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    HAM Radio Is Dying — And It’s Our Fault?

    I long for the glow of vacuum tubes. 😆
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    HAM Radio Is Dying — And It’s Our Fault?

    I definitely want my General. But dang if the price of HF transceivers isn't through the roof. Yeah I could do CW on a QRP rig. But meh....
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    HAM Radio Is Dying — And It’s Our Fault?

    I see the same thing here in Alabama.
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    HAM Radio Is Dying — And It’s Our Fault?

    I don't see why. I see hams slapping their call signs on everything they write.
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    HAM Radio Is Dying — And It’s Our Fault?

    Me and the wife passed our Technician exam Saturday and got our call signs today. I'm KR4KWJ and she is KR4KWK
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    HAM Radio Is Dying — And It’s Our Fault?

    That's actually the way I see myself becoming. I have no interest in contests or logging call signs. Just casual conversations and emergency preparedness on the 2m and 440. Don't have a tech license yet but already looking at HF radios. 😁
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    HAM Radio Is Dying — And It’s Our Fault?

    I don't even have my tech license yet. I think the best thing the FCC did was remove the requirements for morse. The numbers had been steadily dropping until that change and now they have been steadily rising ever since. As I said, I don't have a license yet and have no desire to be in a...
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    HAM Radio Is Dying — And It’s Our Fault?

    I think his knowledge of radio is limited to duplex phone conversation. Simplex may be the extent of it and that's pushing it.
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    HAM Radio Is Dying — And It’s Our Fault?

    Being able to pass the test shows that you have the tenacity and maturity to study and retain all of the material for a test with a pool of 400 questions. These are not toys and there is SO much more to HAM than talking phone style on a radio.
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    HAM Radio Is Dying — And It’s Our Fault?

    I would reply don't memorize the answers. Instead actually learn the 400 questions from the test pool. I tried just memorizing the questions and found myself going down the rabbit hole and actually learning everything. Honestly the tests are useful gatekeeping.
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    HAM Radio Is Dying — And It’s Our Fault?

    One needs to know about propagation, the properties of VHF, UHF, and HF. The difference between AM and FM. Polarity of antenna and how RF and magnetic waves form and interact. Bandwidth of a carrier wave with both side bands and bumpers vs SSB or CW. To me these are all needed to know if...
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    HAM Radio Is Dying — And It’s Our Fault?

    Since I began studying, I find all of the material to be essential knowledge about radio. Maybe it's because I like to know how things work. But so far about 90 percent of the study questions I find useful and see the need to know it. Im just glad we don't have to learn CW anymore. That's...
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    HAM Radio Is Dying — And It’s Our Fault?

    I bought a Radioddity DB-20G GMRS radio at Christmas, then quickly found out nobody in mu area uses GMRS and there are no repeaters. So I unlocked my radio to the 2m and 440 bands along with GMRS, MURS, and FRS, and set it to high power on all channels. Now I hear traffic every day and...
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    Ignition lock cylinder replacement

    Sounds like your ignition actuator pin (which is behind the cylinder) may actually be broken.
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    Control arm cam bolt

    😆 yes the cam bolts will provide the adequate needed camping range for a 2" lift. It was actually enough for my 4" lift.
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