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    From CRANKSY@9:91/17 to Datalus on Sat Sep 1 20:49:44 2018
    On 04/30/18, Datalus said the following...

    Wow alot of good info here. I wish I had gotten into Ham instead of CB's of coarse My cb's will go into ham I think 10 meter dont know for sure

    I also spent many years on CBs. Mostly on local channels being a dumb kid
    doing dumb things. I also ran a decent amount of power and "shot skip" quite
    a lot. A few years ago, I dusted off a few radios, slapped an antenna on my
    car and got a second hand TS-667 and started in again. It was a good time and
    I made a lot of good contacts on AM. However, the locals in my new area
    really soured me on it and one in particular couldn't take a harmless joke
    and kept threatening me and forced me to pack it up again. Bollocks. However, in the interim years since I last picked up a mic in the late 90's, I
    realized I far outgrew the still typical CB user and am not all that upset to be rid of it. I did enjoy the technical aspect of compiling a rig worthy of nationwide status, especially for a mobile.

    Being in a condo, even putting a di-pole on the buildings roof, didn't lend itself to a proper base station that I would have liked. It's amazing how far the hobby has come since I last keyed down. The stations like Bassmaster in Florida and Motor Mouth Maul in Cali with their modified HiFi audio radios and computer aided watergates and such. I was tempted to go all in myself but got back into cycling instead. It was fun while it lasted.

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  • From Bbsing.Bbs@9:91/14 to Datalus on Wed Jul 31 23:20:00 2019
    Datalus wrote to All <=-

    expensive I.m on dis social security and hams are expensive. I wish
    ramsey electronics were still in business they had cheap ham kits you
    bld I had a 2 meter receiver kit worked good.
    Datalus

    I got started with a Boafeng uv5r and although its not that great, it works!
    I built a simple ground plane antena and I can hit repeaters quite far, a good 30 miles sometimes, more.
    Most times I'm stuck behind giant dirt mounds so the simple rubberduck antennas just can't touch those repeaters.
    I think with the homebrew antenna (cable $$, and small connectors) and the radio I spent about $100.

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  • From Bbsing.Bbs@9:91/14 to Datalus on Wed Jul 31 23:20:00 2019
    Datalus wrote to All <=-

    expensive I.m on dis social security and hams are expensive. I wish
    ramsey electronics were still in business they had cheap ham kits you
    bld I had a 2 meter receiver kit worked good.
    Datalus

    I got started with a Boafeng uv5r and although its not that great, it works!
    I built a simple ground plane antena and I can hit repeaters quite far, a good 30 miles sometimes, more.
    Most times I'm stuck behind giant dirt mounds so the simple rubberduck antennas just can't touch those repeaters.
    I think with the homebrew antenna (cable $$, and small connectors) and the radio I spent about $100.

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  • From Bbsing.Bbs@9:91/14 to Datalus on Wed Jul 31 23:20:00 2019
    Datalus wrote to All <=-

    expensive I.m on dis social security and hams are expensive. I wish
    ramsey electronics were still in business they had cheap ham kits you
    bld I had a 2 meter receiver kit worked good.
    Datalus

    I got started with a Boafeng uv5r and although its not that great, it works!
    I built a simple ground plane antena and I can hit repeaters quite far, a good 30 miles sometimes, more.
    Most times I'm stuck behind giant dirt mounds so the simple rubberduck antennas just can't touch those repeaters.
    I think with the homebrew antenna (cable $$, and small connectors) and the radio I spent about $100.

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