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AdmiralCochrane

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  1. AdmiralCochrane
    I wouldn't be too afraid of that. Pretty sure you would have to read and understand the manual or find the right YouTube video. Probably as likely as randomly hitting the tone by guessing.
  2. AdmiralCochrane
    A lot of new radios have automatic tone ID. If both tones are the same, they only need to be within receiving range of the repeater. If the tones are different (or only input), they would have to be within range of someone transmitting to the repeater, but it is automated these days. No longer necessary to just quess.
  3. AdmiralCochrane
    Will you notice a difference in the antennas? At normal effective GMRS fars, probably not. Going for super extended mountain top to mountain top with antennas out of polarization angle agreement, yes.
  4. AdmiralCochrane
    Yes, it's clunky. Same reason for purchase.
  5. AdmiralCochrane
    Sorry to hear about the poison oak. First time I got it was from running a motorcycle off the pavement and ended up under the bike in a ditch full of poison ivy. I had to clear a LOT of poison ivy last weekend and ended up with a piece inside the work gloves I was wearing. 67 years old and it still only gave me a single small blister were I had a repeated hard contact. Doesn't mean I won't break out into a bad rash the next time.
  6. AdmiralCochrane
    I found out I could get rebuilt Aouye soldering stations cheap.
  7. AdmiralCochrane
    Separate pricing for dots. I ain't stupid.
  8. AdmiralCochrane
    I sell punctuation cheap. Contact me for pricing.
  9. AdmiralCochrane
    Be warned, where to get the best pizza seems to bring out hams on 2m repeaters. Congrats. Got for General ASAP, it is no harder to do than Tech and there is overlap in the question pool, you could already accidentally pass it on a lucky day.
  10. AdmiralCochrane
    I carried Noalox on my HVAC service van for decades.
  11. AdmiralCochrane
    I used my 220 radio twice today
  12. AdmiralCochrane
    WMPT is cranking a meg these days. If I recall correctly, they had a temporary experimental licensed increase to 2 for a few months. My father bought a beam/yagi so far back I don't remember not having it. Probably on advice from my godfather who was a navy radio tech in the very early 1960's.
  13. AdmiralCochrane
    Don't tell the EME guys that. Well, maybe they fit "very unusual circumstances" LOL
  14. AdmiralCochrane
    "With ease" is a stretch as well. I remember reading these in real time.
  15. AdmiralCochrane
    I believe I have a set here, but haven't used them in a couple of years
  16. AdmiralCochrane
    As I understand it, that is to the physical visible horizon, but RF propagation usually follows the curvature of the Earth some fraction beyond the visible horizon.
  17. AdmiralCochrane
    I believe the original question was in regards to HT operation. 50w 2m SSB is way off from HT operation. Yes, I have hit a repeater on Long Island from southern Bowie when 2m ducting was present.
  18. AdmiralCochrane
    I have never made a 65cm, 70cm, 1.25m or 2m simplex contact more than 13 miles. All of my 5-13 mile contacts were with 50 watts.
  19. AdmiralCochrane
    My wife tolerates my radios and ham activity because her favorite uncle was a ham. Computer stuff and tools, any tools, on the other hand, are her favorite things in the world including stuff we aren't allowed to talk about here. I spend money on that stuff and she is happy.
  20. AdmiralCochrane
    That's one of my everyday radios.
  21. AdmiralCochrane
    BINGO
  22. AdmiralCochrane
    Regular. Learn to ignore it or use the forum function.
  23. AdmiralCochrane
    I agree, not even close to needing intervention. 50 years ago I had a CB and Radio Shack scanner in my car.
  24. AdmiralCochrane
    I learned to solder stuff from 0 gage battery cables down to 24 gage bell wire, but SMT stuff puts me in awe. I have removed some surface mount components, but never replaced or installed anything. I guess I need to watch some videos. I did tour a facility that made their own circuit boards and saw some components smaller than a flake of ground pepper. That stuff is sorcery
  25. AdmiralCochrane
    Some just like to type and hit enter even when it is irrelevant to the conversation. It may be due something they need to have fulfilled. I do agree, the ignore function works to eliminate material that shouldn't be present to begin with.
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