Yazan: Norm Seeley | 19 February 2012 | No Comments
Categories: AMERICA, Arizona, HandHelds, Mobiles, Thoughts of KI7UP.
I have narrowed the hunt down to 4 radios. 1 is a mobile the other 3 are handheld radios. Tomorrow after I return from replacing the front tires on our van, I am going to check on reviews on the Internet and see what other hams have to say about each radio. At this point [...]
Yazan: Norm Seeley | 16 February 2012 | No Comments
Categories: AMERICA, Arizona, Thoughts of KI7UP.
I owned a handheld when I first moved into this house, in fact I had a couple. One was a Yaesu FT-50R that I carried with me every where I went. When my wife to be came to visit with her parents before we were married, I had it firmly attached to my belt on [...]
Yazan: Norm Seeley | 15 February 2012 | No Comments
Categories: AMERICA, Arizona, HandHelds, Thoughts of KI7UP.
Yesterday I showed you the mobiles that I have been thinking about. Yes, I considered ICOM radios as well but I’m not so sure D-Star is something that I need. Hope that’s not a mistake. Seems to me that anyone who is looking into handhelds would first consider those radios being shipped from China. And [...]
Yazan: Norm Seeley | 13 February 2012 | No Comments
Categories: Amateur News, AMERICA, Arizona, Base Stations, HandHelds, Thoughts of KI7UP.
Tomorrow and through this Friday, I’m going to tell you what my thoughts are about moving into VHF/UHF. While I pretty much know what direction I want to go as I get back into VHF/UHF, I still will welcome any comments as to the direction I will finally take. The list will appear starting tomorrow. [...]
Yazan: Norm Seeley | 10 February 2012 | No Comments
Categories: Amateur News, AMERICA, Arizona, Thoughts of KI7UP.
This week I started off recording a story for Amateur Radio Newsline . Then I decided that I wanted to go through all of the QSTs that I had from 2010. At first I didn’t really have anything to look for other than coming across interesting articles about Amateur Radio. Then I figured out that [...]
Yazan: Norm Seeley | 19 January 2012 | No Comments
Categories: Amateur News, AMERICA, Arizona, Base Stations, HandHelds, Mobiles, Scottsdale Arizona, Thoughts of KI7UP.
I have decided what I’m going to do about getting into VHF/UHF. After spending the better part of 2 years, it’s about time I made a move. I have to kick myself for having sold a handheld I found in my office closet. Even though it was not new, according to the ham I sold [...]
Yazan: Norm Seeley | 11 January 2012 | No Comments
Categories: Amateur News, Amateur Televison, AMERICA, Arizona, Thoughts of KI7UP.
This past weekend I sent an email to Bill Munsil who is involved with Local Amateur TV. To my surprise, I received several emails back and then a phone call. That’s what really surprised me. We talked about what I could do to use a Video Monitor I have from the days when I had [...]
Yazan: Norm Seeley | 06 January 2012 | No Comments
Categories: Amateur News, AMERICA, Arizona, HandHelds, Mobiles, Thoughts of KI7UP.
In anticipation of purchasing a VHF/UHF radio I went out a month ago and bought the ARRl Repeater Directory 2011 -2012. When I got it, what should appear but the directory from 1996 – 1997. I have not spent a lot of time comparing the two to see just where the changes are and what [...]
Yazan: Norm Seeley | 01 January 2012 | No Comments
Categories: Amateur News, AMERICA, Arizona, Thoughts of KI7UP.
It’s 2012. Happy New Year. I’m back to blogging on Amateur Radio Dreaming and I have also asked Tom Fagan to reinstate me as the Public Information Coordinator for Arizona. He accepted. Here on ARD, my plans are to begin with blog at least once a week about what I’m doing with my station KI7UP. [...]
Yazan: Norm Seeley | 09 October 2011 | No Comments
Categories: Amateur News, AMERICA, Base Stations, Thoughts of KI7UP.
Wanting to take advantage of the activity on 10 meters, that’s where I put the ICOM 707 this afternoon here in a cool Scottsdale Arizona. That’s where I have been for the last hour and a half. Scanning manually up and down the band, attempting to find transmission to at least listen to. For the [...]