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Digital will need it's own bandwidth and frequencies.  We can't have all that crappy digital noise on the analog channels.  Digital changed TV for the better.  But it was a hard battle and the switch over was brutal.

Digital will need it's own bandwidth and frequencies.  We can't have all that crappy digital noise on the analog channels.  Digital changed TV for the better.  But it was a hard battle and the switch over was brutal.

Well I don't want a reprimand on my membership....

You are in perfect land if I recall.  Wide open at the top of a hill in barren county.  I on the other hand live in the land of trees and hills.  I live near a river so I am in a low location.  At about 1/2 mile or so you can get static and crackles because of all the different obstacles in the path of the signal.  I am talking about 5 watt HTs.

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And I got my call sign on the radio

Never mind...  I guess I had the screen scrolled down and couldn't see the options at the top.  I found it.  I haven't wrote it to the radio yet though.

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And I got my call sign on the radio

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And I got my call sign on the radio

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And I got my call sign on the radio

Wife is a couple states away with the grand children.  She won't know for a while.

I don't know what happened.  It snuck out of it's box and it's hiding in my truck

It's here....  Now all I have to do is wait until after work  🤪🤪

I don't know what happened.  It snuck out of it's box and it's hiding in my truck

If I have to suffer... you have to suffer....  😆

If I have to suffer... you have to suffer....  😆

Hard to say unless you can look at the whole history of the introduction of these frequencies.  Usually the govt is way behind on making rules.  They are usually reactive.  When something goes amiss they make up a new rule/regulation/law to said offense.
When they opened the GMRS frequencies was it their intention to make it so people/families to be able to communicate farther than 1000 ft?  And because of the new capabilities to the radios the manufacturers came out with new products that the Ef Sea Seas didn't have rules for?  I don't know.  But that is how innovation usually happens.  The innovators are far ahead of the rulez makers and things get going before they can respond.

You are in perfect land if I recall.  Wide open at the top of a hill in barren county.  I on the other hand live in the land of trees and hills.  I live near a river so I am in a low location.  At about 1/2 mile or so you can get static and crackles because of all the different obstacles in the path of the signal.  I am talking about 5 watt HTs.

Not a problem at all.  Honesty is the best policy as long as you don't really go overboard. 👍

So did you ever return his money? 🤑

So did you ever return his money? 🤑

You are in perfect land if I recall.  Wide open at the top of a hill in barren county.  I on the other hand live in the land of trees and hills.  I live near a river so I am in a low location.  At about 1/2 mile or so you can get static and crackles because of all the different obstacles in the path of the signal.  I am talking about 5 watt HTs.

I hear that.  We've had a few storms that didn't necessarily take down the cell systems but took out the power.  Which can limit your personal options for communication.

I hear that.  We've had a few storms that didn't necessarily take down the cell systems but took out the power.  Which can limit your personal options for communication.

Because I wanted a birthday gift that wasn't related to my business.  All my stuff is generally geared towards the woodworking business I have and this time around I decided I didn't want a new tool.  That I wanted a new toy.  On top of it, it's SHTF preparedness for me and my family.
I got the license because the Ef Sea Seas demanded that I have their permission paperwork to transmit into the open ether that they so happily decided was their property instead of just the nature of things.
And I figured it's only $35 for 10 years and no test so who cares.  The repeater owners want you to be licensed so before I could ask permission I needed the coveted call sign assigned to me from the powers above.
Generally I like playing radio.  I did when I was much younger and now the prices of worthwhile radios is squat.  When I was a kid some 50 years ago I remember a walkie talkie would cost $30-50 and you'd be lucky to get 100 yards out of it.  Now 50 years later that same $35 gets you a pretty descent radio that can transmit 1/3 mile easily, to 1-5 miles or better depending on conditions.
 
I did it for funz

You are in perfect land if I recall.  Wide open at the top of a hill in barren county.  I on the other hand live in the land of trees and hills.  I live near a river so I am in a low location.  At about 1/2 mile or so you can get static and crackles because of all the different obstacles in the path of the signal.  I am talking about 5 watt HTs.