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kl7aj
10-01-2007, 05:43 PM
Comments, additions, subtractions, etc., most welcome.
eric
ab0wr
10-01-2007, 07:43 PM
I would add something in here about the *first* thing a new operator needs is a *receiver*. You can learn a *lot* from just having a receiver and listening to how conversations are started, carried on, and ended. Listening to traffic nets for a while *before* checking into one is absolutely the best way to learn procedures.
Even simple receivers will suffice for this purpose. That also means that the new operator can still have fun even when accessing the station at the Elmer's location is not feasible. You can listen and see which radios sound the best to you or which radios the operators you admire are using. More grist for the decision mill.
And it can be *cheap*, much cheaper than buying a transmitter or a transceiver.
tim ab0wr
kl7aj
10-01-2007, 07:56 PM
Quote[/b] (ab0wr @ Oct. 01 2007,12:43)]I would add something in here about the *first* thing a new operator needs is a *receiver*. You can learn a *lot* from just having a receiver and listening to how conversations are started, carried on, and ended. Listening to traffic nets for a while *before* checking into one is absolutely the best way to learn procedures.
Even simple receivers will suffice for this purpose. That also means that the new operator can still have fun even when accessing the station at the Elmer's location is not feasible. You can listen and see which radios sound the best to you or which radios the operators you admire are using. More grist for the decision mill.
And it can be *cheap*, much cheaper than buying a transmitter or a transceiver.
tim ab0wr
I agree. I'm going to talk about this in detail in Chapter Five, called "From DC to Daylight." Thanks for the confirmation!
eric