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| ====== What on Earth is this guy doing? ====== | ====== What on Earth are you doing? ====== |
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| If you're reading this, chances are that you've bumped into me out doing my hobby of **Amateur Radio a.k.a. "ham radio"**. I might be taking part in a radio contest, up on top of a hill or by the coastline to get a good take-off for radio signals, or I might be just enjoying some time playing with radios and antennas. | If you're reading this, chances are that you've bumped into me out doing my hobby of **Amateur Radio a.k.a. "ham radio"**. I might be taking part in a radio contest, up on top of a hill or by the coastline to get a good take-off for radio signals, or I might be just enjoying some time playing with radios and antennas. |
| **I’d love to answer any questions** you’ve got but I might not be able to respond immediately. If I haven’t got a chance to talk right now it’s probably because I’m in the middle of talking with someone else on the radio who might be in a distant country… or I might be listening to/ tapping out **Morse code** which takes a bit of concentration! Yes, it seems a bit antiquated but Morse code is still a really effective way of squeezing the most distance out of radio and equipment for Morse code can be simple to build too. | **I’d love to answer any questions** you’ve got but I might not be able to respond immediately. If I haven’t got a chance to talk right now it’s probably because I’m in the middle of talking with someone else on the radio who might be in a distant country… or I might be listening to/ tapping out **Morse code** which takes a bit of concentration! Yes, it seems a bit antiquated but Morse code is still a really effective way of squeezing the most distance out of radio and equipment for Morse code can be simple to build too. |
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| ===== What is he saying? Who is he talking to? ===== | ===== What are they saying? Who are they talking to? ===== |
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| If I’m using a voice radio you might hear me talking a stream of letters (in the phonetic alphabet, Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, etc.) and numbers that sounds like nonsense. I’m probably in contact with someone like me on another hilltop. In a radio contest people are trying to contact as many different stations in a certain amount of time and scores might be given for both the quantity and the distance of contacts. The letters and numbers I’ll be saying are usually **my callsign** (<color red><insert own callsign></color>), **a signal report** for the other operator to know how well they are being received (very often “Five and Nine” for a good strong signal) and **my location** as a Maidenhead grid reference (e.g. India Oscar Nine Zero November Whisky (//IO90NW//)). | If I’m using a voice radio you might hear me talking a stream of letters (in the phonetic alphabet, Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, etc.) and numbers that sounds like nonsense. I’m probably in contact with someone like me on another hilltop. In a radio contest people are trying to contact as many different stations in a certain amount of time and scores might be given for both the quantity and the distance of contacts. The letters and numbers I’ll be saying are usually **my callsign** (<color red><insert own callsign></color>), **a signal report** for the other operator to know how well they are being received (very often “Five and Nine” for a good strong signal) and **my location** as a Maidenhead grid reference (e.g. India Oscar Nine Zero November Whisky (//IO90NW//)). |
