lawnsy

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Passed mine and just got my callsign......M6COS.....

Had a cb for years as loads of us from up here get on a few nights a week when the lasses are watchin the telly, And decided that i may as well be able to use my new rig to its full potential as it recieves and transmits from 0-200mhz.

bad boy rs

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My dad has a license hes always on there....

G8MCJ

jacko

10 4 rubber duck lol

lawnsy

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Takes some getting used to not been able to swear though....lol

talking on 10meters now and going to put an new aerial up for 2 meters the weekend as everything sounds 10 times better up there and i get no interference.

What rig does your dad use i got a icom 706 at the minute but fancy a 7000

lawnsy

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LOL 10-4 mate.....

you been watchin to much smokey and the bandit

fuzzy

in the pre pc/internet days cb radio had a point but nowadays with technology puting everyone in contact easily whats it all about?

jacko

i am the bandit lol ask the lockles

bad boy rs

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Im not sure what rig hes got sort off lost intrest in it a few years back, will go up and have a goose in abit

the house is coverd in aerials looks weird...

My dads had his license for over 30 years its just his hobby i guess

jacko

whats with the needing a licence thing

bad boy rs

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I used to have a cb which needs no license, but amateur radio you have to sit a series of tests to get your personal call sign

andre_k

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geeks! get a mobile!

Stavros

Im confused, what do you do on the radio then?

lawnsy

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You need a licence to transmit on certain freqs jacko or else ofcom will turn up and take all your radio gear including your telly, radio, ect ect......

And they are shit hot with this to....they have little bases all over with people just sat listening to make sure you are sticking to the rules.....lol

No good for you...pmsl


Fuzzy i know these days people can just turn a computer on and talk anywere but it is just not the same as taking on the radio in real life and hearing peoples voice's and do do get a sence of achievement when you manage to talk to someone in say the usa or canada on just 10watts of power...

fuzzy

what achievement is there? do you build the radio systems yourself? is 10 watts very low then? what do you talk about with these strangers on the other end?

lawnsy

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Or send pics or data....or talk in morse code which is a international language...

lawnsy

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A lot home made radio's ( but im not that cleaver yet ) but i do make home made aerials which need to be exact for the freq you are transmitting on and yes 10watts is low and you can talk about whatever you want....

99% of time it is just talking to local mate's in say a 30mile radius and it is more like talking on a mobile phone then say typing all night on a computer.....
But at a flick or a switch i could talk anywere in the world...

You can still talk and say watch a full program on telly rather than looking at a screen all night.......

Each to there own mate...

fuzzy

im not having a dig , i was just curious as to the attraction.

cossiegreg1

another hobby. you'll never get the sapph finished

lawnsy

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lol i just bought a 5 berth caravan today to......another 4k down the drain

biglee

MEEEEEE i got one... M3 ATU is my c/s then i also run G5NH form northants... GB3xx repeater...
also run on 27.555.0 USB for long transmitions call sign Bravo Delta 03.

catch you sometime...

Lee

biglee

also run a alinco from 0-500mhz only small width transmit but wideband recive, its great fun , anyone who wants to talk to the world instead of typing to it should do this.. M3ATU.... come on get on it.. all you need is 5 watts to get in to a repeater... chat your heart out .lol

PhilM

Always fancied it, never got round to it!

lawnsy

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lol i just been listening on 555 but not much on

boothy

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funny, my mate used to have one in his shed, used to get stoned and take the piss,he called him self toad,,