You said ALL POWER IS DOWN!! Yet you say hams are there!!! Pure magic power??? Major omission in this video!! I’m sure many are wondering how this is capable! I believe you need to add a notice to this video!!! Yes, they have emergency backup power!! Battery? Solar! Wind! Etc. Thanks!!!
Nicely done. You should have informed people where call signs came from and who formed them. History is also a good idea if your going to do a video on something. Informing people about something without the history is like leaving out the best part of the pizza. You open the box and there is nothing but a pile of dough. Just a thought
In Belize, the number is not a call area designator (we only have 400K people). Belize is assigned the entire V3 range, and it uses the V31 prefix for general-class licenses, and V32 for technician-class licenses, followed by two letters. In government communications, there is a hyphen between that prefix and the suffix (like V31-LK), though that is not transmitted.
Actually, with Tim Allen it was the other way around. His character was written as a ham largely because one of the show’s producers was a licensed amateur radio operator. It was only toward the end of the series that Tim Allen actually became a Technician Class Operator.
They used to have more geographic implication. I was first licensed in Wisconsin when I was 13. My call was KN9CAH. K meant I was in the US, N meant I was a Novice Class licensee, 9 meant I was in either Wisconsin, Illinois, or Michigan. The CAH was issued randomly and at the time one-up alphabetically. When I passed the General Class exam, I dropped the letter "N" in the prefix ergo K9CAH. After college I moved to Maryland for work (1964) and in those days you had to get a new call reflecting the area so I became W3DRV. The "3" indicating I was in Maryland, Delaware, PA or DC. Incentive licensing came in in the late 1960s and I lost the use of some frequencies until I upgraded to Amateur Extra class. In the late 1970s, if you held Extra Class and had been licensed for 20 years, on an "as available" basic you could request a two letter suffix. When I got into radio as a kid you had to be licensed the day after Marconi to have a two letter suffix. They were phased in batches. First dibs were hams who had Extra Class before it granted any extra privileges aside from "bragging" rights. That was practically no one. They it was phased in depending upon when you got Extra Class. I was in the first batch of that group and I got my initial "JT" so I was and still am W3JT. When they ran out of Ws the used K for the country prefix. Later, for a fee, they added "Vanity Callsigns" and you didn't have to change if you moved to a different area. My two former call have been reissued, one to a lady in GA, who has the "CAH" initials. I believe my W3DRV call has also been reissued. I have one other one ... KG4TJ (now expired) for a 1995 operation at US Controlled Guantanamo Bay, Cuba when I was down there for 10 days on a US government work assignment (I was a career Civil Servant.) That call was issued by the base, upon showing my US License.
In India the number can mean the grade/level as well. VU is India code. 2 means a general grade license and 3 means a restricted grade license. How ever 4 and 7 become geographical locators for Andaman Island and Lakshadweep Islands. 😊
I have spoken to the scientists in Antarctic, and once did a very brief QSO with Troops in Iraq during the War, IDF Soldiers in the 90's out on recon in tanks, Secret Sub base in then USSR, Fine Police Chief middle of night patrol, Professors in Turkey, Egypt, and perhaps even one of the mentioned "Celebs" because on Amateur Radio every one is just a friendly Call Sign. VA3MPL
Tamang tama ito kabayan, lalo na papasok ang typhoon season. I will share this with others. Anyway, may binebenta ka pa bang affordable old school na hf? Hehe. '73, DW1QEW.
Fred Gwynne, the actor that played Herman Munster among many other roles in shows and movies such as Car 54, CBS Radio Mystery Theater and My Cousin Vinny was an Amateur Radio operator.
I would love to be able to see the history of the call signs that I have. I tried searching awhile back to see who held them in the past but can't find that info.
Since 1968 I have had/used 4 callsigns. 2 of which were issued in error by the relevant authority. ZC4MO from Troodos , on top of Mount Olympus, Cyprus , Troodos was about 30 miles outside the Sovereign Base area. Should have been 5B4MO. took many years to find and resolve the error. DA2GJ. Because I had a US Army APO Postal Address the German Authorities thought I was American. Call sign should have been DA6xx. Such is life. If you have a ZC4MO QSL card it counts as 5B4 as does cards from my mate Eric ZC4ER. Still active today as G4JIU
I am not a ham. Highly interested but the cost of the gear is out of reach as is the possibility of putting up ANY kind of antenna ( bad health) My point IS, How will Amateur Radio work if there is NO POWER? Something bad enough to wipe out power lines and cell towers will probably knock out ANY of the repeater towers. How will HAMS operate and help when there IS NO POWER? SERIOUS QUESTION! Pls advise??
@@Tom-zs6bb Hi TOM! Many thanks for Info! I really don't know SQUAT about HAM so need to check with a FRIEND about SIMPLEX operations in case POWER to a repeater goes out. BE WELL & SAFE!
@@jtc1947 Same to you, my friend. And if you ever decide you're interested in getting licensed, know that used equipment of good quality is available and hams will be very happy to assist you in setting up your station.
@davidsradioroom9678 its okay to Promote, Encourage Assist & Teach em by inspiring other people especially young people It would be a great pleasure if you would support me and subscribe follow the pages.73
reminded that I never did get my license. The weekend of the test we had a snowpocalypse and then I had to go out of town, and I never did arrange anything. At this point I need to start over >_>
As a new Tech, I moved from Alaska to Colorado. Of course my call sign started with KL but the number 7 was missing but instead had a 1. It confused many because even as a Tech I had a 2x2 call. All of the system issued call signs in Alaska are 2x2. I was told the FCC ran out of 7s and 0s and began issuing 1s. Oddly enough my suffix is my initials so even though I'm now an Extra I decided to keep my original call sign though I now live in Texas. 73 Doug, KL1DJ
Great video ! Hope the US Senate crushes these HMO’s that are anti- Antenna. We need hams in case of National Emergency! DA, how dumb everyone should be a ham just for the fact of National Security & Emergency’s in the world we live in today. KJ7TBR 😎🇺🇸📡🎙
