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AdmiralCochrane

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  1. CB is definitely not dead in my area, but there is risk of reduction of IQ by listening for any extended period. Also suprised by the number of freebanders running amplifiers
  2. No reason except for Line A
  3. I never heard of this. Designated by who?
  4. Dang, time for a 2fer
  5. For ham, but this thread was about turn around for GMRS
  6. Do both. (Is there an echo in here, in here, in here?)
  7. I think you are incorrect about this. Proof is required type acceptance requirement.
  8. Per varying modes maybe, but DMR seems to be extremely popular on VHF
  9. What does that have to do with my $2500 shipment that the shipper paid $105 for Next Day delivery taking a week waiting for a full truck?
  10. Duh, #1 Amazon and cheap stuff from China, #2 preppers and offroaders (and off road preppers, LOL).
  11. Clearly you have chosen good stuff that people are having success with.
  12. https://www.eham.net/reviews/view-product?id=11197 I always check the reviews on eham.net by equipment owners. You can get a pretty good idea of what those who have the particular model think of it.
  13. FedEx took a week to deliver a Next Day shipment to me. An industry insider (ham radio friend) of mine suggests that they do not run some routes if the truck is not full. You just continually get delayed shipment notices until that route has a full truck to run it.
  14. Funny that you should mention the SRH320A ... I use it on my Kenwood TH6A.
  15. But no Jennings or Lorcins
  16. I had to think about it for a minute, but I have that antenna and have used it on all 3 bands with a UV5X3 with success. On top of a 14 story building I was able to hit a repeater 23 miles away very clearly. It's a bit long and unwieldy, but that is a trade off for all 3 bands. I only use it when I know I am going to use 1.25m
  17. That's the good one
  18. Ham radios aren't the great emergency radios seen on TV and in movies, just like it's unlikely to be able to shoot from the hip and kill all your enemies with one shot everytime. Propagation varies from various parts of the 11 year susnspot cycle to another, seasonally winter/summer, day to night and even minute to minute. The unpredictiblity is what makes it interesting, challenging and makes it into sport. Like WRQC527 says, it's tricky (but fun).
  19. Spare tire mount works well on my 21 Wrangler. All antennas and their mounts are a compromise of one sort or another. There is no one perfect antenna
  20. I think the previous answers have been accurate. I would add, reception of weaker stations (regardless of whether the other party was farther away, using less power or a poorer antenna) is CLEARER on radios with better and more expensive receiver components. My experience is based on Kenwood vs Baofeng. I still use the Baofeng on occaison, as many posted above, it has its place.
  21. Height = farz. In my opinion, 40 isn't very likely unless you can get up 300 400 ft.
  22. Apparently the ChatGTP creators endowed it with bias. How else do you explain when it answers with bogus results.
  23. Though I think this information is accurate, I have distrust for a source that is known to have deliberately fabricated sources in the past to make an answer be what it wanted people to believe when real data had other results.
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