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Josh:
What is your fav thing in HAM radio?

For a long time I did jt65 solely and it was ossum because my antenna as well as output power limitations have always been poor at best, it was a miracle of radio to see dx respond to my cq. Great fun! That being said, I did work Bear Island once, an island few km north of Finland, on 15m with 100w ssb, as well as some island in the Pacific. Oddly, 10m hasn't been as effective or as "fun" as 15m, making 15 my fav band.

In other cases I liked listening to dx stations work other dx stations...... until the inevitable Euro or US HAM came along and ruined the fungus.

Also a bit of easypal sstv with the gang on 7173.

What modes do you enjoy?

Matt285:
Of course as mentioned previously CW is my favorite mode. Some of my greatest memories though are working 10M SSB mobile in the 90's. Propagation was so good. I couldn't wait to get off work and turn on my HR2510 in my truck. I ran it with a Texas star 250 and a trimmed 102 whip. Can't get much better than that! One more memory that stands out is setting up my FT-817 on my back porch and working 6M with a Moxon beam I had built. All the while being able to watch the wildlife in my yard and just enjoy being outdoors.

Matt285:
Although this isn't directly related to ham radio. The memories of getting my first SW receiver. which I did monitor HF with. It was so amazing listening to all the broadcast. Radio Moscow, BBC, CRI. What added to the magic was that I didn't know about relay stations, so I assumed that everything came directly from the country represented. I wouldn't trade that lack of knowledge for anything. In the pre internet days you would know about global events before they hit mainstream media. I miss those days.

Josh:

--- Quote from: IZS4 on May 25, 2019, 1801 UTC ---Although this isn't directly related to ham radio. The memories of getting my first SW receiver. which I did monitor HF with. It was so amazing listening to all the broadcast. Radio Moscow, BBC, CRI. What added to the magic was that I didn't know about relay stations, so I assumed that everything came directly from the country represented. I wouldn't trade that lack of knowledge for anything. In the pre internet days you would know about global events before they hit mainstream media. I miss those days.

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No such thing as a thread hijack in my threads. Anyway yeah you're right, back in the day most countries transmitted from within their borders, something almost unheard of today due to lack of target audience as well as funds. Much cheaper to use innernets or to pay someone in another country to bcast your spiel. Today you have two listeners to shortwave, one are the dirt farmers riding their waterbuffaloe to their rice paddies who can't afford the batteries to the portable sw set they can't afford, and us nerds.

Matt285:
Very true. Sometimes I wish things were that simple for me. Although I would miss my podcast and History/Wildlife documentaries

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