[time-nuts] Amatuer Radio Information

J. Mike Needham iain_nitro at att.net
Wed Nov 25 15:37:51 UTC 2009


Greetings:

 

I have noticed that some of you have call signs for Amateur Radio and I
decided that I would like to get into that again.  Several years ago I was
looking into it and was given some modified military surplus radio
equipment, one such item was a transceiver.  Unfortunately, when we moved
from the location that I lived in at that time, we could not take the radio
equipment with us because it was vacuum tube based and very heavy and the
moving company of course was charging by the pound.

 

I discovered where I can take my exam locally and would like to study up a
little as it has been years.  I understand that I no longer have to do Morse
code as part of it, but still would like to find resources on study
materials and practice tests.

 

As far as equipment is concerned, I am on a tight budget and so it will
likely be eBay and Craigslist, but I am not sure what I need these days.  I
have computers a- plenty and basically can use advice on what kind of
transceiver to get, what are the best brands and what I need for an antenna
- I live in an apartment and want to do this with a base-station radio setup
as opposed to a mobile.  I need an antenna that would be the least obtrusive
and not mounted in a permanent fashion to the building.  I also need
information on what kind of lightning protection and etc would be good.

 

Thanks - I know this is "off topic" but I do plan to keep perfect time with
my station as well J

 

My real email address appears below, so if someone wants to offer help "off
list" I welcome someone to write me and of course if you live locally to
Lawrence, I would love to meet in person and exchange ideas etc.

 

J. Mike Needham

iain_nitro at att.net

Lawrence, Kansas USA

 



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