LeoG

Socalgmrs lives in a great area for UHF. He really needs to take a trip out to the NE and experience hilly and mountainous regions where sometimes 50 watts won't get you 2 miles.

He asked a valid question. Even if he read the rules it's still a valid question. You don't have to be the way you are when you answer. Such a sad ham.

Totally agree with that.

But you would be a real dickenzian for doing so...

I agree with the RT97S repeater. It's weather tight and low power consumption. A small battery and solar panel along with an antenna make it a mostly permanent solution. You won't have the wait for the simplex repeater to do it's thing, just normal talk. Ya, it's more than $60 but it's also a better solution and in the end you'll likely be happier with it.

The eff sea seas doesn't enforce most of them most of the time so they are essentially non existent.

Dues don't just go to the repeater. Clubhouse rent, electricity, phone and utilities, insurance etc etc etc.

Now why would I want to use the $250 Billion dollar system when I can use the $500 system.....

On Long Island they have the BTG repeater system that sucks up at least 3 of the channels and covers the entire area. Not sure if they have more. So it's hard to escape them.

Man, she must have iron hands.

I played with mercury in my bare hands (twitch). Used leaded gasoline for the first 20 years of my driving experience (twitch twitch). Probably been exposed to asbestos when I removed the 480 sf of vermiculite insulation in my attic (twitch) Nothing wrong with me yet (twitch twitch)

I learned to solder on my own from making kits. And from that skill I was able to sweat a plumbing pipe without even thinking because it's the same exact process. Apply flux, heat the copper and let the solder flow into the heat, never the flame.

Ahhhh.... the administrative state that makes up rules and regulations and enforces by being judge, jury, prosecutor along with fee collector.

I got some solder that really wasn't solder. I am pretty experienced in the work and I couldn't get this crap to flow out. I thought it was me until I got my old roll of Radio Shack solder out and fixed up the joint in seconds. The new solder came with my new soldering iron. 1st time I had one you could set the temp on the iron. And then I had that issue, wasn't sure what was going on until I read more reviews and they said just throw the solder out that comes with it. So I did, and I agreed with them.

I made mine because I was excited to get it and bored at the same time.

We know all about the Chevron Doctrine. Where the regulatory agencies decided they could be judge, jury, court and prosecutor of all decisions. And then make sure all the "fees" are made payable to them.

I made one up and put it in my wallet.

I'm talking about any radio. I still hear lots of guys tell me they need to hook up to their computer to put in new tones. Lots of older Motorola radios still out there.

In this day in age I can't imagine a radio that can only be programmed by an outside source. Being able to input tones and such through the radio directly is a must in my book.

And the switch network use to mean mechanical telephone service. Then it meant electronic telephone service, now it can mean both of those and internet. I'm pretty sure they could reclassify it because that's what they do.

CB doesn't require a license. Ham and GMRS do. A savvy cop might ask for your license. Probably not legal for them to ask, but who's going to stop them.

As soon as you connect two radio links together it can be considered a network.

They write them this way so they can be "interpreted". That way it can mean different things at different times. Which is exactly what it shouldn't be. And since these rules are for normal people, normal people should be able to read them and understand them without the need of lawyers and oiija boards.

You sound like a sad ham.