Here’s a small piece of my self-imposed quarantine: End Table Items. Two way radios, my phone and some water. Oh, and a weather station. To my left is the TV controller, an iPad and the MacBook Pro. So this is being stuck at home eh? Obviously things could be so much worse.
I still haven’t purchased my ‘retirement radio’ but looking at a nice Yeasu + a vertical (small garden (or yard, in American). CW is my thing. Can only think we Morse men must be a dying breed. And, by the way, hope you are staying safe over there. The figures coming out of the US are truly frightening.
I agree – and remind myself – things could be so much worse.
You also have radios to mess with to stave off boredom.
I mostly listen these days but am licensed for the ham radio frequencies…
You can ham it up. Do you have a 40 meter rig? You could talk to other hams around the word and get the real scoop on life in other countries.
I’ve never used a radio that transmitted below 10 metres, the HF bands never interested me to transmit in but I did plenty of SWL’ing over the years. My radios are strictly VHF/UHF. Much more fun and interesting. The HOA here would never allow a big tower.
We had a 75 feet high tower on our property for years. About 10 years after the Village incorporated in 1971 the counsel set a 30 feet maximum for towers and structures, so we had to take the top 45 feet of the tower down.
That’s bunk if I may please say so. Also, it’s a pre-existing structure. Grandfathering? Licensed hams have an option to invoke a specific law created for this scenario on the basis of public health and safety in times of emergencies. This has allowed many radio nutters like me to install towers on a smaller lot. I’d have a 30/40 footer if I could but that doesn’t get ya over the mountains!! 😂
He did alright with the 30 footer.
Height is Might in the VHF/UHF portion of the radio spectrum. 💪🏻