What do you guys do on the radios?

[varminter22]

I've ran CB for years in trucks. Mainly for traffic, to pass the time and start Sh*t... no one really talk on the roads anymore for a variety of reasons....

I really lament the passing of CB. I know lots of amateur radio operators hate CB, but it has/had its place.

Would be nice if the simplex VHF/UHF calling freqs were used more on the roads but in my experience, they are NOT used. On a recent trip from northern NV to IA and MI, then return the southern route to AZ and then back to northern NV, I had zero QSOs via the VHF/UHF simple calling freqs. And I've never heard of any simplex freqs dedicated to over-the-road use (kinda like how CBs were used).

 

[MET45]

Pahrump - God’s Waiting Room

 

[NYECOGunsmith]

Some places monitor the VHF and UHF simplex calling frequencies, several hams here in Pahrump do that, listening for travelers looking to talk.

The 6 and 10 meter bands in FM mode, see a lot more road traffic, as many truckers have gotten their licenses (Tech Class at a minimum) and now use these bands, as they offer greater range (legally) than CB, and greater audio clarity as well.

 

[varminter22]

Some places monitor the VHF and UHF simplex calling frequencies, several hams here in Pahrump do that, listening for travelers looking to talk.

The 6 and 10 meter bands in FM mode, see a lot more road traffic, as many truckers have gotten their licenses (Tech Class at a minimum) and now use these bands, as they offer greater range (legally) than CB, and greater audio clarity as well.

I've threatened to get a 10 meter transceiver. Might consider it again.

This is the first I've heard of it getting any use.

 

[tdyoung58]

I hide from @NYECOGunsmith with my illegal 10 meter radio

 

[NYECOGunsmith]

Why is it illegal, did it swim across the river and then walk over the border in the middle of the night?
If so, probably won't work.....otherwise, it's legal, how you use it might be illegal, I mean are you using it to traffic in illicit non GMO vegetables and to give orders to your henchmen in the vegetable smuggling ring with it?

Are you using it to provide intel to Ming the Merciless back on the planet Mongo to help him plan his invasion of this rock?

Don't tell me you are using it, gasp!!! to talk to people!!

 

[NYECOGunsmith]

Or are YOU the illegal part of that equation, no license!
We can fix that for ya.

 

[tdyoung58]

Or are YOU the illegal part of that equation, no license!
We can fix that for ya.

Nope, no license, but l did convert it to run on CB bands .... Just a little overpowered

 

[NYECOGunsmith]

50 watts, or running a linear?

 

[Hardboiledgunner]

 

[Gunhand]

I have a small ranch in Amargosa Valley, it's the weekend place for now, but I will retire there in the not so distant future. I have a UTV that has a GMRS unit in it, and I'll soon have my base portable base station and mobiles in my two 4X4's. So communicating in the rural areas is much easier. Studying for my HAM license, and then I'll be going down that rabbit hole!!!

 

[titanNV]

I hide from @NYECOGunsmith with my illegal 10 meter radio

Not "illegal".
The word is "undocumented"

 

[tdyoung58]

Not "illegal".
The word is "undocumented"

Well it's been converted so technically it's illegally modified. But if course there's probably a bunch in the trucking community. Mine is a discontinued DX45HP.

 

[Gunhand]

Remember....Admit nothing, Deny Everything, Demand proof, and make counter-allegations!!!

 

[titanNV]

Undocumented modification...

 

[Mohavenagant]

Discuss wanting to be in Tijuana and BBQ iguana,

I understand just a little
No comprende--it's a riddle.

i like that.

 

[Mohavenagant]

but seriously folks......what will be left if SHTF really? all repeaters will be out I guess?

 

[Mohavenagant]

what will be EMP proof?

 

[MAC702]

A LOT of S can hit the fan before the repeaters are affected. And a lot of critical messages can just be relayed around in short order without repeaters when necessary.

 

[NYECOGunsmith]

Some places repeaters might be down due to EMP, ours here in Nye County won't be, they are shielded against it. And they all have solar panels plus wind generators with battery backup in addition to being on AC mains and having propane generators on their sites. We planned ahead.
And we have backup repeaters stored in EMP proof containers, that can be taken to the existing sites or others and set up quickly.

HF, VHF and UHF simplex comms would still work as long as the radios are working. And you can always set up relays to span distances greater than VHF or UHF travel in line of sight.