Ham Radio 2.0 Coverage of Low-band Channels for GMRS

[WRTC928]

11 hours ago, Lscott said:

Been there about 12 to 15 years back. Had a minor rotor cuff tear in the tendon. Got surgery to stitch up the tear, doc put in an anchor to reattach the torn section to the bone and clean off some bone spurs. I wrecked the shoulder at the gym while using the upright seated bench press machine. Yeah, it hurt like an SOB when it happened too. Then the shoulder “popped” just a fraction of a second after I felt the stretching sensation. When home offer that. Basically couldn’t lift my right arm.

It took about 6 months of PT just to get back normal range of motion. Then another 6 months to a year building the strength back up.

Yeah, I'd like to get back to lifting weights, but I don't want anything like that to happen. I'm going to be careful with it for quite some time.

[WRUU653]

35 minutes ago, WRTC928 said:

Yeah, I'd like to get back to lifting weights, but I don't want anything like that to happen. I'm going to be careful with it for quite some time.

I'll chime in on this too (thus turning it into an official ham rag chew, lol).  I also went through this about seven years ago, full tear of the shoulder and a full and a partial for the wrist. The wrist still gives me the most grief. Physical therapy is key. It can be difficult but stick with it. Being carefull with it is a good call, I have found there are limits to what I can put the shoulder through and pushed it hard once last year and was sure I had F'd it up again, though it went back to it's new normal after a couple of weeks. I guess I'm not in my 20's anymore. Wishing you a good recovery. 73's

[Lscott]

3 hours ago, WRTC928 said:

Yeah, I'd like to get back to lifting weights, but I don't want anything like that to happen. I'm going to be careful with it for quite some time.

Yeah, wait until your knee gives out and have it replaced. It makes the shoulder work look like a walk in the park.

[WRTC928]

1 hour ago, Lscott said:

Yeah, wait until your knee gives out and have it replaced. It makes the shoulder work look like a walk in the park.

I've had a hip joint replaced, but recovery from that wasn't actually too bad. Hopefully, I'll never need a knee replacement.

[Lscott]

4 minutes ago, WRTC928 said:

I've had a hip joint replaced, but recovery from that wasn't actually too bad. Hopefully, I'll never need a knee replacement.

One of the guys I talk to at the gym had his done I think at the beginning of July. I'm waiting to see if he starts back at the gym. I expected he would be out for at least 2 months for rehab. 

My knee rehab sucked until I got back to a regular gym work out. The exorcise bike and working on leg strength worked wonders. I think I made more progress in a few weeks than a few months at PT.

[marcspaz]

We should schedule a 0700 breakfast meet up at the County Hospital cafeteria! We need to wear hats with our call signs and or favorite PT t-shirt. LoL

[Lscott]

3 hours ago, marcspaz said:

We should schedule a 0700 breakfast meet up at the County Hospital cafeteria! We need to wear hats with our call signs and or favorite PT t-shirt. LoL

Maybe we should start a thread about Hemorrhoids. 

[BoxCar]

2 minutes ago, Lscott said:

Maybe we should start a thread about Hemorrhoids. 

Or bunions

[amaff]

This is the most ham radio this GMRS forum has ever looked 

[WRPT980]

On 8/22/2025 at 3:23 PM, marcspaz said:

 

Mike already identified many frequencies that are in unused sections of spectrum with zero active licenses nor tech that would use the space. So, there is no one nor any company with valid grounds (standing) to contest the reallocation of the frequencies. 

I LIKE MIKE..SUCH A GREAT GUY!

[WRTC928]

On 8/23/2025 at 12:33 PM, WRTC928 said:

I've been trying for months to get an antenna mast up outdoors, but it's one thing after another. Most recently I had shoulder surgery and won't be able to lift anything heavy for several months. Right now, I'm using a mag mount on a pizza plate, so crossbanding won't give me much more than I get from my HT. If I had a good antenna on a 40' mast, I might find a use for crossbanding. 

So...I finally healed enough to put up a 36' mast with a Comet CX-333 antenna on it. Tonight, I used crossband to talk from my truck on UHF 12 miles to the radio at my home which then connected to a VHF repeater 30 miles away. Due to the terrain, I couldn't have covered the 42 miles directly from my truck to the repeater. Pretty cool!