Anyone hear of Marine radios used for hunting?

[N_Jay]

if You Transmit On The Marine Band In The Forest, But No One Hears It, Is It Still Illegal? :wink:

Yes!!!

 

[iMONITOR]

Yes!!!

It was a joke! You know, like that one that says if a tree falls in the forest, but no one is around to hear it, does it still make a noise.

 

[w8jjr]

Rofl

 

[125]

There are a lot of people using marine radios here in Canada away from the great lakes. Hunters, loggers, farmers, and many others. Why do they do this you ask? Price ! A 5 Watt Ht' sells at walmart for $90 and a 25 Watt mobile radio is $149 and a 10amp battery charger sells for $29 (makes a nice base). About 10 years ago I was doing some work in Nevada and a GE dealer was using standard marine radios for rentals I have heard of this happening in western Canada too. Now I have to ask if a radio is transmitting in a forest can anybody hear it?

 

[hill]

N9LLO answer is wrong as hams we must encourage proper radio use in all bands and not just the ones we operate on. I spend many hours monitoring the marine VHF band as a member of the USCG Auxiliary and people that transmit on these channels cause major problems to marine users and must be stopped. That is all I will say on this subject and this tread should be locked.

 

[N9LLO]

Simply stating my observations of marine radio usage in my local area, nothing more nothing less. It is not my businiess as a Ham to police the marine bands or any other band that I have no operating interest in. I dont have time or the desire to be a radio cop unless someone is interfering with my lawful radio transmission. As a USCG Aux member you have a legitimate interest in the proper usage of the marine band and I would expect you to take appropriate action should you deem it necessary.

Chris
N9LLO

 

[k9rzz]

Locking this thread won't stop the improper use of any radio.

 

[kb2vxa]

No, but this nonsense will come to a screeching halt.

 

[cousinkix1953]

The Coyote hunters around here use marine radios all the time. Seems to be a group of several local farmers. I have even heard the USCG Chicago run them off of channel 16 during band openings. There is also a large church that uses them for something or other on some Sundays.
Chris
N9LLO

IDIOTS! Isn't this just like shooting skip on CB channel 9? It sounds like another group of morons who don't understand that an EMERGENCY channel is not for shooting the breeze...

 

[joekansas]

I am in S.E. Kansas and all the coyote hunters and some farmers use them. I am not a hunter nor a farmer. I asked some hunters why they use Marine band, and they explained it was too noisy on CB and longer transmission distance with the Marine band.

I bought a pair of Standard HX230-S walkie-talkies and a mobile unit about 1995 from West Marine. I also bought the scrambling system with them and installed scrambling in all three items. I used to use them for personal communications between myself and a friend. The scrambling comes in handy. Can't remember exactly, but the 3 items were quite spendy, and the scrambling accessory cost more than half again what the radios cost, apiece. I still have the radios, but don't use them anymore. They still work, but the walkie batteries quit. I did manage to get one of the batteries replaced by a local outfit, but not both.

I've scanned and scanned the marine freq's I've never heard anything other than hunters chasing their dogs. Down in these parts, I heard most of the traffic on channel 68.

 

[redneckcellphone]

Think about it 4 watts or 25 watts? I can definitely see why people would go for the marine radios. Heck i know that there are some out there that cost about $100 and i have seen for about $65 a whip antenna with cable.

 

[conve36]

Oh wow, I cant wait to hear what RR's "radio police" will have to say about this one...

 

[N_Jay]

Oh wow, I cant wait to hear what RR's "radio police" will have to say about this one...

1) What "Radio Police" are you referring to?
2) Did you actually read the thread before commenting, as most everything that needed to be said, has been said.:roll:

 

[ecps92]

Can you atleast Quote the message you are replying to ?

Little hard to see what the Radio Police might be commenting on, if you can't figure which of the 33+ postings you are commenting on.

Oh wow, I cant wait to hear what RR's "radio police" will have to say about this one...