Is anyone into radios?

[Jester983 0]

Recently I have gotten into CB (citizens band) radio. So i was wondering if anyone here was into that stuff.

[Warin 0]

Breaker 1-9...

How... 70's of you

Up here, CB radios generally wind up being used by the same category of person who..if they played computer games... would describe themselves as '1337'

If you are really interested in learning a lot more about radios and having more normal people to talk to, look into ham radios. They have some great new 'no code rquired' licenses, so you dont need to learn morse code

[Jester983 0]

Yea my friend's dad is into those, and your right you hear the wierdest people on the CB. Mostly they are nice if they talk to ya. But there are some guys....Oh boy wierd/dont shut up/cant even figure out what they are saying.

My friend's dad thats into hams told me a funny story and keeps reminding me of it. He said when he was a kid CB was brand new and everyone wanted one. So he he got one but didnt have enough money to buy an atenna. So he jerry rigged one up with coat hangers. He said worked like a charm. Then one day the some guys came out and told him he couldnt do that with the coat hangers. So he stopped for a bit and went back to it like a week or so later. He said every Monday night he had people over listeining to his CB. Then over the years it got kinda trashed so he switched to HAMs.

Its fun for car trips too. If you have a like 2 cars following each other.  Then its fun to have one in each to tell the other of crashes, slow downs, where to turn off etc etc. Someday id like a HAM radio, but they cost quite a bit of money.

[Jester983 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Warin @ July 20 2002,09:19)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Breaker 1-9...<span id='postcolor'>

Actually youd be surprised that I havent heard any trucker talk. I went on a 7 hour drive and nothing. I felt Disappointed.

[pathfinder 0]

Yeah I got some CB's around. They saved my butt in the winter many a time. I used to get some monster skip and could talk to people in other states. But I had a little problem with my ground and it fried the transmit. Now I can only transmit a mile or two but I still receive just fine. Most of my stuff is kinda old and has a little more power than modern made cb's. But I only use the base setup when theres a bad winter storm ,the truckers are better at telling road conditions than the news

But I use mobil/handheld units when out in the woods with friends.

[Jester983 0]

I get skip sometimes too but i cant talk to people in another state. Pathfinder are you into HAM radios at all?

[cybrid 0]

Whats a HAM radio?

[Cloney 0]

I like Ham, boiled ham is good.

I remeber listening to radio broadcasts from Cuba last winter. It was cool. I don't remember what kind of radio and such.

[Jester983 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (cybrid @ July 21 2002,06:11)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Whats a HAM radio?<span id='postcolor'>

Think of a walkie talkie that you played with when you were really young. The kind that you have to be really close to each other to talk too. Now imagine a better looking one but 8x better. I keep forgetting what HAM stands for. My friend's dad has alot of HAM radios and his little hand helds can get out about 120 miles if he hits repeaters.

Now cloney, i believe you were listeining to a HAM. Maybe im wrong though.

[Warin 0]

Ham: a poor operator. A 'plug

I assume that means someone with an amateur rig of some sort that doesnt have the skill/power of someone in the employ of one of the telegraph companies. That's the definition of the word given in G. M. Dodge's 'The Telegraph Instructor' even before radio.

As for what Cloney was listening to, that was likely Short Wave. Sues some of the same frequencies but it's more of a recevie only thing.

[pathfinder 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Jester983 @ July 21 2002,02:59)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I get skip sometimes too but i cant talk to people in another state. Pathfinder are you into HAM radios at all?<span id='postcolor'>

Nope , I never got intrested HAM's. Although I knew a guy who did. He worked for the FCC so it was second nature to him. But I'll stick to CB's and walkietalk for my shortrange comm needs. Out where I live everyone has handheld motorola sets, it can be a life saver during hunting season.

It's always fun to talk to city folk(wow am I a hick or what) who are hunting for the first time ,and are totally lost

[Jester983 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (pathfinder @ July 22 2002,03:39)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">It's always fun to talk to city folk(wow am I a hick or what) who are hunting for the first time ,and are totally lost <span id='postcolor'>

lol. People here are usually pretty nice. Although i just talk to my friend mostly. What kind of hunting do you go for? Ducks? Or just anything thats out?

[pathfinder 0]

I only hunt deer. But I also fish some.

Around here ,a few people keep their FRSunits on all the time.

As some people(AKA muddrunner noobs) think running an ATV through the woods is cool ,until they end up under their ATV with a broken leg. Lucky for that dude a friend of mine was talking to his son with a frs-walkie and heard his call for help, he helped the guy befor he went into shock.

When the woods are full of deer hunters it's kinda fun to listen to city dudes who never hunted befor complaining to others in their hunting party over the radio about being lost

[EveronVetsAgainstTheWar 1]

My friend and I want a pair of walky-talkies. Not the crappy kind we had when were were 8, but a decent pair for all sorts of adventures.

How much would than run us? Any suggestions of what to get? I started researching this stuff but was totally lost.

[PitViper 0]

Here are some of my personal faves

[Warin 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (residuum @ July 22 2002,19:34)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">My friend and I want a pair of walky-talkies.  Not the crappy kind we had when were were 8, but a decent pair for all sorts of adventures.  

How much would than run us?  Any suggestions of what to get?  I started researching this stuff but was totally lost. <span id='postcolor'>

Look into FRS radios.

They are license free and have a 2 mile or so range.

They have ones with GPS's built in, an those look really really cool

[Jester983 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (residuum @ July 22 2002,19:34)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">My friend and I want a pair of walky-talkies.  Not the crappy kind we had when were were 8, but a decent pair for all sorts of adventures.  

How much would than run us?  Any suggestions of what to get?  I started researching this stuff but was totally lost. <span id='postcolor'>

It depends on what you're looking for. What kind of adventures are you planning to go on? Hiking? It also depends on how much you want to pay for them. If you want a good pair i recommend CB (citizen band radios) lil pricey but you can sometimes find a good deal on them. The FRS work but really dont get the true 2 miles. CB can supposedly get 5 but i really dont think thats true either.

It all depends where you're at and the type of weather and things that can get in the way of transmissions. If you are by water they work even better because the radio waves bounce off the water instead of the normal ground soaking them up. Its a lil hard to understand a first but once you get into them its quite fun.