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3 hours ago, nokones said:
The proposed legislation in Pennsylvania does not target two-way mobile and handheld radio users. If you think it does, you need to reread the proposed bill and point out where it prohibits the use of two-way mobile radios. The proposed legislation is pretty clear with the definitions of what is prohibited/ restricted.
It's no longer proposed. It has passed. It is just waiting for the governor's signature.
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The latest bill that has now passed, includes the following after a definition of
"interactive wireless communications device"
The bill can be read here: https://legiscan.com/PA/text/SB37/2023
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On 5/21/2024 at 8:36 PM, n2877 said:
All I can say is I have learned a lot from him and I think his videos are great. Just like with Ham Radio Crash Course.
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkI have as well. He gives information without prejudice, and without being condescending, and does it in a fun way. HIs advice is practical and not elitist.
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On 5/21/2024 at 4:20 PM, WRXB215 said:
Don Rickles made a very nice career insulting people. I hear he was a nice guy in real life.
Yep, Rickles was known to be a very nice guy. A friend of mine, another comic, used to hang out at a club in New York when she was little. Her dad was a musician and played in the city. She would go with him and got permission to watch the comics. One night the doorman told her she couldn't come in anymore, and he was a little harsh because someone was watching him, and he wasn't supposed to let her in. She went outside and cried. She told me an old man came bay to go into the club, and knelt down and asked her what was wrong. She told him and the man told her he would take care of it. The man talked to the doorman, and told him she was coming in with him, and he had the doorman promise to let her in to watch whenever she wanted. She had no idea who he was at that age, but it was Don Rickles. She is now a professional comic, and that moment was very special to her, and had a real influence on her career.
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3 hours ago, WRXP381 said:
Sooo I won’t be able to read the news paper check sports stats and talk on the radio all at the same time? I was a school bus driver and dispatcher for a many years. If you had any idea how dangerous that was to have professional drivers talking in the radio and driving you would want this to pass. I totally agree with not being allowed to use your radio while driving. I hope it passes. People can’t drive let alone use a radio and drive. Now if all people would drive like normal and every one would slow down and pay attention then great but with all the new generation of selfish morons behind the wheel all in a huge hurry to go no where I agree. I think cell phones should be required to go in the trunk, not even passengers. Now I also don’t think this will help stop or slow down accidents at all.
No, people want to be able to talk into a mic, and no, we don't want it to pass.
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5 minutes ago, WRZH847 said:
I'm new to GMRS!
Is there a table that translates "DPL" to "DCS"?
Context - local open repeater says tone in 156 DPL and tone out 156 DPL and my radio (GMRS PRO) has DCS codes, not DPL.
My radio has: DCS-156N/265I
Is that the same thing?
When I tried this code my radio went silent .. so I'm guessing that its not right.
It's my understanding is that DPL is Motorola's name for DCS.
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35 minutes ago, WSAK691 said:
You did? That's a strange coincidence.. Can we see your signal generator and radio-lab? You just happened to do a head-to-head of two radios that surely nobody would buy at once, but is the topic of this discussion..?
Hilarious, you obviously do not know anything about who you are talking to.
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1 hour ago, Jarrow said:
So the CCRs say no external antennae of any kind, not even a satellite dish unless approved first. Since our house is one the first few being built, I’m guessing it’s gonna be a big fat “N-O” haha. Oh well, best case is the house has an RV bay with a 16-foot ceiling so maybe I can put one inside unless that’s basically pointless. I think we’ll just use our handheld radios for now(KG-905Gs w/ Nagoya 771G antennas) and try out that repeater that’s literally only a couple miles away in Star.
Thank you all for sharing your time, knowledge and experience with me. Very much appreciated!
Just so you know, an HOA, or even a municipality cannot regulate satellite dish antennas under one meter in diameter unless you are in Alaska where you can have any size antenna. This does not apply to other services though. There are safety related things that can be regulated, even then they cannot require prior approval. "A valid enforceable placement preference should not contain prohibited provisions such as prior approval or require professional installation. " Here is the FCC page with all the information. https://www.fcc.gov/media/over-air-reception-devices-rule
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On 4/2/2024 at 10:34 PM, OffRoaderX said:
Warning: Do NOT listen to the "experts" that love to spend your money - for occasional tuning/testing of your antenna you do NOT NEED a $500+ SWR meter.
Normal people use inexpensive meters like the Surecom SW-33 or SW-102, and they work just fine.
If you plan on testing/tuning antennas professionally or as some kind of a hobby, then by all means get one that costs much more and is *slightly* more accurate.
I take offense to that. I use a Surecom SW-102 and I'm not normal.
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1 hour ago, Sshannon said:
That protects the base of the mount, but isn’t effective at protecting your paint. The vinyl will still move against the car’s painted surface, maybe even easier than the rubber.
Iron dust (which is everywhere because 5% of the earth’s crust is iron) will be attracted to the magnet through the vinyl and can become embedded into the vinyl where it will abrade the paint.
If the vinyl is stuck to the paint then it becomes the sacrificial surface that the mount grinds against.It is much easier on the paint than what was originally on the base, and it can be easily removed and replaced when necessary. I have been using this for many years on different vehicles for various applications, and as I stated, the vinyl is attached to the base, not the paint of the car. Alternately you could apply the film to the roof of the vehicle, which is actually what it is designed for anyway. I have some attached to the paint of a motorcycle to prevent paint damage where something rubs against it. It comes off easily.
The base originally had a very thing plastic/vinyl covering, not rubber, so this isn't really different, and with a 6 inch tall antenna, it isn't moving while driving. The only time it moves is when I try to remove it.
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I used 3M clear paint surface protection vinyl film. I applied it to the base of the magnet mount, trimmed around most of the base, leaving a wide section about an inch or so long one side, then folded the tail over to make it double thickness to be used as something to grab when removing the antenna. Also keep the paint under it well waxed.
And it looks like I need to remove and clean it and the car once the weather breaks.
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13 hours ago, Sshannon said:
If you caved in to us “Karens”, what does that make you?
Management.
- WRZV282, SteveShannon and WRHS218
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20 hours ago, WRXP381 said:
You should come out to California. We have a club that basically every member of the club gets well over 30miles with a hand held. And this is in Southern California urban areas. It’s again about line or site and antenna height and quality. This junk about hand helds only getting 2 miles is total junk. It’s 2 miles to my mail box and I can run a small 2” antenna and be on low power and still talk ht-ht with full quieting. Heck even my 5w hand held hooked up to a comet 712 does over 30miles full quieting. Pm me for real info. I’m done talking to these guys.
Gee, come to Western Pennsylvania. In many places you will get a mile or less. Valley to the other side of the hill doesn't work too well, neither does parking lot through buildings and trees. Of course it's about antenna height. I would need an 80 foot or taller tower to get more than two miles. When I am on a high hilltop, about three miles away, I can talk to my wife in the house using a mobile to a handheld. I can barely hit a repeater about 7 miles away from my house using a handheld, but not well enough to talk. They have a hight tower on a hill though. I can walk with a handheld to a cemetery near my house, and lose the ability to talk to my wife on another handheld about a half mile away. I'm in a valley, it's all about terrain and antenna height, coupled with trees and buildings, in other words, what everyone has been saying.
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11 hours ago, OffRoaderX said:
It does, but in most cases most normal people would not notice.. It is MUCH better at filtering out noise/static/bleed-over though, which you WILL notice.
Good to know, thanks!
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The Wouxun may have a more sensitive receiver, but I cannot confirm that. I have the first generation of the BTECH, but if I were buying new today, I would go with the Wouxun. I bought the BTECH at a good price from someone here on the forum. It is well worth the price I paid, but the Wouxun wasn't on my radar at the time.
Keep in mind the Wouxun has a detachable faceplate, giving it more installation options.
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It never was about cost cutting, nor did the manufacturers cite that as a reason. Most want to remove it due to the problem with interference, Ford want to get rid of AM in electric and gas powered cars. I am sure part of the reason Ford wants to do that, is to standardize between the electric vehicles not having AM radio, and their gas powered counterparts, not as they claim, simply modernizing.
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20 hours ago, OffRoaderX said:
It is my understanding (which is open to correction by others) that your SWR affects your transmission far greater than reception. But I am unclear if the correct word is affects or effects..
In this case it is affects. You can affect a change, that will have an effect.
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I don't know, without the FCC I can see all sorts of issues related to interference of aviation communications, not a good thing. Interference with police communications, railroad, emergency medical communications, etc. They also oversee and regulate spurious emissions from electronic devices. Are you sure you want a free for all?
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21 hours ago, Kdcstks said:
What a DICK
Sorry, I don't agree. He simply made a joke about the thread title. His joke was funny, and not offensive. Your response however, was, in calling someone a DICK. I clicked on the thread expecting it to be about someone other people on the forum might know, perhaps asking if anyone had heard from Terry, or maybe if anyone thought a product or service someone named Terry offered was worthwhile, or maybe letting people know Terry had passed away. Nope, just a post asking a question about a radio. Good question, bad thread title, which I am sure was not intentional on your part.
Thread titles are used so people know what the thread is about. Calling someone a DICK for making a joke about a thread title that doesn't come close to describing what the thread was about is an emotional knee-jerk reaction. Maybe take a second to breathe and rethink. ONce again, I believe your mis-named thread was not intentional, but it did nothing to tell anyone what your thread was about, hence the joke.
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Put a dab of grease on them and all will be well.
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