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WRXB215

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    WRXB215 reacted to SteveShannon in This Ghost Antenna is Trash   
    That's great!!!
    It could only have been better if it said "NOTARUBICON".  
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    WRXB215 reacted to marcspaz in This Ghost Antenna is Trash   
    Man... I don't know why everyone raves about Ghost antennas. This one has no range.  Once I'm a few yards away from the other radio, I can't hear them and they can't hear me.
     
    Weird part is, the cable is fine and the SWR is spot-on, 1:1. Picture for attention. 
     

     
     
     
     
     
     
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    WRXB215 reacted to MarkInTampa in FRS Default CTCSS Tone   
    I was doing a job a few years ago and picked up 6 "Ozark Trail" FRS HT's from Walmart in two packs. Just found one of them in a box yesterday and it does have a default ctcss tone of 67.0 across 22 channels.
    Range sucks on them - we installed truck parking detectors at the interstate rest areas and had to validate and time stamp every truck that came in and out of the parking lot to make sure the system was working. They had a hard time trying to make it across the parking lot, had to sit outdoors in the middle of the lot to coordinate things. Battery life is excellent on them, one of the guys forgot to turn the radio off when he threw it in the back of my car. Every now and then for the better part of a month I'd hear a muffled voice when driving for a second and couldn't figure out where it was coming from before I found it (low battery chirps). At least it didn't interfere with the voices in my head.
     
     

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    WRXB215 got a reaction from SteveShannon in "Extra" channels on Baofeng MP31.   
    Thanks @Sshannon, that makes perfect sense. I like the fact that those are available for a trip. Obviously much better than pulling over and digging out the laptop.
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    WRXB215 reacted to SteveShannon in "Extra" channels on Baofeng MP31.   
    Those are extras for you to use so you can have more than one repeater programmed into your radio, for times when you travel or otherwise find a repeater with the same frequency but different tones.
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    WRXB215 reacted to WRUU653 in General GMRS question   
    Haaaaa! ? you walked right into my joke. Couldn’t help yourself, gee thanks for correcting me. 
     
    Obviously they don’t ? Uma Uma! ? but I really don’t get upset if it means something to someone else.
     
    My point wasn’t so much what you said but the way you said it… Don’t do this. Don’t do that. All caps.  At the end of the day none of your points were against any FCC rules. You can explain proper protocol without dictating and ranting. A guest came here to ask a question and you ranted, still ranting. Fingers flying away on the keyboard. I don’t even disagree with most of what you say but man you sure want everyone to act according to your wishes. Don’t use phonetics but by god if you do don’t say Uma! ?
    my rules for radio are 1) don’t break FCC rules (2) be polite (3) if you break rule 1 don’t tell anyone (4)if you break 3 tell me  (5) be polite 
    All I’m saying is you seem upset and it’s not worth getting upset over. I hope you have a pleasant day. Speaking of ham,
    Happy Easter. 
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