I’m extremely new with ham radio. I’ve built and owned several sw radios but know very little about ham. I bought one of those Chinese ats25x2 units. I have an 80 foot long wire antenna. I live in Taiwan and I haven’t ever ( in 4 months picked up any ham conversations). I get lots of sw from many different countries, but why can’t I get any ham?
Hi this is Tobias / LabCat answering! Being in Europe I am not familiar with how many local hams you have in Taiwan and what modes they operate on. So we are maybe not the best people to ask. I found this on the Internet: ctarl.org.tw/english/introduce2.htm There is a table of frequencies, which might give you a hint. A 80ft wire might be resonant somewhere around 3MHz, so you should be able to pickup something on the 80m band maybe (40m might work as well.) Alas 80m looks very narrow, so not sure if you can pickup any local LSB (SSB) broadcasts there or just CW (morse Code). On 20m and shorter wavelengths use USB. Again I have no clue, just using a search engine 😉. Also use the search engine and download the IARU Region 3 Bandplan for more information where amateur radio stations operate in the Asia Pacific region. Maybe email the guys from ctarl.org.tw/ I am sure they can recommend some local club meeting where you can just drop by and get in touch with local ham radio operators and let them talk you into getting your license. 😉 Another idea would be to look for a local WebSDR on the Internet and see if you can pickup any HamRadio traffic there. E.g. this one?! bx4acp.neocloud.tw:8073/ Good luck!
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I’m extremely new with ham radio. I’ve built and owned several sw radios but know very little about ham. I bought one of those Chinese ats25x2 units. I have an 80 foot long wire antenna. I live in Taiwan and I haven’t ever ( in 4 months picked up any ham conversations). I get lots of sw from many different countries, but why can’t I get any ham?
Hi this is Tobias / LabCat answering!
Being in Europe I am not familiar with how many local hams you have in Taiwan and what modes they operate on. So we are maybe not the best people to ask.
I found this on the Internet: ctarl.org.tw/english/introduce2.htm
There is a table of frequencies, which might give you a hint. A 80ft wire might be resonant somewhere around 3MHz, so you should be able to pickup something on the 80m band maybe (40m might work as well.) Alas 80m looks very narrow, so not sure if you can pickup any local LSB (SSB) broadcasts there or just CW (morse Code). On 20m and shorter wavelengths use USB. Again I have no clue, just using a search engine 😉.
Also use the search engine and download the IARU Region 3 Bandplan for more information where amateur radio stations operate in the Asia Pacific region.
Maybe email the guys from ctarl.org.tw/ I am sure they can recommend some local club meeting where you can just drop by and get in touch with local ham radio operators and let them talk you into getting your license. 😉
Another idea would be to look for a local WebSDR on the Internet and see if you can pickup any HamRadio traffic there. E.g. this one?! bx4acp.neocloud.tw:8073/
Good luck!