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When I travel to Asheville, NC, I pick up a very strong signal on MURS 5 and it is a series of tones. I first hear it as I get into Old Fort, NC and it fades as I get towards Asheville. I like to scan as I drive a long and this signal interrupts my scanning and is quite irritating to hear so I just blocked that channel from scanning.
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If you are only interested in VHF, GMRS is just fine. But the Tech license also gives you other bands besides 2 meters. Although GMRS is growing very fast, right now there are way more 2 meter and 440 repeaters you can access while traveling. But if you are only interested in local VHF communications, I would not bother with a ham license.
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Thanks for info! I'm on the interstate about 7-8 hours a week, and I scan GMRS, FRS, and MURS but have never heard anyone who was a trucker. I really don't hear much of anything except kids on FRS.
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Just to clarify my earlier post about flaggers, etc.. I was not questioning the legality of anything, I was simply replying to another post about hearing "flaggers" and reporting what I hear and on which service.
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I hear flaggers all the time on FRS. I hear Walmart and Academy Sports on FRS; also after school children pick up, Last week I heard 2 sets of caravaner's on the interstate, one was a woman who cursed like a sailor. I hear a metal working shop on GMRS 7, an auto body repair shop on MURS. When did truckers quit using CB's? What are they using now?
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For feedline in the 400mhz area, I'd go for hardline and forget lossy coaxial cable.
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URGENT! Kidde Recalls 37 Million Fire Extinguishers
fra1 replied to n4gix's topic in General Discussion
Oh my! I worked for Kidde in late 70's early '80s, in the QC department no less. I could tell ya some stories...
