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![]() "Frank Gilliland" wrote in message ... On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 09:05:21 -0600, "Chad Wahls" wrote in : "Frank Gilliland" wrote in message news ![]() And 4 watts on Ch. 9 will reach 10 miles without a problem if you have a decent antenna because there is very little noise on the channel. So I don't see your reasons as justification for an amp. No noise on channel 9!?!?!? Have you listened to ch9 lately? Seems that ch 9 lately has been the telemundo of CB!!!!! Is this Mexico's calling channel? Chad I monitor Ch. 9. It's pretty quiet around my parts. Since it's noisy where you are, how does the noise compare with the rest of the band? I'm on really flat land, first off, we're talkin' REALLY FLAT, that may make a difference. I usually get pelted by the normal ch6, ch11 everything else is fairly quiet down there except 19, which is obvious. I started monotoring ch 9 on the bench while doing repairs, I stopped when I could not listen to music because the spanish gibberish and swearing was too much for the squelch to keep it down for effective safety monotoring. Same thing happened in the pickup with just a 3' Firestik and the former cheapo cobra, so I know it's not my "amazing" base antenna ![]() the right spot, where are you located Frank? I'm in Central Illinois. Pretty far away from Mexico or other spanish speaking countries. Chad |
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![]() "Frank Gilliland" wrote in message ... On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 05:26:25 GMT, "Landshark" wrote in : "Frank Gilliland" wrote in message . .. snip If you are getting that much interference in a radio dead-zone then it isn't much of a radio dead-zone, is it? And if the other end of your comm can't seperate your fundamental from all the QRM then just how 'remote' is this place? Doesn't seem that remote to me. It sounds like you are just making excuses. Your more than welcome to go fishing, hunting, 4 wheeling with me and bring your cell. It might be usefull for telling time but useless to talk on in some places that I frequent. You obviously live in an area with great cell coverage. I do not. You are looking for excuses to argue. On the contrary, it is -you- that is making excuses to run illegally. If you are in a radio dead-zone then how does your signal get out at all? It won't. I live in Spokane, WA. I have worked with a couple logging companies in both the Cascades and Rockies (which is why I mentioned those two mountain ranges previously). You can bet that there are places where comm sucks. There are large areas where there is no cell phone coverage, at least not officially. But at those altitudes, all you need to do is climb up to a peak with a 3-watt phone and you can easily hit a cell tower 50 miles away. If you don't believe me, take note of a recent incident on Mt. Rainier where a climber was rescued after contacting a hunter 40 miles away with his FRS. And if you are in a canyon or deep valley, it doesn't matter how much power you run, there's nothing you can do on radio unless you have VLF or satellite. Well Frank, you know I off road a lot, and there are times where both Ham & cb freqs will work, with a little extra help and cells don't work worth the powder to blow them up. I found that digital phones are far more fussy than their old analog predecessors. And some services just plain suck for coverage. I was at a Bronco event in Ariz, we were between canyon walls, doing some serious rock crawling, one rig was trying to traverse the 6.5" rock wall. Well he broke his spring perch, nobody had a portable welder on them. Got on the radio, his rig was stock, another person had a rig with a 100 watts, fired it up, got a hold a someone a couple miles away. Well now you have been reading this group long enough to know that there could be a multitude of reasons why that is. I might be inclined to believe that terrain was a factor if I knew that the stock radio was working properly and had a good..... hold the phone: he busted his suspension on a 6.5" rock wall? What were these rigs -- RC cars? No, bad typing, 6.5'. 2 rigs out of 5 made it up without being winched. Only one rig got the most damage ( the one with broken perch's). Well one rig had a cobra radio, can't remember the model with a 102". It was working fine in my opinion, got out good to the camp most of the time when at altitude. The other radio's seemed to work ok, I remember when we went ahead and were on top of the trail, we heard them just fine. He wheeled in and welded up the spring perch. We could've hiked up to a point and got a cell signal, but back at the camp, cell signals were non existent, so the radio came to work better. Now I too am also fast becoming a believer in sat phones, almost anywhere you can get a signal, just like the sat radio (XM) which I subscribed too now. I don't have much interest in XM -- takes the fun out of long trips. I actually enjoy fiddling with the radio, finding local stations and hearing what's going on in the town I'm passing through. But I'm rapidly losing interest in that, too, now that most of the stations are controlled by the broadcast monopolies and sound pretty much the same. Just curious, can you get AM local advisory stations with an XM radio? On my Pioneer, XM is like the Aux mode, so you can switch between regular & XM with a push of the button. As for "local", it depends on which station your listening too at the time ![]() Landshark -- Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you will help them become what they are capable of becoming. |
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On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 08:15:34 -0600, "Chad Wahls"
wrote in : snip I'm on really flat land, first off, we're talkin' REALLY FLAT, that may make a difference. I usually get pelted by the normal ch6, ch11 everything else is fairly quiet down there except 19, which is obvious. I started monotoring ch 9 on the bench while doing repairs, I stopped when I could not listen to music because the spanish gibberish and swearing was too much for the squelch to keep it down for effective safety monotoring. Same thing happened in the pickup with just a 3' Firestik and the former cheapo cobra, so I know it's not my "amazing" base antenna ![]() the right spot, where are you located Frank? I'm in Central Illinois. Pretty far away from Mexico or other spanish speaking countries. I'm in the Columbia Basin. Pretty quiet, although we do get skip from California and Mexico from time to time. Occasionally Alberta, too. The east coast comes in low and steady, but nothing from the midwest. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 08:15:34 -0600, "Chad Wahls"
wrote in : snip I'm on really flat land, first off, we're talkin' REALLY FLAT, that may make a difference. I usually get pelted by the normal ch6, ch11 everything else is fairly quiet down there except 19, which is obvious. I started monotoring ch 9 on the bench while doing repairs, I stopped when I could not listen to music because the spanish gibberish and swearing was too much for the squelch to keep it down for effective safety monotoring. Same thing happened in the pickup with just a 3' Firestik and the former cheapo cobra, so I know it's not my "amazing" base antenna ![]() the right spot, where are you located Frank? I'm in Central Illinois. Pretty far away from Mexico or other spanish speaking countries. I'm in the Columbia Basin. Pretty quiet, although we do get skip from California and Mexico from time to time. Occasionally Alberta, too. The east coast comes in low and steady, but nothing from the midwest. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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"I Am Not George" wrote in message
m... "DR. Death" wrote in message ... "Frank Gilliland" wrote in message ... Not all hams are rude. On the contrary, most hams that I have met are quite agreeable. They are people, just like everyone else. And I don't know why you wouldn't like ham radio when that is basically what you are doing already on the 'freeband'. The only difference is that you would be doing it legally. Does that take the fun out of it for you? No it doesn't. It may very well be fun. In fact there are a lot of good things I would like about ham radio, mostly the tech side. I didn't state all hams are bad, just the ones I have talked to, they tend to treat C.B.ers as second class citizens and I won't be a part of that. S o your going to let a few hams who look down on cbers stop you from getting a license? ,,you give up too easy is the real problem I think. Give up? When did I start? I have been a C.B.er for 30+ years. I can count on 1 hand the number of hams that have not slammed me for being a C.B.er. I won't turn my back on a hobby I love and join the ranks of those that feel they were gifted by God with their ham ticket. |
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"DR. Death" wrote in message
... .... I can count on 1 hand the number of hams that have not slammed me for being a C.B.er. zackly I won't turn my back on a hobby I love and join the ranks of those that feel they were gifted by God with their ham ticket. zackly -Dr.X |
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"I Am Not George" wrote in message
. .. "Dr.X" wrote "DR. Death" wrote in message ... ... I can count on 1 hand the number of hams that have not slammed me for being a C.B.er. zackly I won't turn my back on a hobby I love and join the ranks of those that feel they were gifted by God with their ham ticket. zackly -Dr.X did they slam you before or after you told them you operated out of band and would never give that up Is it my news reader or is it that you don't know how to participate in a news group discussion? It seems that your replies end up in odd places. The thread is thata-way --- Anywayz, I find that most hams that look down on CB'rs don't wait to find out what set of frequencies the CBr prefers. I was told I was CB trash back when I first keyed a radio at the age of 12. The ham never even knew me. He just happend to be next door wroking (10m I'll guess) when my freind and I hung a 1/4 wave whip out my 2nd floor window, switched to channel 14 said "breaker". He was a dick back then, if he's still alive he's probably a dick today, and if he's a troll, he's probably trolling this group being a dick right now. Who knows, maybe if it weren't for so many dicks like him, there'd be more licensed hams. -Dr.X |
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"Dr.X" wrote:
"I Am Not George" wrote in message . .. "Dr.X" wrote "DR. Death" wrote in message ... ... I can count on 1 hand the number of hams that have not slammed me for being a C.B.er. zackly I won't turn my back on a hobby I love and join the ranks of those that feel they were gifted by God with their ham ticket. zackly -Dr.X did they slam you before or after you told them you operated out of band and would never give that up Is it my news reader or is it that you don't know how to participate in a news group discussion? It seems that your replies end up in odd places. The thread is thata-way --- He's google ****ed. ![]() |
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