/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1954348
Sorry man I sold my HF rig back in college to buy a car. (pic).
I'm mostly just playing with mountain top FM VHF. If getting on SDR I see the bands are more alive and I find a good deal on something like a 706mk2g, then I'll get back into HF.

Sorry man I sold my HF rig back in college to buy a car. (pic).
I'm mostly just playing with mountain top FM VHF. If getting on SDR(>>1794447 ) I see the bands are more alive and I find a good deal on something like a 706mk2g, then I'll get back into HF.

>>1109675
Howdy all!
I just passed my Technician and General test on Saturday.
I've got a Baofeng I've been listening to. But being out in the hills, it's mostly the weather station,and for some reason OPB is being re broadcast outside the band on 166.25.
My father is giving me his old IC- 740, which looks like a workhorse.
I'm a Junior EE major at WSUV. So I've found all of this really interesting. But what is interesting me the most is NVIS. I've read a lot about the technical side, but I havent heard many people who actually do it.
Is it that it's not a very effective way of communicating? It sounds great in theory, us VHF for ground wave and repeater range, then use NVIS to reach things just over the horizon, but still in a local 200 mile area.