New to SSB

[Keith]

Ok! Now I've got my great new SSB installed. How the heck do I use it? The
manual has all the technical stuff to operate it, but I'm looking for a book
or site that is a primer for SSB operation. I mean really basic, like what
frequency is the equivalent of 16 from VHF? TIA!

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Keith
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Grabel's Law: 2 is not equal to 3 -- not even for large values of 2.

 

[Keith]

Hehehe! Thanks for all the info. I've already been through that minefield,
have my CORES number, Ships station license and restricted radiotelephone
operator's permit. All of these require only a fee and you have to prove
your ability to navigate endless government bureaucracy. I think I sent the
application for the RTOP in three times before they liked it.

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Keith
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Slogan of 105.9, the classic rock radio station in Chicago: "Of all the
radio stations in Chicago...we're one of them."

 

[JAD]

Keith, check out the excellent and FREE BOOK by noted radio "instructor"
Gordon West, on Icom's website as a multiple chapter .pdf document. Is
worth downloading, printing up and placing in your new Commo Binder aboard
the boat (you HAVE a Commo Binder.....right???) It's where you put all of
those nifty downloads from the USCG NAVCEN in too!

Point your browser toward www.icomamerica.com go to downloads, agree to the
copyright stuff, and click on misc. .pdf files and you will find "Marine
HF-SSB Simplified." One of the best books for new maritime HF-SSB operators
you will find anywhere. It WILL answer as many of the questions you have,
and leave you with quite a few more....but the guys here on this group can
help with those...

Another ONLINE read that's worth a look (although it has a bit of
advertisement mixed in) are the pages of www.hfradio.com
This site good for the various commercial (you PAY for it) data / e-mail
stuff that's out there.

Larry may have mentioned this....but to get the MOST utility from a HF/SSB
installation on a boat, and, if you intend to cruise offshore, I would
STRONGLY recommend that you become a licensed amateur radio (ham) operator.
It's not that difficult, you will learn some ESSENTIAL information about the
technical side of radio communications, and you will meet MANY very nice
people with the same interests as you......like......ME for example! E-mail
service through Amateur radio stations worldwide do cost a few bux, but are
WAY cheaper. You are about 100 times more likely to contact a HAM station
in a true emergency offshore, than ANY commercial or Coast Guard HF station.
While it is indeed legal to yell for help on the ham frequencies (if you are
not a licensed ham,) it sure is helpful if you know where to look and whom
you may find there!

Enjoy your new HF station!
Joe

 

[Keith]

Hey, I want that Iranian air force designator! Well, maybe not...

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Keith
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'I hate quotations.' -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

[Bruce Gordon]

the freq 2182 is the SSB equivalent of channel 16.

The only problem is that no one is listening to 2182 anymore,
and even if they were, MF is only good for 250 miles or so
during sunlight if your lucky, and the shore station doesn't
have any local noise masking out your transmission. Here in
the North Pacific 4125.0 is where "Everyone" is including
CommSta Kodiak with their 15Kw Main Transmitter, and that 40
Acre Aantenna Farm. After dark, the whole North Pacific can
be heard with a "Wet Noodle" for an antenna. If your going
to Scream for Help, better to do it where someone is actually
listening.

Bruce in alaska

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