Internet: satellite, ham radio

[DannyB1954]

Hi DannyB,
Your input is much appreciated.   I'm pleased & amazed how many hams are coming out of the ether!
Does "73 to you"  mean good luck?  Or......?  (I'm trying to learn the lingo.)
Is K7EED your call sign?

Back when Morse code was the main means of communication people started using numbers and letter combinations to replace common sayings.  They were shorter and easier to transmit.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_code_abbreviations

In Morse Code                 73 is   --...  ...--
                       Best regards is  -...  .  ...  -    .-.  .  --.  .-  .-.  -..  ...

K7EED is my call sign. I chose it with using morse code in mind. The call sign I was originally given was way too long in Morse Code. So I looked for available call signs that were the easiest to key in using Morse Code. At the start of your transmission and every 10 minutes thereafter the rules require one to identify themselves. I didn't want to spend a half a minute each time to do it. 

I also liked the way it sounded when I gave the phonetic verbiage for it. Kilo Seven Echo Echo Delta.  If K7EEE was available I would have grabbed that one, (Kilo Seven Echo Echo Echo). In Morse Code the letter E is simply one dot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_code

A disclaimer here, I never did get into using Morse Code. Maybe sometime in the future. One thing about amature radio is that there are so many different forms of it that everyone picks the parts that interest them.

 

[speedhighway46]

In 1986 when I first got licensed, it was the Morse Code that attracted me to the hobby. I felt being proficient in the code showed a deep commitment to the craft and put you in an "elite" class of radio Amateur. For my first 14 years in the hobby it's all I operated on hf. I never got proficient enough to run with the "big dogs" at 35 wpm+, but was pretty good down around 26 wpm. I got to where I was hearing entire words as they were sent, now just individual letters. I really enjoyed working cw.

I dropped out of the hobby around 2000 and didn't return until 2009. At this time, I told myself, "Well, I've done the Morse Code thing, let's try phone (talking) and see how I like it."

I never went back to the key; all I operate is "voice". It's more fun and more fulfilling.

Knowing code is a wonderful skill and demonstrates a deep degree of persistent commitment. It's kind of like sail boating: you can do it because it's there and it's "pure." But there are other forms of boating which can be more fun.

Amateur Radio is a wonderful hobby which offers so many varied interest specialities. What works for me might be different than what works for you. As your life changes AR can change right along with it. The hobby is dynamic.

Get involved; it's good for your brain . . .

Just my opinion.

 

[ganto]

to the OP. you will not be able to get hugesnet and or excede on the go. they use spot beam tech where the modems have a key that's tied to those spot beams in that location. there was a company that piggy backed off of hugesnet called data storm but they folded up. however you can get mobile satellite internet but the cost of it will make your jaw hit the floor so hard you'll wonder why there isn't a hole in it. when i was traveling i used a toughsat system. these are not your average residential systems these are systems that places like homeland security use. the cost of the system was 24k with a voip phone install was another 1,200 smackers and i hope that your sitting down for this one!!! the monthly fee with a 24 mbps dl speed and a 10 gig limit was close to 900.00 a month including a 1000 mins of voip and if i want over my cap they never slowed me down. they just billed me an extra 140.00 per gig!!!

one problem with hugesnet is they don't manage there network that well you have to share the bandwith with 200-300 other users making for a crappy experiance and there tech support is horrible id'e use a tin can before i signed up for that nonsense
so more than likely there will be no watching netflix hulu youtube. and to get the 24 mbps you'll also need the 1.2 meter dish. excede wildblue whoevere lol. they stopped offering mobile internets because they had all kinds of problems with it being stable. does excede offer mobile internets yes they do but only to goverment and possible airlines but not to the average consumer and nor does via sat


http://www.groundcontrol.com/
this is who i used and they have satellite everything just be prepared to pay to play