kd5kuf
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Thanks guys, I really appreciate it. I will contact Garmin - that's a good idea. Unfortunately I just loaded the entire City Navigator US and Canada on the 2gig card, so it's unlikely that they'll need to load maps on it
I have managed to hold it together pretty well through all this, but AlabamaRambler, that note literally put tears in my eyes. Thank you so much. Hopefully I can figure something out, or use my wretched GPS38 until I can scrape together enough cash for a new one. The 60csx was such an amzingly sweet unit that I can't imagine using anything else. I hadn't even had it for a week! Maybe it's time to sell the fender guitar I've been holding on to for nearly 20 years!
sbell: I guess I could try and use the 38, but man that's gonna suck after the 60! Still, victims can't be choosers
I don't have any renter's insurance, sadly. No health insurance either, so I'm kinda waiting to see what happens with the ankle, which I know isn't too smart.Why not, when you are able to get around again, take your old GPS and some friends and go back and see what bush or hole the kids hid that new GPS in when they realized it was useless to them and would only get them caught? As long as not broken or the LCD sun cooked it should be just fine even left outdoors for a while.
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With a technician license, you can operate on frequences 50MHz and up, which is what most people operate on.
Now Technicians can also operate on 10m on 28.300-28.500 USB and 28.100-28.300 CW and the Novice/Tech Plus CW portions on the lower bands. The CW test is no more, Upgrading is written testing only now. The General Class test pool changes next month. Will be harder.
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I photographed something strange while doing looking for a cache on a Sunday Morning. I took a picture of a hawk flying around the area and noticed something else on the picture when I viewed it on my computer. Since there is an Air Force Base a few miles from the cache location I assumed it was something from the base, but I sure don't know what it is from the picture. No reports of "strange crafts" in the news that day, but I do remember Jets flying about before I took the picture. Any Ideas?
That's a ticked off mama bird driving away the hawk. Better luck next time.
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If any one has tips on how to get rid of it let me know.
This won't cure it, but may relieve and ease the symptoms (itching and burning) enough to help you sleep. Take as hot a bath or shower as you can comfortably stand and along with Benadryl, it will reduce the histamines in your skin to ease the discomfort. This actually helps with many kinds of routine allergy problems by burning up histamine (what antihistamines do) but consult a doctor if it is an acute reaction or you are prone to life threatening reactions. Forget the home remedies in that case.
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KD5KUF, Joe and my girlfriend KE5NEL, Brenda, her username here=CanWin
NW Arkansas
Both of us good on QRZ.com
73
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Or I suppose they could get licensed for general or above and go hang out on certain 75m or 20m frequencies where they'd feel right at home.
Sad to say that is true. Once in, it is hard to root them back out. But I have made some good friendly contacts on 75m and 20m too. I just listen for a good while before trying to join into a QSO or I catch some DX. I try to avoid the channel kings who think anyone else needs their permission to use their frequency or 10khz either side, even if its been dead air for the last 10 minutes or more. If it has been more than 10 minutes since I heard a voice and/or an ID then the frequency is open as far as I'm concerned.
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Sorry computer timed out and I duplicate posted.
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With 0.5 W on my handheld, while standing atop Foymount (elev, I carried on a QSO with a guy about 80 km away. He was using four stacked 13-element yagis
Well we know which station was doing all the work, but it just goes to show that almost anything is possible if conditions and circumstances fall into place, and somebody tries something different. I was a Tech for 7 years and learned a lot and tried just about everything a Tech can do. Now I am a General and I have new privileges and things to try. My best HF DX so far was a 20m QSO to Japan with a 100 watt barefoot radio and a long wire strung through the pine trees. There is something to be said for taking your time and enjoying each class and not going from muggle to Extra class in one test session. Smell the roses (or the melting solder) along the way, the journey is the thing that matters, not the destination. 73
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most hams in my area hang out around 147 mhz can i get that with a 2 meter handheld considering im within 2 miles of a repeater
I regularly talk through a repeater 28 miles away with a 5 watt handheld 2m radio. You just have to be in a good location on a hill top and nothing between you and the repeater tower. But down in town amongst buildings and power lines, my 50 watt mobile has a tough time getting through that repeater. The nature of the beast.
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i would like to get into ham but before i do i want to see prices on radios i dont want anthing expensive but i do want to get somthing i can take with me on trips or in the car.
i got sick of just listening to hams on my scanner without being able to talk back
That is exactly how and why I got into ham radio.
And for around the same price as one of the better quality CB radios and antenna, you can have a 50 watt 2 meter fm radio and antenna to install in your car. About half again to twice as much for a dual band 70cm/2m radio and dual band antenna, but you are getting two radios in one for the money. -
There has been little law enforcement in CB radio over the years, unless you make a royal nuisance of yourself. But Amateur Radio is a licensed service and is much more regulated and even has self policing through the Official Observers volunteer program. Hams that listen and report on improper or illegal operation, but on a more positive note, they also send nice little notes to operators on occasion to commend them for outstanding operating practices. Even though there is an FCC Law Enforcement branch, it is the responsibility of all hams to police our bands and our own operations, and work to remove those who bring a troublemaker mentality onto the bands.
To all Cber's that are interested. If you enjoy friendly, polite conversation and are tired of the baloney and trash talk that permeates CB, please study, take the test, and join the Amateur Radio operators that enjoy this fine hobby. But if the trash talk is what you like about CB and just want to send it out over longer range, WE DON'T NEED YOU OR WANT YOU. Stay on your CB. Make the choice and commitment to be a good operator or go away. It's that simple. Good day.
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I think PL259 connectors, 8 pin mic jacks, spare microphones, capacitors, diodes, resistors, batteries and any other little bits of the hobby would be great cache treasures. I have all kinds of stuff like that in my junk boxes, and one man's junk is another man's treasure if he happens to need one of those items.
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My opinion is, have one by all means, but don't limit yourself to a handheld radio. They are best used as a secondary rig and a mobile and/or base as the primary rig. Or you may find your usable range severely limited if outside of a town with lots of repeaters. Whereas a 2 meter FM base with a beam antenna will get you out on simplex to about 60-80 miles if your are in a good location. Going through a distant repeater can get you out to about 150 miles. Roughly half that for a mobile depending on circumstances.
I have seen all too many new techs give up and drop out because they could only talk through one or two repeaters and ask, "Is this all there is?" No there is a whole world of radio, if you go beyond the radio on your belt.
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Why do some people want to turn everything into the "Special Olympics" where "everybody wins"? Having caches that are of special interest to hikers and backpackers, or off road enthusiasts, or young folks or old folks, or anybody that needs or enjoys something different is a good thing. What the heck is wrong with people being different instead of all out of the same cookie cutter mold? I am a ham and would enjoy a ham cache, but have no intentions of doing ham caches exclusivley. I happen to like variety, for if they are all the same, why bother? If you found one, you found them all. Makes for a very short term sport don't you think?
I don't have any renter's insurance, sadly. No health insurance either, so I'm kinda waiting to see what happens with the ankle, which I know isn't too smart.
And for around the same price as one of the better quality CB radios and antenna, you can have a 50 watt 2 meter fm radio and antenna to install in your car. About half again to twice as much for a dual band 70cm/2m radio and dual band antenna, but you are getting two radios in one for the money.
I finally met a geocacher on the air!
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I will listen up for your group. With a group name like that, you gotta be all right.
Do you have a scheduled net? At what time and day? Or just random QSOs?
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