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  1. maxisarp
    maxisarp says:

    Incredible! I am a beginner in this hobby, in ham hobby:D I am YO5PQZ 😀
    Nice to see your video….I have to learn a lot from you! 73

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  2. tkdteen2
    tkdteen2 says:

    can you use this on the air or is it not on the air with no rf because
    right now am limited to what i can put up so I need a short time fix so can
    this get me on the air

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  3. John Smith
    John Smith says:

    Very true, that if you have the money to afford a real DX Base Station,
    then go get one and have some great fun. But this offers people a very
    viable alternative, with REAL people, where you can make the same contacts
    with people from all over the world for only $30-35 per year. I think these
    are great programs for people who can’t afford the real thing. Also, you
    won’t get in trouble with the government because this is “simulation
    software” only. You only have to abide by the company’s rules.

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  4. Crobular I
    Crobular I says:

    Does not sound a bit like my Kenwood!!! Looks like Hamsphere to me. Too
    perfect, no QRM QRN QSB. Not Ham Radio at all and no RF transmission. I am
    71 but when I cannot anymore use my real radio then maybe, just maybe this
    will be for me.

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  5. azcharlie2009
    azcharlie2009 says:

    I just listened on cq100, 29.290 Mhz. There is a repeater located in
    Phoenix AZ that is linked to the cq100 system. That must be what I heard
    with N0XOA in Iowa.

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  6. Commander Spock
    Commander Spock says:

    This would be ideal when conditions are hampered on most of the actual
    bands by QRN or QRM. It also would be great to reestablish an uncompleted
    QSO that faded because of conditions, or to confirm a QSO (especially a DX
    QSO). The PRACTICE benefits, especially for CW and Digital modes are
    apparent as well. de KA3RXE

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  7. azcharlie2009
    azcharlie2009 says:

    Now, I’m really confused. The guy I talked to, N0XOA said he was using
    CQ100, but it doesn’t cover the VHF frequencies. So, maybe Pooey is
    correct. I think it is only over the internet as it seems you cannot hear
    real HF signals. WB0TUF

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  8. Don Poaps
    Don Poaps says:

    To me it’s almost like using the PC part of Echolink, or eQSO. The excuse
    that one does have the ability to put up a wire antenna up in the air to
    get out is not quite right, Using Echolink or HDR program to use a friend’s
    Ham Radio is part RF and part Internet. CQ100 is all virtual. Don VA7DGP

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  9. Johnny Reb
    Johnny Reb says:

    Well y’aal say what you want, but what does a new HF rig cost and the
    antenna to put it up? For $32.00 bucks a year it’ll be quite a few years to
    buy an HF Rig and antenna. With CQ100 it may not be what people call real
    radio, but we don’t have the problems of real radio or the headaches either
    and you talk all around the world a lot more than a lot of real radio ham
    ever have or ever will .

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  10. azcharlie2009
    azcharlie2009 says:

    pooey219 says this isn’t radio, but I just talked to a guy over a repeater
    in Iowa. I was on echolink and he was not. He was using cq100. So, we were
    both transmitting over the repeater in Iowa. So, it DOES and CAN use other
    radios. You must be a ham to use it. WB0TUF Rick

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  11. ww5rm
    ww5rm says:

    @ azcharlie2009 Im sorry but CQ100 is virtual ( limited to internet ). That
    is not a real radio. Thing is how does it get on Echo-link? An option like
    another band? I think somebody was pulling your chain! It is supposed to be
    like HF or simulate HF band ranges and conditions I would assume. Other
    wise why have bands? Make the user think its HF? If it doesn’t simulate HF
    bands then it is basically channels with a VFO to slide across each
    channel. But still its VOIP. Echo-link is one thing but this seems to be
    internet only. Basically no better than skype. It just has a HF Radio look
    or skin.

    Im sorry but to me Ham radio is all about antennas and experimenting with
    them. S/N, directivity and phasing. Anything else is for appliance
    operators. If you are a appliance operator then why get your Ham Ticket if
    you are just going to hang out on the Internet? Seems pointless to me.

    Echo-link is much better than this by a long shot!!

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