"Breaker, checking in on elderly home net" editionRaided by FCC: >>2407960Eternal thread theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf_P0BXrYTo>New to /ham/? Read this shit!http://www.arrl.org/what-is-ham-radiohttps://www.fcc.gov/wireless/bureau-divisions/mobility-division/amateur-radio-service>Your search engine of choice works well too!The FAQ is now back:https://wiki.cybsec.io/index.php/HamFAQ>NEW FAQ is updated to preview 13https://files.catbox.moe/3xr6gh.htm>The wiki is down but is archived: https://archive.is/PjR5s>Idiot's Guide to Coax Cablehttps://www.pcs-electronics.com/guide_coax.php>Looking for frequencies to monitor near you?http://www.radioreference.com>Basic Rx loop fundamentalshttps://www.w8ji.com/magnetic_receiving_loops.htm>DIY SWL Mag. Loophttp://www.kr1st.com/swlloop.htm>Small Tx Loophttp://webclass.org/k5ijb/antennas/Small-magnetic-loops.htm>In Depth Loop articleshttp://www.kk5jy.net/magloop/>Homebrew RF Circuitshttps://www.qsl.net/va3iul/Homebrew_RF_Circuit_Design_Ideas/Homebrew_RF_Circuit_Design_Ideas.htm>NEW Libraryhttps://mega.nz/file/UCgEGAjb#rwNcnMAQCUUbSp8supsFvn9QEHCWUW86eLcZa16ZG4Y>Online Practice Tests:http://aa9pw.com/https://hamstudy.org/https://hamexam.org/> Real-Time Propagation Datahttp://prop.kc2g.com/>Space Weatherhttps://www.swpc.noaa.gov/communities/radio-communications>WSJT-X 2.1 User Guidehttps://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx-doc/wsjtx-main-2.1.2.html>Homosexual (ft8) guidehttps://www.g4ifb.com/FT8_Hinson_tips_for_HF_DXers.pdf>APRShttp://www.aprs.org/>how do I into Morse code in a good way?https://pastebin.com/XwATbRrH
>>2432348RADIOS
>>2432355Your digits can't betray the original.
>>2432361mine IS the original
How do I start a mobile pirate fm station from my truck?
>>2432459https://freeradio.orghttps://www.aareff.com/enhttp://www.gbppr.net/lpfm/You can pick up cheap FM transmitter on eBay and Amazon now. You'll have to hack up an antenna though..The key to proper "loud" audio is using a compressor/limiter to feed the exciter. Consumer units will be fine.Transmit in mono for a little better range on the signal, unless you need stereo for music, etc.
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>>2432348>facebook tier meme>>2432355>>2432361>>2432363>>2432459>>2432946>trolling>>2432500>samefagging or retard spoonfeeding the trollsOff to a great start, as usual.
>>2432949>angry boomerOff to a very great start.
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How many of you fatties got in the way of emergency communications today because you are an ARES member?
>>2432348bump
>>2433678what the fuck why do they have to wear those
>>2433860They probably choose to wear it. HAM boomers get really autistic sometimes.
>>2433907>They probably choose to wear it.Unlikely. Look closer and you will see they had different markings on clothes underneath. Most likely they were issued the glow wear in the site.>HAM boomers get really autistic sometimes.The best signal service people are on the spectrum. It was like that also years after I left.
>>2433860>why aren't they wearing boomer tier, teenage angst or political slogan t-shirts?Do you not understand how uniforms work, even at small events like this? I'd assume an asshole like you would show up wearing a frog shirt or some anime trash.
>>2433678What do these fat fucks and others like RAYNET actually expect to contribute in a real emergency?
>>2432348Can we get this picture but with Paris Hilton?
>>2434039yeah and a vape tooid also call everyone by friendly version of their first name
so, I just got my tech license and now I'm looking to get a 2m base radio for emergency use, I already have a uv-5r that I carry with me outdoors, but I want something a bit nicer, any recommendations?. budget for radio (not including gadgets) is 120. thanks
>>2434039>frog shirt or some anime trash.youre forgetting the uniform of the og hammers
>>2434039>frog shirt or some anime trash.Thanks for the idea. I normally wear my ultramarathon race shirts. I do Chad shit like SOTAS instead of incel shit like POTAS since I do double of activating a summit and get my trail mileage in.
noob question incomingswhat would be the easiest way to get my YO-100 to accept BNC-type connectionsanddoes the scope produce much tube whine in operation?-
noob diyer here.For the oscillator should I choose a PLL or DDS oscillator? PLL looks like a pain to build but DDS looks like a pain to process>in b4 just use an VFO LC tankI would rather prefer to have a stable oscillator that doesn't act crazy when I put my hand over it.
>>2434711>>2434359Sorry guys this thread isn’t actually for talking about radios or helping beginners it’s for complaining and arguing
>>2434711no no nofirst post pictures of yourself wearing amateur radio communicator vest
>>2434723>/diy/>/HAM/ radio general>practically no homebrew radio content other than the disorganized collection in the stickyWhy is life like this anon :(I'm sure it's probably better to bicker in air rather than through a mongolian basket weaving forum.
>>2434728I'm just an EE student interested in some transceiver design.I would rather not larp tacticool™ with aging boomers in my area.
>>2434730On a side note I have have this book from 1963 I would be willing to share but I don’t know how to do that in an efficient manner
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>>2434769If you see a project you like I can post it but I’m not gonna flood the thread with pics
>>2434770Judging by that filthy thumbnail, I am gonna guess you don't have time to post details. Looks you you have a diesel bus engine to fix.captcha: digsholeswithhands69
>>2434769>>2434770Really thanks for the offer but I have already pirated some ARRL handbooks and other books with projects so I have some baseline to start. :)I just wanted some outside opinion on stuff before starting on a project.
>>2434047many national ham organisations have emergency teams that set up long distance communications when normal means for communications are destroyed or unavailable. There was a major fire in a small town around here, all base stations were eitehr lost in the fire or lost power (and the emergency generator ran out quickly). It was up to the ham teams to set up working communication systems.Most hams I know are ex mililtary guys who are trained for emergencies.
>>2434769let's go for the 500W amp ? Anyone elese interested ?
>>2434711The simplest way to get started is to use a Si5351 which is popular in SDX and similar radios.A DDS is harder since you probably have to use a FPGA, but an open soucre example is the RadioBerry.
>>2434730>practically no homebrew radio content other than the disorganized collection in the stickyHave you even read the FAQ? Or checked out the library?
>>2434856>Most hams I know are ex mililtary guys who are trained for emergencies.Before the internet if you wanted quick comms from a remote tour you use the MARS system many of those G.I.s ran for fun, usually ground comm bros. The pre-internet world was horrible for comms and everything else. When someone says they miss it they really miss their youth.
>>2434778>Judging by that filthy thumbnail, I am gonna guess you don't have time to post details. Looks you you have a diesel bus engine to fix.not far off, but I do have time to post details, oh yeah and i forgor to mention but i also have a CB antenna book to share if'n anyone wants to see that.
>>2434859Ok
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>>2434917thank you, I saw that type of high voltage stage on a UHF amplifier and didn't realized it's a rectifier too
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>>2434929>>2434859thats all of them, sorry if some of the pics are sideways I had to phone post because my computers being a shit
>>2434931Great, thank you anon !
>>2434931Amazing resources Anon, thank you for yet another negligible out of touch boomer contribution to my hobby.Now all I have to do is source components that went out of fucking production half a fucking century ago and have a shelf life of about 5 years, and require a full transceivers worth of support circuitry in order to barely function then overheat.Just wire an resonator to a CW key and antenna and there you fucking go. Bonus points use a crystal so you don't pollute the spectrum with your shame. If you really want to be pretentious use a TCA 440 to build a robust receiver. If you absolutely have to, wire the two devices with a relay and build a transceiver.
>>2435224>angry zoomer
How can I measure dipole resistance? Can I measure voltage and current directly?
>>2435367What equipment do you have available to you?
>>2435387a scope and a multimeter. i set the mm to ohms but it measures open circuit, not 73 ohm.but i am not sure, since it also has a reactive part so it is actually 73 + j42, is it supposed to read 84.2 ohm (the magnitude)?
>>2435431it is open circuit in DC, what your multimeter measures.the impedance is at a specific frequency
>>2435452But the half-wave dipole impedance is 73 + j42 of which 73 is resistance and 42 is reactance (if is positive I assume it is capacitive). Reactance depends on frequency but resistance does not. The meter should be able able to measure the resistance. Or I could use a scope. That's not the problem. The problem is I don't understand how to directly measure voltage and current in an antenna to get the resistance (or impedance). I probably need to connect it to some sort of circuit.
>>2434769>>2434859>500WChapter One doesn't fuck around
>>2433678Many, I cut into the power, use obsolete power line towers as antennas in mostly black cities and transmit white noise over all possible bands. I also have a can of mercury I sometimes use as an antenna when I cant find a power tower. I have commited multiple federal felonies and currently on the run from authorities. I am NOT giving them away my mercury antenna.
>>2435472Build an impedance meter like in https://www.w5big.com/QST_Article.pdf>Can I measure voltage and current directly?That's exactly what early hams did, measure voltage and current to the antenna system at certain points.Old QST articles should show you these configurations.Back then I think they's optimise the matching network for maximum current.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm5wbHzhwaohttps://redcircle.com/shows/CaptainBlackbeard
hey guys, im building a battery backup for my radios and i was wondering if a modified sine wave inverter would cause interference, as opposed to a pure sine wave inverter
Bought a house a month ago, saw two antennas on roof that realtor thought were lightning rods.once I moved in and took a closer look saw they clearly weren't.neighbor told me previous owner was a radio operator for the coast guard a long time ago, was a big HAM radio fan and took it seriously and that he "didn't buy cheap stuff".Found three lines from them coming into an office/radio room (otherwise empty) that was build into the garage. Two coax and one thing I can't figure out.Little info, my only experience with HAM is my wouxun kg-uv8d. I have never ever been in the same room with "real" equipment.I'd really like to take advantage of these antennas and buy some equipment to use them with. Any ideas on what to buy, how to hook up, etc.photo 1/4
>>24361762/4coax 1
>>24361773/4unknown cable, comes out of same box as coax 1
>>24361784/4coax 2, comes out of separate box 8 feet away, I assume for the second antenna
>>2436178Looks like a ground but not sure.
>>2436176big antenna might be a diamond X510N VHF / UHF, chances are it goes to >>2436177the one on the right, no idea, maybe FM broadcast ? Certainly goes to >>2436179, it's a F plug, used for TV and radio, not emitting,>>2436178this is a ground, to/from where, who knows, you need to check into the metallic box.Congrats on the house !
>>2436236Both >>2436178 and >>2436178 certainly go to the larger antenna, I followed them up there, they go out the wall in here then just string up to it. But how they hook up to a radio I have no idea.
>>2436176>identify these rooftop antennas, here's a nighttime picture from the groundreally?
>>2436367>how they hook up to a radio I have no idea.
Does anyone have this .csv file for chirp or something similar?
>>2436538>I can't spend 15 minutes programing my baomeme
>>2436583I mean it's a different radio but ok. It's programmed already. Typing in all that shit would take hours senpai
>>2435649Wow why is it that device so complicated? Two generators? Heterodyned? Why cant' you just feed a single signal and measure voltage and current as a voltage drop on a sense resistor? That's the way the impedance (magnitude and phase) of speakers are measured by sweeping it with different frequencies and generating a bode plot.
>>2436673>Typing in all that shit would take hoursNo.
Newb here. What are the most popular voice communication frequencies? I wanna talk to some people
>>2436730>Wow why is it that device so complicated?I've just picked the first find from the interwebs, which can be your friend.>measure voltage and current as a voltage drop on a sense resistor?Have you perchance overlooked the rest of my post?
>>2436842The guys around 118 to 135 MHz are generally friendly to hang around with.
>>2436918Real friendly types...Might even drop around your house if you're persistent enough
>>2436176If the home inspector didn't point out you'll need new gutters un 5 years, now's the time to sue.Looks like a blah CB style whip and VHF.Get a $39 RDL-SDR and you can listen all you want.If you know the prior owner's name, you can search the FCC database to see if he was a ham.
>>2436953Jej
So I got a weird question. I wanted to get into airsoft milsim to larp and fuck around, just to get out from my house. And in these 'milsim' events they use radios to communicate, is it possible to eavesdrop the communication on enemy teams? What if they have encrypted radios? I really want to listen to the enemy team. Is it possible to hack them?
>>2437167If you know their frequencies yes its possible. But that's not assuming their using dtss codes or anything. Then u just have to guess. Encrypted radios I highly doubt anyone is using that shit at a milsim event. Hack them?>it's me hacker man, I'm in and I've disabled their balls
>>2437190By hack, I mean, figuring out their frequencies.
>>2437167gay>>2437299use a scanner, gaylord
>>2437167I don't even like airsoft faggot retards... but fucking around with elint in the field with no consequences, threat of drone strike or sleeping in a cancer inducing over-truck sounds like so much fucking fun...We're talking rotary RDF, pseudio-doppler DF, shit if the tards are using some rudimentary encryption might even have an excuse to get the FPGA-s out and build my own cancer inducing over-truck
>>2437448Go full EW and use doppler radar for motion detection, and a microphone array for detecting foot steps. 100 years ago people were able to triangulate lorries across the fronts. these days you should have no problems detecting shoes tapping the ground.
>>2436917No, my question was why they heterodyne it before measuring, but I got it. It is just easier to deal with a lower frequency.
>>2437485i was thinking IR cams + some AI tomfoolery for motion detection and classification. The microphone array is a neat idea, i think i can score some condenser capsules for like 12$ and 3d print mounts... Goddamn it... im going to end up sleeping in a cancer causing oven-truck again...
>>2437526Passive sensors can go a long, long way befor eyou need emitters that castrate anything in a 10 km radius.Soft mode: offer your services to any team that will payHard mode: offer your systems to the Army, most NATO forces seem to have forgotten that geophones were used to great success in WWI.
>>2437526After reading up more on some milsim airsoft events, the popular radio right now is the BaoFeng UV-5R 8W. Where can I start reading up on learning EW? Sounds fun.>>2437526There are some people who already do have IR cams, and that alone is already beyond Over Powered. Its also pretty much a requirement to have NVG's as well. Otherwise, your gonna die from someone who has them.
>>2437624>Where can I start reading up on learning EW?The hard core stuff is locked down with the same thoroughness as cryptography. Some info can be found in the /cyb/ FAQ, latest version is this: https://files.catbox.moe/9e5dgm.zipThe /ham/ FAQ has a FAQ too, the OP text.A few bits and pieces are scattered around the net such as https://irp.fas.org/doddir/army/fm3-36.pdf>Sounds fun.EW is the intellectual for for warfare, where the operators are the quiet, the calm and the competent. This costs them a lot of medals as the "Nintendo medal" debacle demonstrated.
Bros I have a question. Im a new ham and I only have tech license for now, and use a Yaesu ft60 ht for 2m and 70cm. Another ham gifted me picrel and I was wondering if I can use it to talk on the 2m repeaters around me. I ordered an SMA/PL259 adapter to hook it up. Just wondering if the HF waves coming through the antenna would damage my ft60 at all.
>>2437624The BaoFeng is the standard shitty issue UHV/VHF radio out there... I have three collecting dust under my desk right now.First things first, judging by the few comments i assume you made i assume you're not a radio operator. And that's completely fine. But id start with some basic RF stuff. Frequency(es), antennas, receivers.A good entry point is ARDF(amateur radio direction finding). This will get you probably 90% of the way there. You can use a highly directional antenna to pick up on "enemy" radio transmissions, and get a rough bearing on the direction it's coming from. It's reasonably simple to do, and could guide you in to more advanced stuff.Now HAMs can get kinda wacky with how seriously they take their hobby. But in reality, if you have a Baofang, tune it to your 'enemies' frequency, and use a directional yaggi antenna to get a rough bearing on their direction, have a long range rifle and binoculars, you will be miles aheadLike anon said, real EW and ELINT stuff tends to be hush hush, and the precision equipment and calibrations needed make it a bit out of reach for the every man. But some fun stuff can still be found declassified from the second world war, that's now achievable on the cheap.It's the equivalent of the enigma machine. Sure any competent cryptographer will shit on it in minutes, but it will run miles around your average larper
>>2437677>>2437650Cool stuff man, thanks for pointing me in the right direction to get started.
>>2437676Neah, just make sure the antenna is set up for 2m. If you leave it set up for HF, it will feedback and ruin the transmitter.Unless you're right next to another antenna transmitting in HF received power shouldn't really be a concern, transmuted power feedback though an unmatched antenna can be a real problem however
>>2437676That's a nice portable antenna to be gifted, anon.And yes, VHF/UHF with the FT60 should work. If you want to be really careful, get a VHF/UHF SWR meter. Or try it out with the lowest power setting and go up which each transmission.
Greetings /ham/beasts, can anyone identify what pic related is? From thread >>2437951
>>2438394Industrial plinko?
>>2438394It's some waveguide beamforming blackbox magic shitI mean that. It was generated by a computer and n one knows how it works
>>2438400Kek. Reflexes measured in the gigahertz range. >>2438403>waveguideThat was the keyword I have been missing, thank you. Familiar with them in the context of larger dishes but it would never have occurred to me here. And I 100% believe that this is the result of an algorithm, this thing is a clusterfuck to even look at. I did try to open it but the purple potting compound has filled some screw heads and I can't be fucked fighting that battle. I'ma varnish one to prevent corrosion and hang it on my wall. Cheers anon.
>>2438418Is it potting compound or just threadlock? Heat will probably break it.
>>2438425Deffo potting compound of some sort, it's doesn't sit as thin as loctite. I just busted a chunk off and am about to sit it in some acetone, if that breaks it down I'll sit the thing in a tray of it for 24 hours and see if I can release the demons within.
>>2433678so average HAM radio operator is either old or young, balding or not, fat or not?great picture to show them who's the boss, right champ?t. tourist passing through
>>2438444t.
any ausbros HAM? what's it like here? some light research found the need for a license but is it that heavily regulated? big risks of transmitting illegally?
What is going on with propagation conditions? Aurora borealis localized entirely within the Northeast United States?
>>2438444Also add male or female. There were many female sparks in the merchant navy, the shore stations and the military, several of them also hold a ham licence.
>>2436953Sure, when people call in for a speed check, things can get interesting. When people do so from 89,000 ft you know the cool cats have arrived.
Got the meme dongle.Are there any decent resources for identifying signals?Obviously there are certain things broadcast on certain frequencies, but some of them could either be weird interference, or a signal I simply can't decode.For example, there were solid always-on signals in a couple ham bands I checked. Can't be a normal broadcast, right?I've been using SDRSharp, but the recordings cap out at 2gb, and it seems like the audio recording setting can not record multiple slices. Should I be using some other software if I want those capabilities?
>>2439544>Are there any decent resources for identifying signals?Sure, there are links to SIGINT resources in the FAQ.
Drove down on the I15 south of salt lake city, Utah, towards las Vegas, and came across 20-30 of these vans and trucks (truck has the same gear and glowie plates) with government license plates, ~10 antennas on top, and were mostly spread out a out a mile between each, and occasionally I saw individual ones stopped by a freeway exit alone. What might they be doing? Each driver had a big radio set up by him as well.
>>2437190>If you know their frequencies yes its possible. But that's not assuming their using dtss codes or anything.Zoomers thinking squelch is some kind of security is adorable
>>2438740>There were many female sparks in the merchant navy99% of 'women voices' on the radio are just prepubescent boys. The sound is indistinguishable.
>>2439708Had that white thing been spherical, it would have been a steerable satellite dish. Since it is truncated it most likely is a direction finding antenna, typically an array of ferrite antennas embedded in epoxy.
>>2439708That's really bizarre. Is the black vehicle a Bearcat? As >>2439863said it's a direction finding array, so really all people can do is speculate what glownigger shit they are up to. If it is actually 20-30 vehicles that's a lot of resources to divert towards locating something so it must be important. I don't think there are 20 people in the entirety of the FCC enforcement bureau to begin with so very clearly this is some other glownigger agency looking for something.
>>2439864Actually I think I know exactly what this is. Based on the location you provided this is probably some type of counter drug trafficking operation. Mexican cartels utilize all forms of radio communication for their operations including both standard two-way VHF radios and more advanced systems like transponder beacons (similar to APRS) and even more sophisticated systems like Pactor III HF modems. Considering I-15 is a major drug trafficking corridor they are probably monitoring or attempting to locate something cartel related.
>>243986810/10, would believeLast year on HF somewhere between the higher ham bands you could hear a file transmission between two made-up South American callsigns using Robust Packet.
>>2439874In the higher level cartels some people come straight from the military so they bring their knowledge of RF communications with them. That or the CIA hooks them up with something. They are very sophisticated when it comes to communications. There were some photos of a Northern Mexico cartel with a PACTOR III modem hooked up to an ICOM rig but I don't have it saved unfortunately.>two made-up South American callsigns using Robust PacketI've heard something similar as well on 60 meters which was two people speaking Spanish using FreeDV. I don't speak Spanish so it could be anything but the conversations weren't something you would typically hear on HF with a lot of nonsense inserted between them. No callsigns, no boomer lingo or Q codes but instead what sounded almost like their own version of a phonetic alphabet and grid locators. Again could be anything but judging by how out of place and atypical it was it's probably exactly that.Also I'm sure everyone has heard of the decommissioned UHF SATCOM satellite thats hijacked by South American drug traffickers and radio pirateshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyxheXG9APohttps://www.wired.com/2009/04/fleetcom/
>>2439868Possible. As an alternative it could be an exercise, possibly commissioning new equipment. The terrain is reasonably flat so DF bearings should converge nicely. That would explain the large number of vehicles involved when you normally just need 3 - 6 stations.
>>2439708Looks like a ham's typical car where I live.
>>2439882>I've heard something similar as well on 60 meters which was two people speaking Spanish using FreeDV. I don't speak SpanishCould be Galician fishermen, although that ID gets thrown around a lot. You can hear their banter all over. 60m is secondary to maritime radio, too.>FreeDVThat's funny though.
>>2439864Black trucks weren't Bearcats. They were a ram 2500 or Chevy Silverado, I don't remember.Thanks everyone for the thoughts on what it could be. It was killing me. Wish I had a memefeng or something in the wife's car I could possibly scan with.
>>2434359Yaesu FT-2980R only 2m but you can do 80w so it would be great for emergency use. It's a bit over budget but I got mine on sale a few years ago for about 120$.
Have my general class, never did anything with it other than local repeaters/DMR. Somebody gave me an old HTX-100, but I need a power supply. What's something cheap I can get started with to see if I even enjoy talking with boomers over HF? Like Baofeng tier or slightly higher, if we're making a comparison to radios.
>>2432348Stupid question incoming:Bought an old crown vic cop car and its got an nmo mount already installed in the trunk and miraculously the retards didnt cut the mini uhf connector off when they decommissioned it. Problem is its been exposed to the weather uncovered for who knows how long. Do I just say fuck it and slap an antenna on it and go or replace it? Its gonna be a chore to run a new cable to the console so I'm very inclined to not do that but I've heard that water intrusion into these is a problem. I am in the south so I figure if any gets in there its just gonna evaporate out?
>>2434768FUCKINGTUBES
>>2441024If you're transmitting, and have weird or wonky swr readings, yes. If not, it's fine. If you're just listening with no Tx, I wouldn't worry about it.
>>2440371just fix the psu?
>>2441329It needs an external power supply unless you wire it into a vehicle
>>2441203I will be transmitting. I'll just slap an antenna on and see what happens. Thanks anon
>>2441378>needs an external supplyMost radios function this way, get used to it.
>>2439708Going to DEFCON in Vegas 8/11/22
>>2441545I know, that's why I was asking for fucking recommendations!
>>2441621It's a bot, don't reply to it.What voltage does it need? Any desktop 13.8 volt power supply should work but if you need specific recommendations I can give you one.
>>2441660Also I looked up some stuff for it online and there are AC wall adapters for what seems to be powering it. If you plan on using it for HF it might be a bit difficult considering 10 meters has very spare propagation and it looks to be more of a CB radio. But it's probably worth giving it a shot considering 10 meters is the easiest to work on HF.
>>2438426So I got the thing open if anyone is interested.
>>2441663>if anyone is interested.I am. This looks like advanced wizardry. I had hoped DSP tech such as MIMO and beam-forming would come to /ham/ also at lower frequency bands, but the sheer complexity of 8 x 8 arrays seems overwhelming.
>>2441731I have had a big crash course over the past week or so since the thread has been up, which is kind of why I bought the thread here. We all get to learn some cool shit. There's at least two towerfags lurking that thread, if you have questions, now would be the time.
>>2441735I got my license years ago, later did some DSP work and some years after that did some mobile phone tech stuff. With this it is easy to see that there is a lot of mobile phone tech that could be ported to the ham radio world. The truSDX etc. use more fancy tricks for SSB modulation, but MIMO and beamforming are still not here. A simple 4 element would go a long way and help with the ever increasing QRM problems.
>>2441663What in the fuck is thatThis must be the part that activates the 5G nanobots in the drinking water
>>2441621You need a 6 amp supply, at least, or you'll have to hard wire it into a vehicle.>>2441660>>2441662You're an idiot. Stop posting.
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>>2442007I will do whatever I want, when I want, and as I please you cocksucking faggot. Imagine how shit your life has to be to try and desperately bait people on a 3 post per day general on 4chan.
>>2442007Yeah I saw that in the manual, but beyond that, trying to actually pick out a power supply is pretty daunting, so I'm looking for kind of a generic bang-for-the-buck recommendation.
>>2442137I see now you're actually retarded.>>2442149get a Astron if you want a (linear) supply that will last forever. You could find a used RS-7A or 12A for around $100 or less. MFJ has a switching 15A supply for $95. I have a 3 Astron linear supplies RS-[7a, 12a, 20a]. I bought them all second hand and I've had them in service, myself, for over a decade with no problems. They're not small like a switcher is, though.
>>2442295Thanks AN0N, I'll look for an Astron. I don't really care about size, and I'd rather not have to worry about RF noise with a switching supply. Any suggestions on where to look for used equipment? (My local hamfest is this weekend, so I'm going to stop by and see what I can find.)
>>2442315Hamfests always have them. Just watch out for equipment that has been through floods. Ebay isn't bad if you take your time (like browse for a couple of weeks) and jump on a good deal. People will unload them for half price there, however watch out for the shipping as they are heavy.
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Are all BNC male connectors the same and the only difference is the ferrel diameter? Why don't they sell generic connectors with a set of different size ferrels? And another question I have, I have this here RG316/174 crimper but I need to crimp a thicker cable.What happens if I crimp a larger ferrel with a slightly smaller die by pushing gently to avoid squeezing it too hard?
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>>2443079The inner diameter allows the core of the coax to enter the connector so there will be differencesIf you use a smaller crimper it will be badly crimped and might separate, make a bad connection, etc etc>>2443606oh thanks, turned on the radio this morning and couldn't hear shit.
>>2443760trolling without getting caught by moralfags
>>2443760You can't.Make it hard and more people will pile in to hunt you down, it is like a sport.
>>2443784It seems it must be possible otherwise jannies wouldnt remove mention of it.
>>2443851>It seems it must be possibleIt is. However, that is highly specialised skills. Since OP asked, it was obvious he had no such training, and therefore he would not be able to evade triangulation. The /ham/ FAQ has some information on what systems are out there to find people like OP.
