Thanks for your encouragment

Have fun with VarAC. Another fun mode to learn.

Thank you so much! I kneed it my friend.

Go to a Local Ham Radio Club and ask for someone to help you. There are many who are looking to pouring out their knowledge in new people getting in the Art of Ham Radio. Here is a link to find a Ham Radio Club near you: www.arrl.org/find-a-club

Most Repeaters have temporary battery backup. How long will they stay up? Depends on what they are connected to. Some will only last 24 hours before someone has to haul a generator and fuel to keep it working. Others may be connected to tower (like Verizon or on a building) that has diesel generators. They will run longer. Most will cut back their transmitter / server rack repeater power to run longer so they will reduce the wattage output. I hope this helps!

@@hamradiomadesimple that helps. Thank you for your informative videos. You do a great job. You’ve help bring light to some questions i was confused about. Keep up the great info and videos.

Glad it helped

Glad it was helpful.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Yes! Thank you!

That would be a big project put will put it on my list. I will want to include both audio and visual - see the signals and break them out. Thanks for suggesting.

That is awesome! Nice to have someone you know to connect with.

Thanks for the encouragement!!

Hey, thanks and good to see your name pop up my friend. It always makes me smile 😁

Spoke too soon on Reply Pull. Still flushing that out yet. Also, digging into the JS8 macros to see how they work. Want to see if are worth the effort.

Glad it was helpful!

I hope so too!

It auto-sends as soon as I select it, but with as slow as this mode is I think I will have time to start typing my message

Great idea AND try "Query Callsign - [callsign?]" in the directed to button field. If you want to relay a message, one way to see if that call station can reach you intended destination. Also, try "Hearing [callsign hearing?]" to find what stations you think may be a good relay. They will send you the last 4 stations they have picked up.

Bob, I am trying to get as many as I can. I can see a decline in my memory happening faster. I will try and finish up the remote desktop series this week if possible. Not looking good my friend.

@@hamradiomadesimple MJ, so sorry but keep it positive as positive can be. Thanks for the good work. 73 Bob WB6TIS

I bet you knew most of these anyway Drew!!

Glad you like them! As I learn stuff I do a video to help others figure this stuff out faster.

Great and best HF Digital App out today. Have fun.

There are sites that show when the date of the callsign expires. They will submit the paper work ahead of the date and try and time it right that when they actually process it, the callsign will just become available. It seems like a lottery to me on all this.

I am glad there are others (like you) that seem to get this concept. Thank you so much for sharing!!

Awesome, thank you! I learn something and then I share it. This way the learning curve is shorter for everyone else. Thanks for your encouragement my friend!!

AND RECEIVED!!! Thank you.

I just heard about this a week ago. New rules came out on power restrictions in the UK. The most important area is not power but a great antenna at the right height. It is the equalizer 😊

Technically you are correct. However, by the manufacturer and others, they are being classified as such. To reduce confusion, I called it what they called it. Thanks for the post.

@@hamradiomadesimple I beg to differ, their website evens states it's a 60' wire fed with a 5:1 transformer and says nothing about an EFHW! I see this mistake all the time of people calling any end fed wire an end fed half wave and we need to make sure we are using the correct terminology so that folks get educated on what they are buying and using and the differences between them. Feed a wire from the end doesn't make it an EFHW, a half wave is a wire that "IS" a half wave length long for the band of interest. An EFHW that covers 80 thru 10 meters would be about 134 feet long for 80 meters, not 60 feet long!

Thanks for making me smile today!!

Oh well, go ahead and wish you the best in your life despite your anger toward me. May you find joy and peace down the road.

@@hamradiomadesimple Thanks for your concern !

I appreciate that for my health issues continue to mount.

Yes, but they recommend the other way. Some EFHW manufactures recommend your proposed setup. I am not sure PRACTICALLY how much it really matters. Height and angle matter more than what end. Please get back to me and let me know how it is working and IF you notice it is more directional in nature.

Glad it is of value to you!

Thanks for the prayers. Still battling health issues but decided to push forward knowing it will take much more time to produce these videos.

Thank you for taking the time to post this!

Thanks but not sure they are under control just yet LOL.....The list keeps growing and they can't find out what exactly is going on. Oh well, I am functional to a certain degree. Learning to be an overcomer.

Thanks, Bob for your concern of my health. Blessings to you my friend.

AMAZING. I wish I was on then.

I'm in Jacksonville

No mega tower here LOL!! Wire antennas deployed in a stealth format. Check out this video on doing 2M Digital comms with FSQ. Drew is now piloting JS8 since it works better with weaker signals. Maybe we can try this sometime but 2M is "line of sight" so I don't expect much. I have 50W radio and a good outside antenna.

Email me at [email protected] We can try connecting on 6M when you are up and running.

You can listen all you want without any issue. Good way to practice hitting different repeaters and such.

Check this link out. Let me know what you pick. www.savenetradio.org/best-shortwave-radios/

@@hamradiomadesimple will these radios pickup the ham radio bands? The specs are only up to 108 mhz

So glad they are helping you!

Thanks for taking the time to let me know.

Hello and look forward seeing you. I switched to my NVIS Antenna on 40M and lets see if we can connect.

Thanks, not back to normal but pushing forward despite more health issues!! Again, thanks so much for your support 😊

Thanks for your support my friend!!

Many thanks my friend. Still struggling with various health issues but glad to put something out for a change.

Thanks, not back to normal but pushing forward despite more health issues!! It takes longer to try and learn stuff but glad to be putting stuff out once again.