But who are you going to talk to? Best to have a bunch of like-minded folks all practicing ahead of time.
And are you also doing digital? JS8call and the softwares available in the Fldigi suite are where all the action is nowadays. Check out https://amrron.com/about/
I'm going to talk to the ones who can't tune a wire to talk anywhere. I will come tune their wires so's they don't use an auto-tuner which simply fools the radio into putting out all the power. Better utilized with a well-tuned antenna system i.e. antenna, feedline, and all meters, amps and jumpers. The electrical length of all these come into play in putting meters in the half-wave multiple to read the right standing wave ratio. And ultimately having the lowest reactance so capacitances and inductances work together rather than against. KEEPIN' THE FIRE IN THE WIRE!!!
I don't plan on getting licenced. Just getting out is good enough in emergencies.
But who are you going to talk to? Best to have a bunch of like-minded folks all practicing ahead of time.
And are you also doing digital? JS8call and the softwares available in the Fldigi suite are where all the action is nowadays. Check out https://amrron.com/about/
I'm going to talk to the ones who can't tune a wire to talk anywhere. I will come tune their wires so's they don't use an auto-tuner which simply fools the radio into putting out all the power. Better utilized with a well-tuned antenna system i.e. antenna, feedline, and all meters, amps and jumpers. The electrical length of all these come into play in putting meters in the half-wave multiple to read the right standing wave ratio. And ultimately having the lowest reactance so capacitances and inductances work together rather than against. KEEPIN' THE FIRE IN THE WIRE!!!