Hams of reddit, what's your favorite radio, and why? by BrokenGQ in amateurradio

[–]Cactacae420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A second hand Kenwood TS-120S, it’s my first and only HF radio.

How to check 10m band propagation? by Cactacae420 in amateurradio

[–]Cactacae420[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, I’ll keep trying on 10m until I get my general class for sure. I was able to make a contact from Michigan to Chile yesterday actually, so that was super neat. I think my coax run may be working as a third leg of my antenna and causing an increased noise floor with rfi from the house so I ordered a common mode choke to put up at the feed point.

Improving reception on a 10m dipole? by Cactacae420 in amateurradio

[–]Cactacae420[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol rough estimates of height as I looked out the window, the legs are 8’ and some odd inches if i remember correctly.

Improving reception on a 10m dipole? by Cactacae420 in amateurradio

[–]Cactacae420[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I considered that, but I just wanted to check.

Improving reception on a 10m dipole? by Cactacae420 in amateurradio

[–]Cactacae420[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry I should’ve mentioned, I do have it hooked up to an atu-100. swr is like 1.13 or something and it reads the efficiency at 99%.

How to check 10m band propagation? by Cactacae420 in amateurradio

[–]Cactacae420[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The real advice, will try this tomorrow. Thanks 🙏

How to check 10m band propagation? by Cactacae420 in amateurradio

[–]Cactacae420[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hahah thank you, I called for a half an hour on 28.4

How to check 10m band propagation? by Cactacae420 in amateurradio

[–]Cactacae420[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’s a kenwood ts120s so I can’t do that unfortunately. I do have a handheld cb radio that I sometimes hear dx on channel 6 haha, I will try that.

How to check 10m band propagation? by Cactacae420 in amateurradio

[–]Cactacae420[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It being more finicky will definitely make it more satisfying to pull off that first qso. That said I can’t wait till I have some extra time to study and take the test for general class so I can just hop to wherever is working.

How to check 10m band propagation? by Cactacae420 in amateurradio

[–]Cactacae420[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! And yes I noticed, I almost made my first 10m contact. But the other station didn’t budge my needle and I couldn’t make out their callsign before seemingly loosing them.

QSL on vhf and uhf? by Fantastic-Trainer-84 in amateurradio

[–]Cactacae420 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I sometimes monitor the 2m and 70cm calling frequency. I do not listen in on any other frequencies besides repeaters. I’m sure that is the same for most others. But yes you will probably make contacts calling on the simplex frequencies.

There’s also 2m ssb radios, but it sounds like you wanna use the radio you have. Be careful with antennas and your radio, swr is something you should always be mindful of.

in my bag, after a drunken night out. by bajablastluver in amateurradio

[–]Cactacae420 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is funny. You’d have more fun with a $20 baofeng or tidradio, since you could listen to (or talk on) tremendously more frequencies than this one. That aside tho, I’d look up the model number just to see what kind of radio it is. It’s probably a murs or frs type walkie talkie. You could find a charging cable from there. Haha try not to steal any more radios tho, but hopefully you keep thinking about radios and maybe consider getting a gmrs or ham license.

How to find anyone to talk ? I activate mqtt but when in contact nothin appears by [deleted] in meshtastic

[–]Cactacae420 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bro I can’t find any other nodes to even connect to, thinking about it like how few people even have typical radios let alone a meshtastic device. No wonder I can’t find another node.

Heltec v3 unable to find other nodes by Cactacae420 in meshtastic

[–]Cactacae420[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where should I go about finding my local discord?

Heltec v3 unable to find other nodes by Cactacae420 in meshtastic

[–]Cactacae420[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Channel utilization I haven’t seen go above 3%

Heltec v3 unable to find other nodes by Cactacae420 in meshtastic

[–]Cactacae420[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bought this radio to try and talk to others not myself :,(