247
[This message has been edited by kd5knr (edited 24 November 2001).]
APRS with a D700 and a GPS III+, Geocaching with a D7 and a Vista. APRS running in the vehicle in lieu of setting the waypoint for your parking spot. Usually have a status message indicating "Out GeoCaching".
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Regards,
Billy Mason, KD5KNR
Bedford, Texas EM12kt
IPN - DFW247
[This message has been edited by kd5knr (edited 24 November 2001).]
#78 Guest_mgp5000_*
Posted 25 November 2001 - 06:08 AM
KD6ODB
San Francisco, CA
Haven't been on the air in a long time, but I grew up around ham radios and antennas. In fact, I think it's about time to renew my license. Just got into geocaching.
San Francisco, CA
Haven't been on the air in a long time, but I grew up around ham radios and antennas. In fact, I think it's about time to renew my license. Just got into geocaching.
#79 Guest_camp637_*
Posted 25 November 2001 - 07:10 AM
I am a ham operator also (kb9rgu) that has just recently gotten into this sport. My wife has also gotten into Geocaaching with me, but she is not a ham-oh well. I have gotten a couple of the guys in my radio club interested, but as of yet, they haven't taken the plunge into Geocaching. One of the guys, just happens to work for Motorola at the headquarters in Schaumburg,Illinois, and thought that after my describing what this is all about, thought that maybe we(hams) could combine a Geocache hunt with a foxhunt. Seemed like a great idea, then I saw the logs today in this thread, and apparently,that too has been thought of. Now here's a new thought-I am going on a cruise in December, and maye a geocache hunt could take place on a big cruise ship some day-especially if there are hams aboard. What do you think?
#80 Guest_Mopar_*
Posted 25 November 2001 - 11:33 AM
quote:
Originally posted by camp637:
Now here's a new thought-I am going on a cruise in December, and maye a geocache hunt could take place on a big cruise ship some day-especially if there are hams aboard. What do you think?
That too was discussed in a thread here somewhere. Problem is, the ship is moving, so the coordinates are constantly changing as well.
#81 Guest_gdeas_*
Posted 25 November 2001 - 12:29 PM
Call sign is NX0P in Omaha. Not very active on the radio these days due to the work load. But it figures does'nt it that we are gadget people!
#82 Guest_flyfisher_*
Posted 25 November 2001 - 11:26 PM
Yep, one more ham
Vry 73s de WS8G /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif
Vry 73s de WS8G /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif
#84 Guest_Digiital_*
Posted 25 November 2001 - 11:58 PM
Add another one to the bucket. I think I'm the only VE3 to add my call to the list.
VE3TOS
Brampton, Ontario
VE3TOS
Brampton, Ontario
#85 Guest_popwireless_*
Posted 26 November 2001 - 09:46 AM
GPS is a popular wireless gadget that is very useful to the Ham. I have always used mine when radio direction finding. After creating a message area at my magazine for GPS I discovered the Geocaching site and their BBS. I can work on my GPS skills by doing Geocaching.
This wireless hobby can bring an entire family together for a healthy walking or hiking activity.
WA6GON
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Doug Smith
Editor
Popular Wireless Magazines
This wireless hobby can bring an entire family together for a healthy walking or hiking activity.
WA6GON
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Doug Smith
Editor
Popular Wireless Magazines
#87 Guest_kb9tyc_*
Posted 29 November 2001 - 08:46 AM
Add another one to the mix. KB9TYC, Paul in Cameron, WI
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Paul J. Brooten
http://www.kb9tyc.com
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Paul J. Brooten
http://www.kb9tyc.com
#88 Guest_AV8NDAD_*
Posted 30 November 2001 - 12:39 PM
One more for the round table: KF6UMY here.
--- 73s de KF6UMY
David
Sunny Southern California
--- 73s de KF6UMY
David
Sunny Southern California
#89 Guest_Ruth_*
Posted 02 December 2001 - 02:12 AM
Another Ham-geocacher. K8SB Trenton, Michigan. I am thinking about taking my portable HF rig to some convergences between Long. and Lat. such as 45 degrees lat. and 85 degrees long. and issue special certificate or QSL cards for contacts from that location. The GPSR would be used to locate the exact spot. I could also leave a cache at that location. How does that sound?
#90 Guest_Mopar_*
Posted 02 December 2001 - 02:19 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Stan&Ruth:
The GPSR would be used to locate the exact spot. I could also leave a cache at that location. How does that sound?
Sounds like a great idea to me. Also sounds like you should add your idea to this thread: http://forums.groundspeak.com/ubb/Forum28/HTML/000004.html
N2GZG
#92 Guest_Just a Short Walk_*
Posted 05 December 2001 - 02:22 AM
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#94 Guest_Ani_*
Posted 07 December 2001 - 06:25 AM
How about 2 for the price of one? Gil is VE6GIL and Ani is KB0QME (Quit Makin' Excuses). We use a Garmin E-Trex Summit for Geocaching and Volksmarching. Some of the Volksmarchers are also hams who use simplex while hiking. We've been in Colorado Springs since 1995 but just discovered geocaching. Way back in the late 70's I did a lot of 2m foxhunting in Ft. Collins as KB0ZI and WB0WWQ before that. Geocaching reminds me of foxhunting in a roundabout way.
Cheers!
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...Gil&Ani
VE6GIL & KB0QME
Colorado Springs, CO
Cheers!
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...Gil&Ani
VE6GIL & KB0QME
Colorado Springs, CO
#95 Guest_ESFKids_*
Posted 07 December 2001 - 08:02 AM
Geocaching and Ham Radio... What a great way to enjoy technology and the outdoors! As a SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Student it doesn?t get much better then this!
Andrew
Environmental Resource and Forest Engineering
KC2HUX
Andrew
Environmental Resource and Forest Engineering
KC2HUX
#96 Guest_TxHiPowr_*
Posted 11 December 2001 - 01:30 AM
KD5BLR here. I got my license mainly for radio direction finding of wayward high powered model rockets. They can drift quite a ways laterally from the launchsite if flown high enough on a windy day. I'm currently building an APRS package for the larger rockets so that they will transmit GPS coordinates back to me for display on a moving map program like TopoUSA or Street Atlas on my laptop.
Lou Catozzi
TxHiPowr@BigFoot.Com
Lou Catozzi
TxHiPowr@BigFoot.Com
#97 Guest_gbc_*
Posted 12 December 2001 - 09:14 PM
Gil
HK3JHT
Bogota, Colombia
WGS84 N4 37 28.9 W74 06 05.9
ICQ 2401099
73
[This message has been edited by gbc (edited 13 December 2001).]
HK3JHT
Bogota, Colombia
WGS84 N4 37 28.9 W74 06 05.9
ICQ 2401099
73
[This message has been edited by gbc (edited 13 December 2001).]
#98 Guest_bgeipel_*
Posted 13 December 2001 - 10:04 AM
Hello all,
My family and I are new to Geocaching. My call sign is AD6HR and my wife is W6PBJ. I mainly do low power CW.
73 es CUL
[This message has been edited by bgeipel (edited 13 December 2001).]
My family and I are new to Geocaching. My call sign is AD6HR and my wife is W6PBJ. I mainly do low power CW.
73 es CUL
[This message has been edited by bgeipel (edited 13 December 2001).]
#99 Guest_Morseman_*
Posted 13 December 2001 - 06:47 PM
Hello bgeipel,
Another QRPer, eh?
de Dave (G0DJA)
AKA Morseman
GQRP No. 3247
ARS No. 147
FISTS No. 1372
Zombie No. 187
SOC No. 163
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Morseman
Another QRPer, eh?
de Dave (G0DJA)
AKA Morseman
GQRP No. 3247
ARS No. 147
FISTS No. 1372
Zombie No. 187
SOC No. 163
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Morseman
#100 Guest_KD7NHN_*
Posted 14 December 2001 - 03:36 AM
hello geo-hams!
glad to join you all,
-Jacob
Mapleton,Utah
KD7NHN
glad to join you all,
-Jacob
Mapleton,Utah
KD7NHN
