Comments | m3vqe: HF

m3vqe

HF

Feb 29, 2008 09:23

OK I am stuck currently with 70cm, 2m 6m and 10m, I would like to have a play with HF but don't want the outlay, I need to get a decent SWR meter and ATU next although I know the FT doesn't need it it would be nice to know whats going on. I haven't had the time lately to build a software solution although I did build a nice resonance analyser for ( Read more... )

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luminox12 March 2 2008, 21:32:21 UTC

Hi There, been following your adventures with amateur radio and it all seems really interesting, currently doing some research as to where I can take my M3 test. Hopefully I can get my license before the end of the year ( ... )

m3vqe March 4 2008, 18:00:38 UTC

Equipment is as cheap or as expensive as you need it to be, I trawl ebay and sites like http://www.junksale.co.uk for stuff, joining a local club is always helpful you will always get help and support from others that way. I paid a couple of hundred in total for my radio, and aprox £60 for antennas. You don't need to have any software experience for any license, electronics however you will start to learn about from M3 onwards. You ask if I am an electronics engineer, well no I am a software engineer I can make software work, I can also follow schematics but am hopeless with my own hardware ideas ( ... )