Posted on 11/19/2012 7:44:28 PM PST by Kartographer
You might remember growing up with walkie talkies, well today they are called two-way radios. I remember going to Radio Shack to look at their selection of walkie talkies as a kid and always dreaming of having a high powered military set that had ranges of over a mile. Today almost all two-way radios have ranges from 1 to 2 miles and they are much smaller than the ones we had a decade or so ago. Two-way radios are very useful - they are great for long road trips when taking separate cars, on the ski slopes, at amusement parks, when hunting or camping, on backcountry hiking trips, or even in large shopping malls. Businesses can use two-way radios instead of cell phones in many situations as well. There are no per minute charges with 2-way radios which is one benefit over traditional cell phone use. Plus, if you are in the woods where cell phone don't always work, a two-way radio may just save your life. What should you look for in a two-way radio from the store? We get into two-way radio features in our buying guide down below.
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“Collins S-Line is still some of the best equipment you can get your hands on. I personally wouldn’t mind getting my hands on a Drake TR-4.”
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Collins was famous only for stability and selectivity, and yes, they were well built.
They were short on sensitivity, so Drake blew them out of the water, not just for performance, but for cost.
For a DX chaser, as I was, there was no reason at all to pay
the big premium to have a Collins.
Ping for later
BMFL
I wonder if there is an app for the droid that can take just a video image of a Morse code flash, the dot and dash flashes and then translate it into letters. I think I have an app that allows me to send morse code from my Galaxy phone using its LED light. Its pretty darn bright, if on a boat it could be seen a long ways away.
You can turn that “chirp” off (at least with Motorolas).
Check your manual. That chirp made the radios virtually useless in the deer blind - and so research showed how to accomplish this.
You can turn that “chirp” off (at least with Motorolas).
Check your manual. That chirp made the radios virtually useless in the deer blind - and so research showed how to accomplish this.
BM for reference
You didn't do anything wrong. Everyone has their own take with respect to rule #1...most agree with yours. JRF has a "...still a free country and I'll do as I please" attitude, which I admire and agree with, but living in the Detroit 'burbs, I feel I need to be a tad more cautious. I'm pretty sure JRF is off the path a ways, and that can affect how you view rule #1 a LOT.
Why attempt to shut down another voice here?
Given his views about personal liberty, I doubt if JRF would try to shut down your voice. He may not agree with you, and that's fine. As for "chest beating bravado session", I agree he comes off that way sometimes, but I'd love to have the knowledge he has on so many topics, and he's SHOULD be proud of it. I know I would be. Pretty sure he's ex-military (from his posts), and that makes him one of the good guys in my view. Also, he has provided a lot of helpful information for a great many on these threads, including me.
Nothing wrong with your post...don't take it personally.
We’ve been happy with our Cobras. We use them at the beach where we don’t want to get our cell phones all greasy - or have them stolen while we’re in the water. They work even if one of us is back in the condo.
sfl
And do you have the QSO card to prove it? =;^)
“”they” would have a list of potential holdouts (possible preppers). “
If that scares you from taking any action that benefits you then you had better sit down before reading any further.
“They” have “fusion centers”, data centers, that will target you as the type that could have radios, food, preps, firearms, LONG before you actually buy them. Your geographic location, your income, your phone calling habits, your credit card purchases, your age, your associations such including family, your home State, the foods you buy at the grocery store, the type of clothing and stores you buy them from, the car your drive, its age, type, make and model, your vehicle maintenance habits, your financial investments, account balances, your Internet usage and posting comments, etc., etc., etc., all contribute far more to whom they might target far more than simply owning a radio. Millions of GMRS radios have been sold, but that isn’t nearly the information used to determine your personality profile compared to the list I just gave you, plus about 1,000 other data points...your dog’s name and type, if you own cats, property value, property location, friends, yes, your friends and associations, miles driven to work, political registration, voting participation rate, magazine subscriptions, organizational memberships such as the NRA, gun ranges, FCC, FAA, Boy Scouts, SFA, AARP, etc., jewelry purchases, educational and training background, occupation, church membership, known skills derived by purchase history and memberships and subscriptions, etc.
“They” know more about you and what you are going to do tomorrow before you know it.
So, my advice, stand proud and be counted, scream “HELL, YES! I HAVE GUNS AND RADIOS AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS! I HOPE THAT SCARES THE HELL OUT OF YOU IDIOTS!!! BRING IT ON!!!”
Nothing wrong with your post...don't take it personally.
Your efforts at peacemaking are noble. And I only posted what I did for the benefit of those who might care, which I don't really, but he decided to make a personal attack assuming I did.
The comments about my "reputation" and calls for others to "review my posts" are nothing more than attempts to silence me by riducule and seeking people to gang up on me somehow. They have nothing to do with prepping or radios and everything to do with personal attacks. The whole thread stream between us started with his insinuating I was a coward for even bringing up the license database issue.
Frankly, I don't care if he's ex-military or not. Three of our sons are current or former military but that does not give them license to disrespect others and I would be the first to call them on it if they did. Interestingly, their military service reinforced the idea of respect for others.
This seems to be how he treats people based your comments trying to justify his behavior. Apparently I am not the only person he treats this way. He seems to use is knowledge as permission to look down his nose at others. I can gather the knowledge I need without putting up with insults.
Should I off the catz? I've always been a little suspicious of them.
/johnny
That pawing at thing repeatedly. That’s Morse-the-cat code.
It was a once in a lifetime QSO for me. Mobile, 6 meters, QRP, CW, using an old military straight key that had a leg clamp. I don't expect I'll ever be doing that again. ;)
/johnny
But I have now learned that there is also a segment of the prepper population that not only don't care, but have some type of emotional allergic response to the topic and attack anyone who mentions it.
“not only don’t care, but have some type of emotional allergic response to the topic and attack anyone who mentions it.”
No, son, we’re just realistic and don’t care to hide one itty-bitty part of ourselves as though hiding something like a radio purchase or FCC license somehow hides us from the bigger picture. We’re not children that imagine we are hiding from the world by thinking our gun and radio purchases are somehow not tracked, we know better. We know these things can easily be monitored and we choose not to fool ourselves into thinking we’re being sneaky somehow. We don’t say silly things like “lost them in a boating accident”. We don’t refuse to learn ham radio because doing so might “make a list”. Big freeping deal. I won’t go without a skill or hobby interest just to try to hide something.
So, don’t try to insult us and say we don’t care because we don’t try to hide, that’s just you trying to be cute. You might as well be a 5 year old hiding under the bed thinking mom and dad can’t find you. This isn’t a children’s game of hide-n-seek.
Those “lists”. Name one. Name a single “list”. There isn’t one. If anyone generates a list to take action you won’t hide from it. All kinds of information is stored about you. I wouldn’t need to know of a single firearm purchase to know if you have them. There are all kinds of data points collected that tells if you do.
Stop trying to hide. Stand up and be a man. Make them fear you instead of you fearing “them” all the time. As my gun shop owners says, “Hey, buy a 50, piss them off.”
An awesome feat, really. Good job.
Electrolytic caps dry up and can turn into fuses. Maybe a blanket electrolytic replacement with new would get things rolling again and help to keep the smoke inside a bit longer?
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