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Arrow Antenna ...

http://www.doubletakearchery.com/arrowantenna.htm

I have used it handheld to catch someone on a repeater i could not get too well on my ht. I have also taken it to Augusta and not surprisingly copied the Bunbury, Mt Barker and Esperance beacons. The antenna showed directivity and gain. If planning to use outside for periods, the duplexer is inside...

@VK6ADF ... Have you ever use this antenna for terrestrial communication ? How does it perform ? (2 m and 70 cm)

If you get an Arrow Antenna, I would suggest getting a split boom,with duplexer. They are available cheaper with single boom and without duplexer but advantageous to have the split and built in duplexer. You can get them on eBay. I have bought 2 over the past couple of years for me and a friend. A ...

Hello Meg and Robbage, I think our discussion is side tracking in this thread :smt042 ... but anyway ... I have received an e-mail from the Arrow guy ... finally ... about the price and costs of all the things I asked him ... Anyway, I will get one of those LEO antenna and will use it for both terre...

richard omeara wrote:Im heading to Bali soon.Just want to know is it worth taking the scanner?

Yes it is worth it ... if you can understand them of course ... especially in their 2-meters band ... a lot of hilarious QSO's going on at all times ...

robbage wrote: Congrats to Nosferatu. That was a quick trip from zero to full callsign.

Thank's Rob for that ... I really enjoyed the Advanced Course at Ham College ... I guess I just did it while I had the energy to do it ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GeF7A05zQ8

That reminds me of this ... I

Yes, thank's Rob ... I will ask him later when he's on air or at HARG.

Do anyone know any software defined transceivers for 2m or 70cm amateur band that connect to a computer via USB (preferably for a beginner like myself) ?

I was thinking that he was whistling one pitch while humming another pitch ... which is possible ...

One other thing I found with the radio that's a little bit of a "negative" is that the keypad doesn't do DTMF tones. But hey, we need to remember that this is a sub-$100 radio and it's not going to have every feature imaginable... May be we can try whistling the DTMF like this guy ... :-&...

However, you must not transmit back to them, as doing so breaches the condition of your amateur licence. If you recall from the regs stuff - you can talk on amateur frequencies only to other amateurs . Just because they're on an amateur band, doesn't mean we can talk to them. Best to leave them alo...

For your information ; I understand every single words of what they are saying ... it is in Indonesian ... but not really sure what they are talking about ... I'm sure they are talking in some sort of code ... For example the last video (the one with the Sangean Shortwave receiver) ... The voice say...

Do anyone ever heard of these transmissions ? They can go for hours on exactly 7.0 Mhz (40m) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNnl3yDc72c&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svulI7_C4k0&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qoiwqCzQnE&feature=related http://www.youtube...