Board:   [fsxNet] HAM
Subject: Re: Amateur Radio in the age of social distancing.
From:    Vk3jed(21:1/109)
Date:    Sun Jan 11, 2026 01:51

-=> On 04-01-20 19:26, Phoobar wrote to Vk3jed <=-

 Ph> Sounds almost like what out 60M here is. Great way for rag
 Ph> chews...until they allowed data modes on it. For all I know...they may
 Ph> have opened it up here.

Yeah, I can't see 60m being opened up here anytime soon.  HF is much more
heavily utilised by commercial and public safety users, and there's too many to
move/disrupt for a bunch of hams. :/

 Ph> Here...they didn't do bandplans...just let people buy whatever radio
 Ph> they wanted. For a while...the original 23 channels were popular since
 Ph> they weren't being built anymore & being replaced by the 40 channel
 Ph> models.

I think hee they just threw in the towel and went with the US spec, because of
the sheer number of 40 channel radios around. ;)

 Ph> When I moved out here...found my Midland 40 channel...with the
 Ph> cigarette lighter attachment to run it from. Tried to use it 10 years
 Ph> when I moved...but it was my old trusty FT-1802 2M at 50W which really
 Ph> surprised me by the coverage out in the Nevada desert of around 100
 Ph> miles on 146.520. Never had that happen since.

Decent coverage, you on a hill?


.... "All men are ignorant, just in different fields."  -- Einstein
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