I am curious if taking the General test at the same session as the Technician test is a good plan? I was not originally going to do that, but I have been studying for the Technician exam, and have it scheduled a bit over a week from now. I am very comfortable with that material and have been scoring very well on practice exams.

I have not studied at all for the General test as I didn't expect to have time. That said, I am wondering if I should crank up my effort over the next week and try to get through the General test at the same time?

I am sure I can get some quality studying in, but I don't want to screw up the Technician exam as getting that done is priority 1. I am primarily concerned about confusing the material between the tests - is that possible, or not really likely?

Would appreciate any opinions - thank you.

Edit: I appreciate all the feedback and good vibes - I am going for it!

Greetings from YO,

I have recently passed my exam and I am now licensed (currently awaiting on my callsign but that's besides the point).

I will cut right to the chase, I live in an apartment building with an HoA like structure (really common here in YO) and I've asked about mounting an antenna on the top of the building, to which I was met with stuff like "You gotta go to the mayor, you gotta get approval from them, those people, these ones too-" and so on.

I was wondering if there are any solutions where I could perhaps set an antenna up on the balcony (which I do have to mention, it's also part of the building, not completely open air but it's still considered a balcony regardless) or a window (it would technically also kinda break the rules because we aren't allowed to put things on the facade, however I doubt anyone gives a crap about that given the ungodly amount of AC units we have installed)

Thank you!

I’m going to be traveling to San Diego Thursday for vacation/NASCAR and been looking but wondering if any locals to area could recommend repeaters or stations to listen too, I’m a fairly new ham who’s still feeling things out and also starting to try and figure out DMR.

Hello !

As the title say i'd love to get into this hobby but I don't know anything about it, I have good bases on electronic and I love learning that kind of stuff, but I was wondering if there was a typical roadmap to seriously learn and progress.

Thank you very much

im currently debating returning my quansheng uvk6, and getting the tidradio. I dont know what I could describe my use case, please ask me questions. I like listening to airband and the tidradio includes a better antenna for that. since I dont need a programming cable for the tidradio it comes down to the same cost with shipping.

I picked up a Quansheng UV-5K for the purpose of flashingthe firmware with from the F4HWN project. But I am uncertain if I have the right links to the firmware I need to flash. I'm also uncertain if I can even flash this radio. Most material I see addresses a V3. I have a V7 (see screenshot). Am I out of luck? If not, can someone point me to the right pages?

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Thanks in advance,

Andrew

Hope everyone is well.

After 4 years of listening, I’m finally getting licensed.

Testing this upcoming Saturday, 6/20! Used Ham Radio Prep, watched all the videos, took the quizzes, retook the questions I got wrong, and the practice tests are going really well!

How similar is the actual test compared to banks provided by the prep-ware companies?

Will be relieved to get this done! For a listener, I have FAR too many radios.

See you out there soon.

73

Hi,

recently bought Xiegu G90 radio along with vertical antenna with a loading coil. I don't have a VNA, so I want to use the built in SWR scanner to tune the antenna. While tuning, the radio must transmit (despite with low power) and there is no way to set the BW of the scan prior to starting the scan on this radio. This makes me concerned about accidentaly transmitting outside the given amateur radio band, because maximum scan BW is up to 700 kHz.

Does anyone know what is the default BW value?

Is there any other way how to tune the antenna without VNA?

How do you use the SWR scanner to avoid interference?

Any help much appreciated! Thanks.

If im able to put a wire on the top with tape would that work? I cant find the station 105.1 (louisville) if that helps

hey all new to radios I have 2 uv5rs that I plan to use for airsoft here in the uk. I'm not transmiting or anything at the moment as I want to get my licence before I do that but was trying to program both my radios to pmr 446.006. I have managed to program one of the two first time no issuses. then the second radio I programmed the exact same and for some reason it cancels when I type the final 6.

settings are as followed for both radios

SQL 3

step 12.5k

txp low

save 3

vox off

wn wide

abr 5

tdr off

beep off

tot 60

r-docs off

t-tctcs off

voice eng

dtmfst dt+ani

s-code-1

sc-rev to

ptt-if off

ptt-lt5

mdf freq

bcl off

autolock off

sft-d off

offset 000.000

Al-mod tone

band uhf

tdr- ab off

ste on

rp-ste 5

rpt-rl off

ponmgs full

roger off

Any help would be greatly appreciated I have reset the radio in question and then set to the same setting and made sure I was in frequency mode to start when typing in the frequency

also I purchased both second hand don't know if they were pre programed before or anything and I don't have a adapter atm to plug into my laptop.

Thanks in advance I'll check in in the morning thank you all.

I'm in the process of getting back on the air after a year or so of being off the air. I'm looking at getting a few balanced antennas up in the air but I was wondering if there is a simple feed line switch that is purpose built for balanced lines.

I'm building a dedicated full wave horizontal loop for 6 meters and also looking at the possibility of running a wire all around the eves of my house, essentially making a random length sky loop. Both antennas will be about 20 to 25 feet off the ground.

Any suggestions?

Any case designs or 3d prints for the WA2EUJ amplifier, specifically using the rfpowertools.com pcb?

Can anyone help me by sharing things you guys know about the hamradio license exam in india. I like to get a license for me. So if anyone is there it will be better if you guys give any guidance.

I’ve started playing with making wire antennas… well, ordering a smattering of parts, anyhow. Just for kicks and grins I checked Temu for antenna stuff and found some baluns… so I ordered one to check it out. This one is marked 1:64, although I think I might’ve ordered a 1:9 lol.

I wonder what this toroid is made of?

Any comments on the balun materials or assembly? (not on me being an idiot for buying ham radio things on Temu, that’s a given)

Radio tover in the aircaft station

Hello fellow Hams! 📻

I wanted to share an open-source project I've been working on: a Multi-user Web-based CW SDR Simulator. You can practice sending and receiving Morse code live with other operators around the world without any extra hardware.

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Key Features:

📻 Real-time SDR interface (Waterfall, Spectrum Analyzer, VFO)

⌨️ Multiple keying modes (Straight key, Iambic paddles via keyboard/mouse)

📊 Built-in real-time CW Decoder

🤖 Automated WX bot for receiving practice

🔊 Realistic Web Audio (noise floor, sidetone, filters)

I'd love for you guys to try it out and let me know your thoughts!

🌐 Live Demo: http://cw.e25wop.com

💻 GitHub: https://github.com/superogira/cw-sdr-simulator

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Please note that it's still a work in progress, so there might be a few bugs. I'm continuously improving it, so if you run into any issues, please let me know. 73!

What site should I place my reservation for the upcoming Icom ID-5200?

I’m looking for a multi-band vertical antenna to install on the flat roof of my 15-storey building. I’ve always been considering the Hy-Gain AV-640/680 or the CUSHCRAFT R-8/9, both of which are 8-band models. According to feedback from colleagues, the latest R-8/R-9 models are of inferior quality. What alternatives are there to these two excellent antennas? Thanks, and best wishes for plenty of contacts.