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Most used bands 20m (34%) 40m (18%) 15m (11%) 30m (11%) 17m (8%) Most used modes FT8 (80%) USB (9%) MFSK (7%) LSB (6%) SSB (1%) QSL data
| Repeater information RX Freq: 444.45 MHz TX Freq: 449.45 MHz Offset: +5.0 MHz CTCSS: 107.2 Hz Biography First exposure to two-way radio was when I was living in Rome, Italy and a friend dug two Tokai (now Midland) 100mw CB walki-talkies out of his dad's closet. We tried to communicate between us from our homes with no luck. Determined to do so, I went to the 5th floor roof of our apt bldg and tried from there. Still no luck, but heard someone else. Bug bit! Ended up with a home brew ground plane and car battery for power when on the roof. There were about 20 CB'rs in Rome at that time as it was not a permitted or licensed band. Moved to Madrid, Spain. Used a Heathkit GW-11 5 Watt 2 channel crystal TX and VFO RX CB radio and an 11 meter 3 element Plumber's Delight yagi (which I made based on ARRL Handbook plans). Rotated the 20ft mast by hand. 16yrs old, not a lot of money. Made contacts around Europe and into the US. Propagation in 1970 was insane. US signals came booming in on 11meters as one big heterodyne. Worked DXCCs: Equipment Icom IC-7610 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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