Angel D.
Member I
Hello Friends !
On the last Zoom group meeting it was brought to my attention to share this on the forum. I love old school and vintage. Don't get me wrong also like digital gadgets too. I'm working on installing a Rpi System to monitor the boat from the phone if I'm away. But digital bell and whistle fail me offen and cause me trouble at times. This is why as a redundancy measure had some charts printed for back up. Also I very much enjoy the feel of paper. This charts you can download from the NOAA website and print them at you local Staples store for two dollars and change each. And in top of it you get a draft , so two charts for the price of one ! They are 17in wide and 11in tall, fit comfortably under your chart table and you can use a priority mail box flat to store them and keep them wrinkle free.
They are readable for the most part , but just as with the full size charts a magnifying glass is your friend. I find motivational to plan a trip on my mind with the aid of a paper chart . All other Navi and digital are great tools but I guess im romantic in this way.
On the other hand, I wonder how many of you do HF radio. On the High Frequency listening on the 10 meter band today I heard a beacon in central Texas , about 1,500 miles from New Jersey where I'm at. That may come handy in the future. Using a simply improvised wire dipole antenna hung from my courtesy flag line. Tell you the truth is another vintage obsession because my interest is learning the Morse code. Using the phone communications on the SSB is cool but Morse code to me is Frank Sinatra cool . I have much to learn but it seems to me that if you can grab a weather fax by SSB at this distance I wonder why little boats overlook the SSB. This boat used to have one.But was broken. Looking at the call sign imbedded on the varnish motivated me to learn more about radio. And was down the rabbit hole from there.
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Please excuse me my friends for I been really busy and not log in but only in passing. I'm trying to kick the dock lines in late March and head up north for a hull out . Also going give love to my engine this month and is been hectic lately but I'm positive it all will work out. Good luck to you all my friends !
On the last Zoom group meeting it was brought to my attention to share this on the forum. I love old school and vintage. Don't get me wrong also like digital gadgets too. I'm working on installing a Rpi System to monitor the boat from the phone if I'm away. But digital bell and whistle fail me offen and cause me trouble at times. This is why as a redundancy measure had some charts printed for back up. Also I very much enjoy the feel of paper. This charts you can download from the NOAA website and print them at you local Staples store for two dollars and change each. And in top of it you get a draft , so two charts for the price of one ! They are 17in wide and 11in tall, fit comfortably under your chart table and you can use a priority mail box flat to store them and keep them wrinkle free.
They are readable for the most part , but just as with the full size charts a magnifying glass is your friend. I find motivational to plan a trip on my mind with the aid of a paper chart . All other Navi and digital are great tools but I guess im romantic in this way.
On the other hand, I wonder how many of you do HF radio. On the High Frequency listening on the 10 meter band today I heard a beacon in central Texas , about 1,500 miles from New Jersey where I'm at. That may come handy in the future. Using a simply improvised wire dipole antenna hung from my courtesy flag line. Tell you the truth is another vintage obsession because my interest is learning the Morse code. Using the phone communications on the SSB is cool but Morse code to me is Frank Sinatra cool . I have much to learn but it seems to me that if you can grab a weather fax by SSB at this distance I wonder why little boats overlook the SSB. This boat used to have one.But was broken. Looking at the call sign imbedded on the varnish motivated me to learn more about radio. And was down the rabbit hole from there.
Please excuse me my friends for I been really busy and not log in but only in passing. I'm trying to kick the dock lines in late March and head up north for a hull out . Also going give love to my engine this month and is been hectic lately but I'm positive it all will work out. Good luck to you all my friends !