Thread: Own up, who's got a ham licence?

VK2FSIG

I'm usually listening over the weekends on the 2m & 70 cm bands around the ACT... sometimes down the coast as well if I'm 4wding down that way.

License upgrade sometime in the near future...

Pete

Hi All

Vk7kba calling CQ, QTHR Broadmash, Tasmania.
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With the Internet, mobile phones, global roaming and all the forums and Facebook etc, does ham radio have the same popularity it once did?

Originally Posted by goingbush

I feel like reporting him to the Antenna Police .

Citizen Band aerials, 27MHz HF and UHF CB .
Is he disabled or elderly? as he may need a hand to fix them.

All that is what's needed is some television aerial masting hardware, guy wire, thimbles, turnbuckles, guy plate and locking collar.

QRT vk7kba
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count me in ...VK2MAD...hence login name of jx2mad

Originally Posted by stealth

With the Internet, mobile phones, global roaming and all the forums and Facebook etc, does ham radio have the same popularity it once did?

Ham radio operators are still some of the first to transmit news of a disaster when the regular communication infrastructure is out.

It is not subject to the government's whims to restrict mobile phones to government personnel only in major incidents and turn off the mobile phones of the public. And WICEN/VRA are still a major support service to SES and RFS and major public events like fun runs, marathons etc.

Yes amateur radio still plays an important role in society.

BTW VK3FALK I have a 9350/9323 in my RRc!

Originally Posted by stealth

With the Internet, mobile phones, global roaming and all the forums and Facebook etc, does ham radio have the same popularity it once did?

Hi Stealth

I have been QRX ( standing by ) for years, as there was a influx of operators that used amateur radio nothing more than as additional band width for talk fest channels, it was a bit much for me to take.
Now the number of participants is now dropping off, perhaps it will return to the experimenters being the only ones that will be still active and that's when I will again take part.

I came into amateur radio just after the multiple choice questions were introduced and the old operators didn't like the new chums that got in so easy, the few that took me under their wing were pure gentlemen, I owe them my gratitude.

I am so thankful that I have taken part in this activity and I have never stopped learning about radio. The more you learn, the less you realise you know, really does apply to radio theory.
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License lapsed about 15 years ago - gave all my gear to a bloke who has since passed away - dunno what happened to it.

Mine was a kiwi 'technical' licence - ZL1UAG - was originally licensed as ZL2TNH in Wellington - changed to the ZL1 when I moved to Auckland - I never sat and passed the morse exam for the full license but, strangely enough, used to belt out code night after night for those wanting to learn it. Did a fair bit of microwave stuff, too. Was also active with ATV prior to hanging up the mic. Most of my gear was hand built.

73's