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Post by No Streak on Dec 17, 2016 13:21:35 GMT -5
You can use any mode that works in an Emergency and one would want to test said Emergency radio equipment periodically to assure it functions properly. Hey there are loopholes in everything you just have to be crafty lol. |
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Post by Sandbagger on Dec 17, 2016 15:47:49 GMT -5
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Post by Sandbagger on Dec 17, 2016 23:08:33 GMT -5
Every time I try to bring that up, I get a "Sorry there was an issue with playback". |
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Post by No Streak on Dec 17, 2016 23:27:55 GMT -5
Every time I try to bring that up, I get a "Sorry there was an issue with playback". Well I use Tapatalk to get on the Grumpy's forum and I wasn't sure if I could load a video gate up or not using that method. But I guess it worked I didn't make a long video but it was enough. |
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Post by Sandbagger on Dec 18, 2016 9:11:28 GMT -5
Every time I try to bring that up, I get a "Sorry there was an issue with playback". Well I use Tapatalk to get on the Grumpy's forum and I wasn't sure if I could load a video gate up or not using that method. But I guess it worked I didn't make a long video but it was enough. I tend to think there may be an incompatibility with Vimeo and my settings, but I don't know what exactly. I can scroll through videos on that site. Some will work, while others give me the "Sorry" error. I can see the first frame of your video, but I get the error when I start to play it. |
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Post by No Streak on Dec 18, 2016 12:13:56 GMT -5
Well I use Tapatalk to get on the Grumpy's forum and I wasn't sure if I could load a video gate up or not using that method. But I guess it worked I didn't make a long video but it was enough. I tend to think there may be an incompatibility with Vimeo and my settings, but I don't know what exactly. I can scroll through videos on that site. Some will work, while others give me the "Sorry" error. I can see the first frame of your video, but I get the error when I start to play it. I asked Buffalo Bob to check it that night. And he could watch it so I assumed it was ok. I haven't checked myself on the computer and it isn't very long. |
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Post by No Streak on Dec 18, 2016 17:17:05 GMT -5
I was asked it this was Classic Radio FM Roundup?
And a way them early Export radios are Classics now. And I can say some in the own right were amazing radios. I ran a SuperStar 3600 which was very stable and a great receiver as well. And there are lots of impressive radios from the 1980s. It is fun looking back I've been in CB radio for 33 years now and look back at the radios that came out when I was younger. I remember them having no warranty whatsoever. And now you buy a radio without warranty you think that's crazy. Funny how the times have changed.
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Post by Sandbagger on Dec 18, 2016 21:50:01 GMT -5
I was asked it this was Classic Radio FM Roundup? And a way them early Export radios are Classics now. And I can say some in the own right were amazing radios. I ran a SuperStar 3600 which was very stable and a great receiver as well. And there are lots of impressive radios from the 1980s. It is fun looking back I've been in CB radio for 33 years now and look back at the radios that came out when I was younger. I remember them having no warranty whatsoever. And now you buy a radio without warranty you think that's crazy. Funny how the times have changed. The very first "export" type radio I ever saw was a Lafayette 2400FM back around 1983. A Cybernet chassis design, with FM and extra bands of channels. It was standard power though. The guy who owned it was a wheeler dealer, and I tried my best to get it from him, but he wouldn't trade. The next radio I saw was a Superstar 360, that I got in for repair (back when I used to do radio work on the side with my father-in-law). It needed a final, but it had a Uniden chassis similar to the Cobra 148, only with a few more bells and whistles (like FM and a more capable PLL chip). The first "export" radio I finally got the chance of owning was a President Jackson. I picked it up at a hamfest for a reasonable price. It was also a Uniden chassis, and it was "hi power" (10 watt AM/FM, 40 watt SSB). I picked this up in 1984. Those vintage radios were all pretty stable and worked well. After that, it seemed that they moved their production from Uniden factories to clone designs in other Pacific rim countries. The quality dropped, and they started having drift problems, and sometimes warble issues on SSB. Schematically they were the same as their Uniden made predecessors, but the PC boards were different, the traces were routed differently and there were fewer ground traces, and what was there was thinner. I remember the first Galaxy radio that came out. It was basically a SuperStar 3900 chassis with a built-in freq. counter. The counter generated a bit of hash noise which could be heard in the receiver if it was really quiet. That same basic chassis design is still with us today. They've made updates to it here and there, but it's not much different than it was 30 years ago. But it's still being made in China or another Pacific rim country with cheap parts, and they still drift. |
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Post by No Streak on Dec 18, 2016 22:19:39 GMT -5
I was asked it this was Classic Radio FM Roundup? And a way them early Export radios are Classics now. And I can say some in the own right were amazing radios. I ran a SuperStar 3600 which was very stable and a great receiver as well. And there are lots of impressive radios from the 1980s. It is fun looking back I've been in CB radio for 33 years now and look back at the radios that came out when I was younger. I remember them having no warranty whatsoever. And now you buy a radio without warranty you think that's crazy. Funny how the times have changed. The very first "export" type radio I ever saw was a Lafayette 2400FM back around 1983. A Cybernet chassis design, with FM and extra bands of channels. It was standard power though. The guy who owned it was a wheeler dealer, and I tried my best to get it from him, but he wouldn't trade. The next radio I saw was a Superstar 360, that I got in for repair (back when I used to do radio work on the side with my father-in-law). It needed a final, but it had a Uniden chassis similar to the Cobra 148, only with a few more bells and whistles (like FM and a more capable PLL chip). The first "export" radio I finally got the chance of owning was a President Jackson. I picked it up at a hamfest for a reasonable price. It was also a Uniden chassis, and it was "hi power" (10 watt AM/FM, 40 watt SSB). I picked this up in 1984. Those vintage radios were all pretty stable and worked well. After that, it seemed that they moved their production from Uniden factories to clone designs in other Pacific rim countries. The quality dropped, and they started having drift problems, and sometimes warble issues on SSB. Schematically they were the same as their Uniden made predecessors, but the PC boards were different, the traces were routed differently and there were fewer ground traces, and what was there was thinner. I remember the first Galaxy radio that came out. It was basically a SuperStar 3900 chassis with a built-in freq. counter. The counter generated a bit of hash noise which could be heard in the receiver if it was really quiet. That same basic chassis design is still with us today. They've made updates to it here and there, but it's not much different than it was 30 years ago. But it's still being made in China or another Pacific rim country with cheap parts, and they still drift. Well as far where they are made shouldn't count really. Like you said cheap parts and poor design make a bad radio. And maybe that's the problem cheap too cheap! The CPU radios do fix the stability problems somewhat but then it the receiver problems after that with automatic noise leaveners and noise blankers. |
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Post by Sandbagger on Dec 18, 2016 22:31:52 GMT -5
The very first "export" type radio I ever saw was a Lafayette 2400FM back around 1983. A Cybernet chassis design, with FM and extra bands of channels. It was standard power though. The guy who owned it was a wheeler dealer, and I tried my best to get it from him, but he wouldn't trade. The next radio I saw was a Superstar 360, that I got in for repair (back when I used to do radio work on the side with my father-in-law). It needed a final, but it had a Uniden chassis similar to the Cobra 148, only with a few more bells and whistles (like FM and a more capable PLL chip). The first "export" radio I finally got the chance of owning was a President Jackson. I picked it up at a hamfest for a reasonable price. It was also a Uniden chassis, and it was "hi power" (10 watt AM/FM, 40 watt SSB). I picked this up in 1984. Those vintage radios were all pretty stable and worked well. After that, it seemed that they moved their production from Uniden factories to clone designs in other Pacific rim countries. The quality dropped, and they started having drift problems, and sometimes warble issues on SSB. Schematically they were the same as their Uniden made predecessors, but the PC boards were different, the traces were routed differently and there were fewer ground traces, and what was there was thinner. I remember the first Galaxy radio that came out. It was basically a SuperStar 3900 chassis with a built-in freq. counter. The counter generated a bit of hash noise which could be heard in the receiver if it was really quiet. That same basic chassis design is still with us today. They've made updates to it here and there, but it's not much different than it was 30 years ago. But it's still being made in China or another Pacific rim country with cheap parts, and they still drift. Well as far where they are made shouldn't count really. Like you said cheap parts and poor design make a bad radio. And maybe that's the problem cheap too cheap! The CPU radios do fix the stability problems somewhat but then it the receiver problems after that with automatic noise leaveners and noise blankers. In this case it was a bad copy of a good design. Whether or not a radio has a CPU should have no bearing on drift. Drift is usually caused by crystal oscillators that are prone to temperature shift, or PLL instabilities. It may be coincidental that the radios with the CPU's also have a better PLL design. |
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Post by cbrown on Dec 19, 2016 14:29:33 GMT -5
What frequency did you run on for the roundup?
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Post by Sandbagger on Dec 19, 2016 15:06:49 GMT -5
I tend to think there may be an incompatibility with Vimeo and my settings, but I don't know what exactly. I can scroll through videos on that site. Some will work, while others give me the "Sorry" error. I can see the first frame of your video, but I get the error when I start to play it. I asked Buffalo Bob to check it that night. And he could watch it so I assumed it was ok. I haven't checked myself on the computer and it isn't very long. I wonder if it's an OS thing. I'm still running XP on my laptop at home and the computer at work, neither of which would play it. But my other laptop at work runs Windows 7 and that worked. Might be a different version of Firefox or some other differences as well.... |
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Post by No Streak on Dec 19, 2016 16:43:57 GMT -5
I asked Buffalo Bob to check it that night. And he could watch it so I assumed it was ok. I haven't checked myself on the computer and it isn't very long. I wonder if it's an OS thing. I'm still running XP on my laptop at home and the computer at work, neither of which would play it. But my other laptop at work runs Windows 7 and that worked. Might be a different version of Firefox or some other differences as well.... Yeah I tried it today on my Chromebook and it worked. Like I said it's not a long video because I wasn't sure if it would load. |
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Post by Sandbagger on Dec 19, 2016 17:43:26 GMT -5
I wonder if it's an OS thing. I'm still running XP on my laptop at home and the computer at work, neither of which would play it. But my other laptop at work runs Windows 7 and that worked. Might be a different version of Firefox or some other differences as well.... Yeah I tried it today on my Chromebook and it worked. Like I said it's not a long video because I wasn't sure if it would load. When I finally was able to get a computer to play it, the 'gate sounded great. Everyone sounded clear on FM. But you guys were all strong to each other. If our group had been in there and anyone was under S3 or so, it would have been a rough noisy copy. Update: I tried the 'gate again tonight at home and this time it worked! I didn't change anything, so now I'm thoroughly confused. |
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Post by No Streak on Dec 19, 2016 18:01:52 GMT -5
Yeah I tried it today on my Chromebook and it worked. Like I said it's not a long video because I wasn't sure if it would load. When I finally was able to get a computer to play it, the 'gate sounded great. Everyone sounded clear on FM. But you guys were all strong to each other. If our group had been in there and anyone was under S3 or so, it would have been a rough noisy copy. That was recorded on my iPhone 5 and it came out well but short. But I did it for Posterity reasons lol. Did you say your still running XP holy crap Batman! Stranger Danger you don't know how unsafe that is that's like leaving a choir Boy with Father Murphy you never know what the outcome will be lol! |
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Post by Sandbagger on Dec 19, 2016 21:48:44 GMT -5
When I finally was able to get a computer to play it, the 'gate sounded great. Everyone sounded clear on FM. But you guys were all strong to each other. If our group had been in there and anyone was under S3 or so, it would have been a rough noisy copy. That was recorded on my iPhone 5 and it came out well but short. But I did it for Posterity reasons lol. Did you say your still running XP holy crap Batman! Stranger Danger you don't know how unsafe that is that like leaving a choir Boy with Father Murphy you never know what the outcome will be lol! The hype about XP is greatly exaggerated IMHO. It still works for what I use it for. I have another identical laptop that I loaded Windows 7 on over a year ago, and I just haven't gotten around to switching over. One of these days......... maybe. |
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Post by renegade357 on Dec 21, 2016 12:08:41 GMT -5
I agree about XP. Its a shame I had good luck using that system. I still have it and use it, but not on sensitive items. I'm more of a Mac user at home. I wish I could have stayed in there longer, I got pushed into watching 7 children under 9 years old that night. I swear they came over hyped on chocolate. Got to love family. LOL LOL. Hope we can try it again this Friday. I only got a little taste of FM last week.
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Post by No Streak on Dec 21, 2016 13:25:25 GMT -5
What frequency did you run on for the roundup? We did the FM Roundup on Friday CH16. |
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Post by cbrown on Dec 21, 2016 13:38:28 GMT -5
Thanks!
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Post by No Streak on Dec 23, 2016 13:15:38 GMT -5
Well we are doing again tonight and hopefully a weekly thing. FM RoundUp
271550 on your FM dial.
Be glad to have you in there tonight. So get your best FM radio out and give it a try. CH-16 FM 7:30 to whenever we stop!
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Post by renegade357 on Dec 23, 2016 14:15:30 GMT -5
Well we are doing again tonight and hopefully a weekly thing. FM RoundUp 271550 on your FM dial. Be glad to have you in there tonight. So get your best FM radio out and give it a try. CH-16 FM 7:30 to whenever we stop! I'll be in there around 9:00-9:30!!!! |
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Post by Sandbagger on Dec 23, 2016 23:14:22 GMT -5
Well we are doing again tonight and hopefully a weekly thing. FM RoundUp 271550 on your FM dial. Be glad to have you in there tonight. So get your best FM radio out and give it a try. CH-16 FM 7:30 to whenever we stop! I'll be in there around 9:00-9:30!!!! I had one more Christmas gift to wrap so I tuned in to see what I could hear. Not much unfortunately. Buffalo Bob and one or two others were strong enough to open my squelch with about a 70% quieting signal. Could not hear No Streak, even with filters narrowed up on the Icom and the DSP turned on. There's just too much noise on my end, and it's worse now with the neighborhood lit up with LED Christmas lights.... |
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Post by BBB on Dec 24, 2016 11:34:38 GMT -5
Emergency Communication Equipment Test completed successfully  Thank you. Sparky out. |
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Post by No Streak on Dec 24, 2016 11:49:00 GMT -5
Emergency Communication Equipment Test completed successfully Thank you. Sparky out. Well you are always welcome Sparky and the rest of the guys up your way! Merry Christmas to you and your family and to All from the Delco Boys to your guys thanks for another great year of communications. |
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Post by cbrown on Dec 27, 2016 13:24:23 GMT -5
I agree about XP. Its a shame I had good luck using that system. I still have it and use it, but not on sensitive items. I'm more of a Mac user at home. I wish I could have stayed in there longer, I got pushed into watching 7 children under 9 years old that night. I swear they came over hyped on chocolate. Got to love family. LOL LOL. Hope we can try it again this Friday. I only got a little taste of FM last week. You can convert the regular XP system to an XP Point Of Sale (used in cash registers and such) that Microsoft will keep updating until April 9th, 2019. I've done it on two laptops and it works great. It only works for 32 bit versions, though. Backup your system before attempting, just in case. www.ghacks.net/2014/05/24/get-security-updates-windows-xp-april-2019/ |
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Post by Sandbagger on Dec 27, 2016 15:54:48 GMT -5
I agree about XP. Its a shame I had good luck using that system. I still have it and use it, but not on sensitive items. I'm more of a Mac user at home. I wish I could have stayed in there longer, I got pushed into watching 7 children under 9 years old that night. I swear they came over hyped on chocolate. Got to love family. LOL LOL. Hope we can try it again this Friday. I only got a little taste of FM last week. You can convert the regular XP system to an XP Point Of Sale (used in cash registers and such) that Microsoft will keep updating until April 9th, 2019. I've done it on two laptops and it works great. It only works for 32 bit versions, though. Backup your system before attempting, just in case. www.ghacks.net/2014/05/24/get-security-updates-windows-xp-april-2019/Interesting. Had not heard about this. I may have to check it out..... |
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Post by cbrown on Jan 3, 2017 14:57:44 GMT -5
I did it to an old Dell laptop I have that my Dad uses. I was worried that without the security updates it would be easier to get into while he was online.
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Post by Sandbagger on Jan 3, 2017 18:34:56 GMT -5
I did it to an old Dell laptop I have that my Dad uses. I was worried that without the security updates it would be easier to get into while he was online. I checked that site and I got cold feet after reading that "well, the POS system has the same core, but there may be other differences". The last thing I want to deal with is strange computer issues. I figure that most of the rest of the world has moved on from XP, so the serious hackers will be looking to infect newer systems. In a couple of years, old XP users may end up having the safest systems......... |
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Post by cbrown on Jan 6, 2017 13:26:27 GMT -5
No problem, just thought I'd put it out there for people still using XP.  |
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Post by Sandbagger on Jan 6, 2017 14:14:58 GMT -5
No problem, just thought I'd put it out there for people still using XP. I appreciate the info, and maybe I might give it a try after I make an image copy of the HD that I can restore if the computer becomes possessed. |
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