From: Steve & Jeanne Keith (cckw@attbi.com)
Date: Mon Jun 02 2003 - 04:23:23 PDT
I have used the 11 meter band (CB) for over 20 years with HMV convoys...
So has my club. Must be sumpin wrong with us.... 8-)
Only one person has gotten his ticket in that time
Steve AKA Dr Deuce
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Martin" <mung@in-touch.net>
To: "Steve & Jeanne Keith" <cckw@attbi.com>
Cc: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 7:06 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] MV COMM-NET( No MV content)
> There are some people that think that you have to be kinda low
> classed to talk on 11 meters (cb)....smile...you can use 50 mhz and up
> plus a segment of the talk band on 10 meters...(28.3 to 28.5 mhz single
> side band)with a technician class license...the last time I checked. If
> you ever did the convoy thing when the 11 meter band is open...you would
> not like it. On the other hand...6 meters would be just fine...and you
> might pick up a few new grids and get a few qsl cards in the
> mail...smile...those guys you seen at the hamfest/flea market are just
> like the doctors and lawyers who ride Harleys. They dress that way so
> you'll think they're lids instead of elmers. Fred ke8ss
>
> Steve & Jeanne Keith wrote:
> > I have thought about getting a ham license. Some of my HMV friends do.
> > I can pass the Tech license most times when I take the test. I will need
> > a Generals license (I think) for the BC-610 that I have to get for my
> > K51 Chevrolet panel truck.
> >
> > I go to the local ham flea market (Hopkington NH) and ocassionally buy
> > stuff there. Each time I return, I remark to my wife about the abnormal
> > concentration of 'characters' there (all hams) and it scares the sheet
out
> > of me..... Many seem to have missed out on social skills and common
> > dressing conventions and some may have believe that they live in old
> > England where bathing was done rarely. This is NOT a blanket inditement,
> > just an observation. The guy with the short model of a tower on his hat
was
> > the prize winner this last May....
> >
> > IF I get a ticket, my wive has permission to 'take care of me..." should
I
> > become
> > like those described above if/when I get a ticket.
> >
> > Required HMV content: In my HMV club we use CB ch4. Yes they are AM
> > and my CCKW is a major contributor to noise, but they have a couple
> > advantages:
> > Cheap, run on 12v not just batterys, you can talk to truckers, greater
> > range.
> >
> > Steve AKA Dr Deuce
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "MV Don Low" <MVdonlow@hotmail.com>
> > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 2:25 PM
> > Subject: Re: [MV] MV COMM-NET
> >
> >
> >
> >>You can get a decent used radio for that if ya look hard (some hams give
> >>radios out to new licences ask KC0NZN )
> >>ARES and RACES use 2meters. (storm spotters and emergency use) HELP your
> >>community and be informed better than the LATE TV reports !
> >>I am a ham and use 6m on my RT 524 as do many in our club. it helps with
> >>convoys (safer and better logistics ), and demonstrating your MV with a
> >>radio gives a better look and feel of the REAL thing for KIDS big and
> >
> > small
> >
> >>!
> >>
> >>http://aa9pw.com/
> >>http://www.arnewsline.org/
> >>http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/regulations/news/part97/
> >>http://www.arrl.org/
> >>http://www.eham.net/
> >> have good info !
> >>
> >>Don Low
> >>donlow.50g.com
> >>www.MKMVPA.com
> >>
> >>Understanding requires not just a moment of perception, but a continuous
> >>awareness, a continuous state of inquiry without conclusion. (Bruce Lee)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: <Recovry4x4@aol.com>
> >>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> >>Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 9:36 AM
> >>Subject: Re: [MV] MV COMM-NET
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>I can only speak for myself on the ham radio deal but I just have no
> >>
> >>interest
> >>
> >>>in these gadgets. I can't afford to have 2 hobbies and any money spent
> >>
> > on
> >
> >>>radios takes away from my trucks. Now if the license is $6.00 and I
can
> >>
> >>get a
> >>
> >>>decent radio for the same $49.00 as the FRS, then I would have to
> >>
> >>reconsider.
> >>
> >>>Maybe I'm just not informed. What does a 2 Meter ham radio cost? Can
it
> >>
> >>be
> >>
> >>>networked with the VIC1? I think there is a time for a wide open
> >>
> >>frequency and a
> >>
> >>>time for a frequency that is well used. This is only opinion and not a
> >>>suggestion for the list.
> >>>Kenny
> >>>
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