Official ONSC HAM Thread

[izzyandsue]

This weekend could be a fun activity for anyone to try to contact some of the old ships for the event. The USS Midway did have a D-Star event last year too and it was cool to talk with them. Battleship North Carolina.... thats cool.

Museum Ships Weekend

 

[BenMara]

They have the Yorktown and one other ship down the road from me in charleston harbor activated

 

[BenMara]

Last week helped a new local ham with an HF dipole i had laying around from a storm. Used the drone to drop tag line in trees, and raised the antenna in 15min. Not using the tennis ball gun anymore. Now i have some incentive to get back on HF, and finish all my antenna projects.

 

[SeanLX]

Last week helped a new local ham with an HF dipole i had laying around from a storm. Used the drone to drop tag line in trees, and raised the antenna in 15min. Not using the tennis ball gun anymore. Now i have some incentive to get back on HF, and finish all my antenna projects.

Nice, I've been thinking about doing the same thing to get mine higher.

What did you use? Fishing line? Paracord?

 

[BenMara]

DJI Phantom 4 with Gannet fishing release, tennis ball 6oz of BBs as weight, 100lb test braid for tag line. New ham use paracord to anchor his antenna. I use thickest weed eater line at lowes. and tie uni knot to insulator.

 

[izzyandsue]

HAM event next week:

SPECIAL EVENT STATION 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF FORT BRAGG (9/3-9) – The
following information was received from Marty Webb, W4MLW: “SES 100th
Anniversary of Fort Bragg. … The Cape Fear Amateur Radio Society is
planning a SPECIAL EVENT. We have the Special Event Call Sign N4B from
3-9 September to celebrate the 100th Anniversary (Centennial) of the
founding of Fort Bragg.

Bands: operate on 80/75, 40,
20, 15, 10, 6, and 2 meters. No 160, WARC, or above 2 meters.
Suggested operating frequencies (MHz) CW: 3.540, 7.040, 14.040, 21.040,
28.040, 50.040, and 144.040. Phone: 3.860, 7.260, 14.260, 21.360,
28.360, 50.160 (SSB), 52.040 (FM), 144.260 (SSB), and 146.520 (FM).
Digital: use standard digital frequencies per band plan. Operations: On
the actual 100th Anniversary of Fort Bragg, Tuesday 4 September, a group
of us will operate from the Clay Target Range on Manchester Road on the
Fort Bragg Reservation (weather permitting, of course).

There will be a beautiful Special Event QSL card that will feature the world famous 82nd
Airborne Division in a jump over Fort Bragg. Please plan on working us
during this prestigious event. Anyone who was in the 82nd will want to
have this QSL card. 73 de Marty Webb W4MLW, Public Information Officer,
Cape Fear Amateur Radio Society.” Thanks to Marty Webb, W4MLW, for
providing this information! (source: W4MLW)

 

[weejub]

DJI Phantom 4 with Gannet fishing release, tennis ball 6oz of BBs as weight, 100lb test braid for tag line. New ham use paracord to anchor his antenna. I use thickest weed eater line at lowes. and tie uni knot to insulator.

So is this the tennis ball gun-like thing you used to use?

https://smile.amazon.com/300-Yard-B...5550892&sr=8-3&keywords=waterballon+slingshot


We used these for antennas in scouts - shooting up weighted tennis balls.

 

[JohnVee]

MIL-SPEC?

 

[weejub]

Yea - and that grandpa is about to take one in the face from his grand daughter on the other pic!

 

[JohnVee]

Tactical. Extreme.

 

[BenMara]

The one i used to use

 

[roadstr6]

The ones I am familiar with shoot potatoes and use spray paint as propellant. I used mine last winter to knock down a squirrel's nest in a tree limb above my deck. The pesky critters were constantly dropping cracked acorns onto the deck, making a mess and aggravating the dog in his sleeping spot. I laid waste to that house of sticks. It did take a whole bag of potatoes to do it though.

 

[BenMara]

Ive seen few combustion guns split, thats why i go compressed air.

 

[RedHeadedStepChild]

Been about a year. Ran out of self control.....
It's time.

 

[JohnVee]

We're gonna need to know every detail as you're eating that thing. Hit us up on FRS ch7.

 

[angerhater]

So how many of you guys use your hands regularly? As in how many hours per week?

 

[weejub]

I use my hands every day! Unfortunately, i get less sleep than I would like, so about 18 hours a day.

I use the Baofeng HAM and Radio a lot on the weekends to listen to the emergency frequency for the county - sometimes the city dispatcher, etc

 

[izzyandsue]

So how many of you guys use your hands regularly? As in how many hours per week?

Hands yes, until THIS order comes in

 

[weejub]

LOL - I clicked through on my work computer, thanks Izzy!!

 

[izzyandsue]

ALERT! Please read so you don’t get in smismfrom 2 days ago, FCC clamping down, will affect all Baeofangs and similar ones, event “rugged radio”. Anyone wants to buy a pair of bafanguls radios?

https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-18-980A1.pdf