Davichko5650

Never had a bad attitude moment with the Jeep set as a non Jeep driving off-roader; pulling them out, or being pulled out by them. Again the trail is like out on the water, you always help anyone in need, no matter what they're driving!

I mostly drove an M561 Gama Goat with a Pod on the back, slogged that thing all around Ft. Campbell when I was there in 76-77.

Here's a mid 70's Model we used in the ASA making sure no one could use their radios

I prefer Menwith HIll. Great place to hear the Middle East from...

We did a "Kobiyashi Maru" style rewrite of the night compass exercise. We zig zagged past the ambush and got a few seconds of stunned silence when we called in "at Point Orange" Every other team followed the exact instructions and were captured, so we got to watch the fun as they were interrogated...

We just need a snappy acronym for RFFSLPA. ReFFSLaPA?

SERE Training at Ft. Devens, MA - with the 10th SFG after were done with K3 (ECM) training. Fun times with the "snake eaters".

What we call "making the impossible difficult."

I'm waiting to hear what his Senator has to say. I don't see them being much help. Again, fun to watch but I don't have any need for this service, like to watch Don Quixote in action though...

I listen to a group on a local 2m repeater I can hear, but normally can't talk on more often than not (dead spots and terrain issues) that are on most every weekday AM and the number of times they repeat their callsigns borders on the ridiculous. I've not ever gotten on to bug them about this, but have mentioned it to a couple of them during "eyeball QSO's" at hamfests or other occasions when I've met them. Never hurts to ID more than required, but when it's before and after every transmission, it gets a bit much.

When I ordered my DB20-G from Amazon, got a bundle deal with the GM30 HT added that I did not see offered on the Radiodiddity Website. Buyer protection and a better deal, Yes, please!

Made me think of the old Mad Magazine quote, "remember that the phrase 'up to' also includes the number zero."

We can agree to agree on this one! I've never had any trouble with the FCC website, and especially none where they wanted my money!

Pretty much covered in the following, and I've not seen how Cogent can gainsay this one? § 95.1733 Prohibited GMRS uses. (a) In addition to the prohibited uses outlined in § 95.333 of this chapter, GMRS stations must not communicate: (8) Messages which are both conveyed by a wireline control link and transmitted by a GMRS station; Internet is chock full of wireline control links! As are most, if not all Cell systems. FWIW, I don't really have a dog in this fight, I rarely use repeaters, the other people I use GMRS with, at least the immediate family and off-road groups/friends never use them. But just seems no real need here for what Cog is proposing...

Get that now and again with one group, as I have an 01 Explorer I run with the "Jeepers" (skid plates, 31's winch recovery gear), but we also have Toyotas, an occasional Samurai, Pathfinder, whathaveyouthat'snotaJeep. But when we hit the trails and they see we can off road with the best of them, they take it in stride. And we of course respond in kind with the insults, much like good friends do with each other. As far as who pulls who out of the Stuck, it's like being out boating, you always, I mean ALWAYS help out a fellow off-roader. We're talking moderate off road trails here, not rock crawling or King of the Hammers or mud bogging. The help you give today may be the help you need tomorrow.

I saw on a few videos in the recent past you saying you were the "soon to be King of H.A.M.S. radio" or words to that effect? Wondered if the Great Randolpho was secretly studying that Technician book?

This!

The one with the "Free BooFwangs" sign on the side?

Fractured non-standard Haiku?

Dunno 'bout theirs, ours is the Motorola XTS 2500.

Except when I go over to Wisconsin and run with the Clearwater guys & gals, they seem to like Ch 7 there!

The radio world equivalent of "There's no replacement for displacement".

I can see it now, it'd be the equivalent of the old "Are you gonna buy that magazine sir, or just stand here in the store and read it?"

DXE has it $300 off right now, only $5,999.95!!!

Relaxing way to send some RF out. I use two-way radio all day at work so I tend to favor digital modes when at home during the week. FT8/4 for just seeing who is out there, rare DX or DXpeditons, and good propagation indicator, for rag chews I tend to run VarAC, PSK31 or JS8. RTTY has always been a favorite mode, but not much of it out there other than for contests...