Zombie Squad Amateur/CB Radio Network: pt 4 - networking

[edhillphoto]

Location: 34 1" N, 84 19" W
Atlanta, GA Metro area
ARRL section EM74
Radios: Icom IC 718 HF, Yaesu FT-60 handheld, Yaesu VX6 handheld
Bands: 440, 2m, I regularly work 20m, 40m, 75 / 80m.
Modes: SSB
Amateur General license

I have a portable 40 meter and 75 meter antenna set up for camping or field day or emergency comms.

[Vinny]

Primarily (34.105828, -118.153228)
and can also be found (40.448999, -80.199204)
Taking my Technician on the 11th and if im feeling up to it may also take the general.
Just purchased a Yaesu VX-7R and if i pass my General may purchase a station suitable for DX.

[Vinny]

Primarily (34.105828, -118.153228)
and can also be found (40.448999, -80.199204)
Taking my Technician on the 11th and if im feeling up to it may also take the general.
Just purchased a Yaesu VX-7R and if i pass my General may purchase a station suitable for DX.

Passed the Tech this evening!! (Missed the general by 2 questions) Not too bad for only studying the general material for a week..

[Beef]

Passed the Tech this evening!! (Missed the general by 2 questions) Not too bad for only studying the general material for a week..

Well done, welcome to ham radio.

[anakha]

Location: 45.48 Lat -122.80 Lon
Portland Metro area
Radios: None yet
Bands: None yet
Modes: None yet
Technician License

I've been a technician for the past 5 years or so. I have never had the money to get a radio but plan on getting one soon. Guess that would make me a pretty lame ham radio operator by normal standards. I plan to study and take the higher-level tests in the near future.

[t-wizzle]

Section: Southeast Florida

Location: 24.599788 -81.656347

Interests: currently KE5LFO General Class operate on 20m and 40m mainly, i have worked 52 countries.

equipment: Yaesu FT-100D w/ a LDG Tuner and a G5RV at about 20 ft
Yaesu FT-60r Handheld
Realistic CB Base Station (no antenna yet)

[chadrules]

Location: 34.23, -84.08 (Forsyth County GA)
(tech license passed today )

Equipment: Yaesu VX-6R Hand-held
Uniden SC150 scanner

[tabulator32]

Location 32.95N -96.89W (Carrollton, Texas)
Technician (Working on General)
Gear: Kenwood 2m mobile

[Daremo_23]

location: N/E Ohio
Gear: VX-8r, VX-7r, FT-8800 all VHF/UHF radios

looking to get into HF soon as $$$ allow
interested in CW, 20 / 40 meters emcomm and ares work.

made general class last week and studying for the extra exam in a month or so.

73
Chuck

[Rod]

Location: Southeast Connecticut
41 32' 01"N 72 04" 07.2"W
Gear: Icom IC-730(10M,15M,20M,40M,80M), Kenwood TMV-7A, CB ssb, various scanners & shortwave receivers.
Dentron Tuner, G5RV and 75 Meter Skywire
General class ham, interested in HF radio net, primarily ssb but could work on CW if the interest is there.

[Necronos]

Just appeared in the FCC ULS today! It was a quick since I only took the test on Saturday

Location: Idaho Falls
Equipment: Got nothing so far, but I'm saving

Technician studying for General, KF7HLH

[Westbound]

Location: North Texas
Lat & Long: 33.02, -97.27
Intrests CB and HAM
Equipment: Uniden vehicle mount CB.
EDIT: Just passed Tech class, waiting on FCC. Radioshack HTX-212 2-meter radio to be installed very soon.

EDIT: 2 meter mobile up and running, and FCC finally got me going. Call sign: KF5FOZ

[Citizen711]

Location: Central Indiana
Coords: 39.9, -86.0
Interests: HAM incl. DX, getting my Tech and possibly General licenses very soon, considering RACES
Gear: Imaginary at this point. Looking for entry level HF base and perhaps 2m portable.

[Shok]

Section: Midwest Division
Latitude: 42.042298 (42° 2' 32'' N)
Longitude: -91.637204 (91° 38' 13'' W)
Interests: HF/VHF, Digital (PSK31,WSJT,WL2K, etc), Voice.
Equipment: HF Base, 10m Mobile, 2m Base, 2m mobiles, 2m HT.

[G4mbl3]

long time lurker, first post =]

Section: NW PA
Coordinates: 41.72, -80.14
Interests: CB Radio
Equipment: Cobra 19 CB Mobile, 4 foot Fiberglass Mag Whip, 2 GMRS Talkies, 1 Handheld CB, 1 old Bearcat 16 channel scanner

[Beef]

Hm, I thought I had already posted in this thread, but a quick search reveals otherwise. Well here goes:

Lat & Long: 36.8, -76.2
Interest: I'm a general class (KI4S**) licensee. I like local VHF stuff and of course HF as well. My main interest on HF is digital, but I do a fair amount of SSB.
Equipment: Home station is a Yaesu FT-857D with LDG Z-11 Pro tuner and Signalink USB, and a G5RV "Jr" for HF with a homebrew aluminum J-pole for VHF/UHF. I'm good on 60m-70cm, and sometimes the tuner will even let me do 75m, though I'm not sure any signal is actually radiating after that match I've also got an Icom IC-751 as a backup HF rig, and the provisions to hook that up to the Signalink for digital. In the truck is an Icom V8000 with NMO mounted SBB5. I've got a VX-7R that needs to be sent in to Vertex USA for some non-warranty repair work when I can spare the dough. I think that about covers it.

[NYKh]

Your Section: FM19si
Your latitude and longitude: 39.35 -76.44
Your particular interest: HF/DX , Homebrew antenna construction,mobile and battery power, field Comms.
Your equipment situation: ICOM IC-706MkII, LDG turner, Buddipole; FT-60 2m/440, 50w amp, external antenna to boost efficiency, echolink. CB, random FRS/GMRS handheld’s.

[CavTrooper]

Location: 26.7 - 80.2
I went out recently and purchased a bunch of stuff. I have military commo experience. I have other interests than HAM but am interested in local Networking.

Equipment:
I have a HAM receiver(not transmitter) so if there is any info I can pass it on locally. I need a freq. if possible.
2 vehicle mounted Cobra 29s but I have had them tricked out as much as possible. I get about 10 miles average.
a trunking scanner. need to figure it out for effective use. Any tips would be appreciated.
4- 70 mile GRMS handhelds
mounted and portable marine radios

Need channels and freqs to monitor. Please PM me.

[gazpacho]

KE7IZE (General)

Location
36.3 North, 115.2 W
Equipment
Icom-703+
Icom-7200
Yaesu FT-1802 (x3)
Yaesu VX-6
Yaesu VX-3
Commercial Buddipole (up to 80m)
20 AMPh Batter pack with solar recharge capability

I plan on taking the Extra license test in early June so I use more HF bandwidth.

[Jaxon06]

Your Section: Northeast, Massachusetts

Your latitude and longitude: 42.37 N, 71.15 W

Your particular interest: Tech License - KB1TRC

Your equipment situation: 2 meter, mobile

[JeffTx]

Section: Unknown- East Texas
Lat/Long:29.7 -95.7
Interest:Local
Licences:GMRS and Technician
Radios:3 C.B. 6 FRS/GMRS 2 GMRS/70cm 1 2m

C.E.R.T. member, might hook up with EMROG too!

[ethanboris]

Location: 145.06'33'' E 37.36'276'', Melbourne Australia

Interests: DXing, Satteliting, local comms

Current Situation: I am in the process of studying for my Foundation license which allows me Restricted use (AM,CW,SSB and FM) on 80m,40m,15m,10m,2m,70cm.
Comms ATM are a 27mhz CB and a 477mhz CB mobile (both 5w which is the maximum allowed for CB here in oz)
once i get my license i'll most likley get a yaesu ft857d seems to be a good unit as it must be a mobile capable unit

[Rosco-p-c]

Location: Long/lat -72.3/41.3 East Hampton, Connecticut

Interests: The proliferation of low-cost short-range comm. [When disaster strikes, I want to talk to people 1-3 miles away that I can help or get help from… not somebody 100 miles away that I can’t walk to.]

Situation: I have a CB in my truck and in my Jeep. I’d pop for a base setup in a heartbeat if there were more people to network with. I’ve studied for the Amateur exam, but I can’t get excited enough about it to go and take it. Ten times more people can afford CB’s than can afford HAM setups. Is it better to have four people talking fifty miles or forty people talking five miles? No doubt both are important, but I see more immediate ER value in the common man’s comm.

[Deer]

Section: South Carolina (Beaufort/Paris Island)
Lat./Long: 32.6 -80.7
Interest: I do not have a ham license, but I'm studying for a test that will be given in july (with help from my fiance, isn't she great? Colored flash cards and all! ) I just bought a CB Radio (at wally world until i can afford a good one) to get my feet in the water and help me maintain interest I'm very interested in getting serious in ham though once i get a license. If anyone's in the beaufort area that's a ham or can answer some questions about my CB or wanna talk hit me up!
Equipment: CB radio installed in truck last night, It's that cheap "cobra" you can get at wall mart for like 37 bucks. Antenna from radio shack (magnet on top of truck.) I get some noise when the truck is running driving around town, i can hear talk as long as its got a good signal, but hear much better with truck turned off. Normal?

Hoping the ZS Radio Network does well and lives long!