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Chinese Spy Baloon

its a chinese spy balloon near Pasadena

The Calif High Desert offers a lot of locations with good elevation and wide open valleys. One repeater here siting on a 4500 foot mountain top (El Paso) can talk Palmdale - Lone Pine about 160 miles (Repeater sitting about center point). I've heard people talking on this repeater on HT's standing at Whitney Portals on the same path. I think dry weather has a lot of benefit to talk distance as well.

Breaker Breaker, can you give me a 'radio check'.. just checking in - Roger Beep

He might be an old fart that needs help... Go give the gent a helping hand

i guess they make 'Dummy Antennas' for Dummies than Dummy antenna A dummy antenna is used to simulate an antenna during testing, allowing the transmitter to be adjusted without radiating radio waves and interfering with other services.42 It typically consists of a resistor that matches the impedance of the antenna or transmission line, usually 50 Ω or 75 Ω.4 The purpose of a dummy antenna is twofold: it loads (terminates) the cable from the signal generator with the characteristic impedance of the generator and coax cable, and it makes it look to the radio's antenna input as if it is being fed from a source impedance that resembles a real antenna.24 There are different types of dummy antennas, including dry dummy loads, which do not require coolant, and wet dummy loads, which use mineral oil to dissipate heat.46 For example, the Opek DL-60 is a dry dummy load designed for CB and ham radio testing, capable of handling 60 watts peak and 20 watts average power.5 A simple dummy antenna, as specified by the Radio Manufacturers Association (RMA), consists of a 0.0002 μF capacitor in series with a 20 μH RF choke, with the choke shunted by a 0.0004 μF capacitor in series with a 400 ohm non-inductive resistor.8 In some cases, a dummy antenna may include reactive elements like capacitors to block any DC voltage potential differences that could damage the equipment.

Likewise Mark.. I appreciate your opinions as well. And i admit, i have learned a lot from your post.

from what i see, most people are linking repeaters through the internet because of its simplicity and easy access to equipment. Yes, you can link via radio waves and yes that would be legal, but i doubt it is the most used approach.. So if you want my opinion on linking, i don't agree with it GMRS Linking because they are not managed systems. No frequency coordination's, no consideration to other users wanting to exercise their rights as a GMRS user. And then where i draw the line with the practice is when someone doing it is making money doing it. And yes that is happening, I've spoke with someone that admitted to it. Fortunately they are in the process of decominishing due to the rule clarification.

I've got two maybe three FRN's in my name but with different business names and addresses. I see that happening as a person responsible for FCC stuff at work. But for someone with the same name and address for personal use make no sense not to mention the headache to keep tabs on each one.

thats the 'sand box' i was pointing out

with exact info i would think the FCC would flag that with a auto response. FCC not as bright as i thought.

It's not that people don't seem to understand, it's simply 'they don't give a rat's A$$.. They seem to think there will be no consquences so they do what they do. Maybe they listen to 'some people' reinforcing their thoughts. Whatever it is,, Linking is gong to be around for a long time.. What i think is funny though, when someone sets up a new repeater in area these linking guys operate, hogging all the bandwidth and the new guy has no choice but to use one of the frequencies the linker is using and it pisses the linker operator off.. Thats when you offer the Linker a sand box. Ok. Carry On,,,,,

only if your created another FRN in your name which i think would be difficult if the information is the exact same. The FCC would have flagged that letting you know you can't create a duplicate FRN... If you have two FRN's in your name then i would say something like name spelling, address etc is different between the two.

How many across states under the same call sight? Just curious.

your options are: Whatever you can do.. But more than likely, not much of an antenna will get passed your landlords sniff test. Good Luck

the guys active with multiple repeaters have been busy the last few months based on the weekly updates... I think they got the fax Rumpicon sent out telling them the FCC doesn't fare

Voltage in your truck is defiantly too high.. Is your truck under warranty? If so, take it in. Also double check with another volt meter to compare reading in case your volt meter is whacky

Facebook Marketplace a danger zone.. A guy selling items from his home, giving one of his buyers his home address found out the hard way.. Apparently he friended a buyer one day, telling the friendly buyer all about him and his wife's upcoming two week cruise. The guy came home to a ransacked empty home. The buyers breadcrumbs on Facebook were fake.. Never caught

I haven't heard of hacking a digital system but like anything else, it's possible. But i think much more difficult for the average person with Digital when you consider hacking ' eavesdropping

yup, it's not illegal to 'program'. rather illegal to transmit on an unauthorized frequency.

I say an intentional act. Cities Counties, etc selling off old radios decommision them and clean of all programing. The guy admitted to tuning into a police frequency and also menat he had to tune in the correct PL tones. A few years ago the same thing happened in our community. After about two days a squad of Hams assisting the cops were able to zero in on the offender. The FCC in this case was notified after they nailed the guy and according to the news accounts, the FCC handled the problem.. Now days with Public Safety going all digital its almost impossible to breach their systems.

that would be an interesting one to look up.. Hmmm Alias name? is that legal?

adjust the squelch level on the receiving radios for the specific channels.