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capheind

@capheind@mastodon.radio

General Class #Anarchist | Tactifool | #AmateurRadio | DadScout | #Ham KJ6DRH | #GMRS WROM953 |

taking my Extra March 8th.

"Nunquam Non Paratus."
-Family Motto 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

"Doing what I can with what I got."
-Burt Gummer

"America is all about speed. Hot, nasty, badass speed."
-Eleanor Roosevelt 🇺🇸

no crypto - Not actually your dad - not valid in Alaska - All views expressed are those of Danny Devito.

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capheind, to random
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@pluralistic
"... to how white
nationalists who were radicalized in Vietnam formed an armored-car robbery gang to finance modems and Apple ][+s to link up neo-Nazis across the USA."

I'm sorry, whaaaaa?

capheind,
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@pluralistic Was this like one group, or was this just a general trend in white nationalism during the BBS days?

capheind, to random
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Tonight's net was listening to 12 men who don't care about football talk about a game they half paid attention to because their generation considered it part and parcel of manhood. Go sportsball! Good game! Obscure fact they overheard! "Did you see that ludicrous display last night?" "The problem with arsenal is they always try to walk it in."

capheind, to amateurradio
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Is anyone using or any for ? Specifically digital modes?

capheind, to random
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Best regardses!!!

tek_dmn, to amateurradio
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Okay, math time.

Anyone know roughly how far a UHF (440) signal can travel, 40W of power, end-fed half-wave vertical mounted above the metal roof of a 1-story house? We're on the city limits so there's not much obstruction.

I'm not looking for exact answers, I'm just trying to calculate if 40-50 watts of power is enough to reach the neighboring (30 miles) city.

For bonus points: assume I'm on a 5W HT. You think there's enough rx gain to even hear an HT 30 miles away? Or would I have to bounce through the 50W tx in my car as an amplifier to even try that.

capheind,
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@tek_dmn Are there any obstructions? A 50w radio can't punch through mountains. If it's a fairly clear strait shot, even a weak signal can get thru. I hit a nearby mountaintop repeater from many places in town with my little 5w Boafeng.

capheind, to amateurradio
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Everything else is "On the Air" ( ). Where's my Gardens On The Air ?

ai6yr, (edited ) to hamradio
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Downside of the folks here in my county: lots of stress chattering on the about their personal experience, with no breaks if there were emergency radio traffic. No net control.

capheind,
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@ai6yr At least theirs chatter w6lie has been fairly quiet.

MissingThePt, to random
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Breaking: California opts to have all natural disasters on one day to clear rest of week.

capheind,
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@MissingThePt Fuck, that does sound like us.

capheind, to random
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Did anybody on here ever contact the ISS with Amateur radio? I'm thinking it might be something cool to do with my daughters Girl Scout troop. Is it something I can pull off with a Yagi and an HT?

capheind, to random
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CB = Comrades Band!

Fight Me! Or don't. Maybe don't, lol.

capheind,
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I'm not saying all Anarchists should get on CB radio, and speak in unintelligible 1970s tv/film trucker talk, and build our identities around a handle, and use it to chit chat and socialize.

I'm not, but I'm also not-not saying that.

capheind,
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@N0ZB https://youtu.be/SmDlx9sk6Xs

capheind,
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@holgerschurig @N0ZB License requirements for 11 meter CB radio was dropped in the US in 83, in the seventies it was pretty poorly enforced, and was made harder to enforce as even licensed folks switched to handles instead of using their assigned call signs. Even the First Mama was technically breaking the rules lol.

capheind, to random
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Trail Mix is a social contract.

capheind,
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This is just a PSA and isn't a subtoot of anyone in particular, certainly not my M&M picking wife.

capheind,
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If I wanted mixed nuts, I would have bought mixed nuts, woman!!!!

capheind,
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@jens Pretty much any mix in the US. This means it's also the chocolate people outside the US hates, lol.

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