{"id":12982,"date":"2017-07-14T08:54:35","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T12:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gars.org\/gars\/?p=12982"},"modified":"2019-12-14T09:00:48","modified_gmt":"2019-12-14T14:00:48","slug":"beginners-corner-july-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gars.org\/gars\/beginners-corner-july-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Beginner&#8217;s Corner July 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Getting on Ten Meters<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You have your Technician Class License.&nbsp; Congratulation!.&nbsp; Most amateur will start out in the hobby by purchasing a VHF\/UHF portable handheld radio, commonly known as a \u201chandy talkie\u201d or \u201cHT\u201d.&nbsp; The newer models are programmable and you can use them throughout the country.&nbsp; With a technician class license, you have full access to any band above 30 MHZ.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Recently I hosted the ARRL Field Day.&nbsp; We had several people discover the magic of high frequency or HF radio (1.8 to 30 MHz).&nbsp; General and extra class licensees have access to all the HF bands.&nbsp; It was exciting watching new hams discover working people who were several states away.&nbsp; There was a general or extra class licensee there as a control operator, so their HF operations were legal. You might be aware that you have access to a portion of the HF spectrum that you can talk on without a control operator.&nbsp; I am talking about the 200 kHz from 28.3 to 28.5 MHz&nbsp; This is in the ten meter band.<\/p>\n<p>Some people say that ten meters is a dead band because of the declining solar cycle.&nbsp; They claim that ten meters does not propagate at all because the sun does not generate enough sunspots.&nbsp; Well, \u2018taint so!&nbsp; For the past several weeks, ten meters has been up and running in spurts.&nbsp; It\u2019s just a matter of being there at the right time.&nbsp; The sun itself is not the only cause of ten meter propagation.&nbsp; Two layers of the atmosphere also influence the band.&nbsp; The first is the E layer of the ionosphere.&nbsp; At certain times, electrons separate from atoms in this regen causing what is known as \u201csporadic e skip\u201d. The other layer of the atmosphere we look at is the troposphere.&nbsp; A temperature inversion occurs when warmer air is trapped below colder air.&nbsp; If you have ever lived in Los Angeles, you are aware with this phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>Combine these two, and there could be an opening on the band at any time.&nbsp; Ten meters is primarily a daytime band, but one never knows with HF.&nbsp; Sometimes the impossible is possible! During the last Field Day, the author had several contacts (QSOs) on this band.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What kind of radio do I need?&nbsp; As a technician class, you are authorized to purchase one of the \u201cHF +6\u201d radios on the market.&nbsp; This means the radio will cover all HF bands plus six meters. (We\u2019ll discuss six meters in a future column.)&nbsp; You can buy new or used.&nbsp; We have discussed the advantages and disadvantages in an earlier column, but whatever you buy, take a more experienced ham with you.&nbsp; He or she can be your guide as to which one to buy.<\/p>\n<p>There may be one or two handheld radios that offer ten meters.&nbsp; Remember that you are only authorized upper sideband (USB) on this portion of the band.&nbsp; Also consider that by purchasing one of these units, your power out will be limited, even if you can find a rig that has USB.&nbsp; Better stick with a base station.<\/p>\n<p>With your new ten meter radio, you will need a suitable antenna.&nbsp; The simplest antenna is the trusty dipole.&nbsp; Ask an experienced ham to help you build one. Get it up in the air and run coax between it and your radio and you are on the air!&nbsp; There are other antennas that will work for ten meters, as well.&nbsp; Prices range from a few dollars to several hundred dollars.<\/p>\n<p>But before you rush out and build your dipole, consider this.&nbsp; If you have an \u201cHF +6\u201d radio, why not go for your general class license and utilize the other bands available on the radio?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ten meters is a great band when propagation on it works, and the magic of this band makes it fun to work.&nbsp; Why not consider operating it?<\/p>\n<p>David Harden<\/p>\n<p>KJ4CMY<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting on Ten Meters &nbsp; You have your Technician Class License.&nbsp; Congratulation!.&nbsp; Most amateur will start out in the hobby by purchasing a VHF\/UHF portable handheld radio, commonly known as a \u201chandy talkie\u201d or \u201cHT\u201d.&nbsp; The newer models are programmable and you can use them throughout the country.&nbsp; With a technician class license, you have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[17,18],"class_list":["post-12982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beginners-corner","tag-beginners-corner","tag-newbie"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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