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Communicate on the Frequencies 10 Times Higher Than Your Microwave

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  • Gordon West WB6NOA

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    And welcome to the 900 megahertz span,
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    902 to 928 megahertz, where repeaters
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    are all over the place not often used
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    but many times used for backbone
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    communications or message handling in an
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    emergency.
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    And here we hear some communications on
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    900 megahertz via ham radio operators
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    helping coordinate a public service.
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    You can hear the parade in the
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    background.
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    So you never know what you're going to
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    hear out there on ham radio. This is
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    900 megahertz and the next span up from
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    900 megahertz is the 1240 megahertz span,
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    1, 240 megahertz to 1, 300 megahertz.
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    a whole bunch of megahertz for ham radio
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    operation. And way up here on this
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    highest band, we have some pretty
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    operators. Hi, Patty. How's
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    everything going? Go ahead. And we'll
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    see what you have to say. Oh,
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    everything's going very nicely here,
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    Gardo. A nice Sunday out and about.
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    Very good. And any words of wisdom for
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    all the ladies wanting to get in the ham
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    radio? Go ahead. Well, let's see. I
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    don't know about words of wisdom, but
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    it's a real fun hobby And do we keep in
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    touch with it all the time? And we have
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    lots of fun with lots of great nice
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    people that we've met through the hobby.
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    And I feel like we can do something to
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    help the community during emergency
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    events and things. Lots of nice things
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    about ham radio that we really like.
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    All right, Patty. We were tuning in to
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    some of those on 900 megahertz. I'll
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    let you go ahead and sign off with your
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    call sign. Thanks, Patty. WB6 and OA.
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    You're very welcome, Gordo And you have
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    a nice day, 8, 6, 0, H. Well, you
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    never know who you're gonna meet up here
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    on the 1200 megahertz span. Now,
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    what's that in the background? That's
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    right, that's video from one of our
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    local amateur television repeaters.
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    Imagine being able to send live pictures
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    over 50, 75, 150 miles through a
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    repeater that retransmits amateur
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    television signals from the 434
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    megahertz span And we receive them here
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    up at 12 gigahertz
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    or the 1, 200 megahertz span. And
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    there's plenty of bandwidth up here for
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    the wide band television signals. So up
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    here on 1, 200 megahertz, one of our
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    highest ham bands in a handheld, we
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    have amateur television. You know, any
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    amateur
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    and pro winners? Well, they're talking
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    about bass fishing up here on 1, 200
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    megahertz, not amateur radio And you
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    know, conversations that you tune in.
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    On the many repeaters may be from bass
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    fishing to archery, to ham radio, to
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    you name it, but there's something for
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    everyone on the hundreds, if not
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    thousands of repeater channels, on the
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    ham radio dials. So hurry up and get
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    that license and tune in. We're up here
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    at 1200 megahertz. And this is in 6
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    November Bravo in Manhattan Beach,
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    operating from the old house, where I
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    operated as a teenager of 50 years ago,
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    oh my goodness
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    I made my first contact from this house
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    on March 6th, 1957.
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    And Gordy, if you're taping, I'm going
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    to be embarrassed in a minute.
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    That's Wayne, a well-known ham,
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    celebrating 50 years on the air. So
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    whenever you tune around the ham radio
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    bands with your brand new technician
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    class license, no telling who you're
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    going to hear. Hearing your 1296 beacon
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    in Los Angeles right now, I just heard
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    that. Another world's record being set.
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    In fact, let's go to the next spanned
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    up, 2304, and then 3456. H
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    He sounds a little shook up, and he is
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    over 2, 400 miles on microwaves. Next
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    spanned up, 5650, that's available to
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    you as a new hand, and then another
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    band with plenty of excitement, 10,
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    000 MHz, 10 GHz, called X-band.
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    of excitement for brand new hams
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    Well this is Gordon West WB6 and OA and
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    I look forward to hearing you on the air
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    wave soon. Now if you have any
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    questions and you need to get a hold of
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    me or if you have questions about your
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    training materials what to study for and
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    what will you need call this 800 number
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    1-800-669-9594
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    and they'll tell you all that's
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    available to help you become a licensed
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    radio amateur operator.
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    And when you do talk to the
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    1-800-669-9594 radio operators, ask
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    them for my personal phone number and
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    they'll give it to you because I would
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    like to hear from you when you pass the
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    test and get on the air. 73 from Gordo,
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    WB6 and away and all the ham radio
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    operators.