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Group Purchase Opportunity for a Community in Panama – Interest Check
Well, my retirement plan (up until now) has been to head to Florida and enjoy coastal life. I love the beach and ocean so, this prospect has my interest piqued a little. It also sounds like I can apply life skills and not become sedentary. -
Group Purchase Opportunity for a Community in Panama – Interest Check
Hmm, sounds like a managed community (ie. HOA). For that reason, I'm out! 😆 Actually, it has its merits. I've never even thought of residing there. I'd have to look MUCH deeper into it. On the surface, it does look like a possibility though. -
Handy talkies
Almost all portable handy-talk radios are pretty much line of sight. They operate on VHF and UHF frequencies which are relatively short range. You aren't going to get more than a few miles at best out of them unless you're using repeaters. Repeaters work because of the two great advantages... -
I have decided I need a radio
I'm on again, off again in the NGGMRS family. I need to check and see if my TAC number is active, ATL-737 -
I have decided I need a radio
It's not certified but nobody is going to come busting your door down. I never understood why the 5r or the like isn't certified but you can run a 45w base with a +3db gain antenna on GMRS and it's fine. -
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Coronavirus Pandemic (many threads merged)
WTF?! What does a freaking moronic politician know about treating a disease?!? First, hcq is already FDA approved and has been used as a treatment for several different things. Second, doctors prescribe drugs for things that they weren't necessarily approved for initially, it's called... -
Coronavirus Pandemic (many threads merged)
It looks like the jury is still out on it... -
Coronavirus Pandemic (many threads merged)
It looks like Chen Qiushi has been scooped up and "quarantined". https://news.yahoo.com/chinese-citizen-journalist-went-viral-154637367.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=2_08 Shhh! Don't want the truth seeping out! -
What Would Happen If the Internet Went Down ... Forever?
Mostly correct, but with soooo many things moving to the AWS and Azure cloud environments, it's nearly impossible to resolve via IP anymore. They are constantly changing, and the TTL has been set lower and lower to accommodate. That could actually make it easier to mess with DNS since it would... -
What Would Happen If the Internet Went Down ... Forever?
There are a couple of ways to really slow the Internet down, one is poison the root DNS records. This wouldn't be easy but it can be done "from the inside". The second is to mess with the BGP advertisements. This one I have first hand experience with, though again, it would have to be done... -
What Would Happen If the Internet Went Down ... Forever?
Meh, never gonna happen. There are so many redundancies built into the network backbone that it would be nearly impossible to take the Internet offline permanently. Now, can it be degraded or temporarily interrupted? Sure! It already has been but it recovered very quickly. There are... -
Suggestion for two way radios
True, I know on Pine Mountain, the battery alone will last for a full week (a breaker popped and nobody realized it until the repeater became flakey). Point is, if you're looking for range, the ONLY way you're going to get beyond a mile with a handheld is with a repeater. Best option is to... -
Suggestion for two way radios
GMRS is the way to go, mostly because here in GA, there is a HUGE repeater network thanks to the http://www.northgeorgiagmrs.com/ Other than that, going simplex, range will vary with terrain. For handheld radios, you aren't going to get very far no matter what, a mile or 2 at most unless you're... -
Anybody stocking up ahead of Irma?
Beer, bacon and bread. Water, whiskey and wine if I have time... -
2 way radios
Yup, they are surprisingly decent HT's BUT... they operate on HAM and GMRS frequencies. Even though they cover the FRS band, because of their power output, they are illegal to operate on those channels. In any case, they still don't reach much more than 5 miles on a good day. It's really a... -
2 way radios
Those are good but two things: 1. The range is extremely exaggerated. 5 miles max about what you can expect. 2. If you operate on the GMRS channels, you need a license to operate legally. FRS channels can be used without a license but power (and range) is limited. Full disclosure: I am... -
2 way radios
Most repeaters I know of operate from battery banks that are charged from utility power, then generator but there are limits to everything. I've found that my HT will run out of battery long before the repeaters will. In any case, getting in the repeater network also affords you valuable... -
2 way radios
15 miles is on the fringe limits of handhelds. Get a Ham license and operate the 2M repeaters to get well past 50 miles or a GMRS license to operate the repeater network around GA. http://www.northgeorgiagmrs.com/ -
Treasury to issue survival kits to bank examiners...WTF?!!!
Follow the money trail. Somewhere there is a kickback... there always is. $200,000 of taxes. I'm wondering what the 20 people on my block would do with the $10K each that was stolen from them to fund this crap.