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How am hearing this?
- Thread starter JamesBrox
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Neither am I, but I still have my ham license. Just because you have a licesnse doens't mean you have to talk to a lot of people.
What's the chances it's not skip? I'm not an expert in skip but know the Midwest has been crazy active for the past week.
mmckenna
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It could be, but usually skip is very periodic and tends to fade in and out.
Since we know many GMRS repeaters are linked, and we positively identified the network (Roadkill network) and their page shows linked repeaters in the area, it's more than likely not skip.
Crazy active on what band? CB? GMRS and CB are VERY far apart frequency wise, and "skip" doesn't really take place up in the UHF realm like it does on 11m (HF).
GMRS. Usually when I hear it I'm hearing repeaters I don't normally hear and they're distant. Not sure where CB came from. Back when public safety was using UHF here it was normal to hear public safety repeaters from 150+ miles away drown out local repeaters. This on a scanner with a rubber duck sitting in my living room.
The folks chatting about it are talking about hearing people in other states. With all the weird weather we've had lately I guess that been a cause of it.
ka3jjz
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Yes basically true. UHF can 'skip' when certain weather conditions cause an inversion, which can make a UHF signal travel further than it is normally possible. 11m CB depends greatly on solar activity - sometimes even E skip - and we are in a pretty active solar cycle right now
Mike
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Jus checked, Roadkill Network does have a web site. It is a linked repeater system out of Baton Rouge, LA. (WRFT828).
And here's the web site:
sites.google.com
Roadkill Repeater Network
About Us We are a dedicated team of radio enthusiasts wishing to promote a family-friendly, helpful, and educational radio network. Our aim is to provide a welcoming environment for all who share our passion, and to cultivate a community of knowledgeable and engaged individuals who can learn from
sites.google.com
Yes, was linked to in post 18.
And, yes, there was enhanced prop for a few days on UHF. I was able to talk into a repeater 65 miles away while mobile that I normally can't even hear anywhere around here. One of the guys on the repeater said he talked on a repeater that was 2 states away from his quarter wave vertical at his house. It happens.
But, on the topic of this thread, I think it's been established that it's a linked system the OP is hearing.
I was looking forward to what I was hearing last friday night, tonight. Nothing.....zero. Dummer.
WRXU693 James
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