Holy Skip batman

Discussion in 'CB Radio Forum' started by Rat, Oct 9, 2011.

  1. Rat

    Rat Road Train Member

    Skip has been crazy. I mean the radio just blares and blares with people from all over the country lately.

    Anyway, I took my cobra down yesterday and put my connex 4600 turbo back up. Mic issue made the magic smoke come out of the cobra. Mic slapping around in my gear keeper, PTT button or something caused it to stick and I did not notice till I could smell burning electronics. The board is charred around a diode but have not had time to look into it further.

    Anyway I got the connex back up and mounted with my backup mic. fired it up and called for a radio check, A guy in atlanta Georgia responded. LOL I was up here in north eastern ND. I had given my location and my name/handle and he came back with my location and handle. Was making the trip and sounding good.

    Some guy going by the name road rage, was splattering across 10 channels. I could hear him on 19 but it sounded like crap so I started switching channels till I found him. He was using all kinds of crap to try and lock down the channel and step over anyone that was using it.

    There was a guy on another channel talking about hunting squirrels with steel shot compaired to lead shot. Definatly not from my area because we are not into squirrel hunting up here unless it is using a pellet gun to get rid of them little red tree rats that get into your attic etc. I like the big grey ones, they are pretty freindly and tame. I get a couple that come down and sit on my deck and keep me company sometimes. LOL. I have even had them come down a tree and bug me when I am sitting in my tree stand waiting for that monster buck.

    But if you here "Rat in North East North Dakota" don't be afraid to say hi.
     
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  3. 7122894003481

    7122894003481 Bobtail Member

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    Im kinda drunk right now but dude u just switched subjevts like 5 times

    lets go squirell hunting

    Holy skipp!
     
  4. groundpounder

    groundpounder Road Train Member

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    Skip has been crashing in here as well (I'm in upstate NY) some dude that was in Gallup, NM was literally covering up the locals he was so loud...and thats a good thing.

    remind me the next time I go thru Gallup to buy that man a beer..
     
  5. Mad Dog 20/20

    Mad Dog 20/20 Heavy Load Member

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    I'm a little west of you and am having no trouble working Europeans on the CB/freeband at 25 watts or less.
     
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  6. WA4GCH

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    I worked a number of stations around the USA on 10 and heard a bunch more
     
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  7. groundpounder

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    I should go out to my pickup and try 10m have not worked 10m in ages.....been hanging on 2m only for the most part with the locals..
     
  8. groundpounder

    groundpounder Road Train Member

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    what freg ?? I don't really know anything about freeband never tried it..
     
  9. Colorato

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    I've been picking up conversations on 27.025 ch 6 almost constant. I don't know where there from but it ain't local and they can't hear me. Is it common this time of year or is this the 11th year in a cycle? I know in my last job (CATV) we had issues with sunspots different times a year.
     
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  10. Mad Dog 20/20

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    27.555 and 26.285 USB are considered "Call Frequencies" by freebanders.If you listen you will hear stations calling CQ with a club issued "callsign" followed by a QSY frequency.The call freqs are intended to be a centralized spot to make calls or listen, QSO's should be carried out on other frequencies.You will find SSTV (Slow Scan Television) on 27.700 USB and other digital modes (PSK31,RTTY,Hellschreiber and CW) on either side of 27.555.

    I'm sure you know but others may not, that this part of the radio spectrum is not allocated for hiobby communications and maybe illegal.
     
  11. Gadfly

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    Ten, twelve, and seventeen meters has been jumping! :biggrin_25520:

    For those who claim they can't ever hear anything "on them 10 meter 'channels', flip your export "band" switch up a couple notches and listen.
    You'll hear that "Brrrrrrrrrrrrr-UP----Tweeedle-tweeedle-tweedle "noise" I've been telling you about. That IS the hams talking to each other---just not on voice modes. What you are hearing are digital "packets" of info being transmitted. Those frequencies are NOT "empty"!!!!!!!!!


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