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| Tweet Topic Started: Monday, 19. March 2012, 22:13 (624 Views) | |
| Leurbost2006 | Monday, 19. March 2012, 22:13 Post #1 |
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Well after saying i was:-Sad,Mad,Wasting his inheritance,my son (16) started coming into the car and listening and i knew he was getting hooked well came home tonight and he had been on the radio and had been chatting with a local on t5 and he loved it,he says he wants to come with me on the easter net so feeling chuffed at the mo,we used to do everything together but the last couple of years we have been doing alot less so thanks CB!!
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| Kaosss | Monday, 19. March 2012, 23:17 Post #2 |
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Thats great mate, its always good to get the family interested in a hobby, whatever it may be. I have 2 daughters and they have no interest in any of my hobbies, they hate my bike saying its dangerous, until they need to get somewhere and I havent got the car, then the bike is great! Kids, you got to love em haha. Al |
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| High Voltage | Tuesday, 20. March 2012, 08:26 Post #3 |
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My eldest (16) was quite fascinated one day when I went out in the car to see what range I could get with the bazooka. He sat at home and provided ongoing 'radio checks'. My youngest (9) sometimes comes up the hill with me if I promise not to be too long up there! She laughs at me when I'm calling out. "Who's Charlie Tango Dad"? ![]() Middle one (13) just wants to sleep all the time lol Edited by High Voltage, Tuesday, 20. March 2012, 08:26.
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| Leurbost2006 | Tuesday, 20. March 2012, 09:56 Post #4 |
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Its funny how he is getting interested in it...I think he was shocked when my funny looking inverted vee up in the loft actually worked and also when i mentioned that perhaps he does the foundation licence with me he sounded interested and we havent yet really made any good dx contacts. |
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| High Voltage | Tuesday, 20. March 2012, 17:35 Post #5 |
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I'm a bit like a stuck record on this one BUT, there's nothing quite like the buzz you get from getting that copy using a home made aerial. Apart from anything else you can tweak it as you see fit and see the difference it makes. Started on a 'Skypper' type antenna at the weekend but the plastic conduit was a bit on the waffley side so will need to do something with that. Enter expanding foam
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| Roy | Tuesday, 20. March 2012, 19:44 Post #6 |
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Hi Jason, That's great that your son has gotten the "dx bug". I hope when the short summer sporadic E conditions return I will have the opportunity to have a qso with him.... Tell him I wish him good luck with his dxing and I'm looking forward to having a chat with him in the near future. |
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| Leurbost2006 | Tuesday, 20. March 2012, 20:25 Post #7 |
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Thanks Roy,Hope to Catch you that would be great,Iam looking forward to talking to some CT members down south and around the world!!!! Paul you are right when i put it up Properly and it had low swr across all bands i got a real buzz from that and as i said my son looked at me with renewed faith ....Once i get my Foundation iam going to go down the Homebrew route and get the antenna up outside.Also just to add my wife now keeps turning the radio on and gets excited whenever she hears anything hopefully she will be so keen when i buy an HF set down the line!!! |
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| High Voltage | Tuesday, 20. March 2012, 20:33 Post #8 |
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Ha! Wouldn't count on that
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| cj/ct331 | Tuesday, 20. March 2012, 21:18 Post #9 |
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nice to hear your boy is likeing radio maybe a dx,er in the making? abit diffrent to my boy , i got him the full setup. a lincoln, antron 99, psu, swr ,got it all setup nice worked well, he allso liked the t5 but was only SWL with it , was not to keen to talk on it , still i thought give him time he will ? then i got the phone call from him .. hey dad i can hear you really good on my radio, i said then why did you not call back? his answer was you must be joking someone might hear me ,,, DOH! street cred comes to mind ha ha ? so maybe one day we will talk ........................................................................................................... you are lucky your boy has a intrest in radio and actually spoke to somebody good on him ,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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| VoG | Wednesday, 21. March 2012, 12:55 Post #10 |
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I love the idea that someone would use a phone (no doubt a Mobile Phone - i.e. RADIO Phone) to call someone to say that they could hear them on a RADIO, but didn't like the idea of speaking on the airwaves. You're probably right that he is worried some of his mates might hear him and he'll lose Street Cred when the QSO is replayed on Facetweet. But you could remind him that anyone that is listening and hears him, especially if they record the QSO, is equally involved in the same passtime. So the "Cool" kid on the " 'hood", complete with his droopy-drawers (I STILL think it looks like their arse has fainted), can't say, "Hey Bruv. You got no cred innit, 'cos you wuz listenin' to CB innit, kno'-worr-eye-mean like dog?!" without admitting he is the same and was also listening. Ummm. . . . What IS the current word for "Cool"? I know of "Sick" and "Wickidd" don't they fit in that context. "So the Sick kid of the 'hood..." sounds like I'm referring to an invalid. Or are "Sick" and "Wickidd" now terribly faux-pas and out of date? |
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| Sam WD40 | Wednesday, 21. March 2012, 19:41 Post #11 |
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The Mrs kid he is 14y/o and is a wiz with CW hates the mic tho and likes SWL but he wont take his foundation either he says it boring weird things 14 y/o's he has objects going south etc thinking of other things at 14 i suppose ! |
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....Once i get my Foundation iam going to go down the Homebrew route and get the antenna up outside.



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