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    question about the FCC's description of a "cb transmitter"

    2.2GHz - 10GHz has bands... C-band: The IEEE C band is a portion of the electromagnetic spectrum in the microwave range of frequencies ranging from 4 to 8 GHz. K-band: The IEEE K band is conventionally divided into three sub-bands: * Ka band: K-above band, 26.5–40 GHz, mainly used...
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    Good News !

    License Grant timeline - 1 week flat. My application was sent in by the ARRL-VEC team on Saturday, and my callsign showed-up in the database on Friday after midnight. This was a completely new grant, not an update. Hopefully this timeline example assists y'all.
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    how many are getting new rigs?

    new rig... next weekend. :lol:
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    New HF net this weekend

    zero to general... congrats, sonwatcher. sat for both the tech and general exams today, first-time-go on both. now, the wait for a call sign to be posted...then i'll be placing an order. i should be on in a couple weeks or so, and hope to get the opportunity to chat with some of y'all.
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    Good News !

    elmering vs. "the behaviour police" well, i emailed a small VEC group in southern pennsylvania to get a slot for the exams the day after the new rules go into effect--mostly because i'm hoping they do electronic filing and not snailmail filing. i agree that the reason the numbers...
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    how many are getting new rigs?

    icoms, and nascar
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    how many are getting new rigs?

    in the market for... i'm looking at IC-706 MKIIG for the mobile immediately, and an IC-7000 as soon as I can swing it. I've heard some mixed reviews on the -706MKIIG, though...it might end up being a temporary for the mobile. anyone have a word on that particular topic? as for antennas...
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    Good News !

    Re: re: influx of cb'ers in the ham band --------------- i never, ever said anything even remotely *close* to, "the reason ham radio is dying is the code." i'm going to assume you were kidding by needing a definition for, "oxygen thief." :?
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    Good News !

    re: Jargon, etc. I was mainly referring to the argument that was sometimes used to keep the code as a requirement: namely, that keeping the code as a requirement would "keep the riff-raff off the ham bands." sure, there's commonly accepted jargon in both the ham bands, as well as the 11m cb...
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    Good News !

    re: exam questions... i've not seen anything on the couple forums that i frequent that have officially changed any questions in the question pool. that being said, there are questions in the pool that are, due to the latest R&O, obsolete. my *guess* is that those questions will simply be...
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    Good News !

    re: influx of cb'ers in the ham band I'm going to side with the Amateurs on this one: leave the cb jargon and such on 11m. The only reason many people deal with the lack of intelligence (call a spade a spade) on the cb band is because, up until now, there's not been an alternative--unless you...
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    Good News !

    i'm sitting for Elements 2 and 3 i'm sitting for Elements 2 and 3 on the 24th, myself.
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    Link to Publication in Federal Register

    leave it to the government... leave it to the government to put a link on a page that can't be cut and pasted... go here: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html in the search field, type "Amateur" (no quotes) choose the .pdf that comes up with a score of 1000. jeez....someone really...
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    Link to Publication in Federal Register

    see my message below...i've deleted the link i posted because obviously the web schlunkies at the Federal Register can't write code that can be cut and pasted. In any event, the new rule regarding no-code licensing will take effect 230501ZFEB07.
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    LOVE the new LAYOUT!

    FCC Actions Section Gone... I am not a fan of the decision to get rid of that particular section...it was relevant on a number of levels, and provided a discussion forum for topics other than the oft-flamed "so-and-so's CB shop got busted for x, y, or z..." --and that particular topic has...
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    water kills

    re: Over-Hydration Over-hydration can be just as much of a killer as dehydration. Wash all the electrolytes out of your body, and you are screwed. my question is: who at the radio station signed-off on the contest to begin with? The station fired all the DJ's on the morning show that...
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    End of An ERA FCC to Drop Code

    held off awhile in commenting, but... i really wanted to see how this developed here before posting...and it seems to have developed along the same lines as every other "code vs. no-code" discussion i've seen in the various forums. first, read the entire R&O...there is a whole discussion...
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    Gabby Girl Northern Idaho today on 27.025 (ch.6)

    Used to hear Gabby Girl all the time on ch. 26 and ch. 28 a couple years ago when I lived in NC...been out of the country for a couple years, and who do I hear on the SUPERBOWL today on my way home from work today in Southern Maryland? Gabby Girl from Northern Idaho...too much local traffic to...
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    New Part 97 R&O

    http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-06-149A1.txt ...read for yourself.