 MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12
1 edit | Heh I knew a HAM operator....all he did was show us how cool it was to call a landline phone, talk to someone far away about nothing and mess with the drive through radio at Burger King.
Why is anyone trying to protect these folks again? |
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| i'm storm chaser for NWS And i'm ham radio operator. When i chase i cover a large amount of ground and drive in many states and areas mostly rural areas i have a great cell phone service to talk to NWS offices to relay reports for storms. But some times i get in a area with no towers for 50 miles or more. Yes there are these areas out on the plains. I need a ham radio to talk to a repeater 20-40 miles away that likes into a superlink of repeaters so i can talk state wide to other ham in skywarn networks or to the state NWS office. But sometime even those repeaters are out of range so i have get on 20 meters HF band to talk to a Skywarn weather net around 14.270mhz USB and relay reports that way so warning can go out and reports more creditable. yes NWS can use there radar to see some storms but i can see a storm up next to it. Giving a live report and tracks of the storm over cell phone and ham radio to the people at the NWS for issueing a warning so you people known there is a tornado or large hail coming. To this date i have made over 600 report of tornados to the NWS which issused warnings that their radar never picked up on that a tornado was there over 60% of report were made with ham radio. |
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MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12 | said by StormChaserOK:
i'm storm chaser for NWS And i'm ham radio operator. When i chase i cover a large amount of ground and drive in many states and areas mostly rural areas i have a great cell phone service to talk to NWS offices to relay reports for storms. But some times i get in a area with no towers for 50 miles or more. Yes there are these areas out on the plains. I need a ham radio to talk to a repeater 20-40 miles away that likes into a superlink of repeaters so i can talk state wide to other ham in skywarn networks or to the state NWS office. But sometime even those repeaters are out of range so i have get on 20 meters HF band to talk to a Skywarn weather net around 14.270mhz USB and relay reports that way so warning can go out and reports more creditable. yes NWS can use there radar to see some storms but i can see a storm up next to it. Giving a live report and tracks of the storm over cell phone and ham radio to the people at the NWS for issueing a warning so you people known there is a tornado or large hail coming. To this date i have made over 600 report of tornados to the NWS which issused warnings that their radar never picked up on that a tornado was there over 60% of report were made with ham radio.
I guess your point is even experienced HAM's don't know proper grammar and punctuation? |
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 TransmasterDon't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY
4 edits | I have found
BPL RF testing | |  | |
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 sabersawPremium
join:2001-08-21
Dayton, OH
kudos:1 | laughter on 2 levels. thanks! |
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 kv5eRide FreePremium
join:2001-12-04
Mesquite, TX | reply to Transmaster
Hollow State |
Much more safe and effective!
kv5e |
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KB2PSM
join:2002-08-06
Long Beach, NY | reply to Matt
Re: Heh said by Matt:I knew a HAM operator....all he did was show us how cool it was to call a landline phone, talk to someone far away about nothing and mess with the drive through radio at Burger King. Why is anyone trying to protect these folks again? You need to pick better friends.
Deciding that all of a group of people are a certain way because of one acquaintance, you may need to pick a different means of assessment.
If you have a real argument against amateur radio, its services or technology, then post it for further debate.
(Attacking one's grammar or spelling is not a valid argument- sorry)
Be well,
Rob |
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Fire it up!!!
4-1000a HF Amplifier |
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| You can't affect BPL with that! That's old technology and BPL is new technology. [/sarcasm]
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| that's funny.....(sarcasm noted) |
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