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  1. Amateur Radio Class and Test

    Gmrs is now $30 and the license is good for 10 years.

  2. Icom 7300 or Yaesu 991a

    The Icom 7300 has a great display.

  3. What FLASHLIGHT(S) are you using?

    Several friends of mine who are in law enforcement we're discussing who made the best flashlight. One of them says he loves his McDuffie light. I think I realize why I couldn't find any of those lights for sale.
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    Any snake keepers/handlers here?

    They handle snakes at the church my brother attends in Kentucky.

  5. Ham Radio People Metro ATL

    Anything above 30 MHZ is usually line of sight unless some E skip or tropospheric ducting is taking place. 6 meters seems to work well in mountains for some reason.

  6. Ham Radio People Metro ATL

    40 meters with a homemade dipole about 6 feet above ground (NVIS) works nicely for me. I can usually cover a 300 to 600 mile radius with 100 watts or less.

  7. Ham Radio People Metro ATL

    I work 2 meter, 70 cm, and 6 meter SSB. I use a 5 element yagi.

  8. Ham Radio People Metro ATL

    Most of time 10 meters is above the MUF so with an NVIS just radiates out into space without reflecting back to Earth. 40 or 75 meters are where NVIS works well.

  9. Ham Radio People Metro ATL

    NVIS antennas are sometimes called cloud warmers as most of the signal goes up at a high angle and comes down at a high angle, covering a relatively small area around the transmitter. It is often used for emergency communications when repeater coverage isn't available. Angle of reflection is...

  10. Ham Radio People Metro ATL

    I use a home made NVIS antenna about 5 feet off the ground on 40 meters to communicate out to about 500 miles, Antenna cost was about two dollars for the coax connector. The wire for the NVIS dipole was found at a garage sale for 50cents.

  11. Ham Radio People Metro ATL

  12. Ham Radio People Metro ATL

    I use a CatDisplay I use on my Yaesu 817 when operating at home. I also have a bluetooth dongle that lets me view the frequency and control the radio on my cell phone when i am operating foot mobile.

  13. Baofeng Radios

    If you use CHIRP to program them there is a menu in the program that allows you to inhibit transmission in UHF, VHF or both bands. I wouldn't load the Baofeng programming software on to my computer as I don't know what virus or spyware might be on it. Chirp is a free program that can be...

  14. Baofeng Radios

    To legally transmit with them you need a ham license. If you want to use them illegally they will work on MURS, GMRS, and FRS frequencies. They will work on most public service frequencies as well as marine band channels but transmitting there is not only very illegal but almost guaranteed to...

  15. Any astrologists in the house?

    Are astrologists like proctologists?

  16. Anyone recover precious metals from electronics and electrical components?

    I spent 16 years working in a metallurgical lab. We recovered gold from electric and electronic scrap as will as gold plated eyeglass frames. We used aqua regia as well as sodium cyanide processes. Both relatively simple processes but both processes involved dangerous chemicals. We also...
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    How many people will be stumped and for how long

    It is an advertising token for Wuhan Chicken and Wuhan Bat Soup.

  18. Go Karts

    I raced karts for 25 years. Mostly 2 cycle engines on road courses. I ran sprint karts and enduro karts and raced at Daytona and Road Atlanta. There was a street race series in Florida that was a lot a lot of fun until insurance costs killed it. My last couple of karts were shifter karts...

  19. Ham Radio People Metro ATL

    A couple of years ago I purchased a tiny Chinese 5 watt all mode HF radio that covers the ham bands from 160 meters thru 10 meters. I usually take it with me when I travel out of state and use it with a Alpha Mag Loop Antenna or an end fed wire. My home HF rig is a full size Yaesu radio and I...

  20. Ham Radio People Metro ATL

    Baofeng Tech, an American distributor of Baofeng products imports some mobile and handheld radios that are part 90 compliant and reasonably priced. They also have some inexpensive 2 meter and 70cm amplifiers. https://baofengtech.com/
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