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echo: amateur_radio
to: TONY LANGDON
from: JIMMY ANDERSON
date: 2016-09-19 22:23:00
subject: Re: Wannbe HAM

-=> Tony Langdon wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-

 JA> I helped with a local club's 'car parking' volunteer work at a tractor
 JA> pull recently. We all used HT's on simplex. We could have done with
 JA> something like that but we all own HT's anyway, and we're legal to use
 JA> the 'real' frequencies. LOL

 TL> Yeah, ham radio works if everyone has a ticket.  In my case, I'm often
 TL> the only licensed ham, so UHF CB is a better fit for our needs.  CTCSS
 TL> or DCS work well to keep any passing signals out of our speakers.
 TL> Interference is generally not a problem, because of our relatively
 TL> close distance.

Understood. And that's kinda what MURS is for (no license needed).

 JA> ... Taglines? We don't need no stinking Taglines!

 TL> Really? :P

Yep - made that one up myself back in the 90's.

 TL> ... Elvis has left the echo.

Could have sworn I made that one up too, but not 100% positive...


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