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Only that you simply open the forum in your browser. Why bloat an app when phones already have a browser?

I will grant you that my time in the USAF was fifty years ago. But, it wasn't unusual to put folks on alert and shift assets during times of international upheaval. It's possibly a preplanned response to existing conditions. in olden days the USAF had a concept called "Prime Beef" or cannon fodder as we called it. The idea was a group of folks equipped and trained to respond quickly (relatively speaking) to events around the globe. We were supposed to set up what today are called FOP's to rearm, refuel and provide light maintenance of aircraft. In my case it would be tactical assets like Phantoms and Wild Weasels. I can't count the number of times between ORI's (operational readiness inspections) and actual crises we were alerted. The Cold War tended to warm up from time to time. Mostly without the general public having a clue. I'm pretty sure those orders were transmitted with the highest encryption of the time.

So if I understand correctly, compander is used to reduce noise on weak signals. Why would you not want compander programmed on all of your radios channels?

I tend to be skeptical when folks make assumptions without and evidence at all. I've made more than a few SWAG's in my day. But they always had some evidence and science behind them.

On the Silverado. I have a Tacoma and mounted a MTXA26 on a mount that attaches to tailgate area using existing bolts. I happen to have a steel bed cover from Peragon. This works very well. There as several repeaters some distance from me that I can hit. I have an NMO mount on the bracket. Being tailgate level it is easy to remove the antenna before going to the car wash.

In the early 70's the USAF fire department used Motorolas, MX330's (?). They were bulky and heavy but we had stubby antennas. One thing we found is they didn't like heat and water was death to them.

Keep talking guys. I am learning a lot.

My military radio usage was over 50 years ago, so things likely have changed a bit.

that was the idea when using the AN/PRC-90. I just missed the AN/PRC-103 that was a pretty good improvement. There was a movie about a downed flyer. There radio discipline was pretty terrible and had they used the radio as much as they did in the movie it would have died or the flyer would have. The north Vietnamese knew what frequency to monitor.

Radios today are basically computers that transmit radio signals. If it has GPS it could store info without the user knowing. And as I posited a radio could include GPS and data storage the owner never knows about. And if so, it may not be possible to disable the GPS. And it would be quite possible to have it on even when the radio is "turned off". At least until the battery died.

Curious. Don't some radios now have GPS? Would these retain data? Do some radios possibly have GPS unbeknownst to the purchasers that logs data?

Not sure why all the concern about phones. If you are there someone likely recorded you on their phone and has already uploaded it to social media.

Sometimes it takes a bit for your license to show up on FCC database. Give it FCC a day and try again.

Freaked my little sis out so much, and she didn't want to tell our parents, she slept on the floor in my room for days. Then they made the sequels.

Welcome to the new world of written communication brought to you by young people with limited education.

Oh great crappy 80's movies will be on all day. Time to make popcorn .

Most folks seem to have no idea what GMRS is. Anytime someone asks about my antenna on my truck the think it's CB.

The sheriff didn't do a 180. If they had been in charge from the start it would have been squashed quickly. Totally different mindset between LAPD and the L A County Sheriff.

Here's the problem with that scenario. This is Los Angeles (I am a life long resident) where currently LAPD and most other police agencies no longer try to arrest criminals. There are lots of reasons why, but basically the citizens voted for this. So even if they can identify a criminal, unless it's a murder(and then it's iffy) the cops don't even bother to respond.

During WWII the Germans used DF equipment to locate resistance radios. But the resistance also used radios to ensnare folks into traps.

Faraday bag doesn't care if your phone is on/off/battery removed. As an aside, late third generation Toyota Tacomas had a fob to open and start the truck. Someone figured out the fob was constantly sending out it's signal unless steps were taken to shut it down. Didn't take crooks long to figure out how to intercept the signal, clone your fob and then just drive away in your truck. I'm pretty religious about disabling my fob, but sometimes even I forget. So, it automatically goes in a small faraday pouch.

There are lots of power supply options today. Jump packs, as I mentioned, can do much more than jump start a car. I use small lithium units for things like my insulin refrigerator. Decades of using frozen media to keep it cool ended when we get usable/portable power supplies. For all the scare tactics about lithium, it's a heck of a lot less potentially dangerous than the tank of gas you drive around all day.

I didn't pick up anything on the repeaters that cover the downtown are and my own. If they are using simplex they'd have to be in a high rise to have line of site with me. So I didn't pick up anything with my radio set to scan. But, I am on the coast so it's a few miles away and if they were on the ground they are in urban canyons. About the only thing happening is some idiot transmitting rap music on 462.575. But we get idiots like that from time to time.

I have Dewalt jump packs in each of my vehicles. These are models with lights, air pump, etc. I already have an adapter made up to power my electric jack. Using the adapter it works well to power my radio. Now this isn't really the most convenient power source due to the weight. But jump packs do supply in an emergency.

Well not exactly a haunted radio tower (although there is an early 1900's radio antenna on top of it), but the old Pacific Theaters building on Hollywood Blvd. is definitely haunted on the roof. Story is someone jumped off the buildings roof to commit suicide. I got the contract to take care of the cooling and heating systems located on the roof. Stuff happened. Things moved without obvious external effect. Sounds (including a scream) would burst forth without cause. Then there was the just freaky way you felt up there. Maybe if there are abandoned radio tower around, they are abandoned for good reason.