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Wal-Mart Incident Today
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ThomasMcKean
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That's a little harsh I think, seeing as alI did was say good nite...
Oh I agree, but some people just insist on wearing their neck ties a little too tight,lol!
Whoever said you can't have a bit of fun on the air, right?
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ThomasMcKean
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There are lots of people who do far worse than say good nite. I think yew are right. He needs to loosen his tie a bit.
bob-the-scanner-man
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I was under the impression that ham operators that act like they're the Gestapo are what is ruining this hobby; or at least that's how it seems from where I'm standing.
It's called having a sense of humor. Unfortunately it seems like a large majority of people lose their's once they get their ham ticket.
It's called having a sense of humor. Unfortunately it seems like a large majority of people lose their's once they get their ham ticket.
Not meaning to be off topic here, but ham radio has only made my sense of humor better! :lol:
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ThomasMcKean
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Apparently same cannot be said for WX5JCH.
If I was yelling obscenities or harassing them from across the street, I could see it. But being ashamed of me for saying good nite? That's about as ANAL as yew can get! Not to mention so very mild considering the other things that go on out there in radio. At least I went to the trouble to get both a HAM and a GMRS license. Maybe he should be ashamed of the millions of illegal GMRS users. Maybe he should be ashamed of those who use radios to commit crimes. Maybe he should be ashamed of the ham pirates who use another's call sign or make up their own. But to be ashamed for being NICE to Wal-Mart employees? Well a guy can't help but feel a little hurt (not to mention very confused!) by that.
Kinda makes me wanna leave the forum.
bob-the-scanner-man
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Hey, you and me both! Unfortunately there's a good bit of guys out there who's sense of humor got kicked to the curb as soon as that ticket arrived in the mail.
You have to have a sense of humor to truly enjoy this hobby, in my opinion.
ThomasMcKean
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bob-the-scanner-man
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I don't know, but I sense that it's coming very soon!I wonder why this thread hasn't been closed yet?
ThomasMcKean
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Just to throw a wrench into the mix, I worked at a Wal-Mart in Spartanburg, SC back in 1990 and they used marine radios. They were white and had a dial on top to change the channels...lol I told the management that they shouldn't use them, and they just gave me blank stares.
Maybe it is time to write the FCC and make them aware of the practice that local Walmart's have literally overtaken the MURS band and due to their size and number of locations and should be utilizing coordinated/licensed Part 90 frequencies instead like so many other businesses. It isn't like they don't have the money.
IMHO they are abusing the spirit of Part 95 and they act like they are their "exclusive use" channels.
IMHO they are abusing the spirit of Part 95 and they act like they are their "exclusive use" channels.
No but you could of said goodbye from across the street or on a public sidewalk outside the store and you would of never had a face-to-face with the manager.
Then, Wal-Mart would probably lobby to have the service renamed to WURS (Wal-Mart's Universal Radio Service), because it would be too costly for each and every store to apply and pay for radio licenses.
No it wouldn't. They could have 1 license that can be issued nation-wide mobile. With all the new frequencies available with narrowbanding it could be possible.
I was just being sarcastic.
Oh OK...sorry bout that. Hard to see sarcasm in typed words.
Oh no worries man, I should have been more clear in my message.
The way Walmart erodes this country, they should be forced to acquire licenses and purchase radios made in this country for all stores and distribution centers.:roll: They can afford it. The way our government seems to be in bed with large corporations and what not, I'm surprised they have not given Walmart a few exclusive use frequencies in exchange for free toilet paper or something.
It would be like the nationwide mutual aid channel but it would be the nationwide walmart channel.
On another note, since this thread came up I've been scanning the MURS channels again. I usually do have them scanning but not as often as I have in the past. Anyway, around 1 AM this morning, I heard the St. Louis County police helicopter come up on 154.600. It sounded like they were trying to contact some at Spirit airport which is their hanger and refueling point. Of course nobody responded.
I don't know what kind of radio equipment they have in their copters these days but they have had the ability to come up on about any frequency out there. Years ago I'd hear them come up on other municipalites frequencies with the correct tones and all so they could get into their repeaters or open the squelch on whomever they wanted to talk with.
They still do this to this day. I've heard them come up on the city of st. louis P25 system even and using different talkgroups.
I always wondered how they key all the info in as they fly around.
I'd like to have a copy of whatever list they use to lookup the info! I'd imagine most is programmed into whatever radios they carry today but no way was that possible back when they first started doing this.
I remember when I first heard them on other muni freqs, it was not long after a radio made by Wilson (I think) came out. That radio had FPP and a sloped front panel with full numeric keypad for frequency entry. It looked similar to some of the earlier AOR scanners. I'm pretty sure it was Wilson though that made the radios. I figured they must have had at least two as the radios could not do both UHF and VHF back then. Who knows what they have today.
Mostly the county copters use the local RIOT channel (154.725) when working with other muni's but they do have the ability to come up about anywhere and will come up on the frequencies for whomever they are helping.
One place I've never heard them on is our states VHF low band frequencies.
Why they came up on 154.600 this morning was a mystery. I'd bet the radio is putting out over 2 watts! Probablly not much more though as they don't really need much power due to being in the air. I know when they are working in the county, their signal level does drop off pretty quick when they get more than 15 miles or so away so I assume they are using fairly low power radios. Even with the low power, you can still hear them pretty well but no chance of hearing those on the ground that they are talking with unless they jumped onto a muni with a repeater.
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