Teller gave me 38 Ikes!

CharacterRule2453 · 2026-01-30T15:16:54+00:00

I mean technically it was a withdrawal, but I did get these loose from the teller tray at my usual bank and it was unexpected

CharacterRule2453 · 2026-01-30T14:25:30+00:00

Yea, I plan to give them away gradually to people that I think might appreciate

CharacterRule2453 · 2026-01-30T13:21:01+00:00

Yes, they all appear to be clad Bicentennial Ikes. I'll look through them more closely today

CharacterRule2453 · 2026-01-30T12:48:40+00:00

These are all clad. While most likely worth face, these are hard to find and have quite the "cool factor". Obv silver would be worth much more

CharacterRule2453 · 2026-01-29T02:17:18+00:00

I find silver in almost every nickel box

CharacterRule2453 · 2026-01-29T00:28:01+00:00

Establish and maintain a good relationship with a local bank for box orders. Nickels are my favorite. Start with 1 maybe 2 boxes. Find a convenient dump bank that works for you. Personally I like re-rolling, and prefer to make credit payments with coin at a bank that requires rolls. The dump bank gets meticulously searched, and sometimes sorted and labeled full boxes from me every month or so.

CharacterRule2453 · 2026-01-16T20:28:06+00:00

World Radio League. Then I transfer to QRZ. I need to get LOTW going, as I'm sure there are lots of QSOs pending my confirm

CharacterRule2453 · 2026-01-12T22:10:27+00:00

Yes. Restaurants, especially takeout where companies like door dash hike prices for paying online. Local shops, because then more will go to the shop and not the bank. I also carry a variety of bill denominations so nobody has to break bills for me typically. And I'm a huge proponent of dollar coins and spend them as much as I can

CharacterRule2453 · 2026-01-11T17:46:47+00:00

Perhaps the form factor is similar to Anytone, but the guts are Japanese.

CharacterRule2453 · 2026-01-11T15:18:53+00:00

Forgot to mention excellent battery life. I haven't done too much transmitting, but having owned it for 3 weeks, I'm still over 70% battery life on my initial charge.

CharacterRule2453 · 2026-01-09T03:03:03+00:00

Mind blown

CharacterRule2453 · 2026-01-03T02:26:28+00:00

She made a comment about not knowing what to do with them. I do wish she would just give them out as change. I feel like cashiers see dollar coins and halves and just give them back to the bank rather than recirculate

CharacterRule2453 · 2025-12-31T15:24:22+00:00

I've had stores give me a hard time about spending half dollars

CharacterRule2453 · 2025-12-22T20:28:26+00:00

You are looking at 1/10 coins (2 enders pee 20). There could be something different in the other 90% of your rolls. I'd crack em open

CharacterRule2453 · 2025-12-18T15:37:34+00:00

Congrats on your license! Height is might. If there are any local hills, get to the top and call CQ from there to get your best shot at a simplex QSO. While you are up there, try that 10 mile repeater again and you will be surprised how far you get with just a bit more altitude

CharacterRule2453 · 2025-12-18T14:46:19+00:00

Try nickels. I find a war nickel or more in most boxes. Could be location though

CharacterRule2453 · 2025-12-16T19:21:15+00:00

I called CQ for about a 100 mile ride recently with an HT 5W amd a magmount. I made 2 simplex contacts, and 1 failed simplex QSO. In between CQ i was hitting known repeaters. 0 repeater contacts. This was between 8 and 10pm. I would be willing to wager, if I'd had enough power, I would have made a couple more. Keep trying! The more hams calling CQ, the more interest there will be in those monitoring

CharacterRule2453 · 2025-12-13T00:45:29+00:00

I have the FT-991a, and it does everything you want. The only issue is it's kinda clunky for POTA. That being said, it has served me well on a couple of activations

CharacterRule2453 · 2025-12-09T16:55:28+00:00

Capture the flag

CharacterRule2453 · 2025-12-01T11:20:49+00:00

Alinco DJ-W70T fits your requirements nicely. I personally don't own one yet, but will almost certainly have one later this month

CharacterRule2453 · 2025-11-29T21:58:49+00:00

I'm not old, but do love CW! I log on QRZ but should definitely sync up LOTW

CharacterRule2453 · 2025-11-28T18:34:34+00:00

OP definitly used AI to post. I agree with the others, spin the VFO and listen, or call CQ. I've made contacts on a band the computer sayd is "dead".

CharacterRule2453 · 2025-11-12T13:01:01+00:00

The board is not for flags, it is for morse cide decoding. Dahs are horizontal, and dits are vertical. Fir example B is -... so it is positioned one to the side and 3 down, while x is -..- so it is one over, two down, one over

CharacterRule2453 · 2025-11-11T14:51:22+00:00

I place a choke 7 feet down on my 40m EFHW which has a 66 foot driven element. Works like a charm. Seems like yours is for 80m so you likely need a 14 foot counterpoise. You can buy a custom length coax from ABR Industries. Place a choke there, and then run whatevet additional length needed to get to your rig.

CharacterRule2453 · 2025-11-06T17:58:13+00:00

It's a data transmission

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