[HCARC] Things a ham should be able to do: used to be NVIS - Local10 mete...

[ALoneStarYank at aol.com]

Learn how to properly operate "split" on HF, a MUST when  talking to EUs on 
40 meters.
 
Be able to make an HF antenna out of scrap materials without  having to run 
to a book... A MUST when you do emergency communications  work.
 
Bob W2IK

 
 
In a message dated 7/28/2012 2:29:54 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
tower2 at stx.rr.com writes:

We had  an engineer who didn't know the color code.  When he asked a tech
what  the value of two resistor color codes in parallel was, the tech
answered  with a color code......
hv

-----Original Message-----
From:  CW4EVR [mailto:cw4evr at hctc.net] 
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 20:10  PM
To: Kerry Sandstrom; H. Vordenbaum; hcarc at mailman.qth.net; 'Gary and  Arlene
Johnson'
Subject: Re: [HCARC] Things a ham should be able to do:  used to be NVIS -
Local10 meter Propagation Test

Just figured I  would throw my 2 cents worth in.

Its the EE that does the design work,  but the electronic technician that 
makes it work.

73  all

W0LPD

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kerry  Sandstrom" <kerryk5ks at hughes.net>
To: "H. Vordenbaum"  <tower2 at stx.rr.com>; <hcarc at mailman.qth.net>; "'Gary  
and

Arlene Johnson'" <qltfnish at omniglobal.net>
Sent: Friday,  July 27, 2012 8:02 PM
Subject: [HCARC] Things a ham should be able to do:  used to be NVIS - 
Local10 meter Propagation Test


>  Harvey,
>
> I understand what you're saying and it is a fun topic  , but I'm afraid it
> doesn't lead anywhere useful.  Not only can't  many hams solder, but for
> every extra class ham that can't solder, I  bet there are a 100 electrical
> engineers who can't solder  either.  How many computer software engineers 
> do
> you  think can write a program in machine language or assembly language ? 
>  We
> have gone from a nation of "doers" to a nation of "watchers".   Its not 
> good
> except for a few of us old retired engineers who  have little trouble 
> finding
> part time jobs because we  remember what the new engineers never learned.
>
> However, I  think a worthwhile topic would be a list of things that a ham
> should  be able to do.  I'll start the list off with a few items.  Feel  
> free
> to add.
>
> Things a ham should be able to  do:
>
>    1.  Set up his own  station.
>
>    2.  Put up a simple wire dipole  that works, ie, his transmitter will
> transmit with  it.
>
>    3.  Put connectors on antenna  cables.
>
>    4.  Repair microphone connectors, Rf  connectors, power supply
> connectors, etc that his rig  uses.
>
>    5.  Do simple troubleshooting on his  own rig to determine if the power
> supply is good, the antenna is good  and the microphone/key is good and 
the
> rig controls are set  correctly.
>
>    6.  Be able to select the correct  frequency for what he wants to work 
> at
> any given  time.
>
>    7.  Know proper operating procedures  to make and complete a QSO.
>
>    8.  Know and use  standard amateur abbreviations and signals.
>
>     9.  Know how to properly install his station equipment including  
power,
> antenna lines, and grounds.
>
>    10.  Be able to interface his computer to his radio with or  preferably
> without a commercial interface unit.
>
> Thats  a start.  You may not be able to do all these things at the 
>  beginning
> but you should be able to do a dew and as you get more  experince the rest
> willcome along.  I didn't say you have to be  able to solder, but you will
> find that in order to do some of these  things you will have to learn to
> sloder.  Other things you will  have to learn along the way is how to use
> simple test equipment like  an SWR bridge and a voltmeter.  It will all 
> come
> with  time.  None of this stuff is difficult.  Note: this is not a  closed
> book test!  You can use any references you want including  asking someone 
> for
> help.  Places you can get experience  are the club radio station, nets
> including the FM net on Monday  evenings and the SKYWARN net, field day,
> antenna parties, club  meetings, tech corner before the meetings to name 
> just
> a  few.
>
> That's enough for now,  have fun
>
>  Kerry
>
>
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