Davichko5650
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22 hours ago, WRYZ926 said:
Didn't you know that watching tornadoes is an outdoors spectator sport here in the midwest?
Absolutely - Here in St Paul, we hear sirens, we rush outside to look for them!. But the guys I know are researchers not tour guides, so they like to keep other ears from getting their info and clogging up their spots!
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Others have posted VG info already, won't add to that. I do know a couple "professional" storm chasers, they both have LMR licenses for their pursuits. Mostly so they can encrypt their radio traffic, so as to not have other chasers, especially those who take groups out to show off storms, their info.
- amaff, gortex2 and SteveShannon
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15 hours ago, TrikeRadio said:
Happy Father's Day to those out there who are.
Did you get (or get yourself) any gifts related to your radio life?
Just the gift of Time to work 6 meters for the VHF Contest.
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On 6/9/2025 at 9:51 PM, AdmiralCochrane said:
OK, OK, SUPERSTAR
Wanna see Randolpho do that ala Molly Shannon!
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14 hours ago, AdmiralCochrane said:
I would be stunned if the rioters were not using HT's. Also stunned if three letter people weren't nearby using scanners and recorders and I don't mean Uncle Charlie.
Well, CANG and USMC do have CEWI BN's, right??? (although the nomenclature may differ)
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3 hours ago, hxpx said:
Oh yeah, super easy. All you need is a DM-5R and then build yourself a Pi Star hotspot and connect over the internet to a DMR node across the country and - wait what do you mean that's cheating?
Cue the "that's not real radio" SadHam comments!
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3 hours ago, Bogieboy01 said:
Guess we gotta up our game on our boofwang handhelds.....just saw this on facebook today....
An oldie but a goodie. That one's been hammered to death by the Hams, both Happy and Sad over the last couple of years. Yeah, with EchoLink or DMR/C4FM, etc., et al, I can talk thousands of miles on my handheld. But I prefer the old school nothing between me and the other guy than the ether...
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19 minutes ago, OffRoaderX said:
Radio-Dork term for Morse-Code.
Or.... Both kinds of Music, Country and Western.
- RoadApple, Bogieboy01 and GrouserPad
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17 hours ago, WRYZ926 said:
I was making $625 a month when I first enlisted. I did go in as an E-2 though
E-1 pay in 74 was 397 per. ETS'd as an SP4 at the 505 per month. For those that care, my MOS was 98G2LAEK3/05H2LAEK3. But was also put on Temp as a 95B when I was guarding the SCIF as there weren't enough MP's with clearances to do the gig.
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1 hour ago, Lscott said:
Kraco CB's were the equivalent of GMRS CCR's today. They were the cheapest POS radio's you could buy.
When you're making $505 a month defending democracy, you go cheap! Except for my golf clubs back then...
- SteveShannon, Lscott and WRUE951
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43 minutes ago, SteveShannon said:
Not really. CB licenses were $20 each 50 years ago when $20 was a lot of money. Then they lowered it to $4, perhaps hoping to entice more people to get legal.
Well 49 years ago it was free, but required. But of all my army buddies who got CB's back then, I was the only one who sent in for the License!
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2 minutes ago, WRTC928 said:
There's no way to know. It could still happen. I had a patient who got his first outbreak at 84. Before that, I might have thought that at 69 you'd be safe.
As far as Ivy, still immune as of last weekend. I'll know about the Oak, sumac and stinging nettles this weekend after we visit the river land...
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On 12/11/2020 at 11:29 PM, STTScott said:
So ... Are log books still a thing? Where might they be available for order?
ARRL has log books. I have a mini one for the occasional portable no cell service ops. Never have I ever logged a GMRS or CBRS contact, but the fields in a log book can be modified to suit any radio service I would think.
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11 minutes ago, SteveShannon said:
Thanks to @OffRoaderX for the suggestion!
Here are the steps necessary to add a user to your “ignored users” list.Then click the blue button that says “Add User”:
You’ll get a quick confirmation message saying you added the user to your ignore list:
It’s that easy.
Now that's just what Randolpho ordered!!!
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On 5/28/2025 at 9:31 AM, WRUE951 said:
A visit to Urgent Care last night confirms, I have Poison Oak all over my legs.
No bueno there my friend. I am fortunate in that I am not affected by PO, PI or Stinging Nettles. My wife didn't believe me about the PI, until I picked up a bunch from a plant in our back yard, and suffered nothing. The hill behind our garage is covered in the stuff. She, OTOH, is very much affected by them all. Makes hiking our river land an adventure in avoidance for her where I just plow on thru the itchweed...
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44 minutes ago, WQAI363 said:
Could FM CB supplant FRS?
I tried to stay focus on the topic and if it seems that I strayed, I sincere apologize for sounding like the know it Kid from Polar Express.
I've not ever seen this movie, so I'm glad to know I don't know what you're talking about for once!
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14 hours ago, SteveShannon said:
I thought perhaps LEARN was an acronym
Learned Elmers Are Really NIce - he was describing you amd MarcSpaz Steve!
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On 5/3/2025 at 3:05 PM, marcspaz said:
I apologize. I didn't realize we had a rule against it.
Nor I.
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6 hours ago, PACNWComms said:
(unless it goes well, then the "brown nosers" will try to say they supported me all along - funny how that works),
If they're any kind of good BN's they'll also take credit for the idea!!!
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2 hours ago, WRTC928 said:
TBH, in my area, most GMRS users are very polite and respectful.
Pretty much how it is here. Of course since it's mostly me and mine, how can it not be? Other than a small group of friends nearby that I talk with occasionally at home, I don't use GMRS unless I'm out of town up where there's no cell service.
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17 minutes ago, Hoppyjr said:
I can’t think of any situation that would require the license to be carried on the person.
I've never been asked to produce a copy of either my Amateur or GMRS licenses. I've heard tell of a couple instances of SH's asking to see someone's license before they let them key up their precious Hams radio, but only as hearsay...
What's a radio good for anyway?
in General Discussion
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When the first brick sized Cellphones came out, a buddy got one for work. He'd call us when he was down at the lake and ask us to call back in 5 minutes. He would walk by the sunbathing girls on the beach and take that call trying to impress them.
Didn't really work...