Davichko5650
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3 hours ago, WRYZ926 said:
I guess no one cares that the guy is on the emergency channel. I remember a time when one would get told to stay off channel 9 except for emergencies.
Outside the US, Channel 9 is not designated as an Emergency or Traveler Assistance Frequency for the most part.. Lots of Mexico and other SA DX users on the channel at times...
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8 minutes ago, Adamdaj said:
Freight Shaker = Freight Liner Truck
Just need to drive one, especially one that's a bit on the old side to know why they call them Freight Shakers...
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On 7/20/2024 at 2:31 PM, RayDiddio said:
haha... "no, it's always been here" hahaha
"Is that a new (guitar - gun radio - RTR tape deck) ???"
No, I've had it a while now. Assuming she asks the day after I 've bought it, a true statement!
In point of fact though, really don't have issues in that area. I spend on my hobbies within the budget, and she spends on hers likewise...
- RayDiddio, SteveShannon and Lscott
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17 hours ago, marcspaz said:
Then there are service such as Amateur Radio, which allow anyone to operate with the station call sign of the licensee.
An exception here is the third party traffic regs. If there is no third party traffic agreement with the (DX) station's government, only the licensees can converse.
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Just now, OffRoaderX said:
What? Why? WHY do you feel it necessary to record/remember/care about someone's call sign?
They may want to log it on Cue Are Zed? I don't know that I know close to half of the callsigns of few people outside my group of family/friends that I've spoke to on GMRS in passing. Their first names, sure, but I also don't see why I need to know their calls.
The only one I need to remember is mine, so I can remind the wife to say it when she's done talking (on the radio...)
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2 hours ago, LeoG said:
So that makes Zello against regulation. I hear that on one of my repeaters a lot that they were talking on Zello. But since I don't have or use Zello I'm not exactly sure what it is.
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An app for cell phones (and PC's) - there are many Ham based groups on Zello linked to repeaters world-wide, so in that regard, similar to how EchoLink works. But it's more used by regular folks as a POC type of app. There are some GMRS based links on there as well, but I've never used them. And with the current confusion as to legality, don't plan to for now. I used Zello very briefly to try it out, but went back to EchoLink as I use that to get on friends in TN and FL repeaters. ORX did a video on the Zello HT radios.
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2 hours ago, SteveShannon said:
After 45 years we know how to communicate well.
But, neither of us have ever had “my money” or “her money”. It has always been “our money”, so it’s only considerate for either of us to discuss large expenditures with each other. One of the first signs of drifting apart is when couples begin separating their money. We were adamant that wouldn’t happen to us.
Congrats on the long run. We've been at it for 33 years now ourselves. Married later on in life, don't know if that helped us, but that's how it goes. Learned years back to "pay my self first" and basically busted my butt early in my post army days so that I now can work because I want to, not because I need to. And like you it's always been our money, even though the majority of it is mine as my wife has not been able to work for close to 20 years now.
Oh, yeah, I've been a Ham for 32 years now, LOL!!!! (just in case the Great Randolpho cares to be reading this thread...
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9 minutes ago, amaff said:
I don't know what kind of harpies everyone else seems to have saddled themselves with but like... it doesn't need to be this way lol
Haven't seen that word in a while! Harpy and Harridan used to be very common when talking about the distaff side of the equation...
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10 hours ago, CALO50 said:
I used to routinely do this with firearms.
Still do, and I've yet to have to clear any of them with Wifeypoo first!
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On 1/28/2024 at 5:38 PM, SvenMarbles said:
Sometimes I buy radios on the DL without running it by the spousal unit..
Is there a help group for me?
I buy radios, guns, guitars and off-road accessories when I want, as long as I have the money and it doesn't take away from another part of the budget. And I've yet to have to ask permission or otherwise "run it by" my wife. Same for her and her hobbies, most of which, except the guns, she doesn't share with me.
Am I the exception or the rule here? I can't see having to ask if it's okay to do something like that. Buying a house, or a new car for the wife, maybe, but not any of the above!
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56 minutes ago, OffRoaderX said:
DORKS.. The politically correct term is radio-DORKS...
"Radio geeks" is offensive and hurtful to geeks.
Do Radio Geeks bite the heads off of Baofengs?
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47 minutes ago, WSDC567 said:
Thank you all for the valuable input got a lot to learn
This is a great source of information. If you're looking for repeaters, check out the repeaters section on the site here, you can look for repeaters near you, or, if travelling, in the area you're going to.
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5 minutes ago, SteveShannon said:
@Davichko5650 is correct.
Once in a while I surprise myself! You should see the awesome answers I give out on the FB Page - a group where we all pretend to be elmer's. A fun page where being wrong is highly valued!
- SteveShannon, GreggInFL and WRXR255
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2 hours ago, WSDC567 said:
Hey new to this wonderful hobby I have repeaters that I have obtained permission to use and my question is the frequencies for transmit and receive are they the same for tx and rx ? Just need a little help getting started thank you All for helping me.
Welcome to the world of GMRS. The transmit frequency of the Repeater will be 5 MHz lower than the receive frequency. You transmit 5 MHz higher and receive 5MHz lower. Example is a repeater on 462.600/467.600 you transmit on 467.600 and the repeater receives that and simultaneuosly retransmits it on 462.600.
Now if you're talking about the rx/tx CTCSS or DCS tones. That's up to the repeater owner to set, they can be the same or different. Many repeaters only use tones on the input, meaning you need to transmit the tone (100.0 for example) for the repeater to hear you. Many do use an output tone, but you don't need to set that if you don't want to, but is convenient if you only want to hear the repeater, and not other users on the frequency using simplex.
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3 hours ago, LeoG said:
It's almost like they have a rule for everything and anything so they can go after you any time they want. It's nearly impossible to comply with all the rules/regulations/fake laws they come up with. Some of them contradict another so they can pick and choose the side they want to use against you.
Pretty much also describes how my friends at the Infernal Revenue Service write their regs. They go a step further in having the Internal Revenue Code and a separate, much larger book of Internal Revenue. Regulations...
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17 hours ago, OffRoaderX said:
and many people consider it to be a better radio..
At least it's many people and not "some people". Have seen the Company based "reviews" of these radios, nice to see a more objective version!
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On 6/29/2024 at 11:59 PM, WRYC373 said:
If anyone ever gives me GMRS QSO card I promise to hang it on the refrigerator.
I only have them for my Amateur Callsign - suppose I could cross that out and write in the GMRS one. So rarely talk to random people that there'd be no reason to do so I think. Besides, the Fridge here is for putting up those Grandkid drawings and photos!
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12 minutes ago, WSAL750 said:
There are very few people in my area on the radio, the ones I have talked to are people I don't know. I just figured it would be good to know if I have talked to them before .
Think your best best then is an Excel or Google Numbers type spreadsheet. Easy enough to whip up with fields like Date_Time_Callsign_Name_Location etc
then with the call lookup here on the website, can fill in most the details...
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9 hours ago, WRXR255 said:
Guy on the right, for about the first minute, looks like either a deer in headlights, or there's illegal pharmaceuticals in his system.
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Thought that too. Looking like "please don't ask me to say anything..."
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2 hours ago, SteveShannon said:
Morse code knowledge is no longer a requirement if you want to branch out into ham radio.
Back when I got my Tech. license, morse wasn't for me a hold back point; I was taught to receive up to 8 wpm in my ASA days and had retained that into the early 90's. When I went for Tech+, it was about a week of sending practice to get my 5 wpm solid. Back side of the solar cycle, so 10m was still hopping, and I kludged along on CW down on the lower bands as well. Life intervened, as it does, and I was out of the hobby for a number of years. Got back into it 4 years ago and ended my 28 year run as a Tech+ (admin changed to Tech. when they dropped the code) by getting General then a year and a half later upgraded to AE. Elmer's goaded me as "all the really good DX is in the Extra Bands"... Used CB back in my army days and for a spell thereafter, but only mobile and really never worked any Skip. It was my love of HF listening on the SW and Ham Bands that finally hooked me for the ARS. Far more into the non phonne/cw modes like RTTY, PSK, Hellschreiber, VarAC, etc. (even, yes FT#) but do enjoy a good phone ragchew and a half-hearted contest run with the Mic.
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On 6/23/2024 at 3:06 PM, SteveShannon said:
So, why did you get a GMRS license?
In my case, originally, strictly and only to provide mobile and marine mobile (not maritime) to base communications in far northern MN where we had no cellphone service. Wife has never had any interest in amateur radio , so figured GMRS was the way to go. Thought about FRS, but then figured it wouldn't give us the range we'd need out on the lake. While Cell service has improved, it's still not 100% all over the lake.
Later on, got to using it more back in town as have a few friends who, also being hams, are involved in one of the better GMRS repeaters in my area. As well as using it around our slightly larger than most city lots to talk to my wife and son when there or out mobile. Although I don't seek them out, if I hear a callsign being thrown out on one of the repeaters or GMRS simplex channels, I will reply and engage in conversation, even if it's just a short "radio check" type contact.
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42 minutes ago, LeoG said:
It's here.... Now all I have to do is wait until after work
If you'd have stuff delivered to work, you'd be checking this out on your break/lunch....
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Really??? I do know that, but chances are average to good if you're hearing spanish on 11m, it's coming from down south Mexico way or down further.