Subj : Greetings! To : Dave From : Jared Date : Mon Aug 01 2022 04:23:47 Re: Greetings! By: Dave to Jared on Sat Jul 30 2022 06:16:19 > I don't think we have. I don't do as much phone on HF as I should. COVID-related suboptimal station setup is my excuse. And by that, I mean I got my license during COVID and > haven't > yet ever had an experienced HAM around to tell me just how fubar my set up actually is. High noise floor. High tech house with LED everything (including the reef tank a few feet > from > me), rack full of server gear and a massive UPS on the other side of the wall. A few ferrites aren't quite enough for this job. Still, on occasion I manage a HF QSO that isn't old > mate over the back fence who I've listened to while connected to a dummy load. If you do SSTV on 40m, you might have seen me about though. I do that from time to time if the > conditions look like I have a hope of making it out of VK3. Well nice to meet you none the less! I'm on a ground floor CBD apartment on the edge of Sydney CBD. Licensed as a pandemic project. 25 years of professional IT Infrastructure management. Smart house. (talk I gave on it a few years ago https://vk2way.id.au/posts/take-full-control/) and a talk I gave at Waverley ARS 2 weeks ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTv33RwxoDc (mostly DMR). I only do QRP HF. 73, de VK2WAY Jared --- þ Synchronet þ It's just a jump to the left (and a step the right)... .