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Post by Night Ranger on Jul 20, 2008 13:28:27 GMT -5
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Post by Afterburner(OT-749) on Jul 20, 2008 13:47:37 GMT -5
Boy, I wouldn't let word of this get out to quickly. You know that a lot of people will try figuring out how to get those frequencies on there CB radio's and next thing you know those frequencies will be jammed.
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Post by Night Ranger on Jul 20, 2008 15:25:45 GMT -5
Boy, I wouldn't let word of this get out to quickly. You know that a lot of people will try figuring out how to get those frequencies on there CB radio's and next thing you know those frequencies will be jammed. A CB radio will never go to that band. It is too far removed from 27 MHz, but there are other radios that will go there. -Night Ranger |
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Post by Sandbagger on Jul 20, 2008 16:19:59 GMT -5
Yup, the MURS band. The upper 2 frequencies are still shared with some land mobile assignments, and for the most part, those are the only 2 that I actually hear anything on. It's kind of strange, the 2 watt power limit (initially it was 2 watts ERP, but that got too hard to manage, so it's now 2 watts of transmitter power), on some fairly good ground with decent gain antennas can give you 50 miles or range. It's far better than FRS. But for some reason, it's never really caught on. I guess we're past the age of analog 2-way radios. Too many people these days are all wrapped up in their cell phones and text messages..... |
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Post by Sandbagger on Jul 20, 2008 16:21:12 GMT -5
Boy, I wouldn't let word of this get out to quickly. You know that a lot of people will try figuring out how to get those frequencies on there CB radio's and next thing you know those frequencies will be jammed. A CB radio will never go to that band. It is too far removed from 27 MHz, but there are other radios that will go there. -Night Ranger Like practically any modern 2 meter radio. And for that matter, two meter amps work there too..... ;D  |
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Post by Afterburner(OT-749) on Jul 20, 2008 18:08:06 GMT -5
I understand that a regular CB radio wont have that capability, but it was for sake of argument, saying that if more people know about this that are just regular CB'ers, knowing that they don't have to have a license and could talk freely they might acquire radio's that are capable of these frequencies(Cheap ones from Ebay), crank up the external amplification devices and go to town shooting skip.
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Post by Sandbagger on Jul 20, 2008 19:00:01 GMT -5
I understand that a regular CB radio wont have that capability, but it was for sake of argument, saying that if more people know about this that are just regular CB'ers, knowing that they don't have to have a license and could talk freely they might acquire radio's that are capable of these frequencies(Cheap ones from Ebay), crank up the external amplification devices and go to town shooting skip. 150 Mhz doesn't have "skip" the way 11 meters does. There are occasional band enhancements which can propagate a VHF signal several hundred miles. But it is usually localized and not nearly as prolific as HF skip. Still, the fidelity and noice free aspects of FM could be appealing. |
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Post by 2IR473 on Jul 20, 2008 20:14:25 GMT -5
I was using the MURS channels a few years back, talking a few guys I know. One of them, Sam-a regular local check in to the CRR, did not have his ham license then, but when he started using FM communications, it gave him the incentive to get his ham license.
Of course, FM is fine, but I prefer the constant white noise of SSB, whether it is on HF, 6m, 2m or 432 mhz.
I have heard many hot air balloons on MURS over the years, as they talk to the chase vehicles. Several have been in New Jersey, many many miles from my QTH. Height is might on VHF.
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Post by Night Ranger on Jul 20, 2008 20:44:29 GMT -5
I was using the MURS channels a few years back, talking a few guys I know. One of them, Sam-a regular local check in to the CRR, did not have his ham license then, but when he started using FM communications, it gave him the incentive to get his ham license. Of course, FM is fine, but I prefer the constant white noise of SSB, whether it is on HF, 6m, 2m or 432 mhz. I have heard many hot air balloons on MURS over the years, as they talk to the chase vehicles. Several have been in New Jersey, many many miles from my QTH. Height is might on VHF. SSB dos not appear to be approved for that band but AM and FM are approved modes. "A MURS transmitter must transmit only emission types A1D, A2B, A2D, A3E, F2B, F1D, F2D, F3E, G3E. Emission types A3E, F3E and G3E include selective calling or tone-operated squelch tones to establish or continue voice communications."
The transmission codes are defined at the link below; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_radio_emissions |
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Post by Dr. Rigamortis on Jul 29, 2008 8:31:20 GMT -5
I've been up there with some local "ham friends" for over a year now. Its really nice and quiet. NO SKIP! I just use an Icom 2100.
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Post by doctor on Jul 31, 2008 14:31:53 GMT -5
I have only heard the shared commercial guys on it. I have a Radio Shack commercial radio your suppose to be able to put the murs frequencies in, I can always get one programmed after many tries but not any other chnl. I have never talked to anyone on it, but have a ft857d which covers it...
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