Recent content by C W Morse

I only posted it because it was relevant to the topic. It's not like I am on here every day posting this stuff. You will notice it has been at least a year since I put something like that on here. It is just FACTS. It is a CB FORUM! Somebody complained about profane language, and I saw this one...

I've had a bunch of Icom rigs, including ALL of the 706 series. The first one had to be repaired once. The last two, I still have: one in the house, one mobile. They have performed flawlessly. One now needs to go in for some cleaning and adjustment. I can't see down in the small things to do...

Not to stir up anything, but since we're on the subject, I found this one: ***************************************************************** 1 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ENFORCEMENT BUREAU San Francisco Field Office 5653 Stoneridge Dr., Suite 105 Pleasanton...

I have an antique 1951 M38 Jeep. Everything works but it is basically retired from offroading (I occasionally use it to get out from my house in the snow). I'm going to fabricate a box, similar to an ammo box and put my 706MK in that, remoting the head up front. IOW, try to make it look like the...

Then I will use whatever "weapons" I have at my disposal; talk right over the top of them using what ever mode is legal for the band; it could be Packet, Pactor, RTTY or CW at the 1500 watt level! I will do what I can to interfere with THEM just as they interfere with me, the difference being...

Exactly. What is perceived by some to be attacks on CBers as a group by me is actually directed at those "freebanders" and RF outlaws who show up on allocations on which they have no business. IOW, they interfere with me as a legitimate user of both amateur and certain NTIA-governed frequencies...

You'd be astonished at what they can find with reference to radio signals in the US. It's like the popular myth that "I'm mobile, so they can't find me". Nothing could be farther from the truth! That might have been true circa 1965, but not anymore. You HAVE heard of Magellan and OnStar, right...

The thing is, just because you can HEAR a signal doesn't mean you HAVE to work it. Just because your car will do 110 doesn't mean you have to DO it. :wink: The rationale "I can't help it its there" is not valid and it simply causes MORE noise and interference. SURE, it's THERE; it doesn't mean...

The other "clue" about the so-called "10 Meter 'Amateur' (NOT!!!!) Radios" is the "bands" of "channels". That is a sure sign of illegality. CB radio has ONE "BAND" of 40 channels. Period. Amateur radios don't even USE "band" switches anymore........not really, since most of them now will tune...

There's one of those pesky CODAR stations on Cape Hatteras, NC I'm told. Really tears up east coast stations. Since they are tearing up military and ES traffic, certain officials are trying to get NTIA involved in it and MAKE them stop it. CODAR has been asked nicely to abate their interference...

I wouldn't swear to it, but that is what I was thinking: either a direct ignition switch lead to prevent leaving the filaments on (if tube type) when the vehicle was parked, OR a lead that went to a separate relay box. The old Motorolas has such a wire, if I recall. It's been a LOOOOONG time...

Now I can modify my post a bit on that one. IF----and that is a BIG "if"---it is SHOWN that an accident was caused SOLELY by "fiddling" with a ham radio (or any other radio) per se, then I can agree with it. BUT, the point I am making is, two way radios have never been shown to have much of an...

Civil Air Patrol uses some ALE radios in its network. Not having actually used one yet, I haven't learned (or asked) how you get the radio to "sit still" for a net on a particular frequency (like MARS and CAP) and not "jump" to another tempting frequency. Most of the radios are on a set net...

Well, the TRUTH is the TRUTH....no matter WHERE you hear it. Facts are facts and don't change with the wind. Stupid politicians don't know the difference (sh## from shinola) between the two activities, and they ARE different. This "distracted driving" thing didn't come along until.........WHAT...

AH, but here's where there is a difference! Using a CELLPHONE is DIFFERENT from a two way radio. A two way radio is not NEARLY the distraction that a cellphone is because their operations are FAR different from each other. A cellphone requres one to put a device up to one's ear and become...