Sorry for the late reply, I did not use nodes and as far as I know carnival is the only one still allowing ham radios

Thank you : You can buy a permit for Mexico but then you go through a lot of trouble to operate as well. Another thing is that some islands are owned by Carnival or the other companies and may add operating capabilities as well but I have not tested this water yet. With that being said you can also use HT to HT to keep in touch on the ship, a…

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K3MRI: Thank you, You can buy a permit for Mexico but then you go through a lot of trouble to operate as well. Another thing is that some islands are owned by Carnival or the other companies and may add operating capabilities as well but I have not tested this water yet. With that being said you can also use HT to HT to keep in touch on the…

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This past October me an the XYL decided to take our annual cruise out of Miami and like last year I wanted to take my ham radio. The usual game plan was to fly into Miami the day before and spend the night in a hotel then onto the boat in the morning..

His gave me the opportunity to try and make some contacts in the city, no matter…

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Earlier this month we had a record storm, started out as a light rain then grew into a 5 in per hour storm that stalled over our city for 75 minutes and dumping more than 5.2 inches of rain on my street and 7.5 inches in some spots. I called out Skywarn over the mobile rig in our jeep as we had 15 inches of water on the main streets and…

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Thanks, this year was a little rough as my XYL was sick but next year for sure

Today April 3rd marks the 50th anniversary of the 1974 super outbreak, how many of you guys worked it, were any of you directly involved with the outbreak? Kind want to see who was.

A second part is now we have the technology do you use it storm spotting or do you still do things manually or a mix of both?

Some of my favorites I Use…

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How many of us are operating the Solar eclipse on April the 8th? I live in the direct path and plan on operating on the following Bands.

2 meter both repeater and 146.520

10 meters (where there is actvity)

20 meters (where there is actvity)

40 meters (where there is actvity)

Our club is hosting a net QSO party on our local repeater to see if…

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With all of the stuff going on in the world we need to be not only practicing and planning for our groups and EMA’s, but our families as well. Like I had mentioned in a previous post some do not like to use radios but accept using the GMRS radio, every time we have a power outage (happens every so often) I use it to not only test equipment but…

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With all the tornadoes and severe weather here in Ohio how many of you not only practice collectively as a group (A.R.E.S Auxcomm, RACES,CERT, Etc.) but also as a family or neighborhood and or personally to sharpen your skills. I run a storm spotter team and we even practice during the winter and do a after action report, I also run scenarios…

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Jim No Problem we will stop by and are you bringing the big pads this year?

Prices from Web As of 3/6/2024

Carillion Park $14 general $12 Senior $10 child

Air force Museum Free but was $10 2 years ago

Packard Museum: $15 General $10 Senior $2 Student with ID

Voice of America: $10 General Admission (16 and under Free)

Dayton University: Free to prospective students and families

$49 total for all 5 per adult but…

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If you are like us and make it a family trip to the Dayton Hamvention here are some of the favorite things to do especially if you plan properly here are our favorites…..

Carillion park:

A great place to check out and learn the industrial and aviation history of Ohio and Dayton. Also has one of the Wright brothers planes on display.

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Also Check out the Bethany station here in Ohio If any of you are coming to Hamvention you wont be disappointed.

The camera made the railroad light look brighter than it seems. I went with a railroad / seaside theme, for years I have loved and photographed railroads and last October we went on a cruise to key west and Cozumel and that is where the nautical theme was born…

I created the room in our basement, being a carpenter for 20+ years really paid off still a smaller space that what I really wanted but never the less on the right direction.

Staging and planning plus a lot of overnight work. I worked on the painting and had all the fasteners in place prior to painting. Then it was add screws, hook stuff up, and move in ( I had disassembled my station Prior) I am designing my next one which will be even bigger but I wanted to test out the feel and colors and have something to…

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Finally after 2 years of wishing I have something of substance!!!!!!!

Been a busy couple of days Final coats of paint applied and dried hanging stuff on the walls and today begins the big move after the cleanup Super Stoked !!!!!

Thank you

Jim today hopefully I will be able to toss on the other coat of paint clean up the corner mount the weather station and clocks back Friday. Today begins the tearing down of the rest of my station and heat shrinking the new red desk light. Final touches are a rope light that will accent the wall and a more nautical/Railroad theme for the room.

12:36 am first two coats of Paint on the wall and a spot of paint on the second tomorrow the second wall and finish the first wall with hardware for the TV, Weather station and the hopefully Saturday moving the desk in. Off to bed 3:15 am comes too quick….

First Licensed in 2017 I went to a local Hamvention with my boss who was a ham and was met with the question from the future section managers why don’t you enter to win this radio… I went to apply but told him I hadn’t gotten my license yet to which he replied “why don’t you get it and come have fun with us” My boss told him I wasn’t…

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Didn’t get much done last night as the weather was going to be potentially rough but today sanding, more floor and carpet hopefully the wall can be painted Friday and the shack up and running on the temporary antenna Sunday or Monday

When I got into the hobby I was super stoked but then I had a mentor (Elmer) who was controlling (very) went to Dayton Hamvention and other Hamvention’s (he was my boss) to sell used equipment but never got to experience the true joys of the hobby. couple that with strife from work, family issues with the radio and trying to find a semi…

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Preparedness is the key though some preppers may jump on the ham bands to without proper licenses and the GMRS bands may not be as busy depending on Geo-Location Such as us we have several schools that use a few of the channels so planning the GMRS takes some listening and maybe even looking for repeaters in the area as well.

Our family has…

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Jim, Some of our family is over 70 and not tech savvy. They do not feel the need or have the desire to get the license. Others are working on getting the license, our long term plan is to use the GMRS (set and forget on a channel) and simple training on pressing the button. The Jeep and other houses have a GMRS so the older members can call one…

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With The outage of AT&T how many local hams have a EOC plan in place?

How Many personally prep their family in such cases even if the members of the family do not have ham licenses, Ie: GMRS, CB, FRS

Overlanding, Off-Road rock crawling, camping, Jeeps, trains both real and model trains