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Welcome Bob and Kent! You have just started a fascinating hobby! Bob WB4ETT

Me, WB4ETT. Staying at the KOA in Dayton.

I listen on 5357 kHz in the mornings (like right now) and early evenings, and the HFPack frequencies during the days, especially 14,342.5 KhZ. At night there are nets that specialize in military, commercial, and aviation radios (typically USB on all bands) and you can get those frequencies...

I played around with a PRC-320 Clansman HF transceiver, but didn't really participate this year. I feel like I wasted the weekend! (did go visit a couple of Field Day sites though.) Bob WB4ETT

That is a nice job!

If you want to communicate at distance, as working stations on simplex, then height is good. Foliage won't appreciably attenuate the signal. I've pulled many antennas into trees with a string, shot up with a bow. The arrow pulls a fishing line off a fishing reel, then pull the string, then...

Anyone interested in green radios should have the two volumes of "MIL Spec Radio Gear", by Mark Francis, KI0PF. These two volumes cover mostly man pack type radios but others also. This is the best source I have run across for info on the last generation radios, not the newest, but not the...

I wholeheartedly second that motion, Joe. A PRC-320 is a lot of radio for the money. Many are available right now for decent prices, but this opportunity will not last. Get a 'tested and guaranteed' one if you can. Since they come from Great Britain, shipping is a killer if you have to swap...

I think we should keep Hightechken away from our green radios!:-x Sure the '246 and others can be used on the ham bands they cover (by a ham). Their 50kHz steps don't coincide with some desirable frequencies, like 52.525 national simplex freq, but for talking to other green radios or the...

The answer is yes if no one else has grabbed it. It's even possible to get someone else's callsign, if they let it expire for some time. As to how, will need to ask. Another option is to do 'vanity' callsign to get it.