Subj : Re: Wannbe HAM
To   : JIMMY ANDERSON
From : Tony Langdon
Date : Tue Sep 20 2016 08:12 am

-=> JIMMY ANDERSON wrote to TONY LANGDON <=-

 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

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

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

Really? :P


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