It's in America so the signals should be clearer, too.
Joshua Clark
Bumpo
Grayson Cook
b..but the kangz thread was tonight's plan
Christian Collins
Tonight SkyKing finally delivers
Carson Diaz
I only take my shortwave webstreams in 24/192 FLAC.
Brody Nelson
>Drinking beer >Radio one is scanning my local repeaters for people to chat with. >Radio two is scanning all the UHF/VHF FEMA, DHS, State and local freqs >Monitor one chilling in the Kangz. >Monitor two searching for "Goth Porn."
Benjamin Smith
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Hudson Gonzalez
something is transmitting
Wyatt Wilson
This. This right here is what America is all about.
Evan Kelly
idk why but this website sounds like shit
Nicholas Martinez
Some occultist fag told me that Sunday it's definitely on. Anyway, this is hot stuff.
Jayden Kelly
Why hello again
Juan Russell
>5th test in 15 minutes
What did they mean by this?
Brandon Watson
i call it, next test in 2 minutes
Daniel Diaz
They're starting to show their true form
Chase Myers
What is an entry level antenna sdr combo to pick up sky king and other HF stations? Can it be done for under $100?
Gabriel James
Do not respond.
Connor Martinez
I don't think I have ever heard as many EAMs have I have tonight They have been doing one almost every 5 minutes
Levi Williams
Are you using WebSDR? I see a list of frequencies, but how do I know which one the action is on? Should I just open a tab of each frequency?
Ryan Peterson
happening
Carson Richardson
You can build your own antenna, bud. I'd recommend actually building it, so you can get the length and position better placed for your setup.
Angel Harris
Not nearly as advanced as Twente's WebSDR.
Twente is using a homebrew SDR with an Active Mini-Whip whereas K3FEF is three Dongles up converted by 125 MHz emulators on 3 RTL-SDR Dongles fed by a LNA antenna.
Eli Cook
Fuck you. Fuckkkkkkk youuuuuuu
Gabriel Wood
Important messages simulcast on all of them at once. Pick one, 4724 should be good now.
Xavier Collins
I'm on 11175 with squelch checked.
Connor Gray
I just finished a Blogspot about that because people were interested in making their own:
11175 is terrible tonight. 4724 and 6739 are clearest.
Connor Price
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Matthew Hill
Excuse my ignorance, but are all of these frequencies broadcasting the same messages? Basically, I'm asking if I need to constantly flip through each frequency, or do I set it at 1 frequency and wait?
Blake Reed
pretty cool, now I want a HackerOne...
Gavin Lee
Are the long random wires the way to go? Or should I try to measure out a specific dipole length? I've got a big empty lot nearby and I can put up any length of wire I want. Thanks user.
Alexander Gray
The IMPORTANT messages simulcast on all the HFGCS frequencies. You might miss someone requesting a phone patch to call their wife on one frequency or another, but all the "EAMs" go out over all them. Redundancy and day/night propagation means all the frequencies will be used.
People seem to like HackerOne. I tried to give people the cheapest options because so many people ITTs have never dealt with HF radio (especially SDR) before and a HackerOne is an expensive option compared to an RTL-SDR with a Ham It Up.
I'd personally recommend a used ICOM R-75 is price weren't an option.
Levi Nguyen
For reception, longer is better for all band HF listening (IMO).
Specific wavelength cuts are really only needed for transmitting.
Joshua Wood
Good call, thanks. see >Or should I try to measure out a specific dipole length? You need very specific lengths to get the best SWR, length can also include connectors and jack converters. This is basic info you learn getting the Tech license. Even if you don't plan on getting your ticket, and you just want gear to listen, do some studying for the Tech exam for not only info, but to stay safe.
Liam Gray
kind of off topic, but is a baofeng uv-5x3 a good radio
Christian Rivera
>For reception, longer is better for all band HF listening (IMO) This is true, but what's the point if you can't TX? Handy in emergencies, at the least.
Noah Wilson
is that a space invaders ship?
Alexander Wright
Can someone post a screenshot of the setting I need using k3fef.com? I think I have it right but I'm new to this.
Eli Myers
Bookmarked for my nephew in the Scouts going for his HAM patch. Thanks.
Adam White
If you have a transmitter, yes, matched antennas are very important. An EMCOMM-Style longewire with an Antenna tuner is my personal choice for transmission.
Do you have a Ham license? Or are you just looking to monitor?
That Btech actually is a Baofeng knock-off made of board rejects. If you want a starter Ham radio, save $30 and get a UV-5R V2+ or similar. Start with 2M/70cm for Ham.
>websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ Baofeng has not created a radio for HF, I have 4 of their VHF/UHF radios and they're great. They even have a 220.0 one.
Liam Sanders
i dont have a license yet, for now im just looking to monitor
Isaac Fisher
Excellent. My 10 year old nephew is flipping his shit that we're going to listen to the ISS chat on Ham pretty soon. (Yes, the ISS Astronauts are Hams and have a 2 Meter set.)
Same instructions for Twente. Type the freq in and it will automatically adjust the band.
Carson Myers
Can I use squelch?
Wyatt Parker
Of course you can. No one is going to stop you.
Easton Powell
Thanks
Jose Anderson
Get your license! Study a bit, score 85% constantly on practice exams, spend $15 for the exam and get on the air! qrz.com/hamtest/?op=start&t=t2014
This and the meme radio and a Nagoya 771 antenna (or Expert Power Clone) are a great start.
Bonus, once you have a Technician Ticket, you can use EchoLink from your phone or computer to connect to repeaters all over the world and chat with Hams in Hungary, Mongolia, Japan... just about everywhere.
Levi Martin
I really like this thread. Helpful antenna guy and cracked scanner software guy. Good to see you both. I'm off to bed, but it's good to know there is a quality general going on.
Angel Ross
4724 has got it goin on
Ayden Jones
> If you want a starter Ham radio, save $30 and get a UV-5R V2+ or similar I like the UV-5R (not the 5R+'s!) for HTs 'cause it fits the extended battery, I have three of them (two with NA-773 antennas). They're cheap and work great. Don't forget the free Chirp software to make programming easier.
Mason Cooper
I love the convenience of CHIRP, no question. It's still important to learn how to manually input a freq, offset and PL with these practically disposable radios, though.
Shit, I homebrewed a 2M/70cm vertical J-loop Dipole out of steel rod, a small plastic box, some shitty RG-58 I had laying around to turn one into a repeater base station.
I have no complaints about my Baofeng's for their price.
Lincoln Cruz
nice, thanks for posting. I've read all your work so far. Really helpful.
Mason Morales
Hell yeah dude, it's exciting as hell watching the trajectory of the ISS and waiting for the chance to RX or TX. Doesn't last long, but damn sure worth it. Side-note for anyone reading, ISS Transmissions are the only legal way for HAMs to transmit music. It has to be 'coincidental' while repeating ISS Transmissions. Just like you don't need a license to transmit if there's an emergency, there's' 'loopholes' for most rules/regs.
Gabriel Cook
It is indeed happening. I just spotted this.
Lucas Cruz
Thank you. I'm happy to help, honestly. Is there a specific topic/subject you'd like me to cover that you're curious about? It would honestly be no bother.
Gavin Lee
Got my Kenwood programming cable on Ebay for $3.99.
Bentley Martin
Any chance you could cover antennas for SDR dongles? You were helping me earlier in the week, and I'd really like a nice overview of good options.
Charles Gonzalez
What should the band be? 40m, 80m, 160m? What's it mean?
Ethan Morales
>It's still important to learn how to manually input a freq, offset and PL with these practically disposable radios, though. Right, I have a cheat sheet behind the battery with a few instructions and important freqs on it. I'm not handing my Yaesu over to anyone, so I think that's a good system for new people getting interested (after a little hands on instruction).
Nathaniel Martinez
Hello men. I have the largest CB radio antenna West and East of the Rockies.
>mfw no Kingdom of Nye flag.
Jonathan Robinson
Lol, he was the guy that first introduced me to all of this stuff Art was the original skyking general.
Connor Cruz
The newest Memefeng blogspot has my opinions on antennas for the SDRs. As far as I can tell, the longwire with a Balun is still the choice for me. There's a $65-ish pre-built I'd recommend on it with the adapter for the SMA's of the SDRs.
Type the frequency you want and it will automatically set the band (Band is wavelength in meters).
Tyler Jackson
Most of my kit was homebrew after I got my General, I donated it all to the Troop a few years ago to encourage the boys to get their tickets. Turned out pretty good, and it still works, surprisingly.
Tyler Price
Thanks user, I'll read over it.
Gavin Phillips
thank you user
Sebastian Peterson
I'm curious about two things currently. First, what do hams think is the logical progression for new guys. It seems conventional wisdom is get your tech, general if you study for both before testing. Get your feet wet with a baofeng. But then what? Several of us here are interested in a cheap HF sdr listening set up which you covered recently. What is the next step in the progression? I assume transmitting.
The other thing I'm interested in is a hiking or camping kit. Both listening in on random shit, like sky kings or chinese radio, but also having something a group of people all camping and hiking around could use to stay in contact. Radios seem like they may be more reliable in some remote hiking and camping areas. Are three or four baofengs good enough for this?
Also any antenna building resources you like. I have an ARRL handbook from 1998 I've been looking through and found a few decent youtube videos, but it seems like there are endless options.
Ian Parker
>Band is wavelength in meters E=IxR
Ian Phillips
>Are three or four baofengs good enough for this? With a better antennas and access to a repeater.
Carson Wilson
If you know me from other /skg/ threads, I'm a poorfag after working years in medicine and getting fucked over from injuries and shit and care for my two elderly, ill parents.
I'm trying to scrape together enough money to start building "Open J Pole Dual Band antennas" kits for Scout groups to have each kid build with single channel Baofengs (the 8088s) so they can learn Ham and antennas along with assembly skills.
Really, really want to see kids get into radio.
You're welcome. I'm still here if you have questions.
Fuck... I screwed the pooch there. I'm drink cheap beer. Sorry.
>Are three or four baofengs good enough for this?
Not for Skykings. You need an HF radio. You can get backpack radios in HF for about $500.
Cameron Diaz
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Bentley Miller
160 is near AM 80 is 3.0 mhz 40 is 7.0 mhz 20 is 14.0 khz
Jackson Ramirez
I have a Yaesu 747 that looks just like that.
William Harris
Not quite useful for WebSDR, 80m includes 4724 there.
Jose Watson
I remember you from other threads. You're a good man user.
Alexander Cooper
Thank you, user.
Anthony Wright
1. The 'then what' is DXing. Even if you take all the tests the same day, you should be on local repeaters and the 2M/70cm bands to get a feel for everything. repeaterbook.com/ artscipub.com/repeaters/
2. Remember radio comms is 'line of sight' communications. Not necessarily IN SIGHT, you just have to under stand how radio wave propagation works. If you're referring to HT comms between people in your group, those UV-5Rs work fine for that, but you seem to be hinting at a base station type set-up. I could go on about mobile set-ups, but you should check out some prepper HAMS, as that seems in line to what you're first getting at.
3. Endless indeed. You'll learn everything you'll need (the math and materials) just studying for the Tech ticket. The world is your oyster.
>now I click post and can't wait to see what Memefeng says kek
Cameron Diaz
Yeah I remember you from other threads (and when you made your trip), we got moved once,I and another user encouraged you to make your beginner series blog posts.
Not really interested in a base station for coms between friends, just something more reliable than phones out on the mountain. I've used off the shelf walkie talkies, and they do pretty well out in the mountains as long as everyone is on the same side or in the same valley. Just hoping to extend the range a bit.
I also think it would be fun to listen to HF around the campfire at night.
Benjamin Lopez
Yup, okay. Got ya. Are you finding the blogs okay?
Steel Reserve 211... I'm that fucking broke.
Ian Hill
Those UV5Rs can also use MURS/FRS and GMRS and can TX at 5 watts. Even if you don't have a license you could only program the FRS's (a few simple clicks with Chirp) and that's a thousand times better than Moto's TalkAbouts.
Ryder Moore
Checked. >you finding the blogs okay Yup, if I found something I disagreed with or thought should be done differently, I would comment for sure. >Steel Reserve 211 Damn. I feel for you.
Eli Mitchell
JUST FUCKING DO IT ALREADY, KIM!!!
Andrew Adams
If you got two extra UV-5Rs, and an ammobox, you could fabricate a makeshift repeater to extend your comms.
