Hobbies

[ronaldarca]

hmm for how much are those RF rigs sir?
that's cool, minimize communication costs, i believe

[Benj]

Ronaldarca,

yes, it minimizes communication cost. you only pay for your electric bills which is very minimal. i got into this hobby during those times when boracay was not yet as popular as it is nowadays. We have a house near the island and there is no other means of communication except radio. So i decided to invest for radio equipments and antennas until it becomes my hobby as well.

Cost depends on model of radio. HF rigs ranges from 10K to as much as 250K. while VHF or UHF rigs ranges from 5K to 25K.

More importantly, HAM RADIO or AMATEUR RADIO as a hobby is a priviledge obtained by someone who are able to pass the NTC licensure Examination. Although there are those who operates illegaly, yet, it is best to work on something which is legal. I tell you, you will be very proud to carry your official assigned callsign by the NTC, proof of being a ligitimate HAM. You can easily identify a HAM riding on their cars when you see (other than radio antennas) stickers at their backglass or CAR PLATES carrying an NTC LOGO and callsigns like this: DU1RVP or DW1CGB or DV1TMF or 4F1UCZ.

Jose Marie Gonzales (father of cristina gonzales) is an active HAM untill now. His callsign is DU1JMG. see link: www.qrz.com/du1jmg

[nhan]

just biking.... mountaineering.. collecting action figures... taking lots and lots of pictures... thats all folks

[martonstromgald]

hmmm...let me see...

-mountainbiking (since 2002 to present)
-mountaineering (since 2001 til 2005)
-beacheneering (since 2001 til 2006...mahal na masyado)
-IPSC/IDPA shooting (oct 2005 til june 2006 lang...mahal na rin
masyado...hehehe)
-SCUBA (august 2005 til may 2006...sarap kse and mura lang sa
coron pero stop muna ngayon...magastos na)
-archery (summer 2004 kinarir ko sya everyday sa UP pero
ibinalik ko na yun ipinahiram na bow sakin...sigh...saving up for
my own archery set!)
-dog training (started 3 months ago w/ my own pet mr sharky)
-aikido (august 2006 to present--may nagbebenta ba dyan ng murang judo gi?)

...then cguro by next sem would be dance! hahahaha!

[duldog]

boss benj,

i was once a radio amateur before, but only dy (4th class license), my license expired 5 years ago. i enjoyed the technical side of the hobby, building electronic projects, antennas and sometimes repairing some of the rigs for fun and profit. i stopped because i wasn't able to renew my license

[Benj]

Oldman DULDOG,

nice to know there's a fellow HAM here. hihi! Im a Class-B HAM operator and currently the club PresiDent of the ARMI - AMATEUR RADIO MOIVEMENT, INC. (DX1ARM). we work at 144.880 Mhz on a repeater. when we go our biking, we normally have with us our handheld transceivers and having some QSO while on the road.

hope you can go back to the hobby and have more fun.

See my QSL INFO at www.qrz.com.

73!

benj, DV1RWP

[allegra]

martonstromgald said:

hmmm...let me see...

-mountainbiking (since 2002 to present)
-mountaineering (since 2001 til 2005)
-beacheneering (since 2001 til 2006...mahal na masyado)
-IPSC/IDPA shooting (oct 2005 til june 2006 lang...mahal na rin
masyado...hehehe)
-SCUBA (august 2005 til may 2006...sarap kse and mura lang sa
coron pero stop muna ngayon...magastos na)
-archery (summer 2004 kinarir ko sya everyday sa UP pero
ibinalik ko na yun ipinahiram na bow sakin...sigh...saving up for
my own archery set!)
-dog training (started 3 months ago w/ my own pet mr sharky)
-aikido (august 2006 to present--may nagbebenta ba dyan ng murang judo gi?)

...then cguro by next sem would be dance! hahahaha!

Hi,
IPSC? which gunclub? what division?
Lots of new faces sa competition circuit , I dont even know half the ROs anymore

[duldog]

benj said:

Oldman DULDOG,

nice to know there's a fellow HAM here. hihi! Im a Class-B HAM operator and currently the club PresiDent of the ARMI - AMATEUR RADIO MOIVEMENT, INC. (DX1ARM). we work at 144.880 Mhz on a repeater. when we go our biking, we normally have with us our handheld transceivers and having some QSO while on the road.

hope you can go back to the hobby and have more fun.

See my QSL INFO at www.qrz.com.

73!

benj, DV1RWP

bossing,

i used to be a member of DX2ISLA 8 years ago and How Copy group at 144.96MHz(5 years ago) . maraming taga ncr noon sa how copy. i even attended a club meeting in Bulacan coming all that way from Ilocos (those were the days ;D). I bet these groups doesn't exist anymore.

btw, my former call was DY2EIR and i haven't renewed it since 2002(?). i still have some of my radios gathering dust (hostly handhelds and boosters, sold most of the units).

due to my license restrictions before, i only operated at 2meters. i never upgraded my license mainly due to the morse code requirement (ayoko mag-under the table e ;D). i heard there are new regulations now about radio amateurs

73,
duldog

[woofers]

martonstromgald said:

hmmm...let me see...

-aikido (august 2006 to present--may nagbebenta ba dyan ng murang judo gi?)

If I can find my old Mizuno gi, you can have it.

I also have an original Kodokan gi that's something like 20 years old -- but I'm keeping that one ;D

[Benj]

DULDOG,

How Copy Group do still exist at 144.960, although im very sorry to say that this group has been verified with no legal papers, i mean, the group has no NTC-License.

Class-D are now automatically elevated to Class-C due to removal of morse code for lower classes except for Class-A. But if you have passed the 5-words per minute already, you dont need to take it anymore when you elevate to Class-A.

Madami akong kilalang taga DU2. si manong jimmy, wally, arnel, atty joey, gil, at madami pa. And of course kilala ko din ibang taga how copy, sila nognog, bulok, black shadow, manok, pinoytubo, kirara, bomber, tita ann, senior guadalupe, at madami pa. At makakalimutan ko ba naman ang Supremo na si Tito Billy (bmy), ngkita kami sa baguio last august. hahaha!

Hope you can go back to the hobby! 73!

[duldog]

bossing,

its nice that they had removed the morse requirement. un kasi problema ko nun e i just simply don't know how to study the d@mned code.

i've met tito billy once in san miguel, bulacan in january 2001. he's a hell of a guy, super nice and lapitin ng chicks ;D

[martonstromgald]

allegra said:

martonstromgald said:

hmmm...let me see...

-mountainbiking (since 2002 to present)
-mountaineering (since 2001 til 2005)
-beacheneering (since 2001 til 2006...mahal na masyado)
-IPSC/IDPA shooting (oct 2005 til june 2006 lang...mahal na rin
masyado...hehehe)
-SCUBA (august 2005 til may 2006...sarap kse and mura lang sa
coron pero stop muna ngayon...magastos na)
-archery (summer 2004 kinarir ko sya everyday sa UP pero
ibinalik ko na yun ipinahiram na bow sakin...sigh...saving up for
my own archery set!)
-dog training (started 3 months ago w/ my own pet mr sharky)
-aikido (august 2006 to present--may nagbebenta ba dyan ng murang judo gi?)

...then cguro by next sem would be dance! hahahaha!

Hi,
IPSC? which gunclub? what division?
Lots of new faces sa competition circuit , I dont even know half the ROs anymore

was educated in IDPA pero was also taught IPSC, chief since maganda yun speed play nyo. under ng coron shooters association, inc (COSA),ser. we played sa puerto princesa under the leathernecks ROs.

my boss got me into it. even taught me some gunsmithing and reloading during my stay in coron. these days tho my pistol's for guarding my computer @ home na lang....hehehe

[Dragunov]

martonstromgald said:

allegra said:

Hi,
IPSC? which gunclub? what division?
Lots of new faces sa competition circuit , I dont even know half the ROs anymore

was educated in IDPA pero was also taught IPSC, chief since maganda yun speed play nyo. under ng coron shooters association, inc (COSA),ser. we played sa puerto princesa under the leathernecks ROs.

my boss got me into it. even taught me some gunsmithing and reloading during my stay in coron. these days tho my pistol's for guarding my computer @ home na lang....hehehe

trebs!!! i thought u hate guns heheheh ;D ;D ;D

[PT]

hmmm ... i play football every weekend .. ride my bike whenever i could .. skimboarding ..skateboard .. surfing ..CHICS ...

[xfire]

muscle car diecast collector.
read books.
RTS pc gamer.

[kadag]

gulliver said:

like Bernie, i like long drives...farthest i've driven in one journey is Manila-sorsogon-leyte-samar-cebu-negros oriental...then back...

also used to enjoy off-roading in my 4x4 but something turned me into gulliver, the mt. biker instead, and i'm all the better for it

would also trek with friends whenever i got the chance...that was when i was trying to balance my belly-enhancing 4-wheeling...

like Allegra, i used to shoot and enjoyed competitive shooting (pero hangang club level lang), IDPA discipline naman...

like MarkB, i luv to eat, and when inspiration hits me, i can cook a few tasty dishes, with emphasis on "few" and "eat" hehehe...tapos try a new restaurant with my wife every now and then...

also enjoy ping-pong, PS2 (Ghost Recon and Vice City), watching movies at home, and Filipino and American tv sitcoms...

and when kumander isn't watching, i enjoy appreciating the natural beauties around me ;D ;D ;D

looks like we share some common interests. long interstate drives soothes me. with family ,job and all , i still manage to do it once or twice a year.once got addicted to Novalogic's delta force 2 online multiplayer gaming.stayed on one squad for four long years.yup that long, like your four high school years just spent on gaming lol. it was that addictive that time(clan site still up: nrasquad.com). also love dirt and anything that's goes boom. if u happen to still love four-wheeling i got some pics and videos below that might interest you lol.dont know how to direct u to the specific album(mt. morris atv trail) but feel free going through them. it's all public. me and my brother in law uploaded these images to document his visit here in michigan. he's an avid mtbiker in iloilo. as soon as he arrived, he asked to see my bike . the next day of course he wants to see the trails hehehe at low 30's temp.adik guid lol.(stoney creek album was hes first trail ride here) ooops i'm getting off topic.i'm into collecting old jazz-rock fusion vinyl albums(specifically mahavishnu orchestra, return to forever and weather report ).used to collect 1:6 scale toy soldiers and 1:18 scale vintage pick-up trucks but for luck of a proper display area, my daughter thought they were an extension of her playroom.

i105.photobucket.com/albums/m212/michiganvacation/mt%20morris%20ATV%20trail/101_2068.jpg

s105.photobucket.com/albums/m212/michiganvacation/mt%20morris%20ATV%20trail/?action=view¤t=101_2073.flv

[yukon]

i'm 39 but still playing command and conquer and was addicted to Novalogic games (DF and Raptor)...played online too,(job related) and CS (job related too).at present, exploring Company of Heroes. I'm not getting any younger...
Presently, my current job bans me from playing these games during office hours.

[martonstromgald]

xc707 said:

martonstromgald said:

was educated in IDPA pero was also taught IPSC, chief since maganda yun speed play nyo. under ng coron shooters association, inc (COSA),ser. we played sa puerto princesa under the leathernecks ROs.

my boss got me into it. even taught me some gunsmithing and reloading during my stay in coron. these days tho my pistol's for guarding my computer @ home na lang....hehehe

trebs!!! i thought u hate guns heheheh ;D ;D ;D

never said i hated guns, brad...i just wasn't sold to the idea of promoting airsoft since it does not seem to support safe gun handling and responsible gun ownership. i would much prefer the real deal though i don't get to use it that often. makes for better discipline

[martonstromgald]

these days tho i would much rather prefer traditional aikido tho i had to start @ cannon fodder level...hehehe... ;D

[Owie]

Aside from mountainbiking, I do usually play badminton, volleyball and photography.

[timotz]

I used to do Dragon boat rowing. One of the inactive members of Manila Dragons. I usually rode my bike to manila bay, row then bike home. But due to my current job restrictions I was forced to stick to biking only, and now I'm addicted to it.

I also use to collect and repaint Gundam scale models.

I also spend hours with my PS2 playing RPG

[xero]

My most expensive hobby is computer, I've spent hundreds of thousands on this.
I love RGP's and strategy games.
Next is my bike, I've been a bike addict since grade school, playbike/small mt bike, then BMX on high school. And now I'm 26, M.T. bike.

Other hobbies:
Mountain Climbing (1999 to present time but inactive)
Music: I can live without TV/movies but music, not! I got a wide range of music collections, any genre.
Birds: I got lots of African love birds. I fell in love with this birds since I was in high school.
Recently, I just got hook into PSP, medyo addict na din.

[Lance]

My other hobbies:

Water: Scuba diving, wakeboarding, surfing
Land: jogging, wall climbing, badminton

I'll try anything once, if i like it, and most probably i will, then i'll do more often.

[rednose]

football is my other hobby and everything related to it. specially Manchester United!! ;D

[Aaronchicharon]

collecting billiard trophies... WOOOOOOOOOOOSH! (sound of strong wind) hehehe



manipulating photos, some simple some complex, usually something fun to do...





sleeping with my mouth open

[shublig2004]

Aside from Mountainbiking im into basketball, golf, music (guitar and piano), now im learning photography

[sire_andre]

biking...drawing...and models..i mean car or plane...actually i'm building a plane, fokker triplane making it to a rc...b;asa...but i just finished my skeleton frame for the wings only...havn't got enough time to continue it.

[Makoy]