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Using Garage for ham shack and computer Alex 06-30-2006
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Posted by on July 2, 2006, 3:03 am
Do people still do amateur radio? I thought that ended when the
internet started. What can you get on an amateur radio that you cant
get on the internet?


>Hi all,
>
>I'm about to get my amateur radio license (technician class), and with
>our house not being all that large I was thinking the garage might be a
>nice place to setup shop... we don't really use it for cars, and
>currently it just has the mower and some other yard equipment out
>there. I was wondering if others have converted their garage into a
>home for their ham shack or computer area without doing an entire room
>conversion.
>
>The garage is on one corner of the house with one wall being exposed to
>the outside and the garage door. My idea is if I blow insulation into
>the attic above garage and also into the one wall, then get a better
>garage door that seals better, it should be dueable.
>
>Now the catcher is heating and cooling. We live in Texas, so heating
>isn't generally a problem. During the Summer I was thinking a window
>unit and a simple space heater during the winter. My concern though is
>the heat and cold on the equipment. If the garage is insulated okay
>with a sturdy garage door, I'd think that should work, right?
>
>Just curoius if anyone has ever looked into doing this... the garage is
>430 sqft of space we're not using, and it'd be perfect if I could setup
>shop out there :)
>
>Thanks for any suggestions,
>
>Alex


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Posted by Travis Jordan on July 2, 2006, 1:37 pm
souperman@_______.com wrote:
> Do people still do amateur radio? I thought that ended when the
> internet started. What can you get on an amateur radio that you cant
> get on the internet?

Next time you have a natural disaster such as Katrina try calling for
help on your internet connection.



Posted by hallerb@aol.com on July 2, 2006, 2:04 pm
Number of Hams declined a LOT, so the code requirement was dropped for
most classes of licenses and generally its way easier to become a
amatuer today!

They really had no choice, no users and the bands would of been
reassigned:(

Cell phones likely did more to hurt members as internet. in the old
days amatuers were the only ones with hand held radio telephone patches


Posted by Alex on July 10, 2006, 1:56 pm

souperman@_______.com wrote:
> Do people still do amateur radio? I thought that ended when the
> internet started. What can you get on an amateur radio that you cant
> get on the internet?
>

Hi,

Actually there's SO much to do with amateur radio, it's impossible to
list here. I originally thought as you, why get into amateur radio
when I have the Internet, but ever tried using your Internet connection
when there's no power? What about when you're on vacation in the
mountains or driving cross country? Internet is great for retrieving
information, looking up stuff, etc, and it does well for casual
communcation across the globe -- but come a disaster or time where
there's no power when you REALLY NEED to talk to someone, via radio is
the only way.

Most of the folks I talk to in amateur radio point newbies to
http://www.hello-radio.com/, which is a nice site with tons of great
info. Technically though I hope to get into APRS
(http://www.aprs.net/), packet radio, SSTV, and do the many contests
that are out there. When messing with computers to talk across the
globe, what are you accomplishing, but when doing it via amateur radio,
YOU are doing it -- not an ISP, phone company, power company, etc. YOU
are the one reaching out and touching someone :)

Take care --

Alex


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