New Member Introduction, Decatur, AL

alabamarailfan · #1 (**permalink**) 10-21-2009, 05:22 PM

Hey Folks,
Just wanted to drop a quick note to my fellow Alabamians to say hello! A couple of my good friends are members here at RR.com and had recommended I check it out and I appreciate that they did. Seems like this is an excellent resource for all things radio and monitoring related!

I have been a railroad buff since very young and got in to radios when my Dad and I would use CB to communicate. I am dating myself, but we were in to CB back when you actually had a callsign (I think my Dad's was KBIY5825)! Because of lack of funds, it was common for us to homebrew stuff, especially antennas. I was too young to drive so I had a little base station rig to talk to my Dad in the car.

Anyway, not to bore anyone and to make a long story short, I have been in to radios in some form or fashion for many years and look forward to being a useful contributor here on RR.com! I currently run a railroad related live stream from Decatur and am "beta" testing a public safety feed. Hopefully, both will be available here at radioreference.com in the near future!

Looking forward to learning more about the new radio systems and being a member! :-)
::john

wwhitby · #2 (**permalink**) 10-23-2009, 05:16 AM

Hi John:

Welcome aboard!

Warren

rjviola12 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-23-2009, 08:57 AM

Hello John. Glad you made the decision to join. Enjoy..

AlabamaRS · #4 (**permalink**) 10-23-2009, 10:41 AM

Welcome aboard

Paul (montgomery)

AlabamaRS · #5 (**permalink**) 10-23-2009, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wwhitby

Hi John:

Welcome aboard!

Warren

Good to hear from ya Warren, all going ok & also get my emals a fe weks ago?

cgriggs · #6 (**permalink**) 10-23-2009, 01:45 PM

Alabama Railfan,

That sounds familiar......... Welcome man, you gonna host your stream here as well?

alabamarailfan · #7 (**permalink**) 10-23-2009, 02:10 PM

Thanks, Folks! It is much appreciated! Howdy goes out to cgriggs and wwhitby, the guys who got me interested in rr.com. Yeah, Corey, I was thinking of hosting both a railroad and a public safety feed over here. I haven't been as active in scanning as I used to be but I always enjoyed it. It is a little easier nowadays with access to the Internet. I used to search for new freqs and write down the info on index cards. I would listen for a long time trying to figure out what I had found - now, I can just pop over to the FCC website and look it up! It's still fun and I always enjoyed homebrewing. I am working on a pair of homebrew antennas now, a 900 MHz ATCS version and a UHF version for public safety stuff.

Look forward to hearing more about the projects you guys are working on!
Thanks again to everyone for the kind reception! :-)
::john

AlabamaRS · #8 (**permalink**) 10-23-2009, 02:47 PM

it's NOT just a HOBBY, it an addiction LOL, most here have been listening for 10, 20 years or even longer lotsa fun!! . BTW i have 3 hand held scanners for sale PM if interested a pro 93, 97 & A digital Pro 96. If not sold by next WEd I will tale em to B'ham & let my brother put em on EBAY lol

Paul

bob-the-scanner-man · #9 (**permalink**) 10-24-2009, 12:10 PM

Welcome to the forums, I'm sure you'll enjoy it here.

Bob(Birmingham)

scanbob · #10 (**permalink**) 10-30-2009, 11:32 PM

Good to see you on RR. I met you a couple of years ago in Decature at the old station on Labor Day when Ringling Brothers Train came through. I like the CTC monitor. scanbob (Jerry)

alabamarailfan · #11 (**permalink**) 11-01-2009, 08:19 PM

Good to see you on here, Jerry! You railfan around this area any more? Hopefully, we'll see you trackside one day!
::john

scanbob · #12 (**permalink**) 11-01-2009, 11:38 PM

i still ramble between Trafford and Cullman and make it to Decature once in a while, kick around Jasper some on the BNSF and NS.