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    Posted: 19 Jun 2014 at 5:41pm
Budward,
 
That phenomenom with the bathroom fan is hilarious!  I can just see us on our next trip trying all the combinations of fans, lights and stove (joking!) to see if we can get better reception! LOL
 
techntrek,  I had wanted to get my Ham license for many years and finally did it a few years ago.  The morse code requirement was one of the factors that kept me away.  The funny thing is that now that it is no longer a requirement, I really want to get into keying!Big smile
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Jun 2014 at 4:35pm
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Now there are two companies that no one but old timers would recognize- Collins and Hallicrafters!



I've owned three Hallicrafters (S-20R, HT-37, SX-100) and four Collins (R-390A, 75S1, KWM2A, 62S1). I also worked for Collins. I guess that makes me an old timer. Now licensed 60 years and still active.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Jun 2014 at 2:21pm
Yep-  had mine for almost 40 years, although I have not been very active in quite awhile.  Now that I'm retired that may change with more time on my hands, still have the 90ft tower in the backyard I put up 30 years ago.   The county tried to make me take it down years ago but backed off when they realized I had put it up before zoning was in place.  

When we were camped in CO a few years back we did a lot of 4x4 trails...I was sure glad to have my handheld ham radio along in case of emergency...we sometimes went all day miles from any help without seeing another person and of course there was no cell coverage high in the rockies away from towns.
Even with ham radio if I lived there I'd have one of those satellite emergency communicators...they are surprisingly affordable now.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Jun 2014 at 1:06pm
Some year I will eventually get my ham license, I've been saying it for about 25 years.  Almost did it last year but ran out of time before summer came...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Jun 2014 at 12:23pm
RF is very interesting-  I first became interested as a young boy when I begged my parents for and eventually got a Hallicrafters short wave receiver.  Had a neighbor a block over that worked for Collins and I would spend hours hanging out in his garage which contained literally whole walls with racks full of radio equipment.    Now there are two companies that no one but old timers would recognize- Collins and Hallicrafters!
I eventually turned my love of RF into a career, it was interesting to see over the years all the very bright people that were digital wizards but could never quite "get" RF!    After 50 years of working with RF I still don't "get it" sometimes eitherLOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Jun 2014 at 12:08pm
Only with Tesla's help!  Wink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Jun 2014 at 10:38am
   I'm not even sure if Thomas Edison would understand it! Confused But sure he would invent a way to improve it and patent it.   Approve 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Jun 2014 at 9:30am
Wait until we master quantum physics and figure out how to mass-produce "entangled atoms".  Those can be used to create a no-interference, no-eavesdrop point-to-point data connection.  Then it really will be voodoo.  Traditional radio equipment will become obsolete except for toys and hobbyists.  Wired data connections, too.
 
You'll end up with a quantum "radio" in your "cell" phone that literally can connect with no delay from anywhere in the universe (with no actual cellular radio system anymore), with an extremely high speed data connection.  Embed the matching entangled atom in a centralized data center and it will connect you with other people (texting or phone call or conference call), or computers (internet), or audio/video streams ("radio" stations).  Communications between planets would have no delay or bandwidth restrictions.
 
Wild stuff to consider, but not fiction.
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Jun 2014 at 8:44am
I took one course in wave propogation theory when I was in the Canadian Air Force and I left with the firm belief that wave propogation has more to do with vodoo than scienceTongue
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 Jun 2014 at 2:56pm
There is metal in the roof. It is framed with AL, and of course the a/c has some metal also.

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