H.F.airband

[shakysen]

Morning all.Just read in radiouser they are getting rid of H.F airband  soon.anyone else heard anything?

                                                                                         Billko

[viking9]

I know they are working to introduce VHF Satellite Communications but I can't imagine HF is going to cease and VHF Satcom take its place completely very soon.

[shakysen]

morning Tom .I hope i find you in good fettle. the chappy writing the article said it was going up on sat.I hope it does,nt go as i,ve spent many a hour down there.Only downside to it Tom is manually inserting the frequencies .ps i thought this retirement lark was a time to relax,put your feet up!!!.since i got this box of tricks time flies by

                                                                        regards Billko

[viking9]

Morning billko,

I'm keeping well thanks, I trust you are too. You are right, time flies when you have stuff to occupy you. I'm 73 and retired at 65, I just have no idea where the past eight years have gone. I listen to some HF here, on an ICOM IC-PCR1000, so all the frequencies are in memory. I've yet to try out the SBS-3 SDRs on HF.

Regards,

Tom

[shakysen]

hi Tom i looked at buying the icom 2500 to go with the sbs-3.The old adage sprang to mind run before you can walk.The sbs was sat in the box in the shack from well
before christmas only when i joined mike and you guys on here did i get it out.I have abit of ham gear for hf. plus the biggest bag of crap i ever bought radioshack 394 Im i allowed a rant? also maybe you remember the eddystone ea12 i had it from the 60s.Now you stated something else off Tom sbs-3 for hf.

                                                                                                       Billko

[viking9]

Billko,

The Eddystone was my first receiver, followed by the HRO and a Collins (can't remember the model). All surplus of course. Then I took my licence and operated in a number of countries as a ham. Best QTH was Nicosia, Cyprus as 5B4DT, worked over 130 countries from there with a simple G5RV between two telegraph poles. Whilst there I was also privileged to take a small part in the Transequatorial  Propagation experiment on 2 mtrs between Ray Cracknell ZE2JV in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and Roland Whiting 5B4WR in Cyprus.

I'm hoping to get permission for a G5RV between two telephone poles outside the house here, as the alignment will be right for the Oceanic flights.

Tom

[shakysen]

hI Tom.Went to nightschool for the R.A.E in the 90s but had to go into the hospital  for a big Op that put pay to that.same as raven going through now. This is what i was referring to in a resent post Tom about the likes of Mike,yourself,smudger,etc.helping newbies out. The ham band is getting a few g0s and g3s not taking kindly to the new breed of operators. In my view Tom the hobby needed new blood to keep it active. The 2 mtrs band in this area is not used very much now most nights T om you can go through the all 2 mtrs and not hear a soul.I enjoy this new hobby  i, ve come across

                                                                      good to have a rant now an then Billko

[shakysen]

Tom a full size or 1/2 g5rv.Alot of the chaps are on windoms now.A.T.U would we be able to match hf into something like flightradar?

                                                                            Billko



       

[viking9]

Billko,

Full size if they let me do it.

I don't understand your question about Flightradar.

Tom

[jannuh]

Tom a full size or 1/2 g5rv.Alot of the chaps are on windoms now.A.T.U would we be able to match hf into something like flightradar?

If you're thinking about using a HF antenna (windom) for SHF... (?)

No that does'nt work, you'll have no signal at all on 1090 mHz, better buy a seperate antenna for all frequencies above 30 mHz,
so one for VHF-Air, one for 1090 mHz etc.

[shakysen]

hi Guys  Sorry to cause confusion what i meant was it possible to link hf signals through flightradar?For instance say on 11175 picked up transmisson from a aircraft then track it on f/t24


                                                                                                   Billko

[viking9]

Yes, if you have his callsign and then only if he is within range of a ground station that subscribes to that service - and has full ADS-B.

Tom

[shakysen]

Tom Too complicated! went into loft fired up the eddystone you need to have worked at bletchley park to tune it in

                                                                                         Billko
                                     

                                                                                     

[viking9]