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[rbeau30]

Anyone going to be at the Jeffco Hamfest Sunday? I'm going!

[DFBrews]

Figure out why my 5R isn't transmitting. I've been through a few different sites and all settings look good.

i can head up there soon if you need

Start chatting up some lot lizards. I hear the HAM versions are more classy.

but the number of teeth is the true question

Let me know, I can help. Your place or mine, we're not far apart.

cool thanks mainly etiquette is what I am lacking

That part is easy. Leave the wife at home, and go to HRO on Iliff and blow a load... of money.

no wife no GF..... I do what I wants

Anyone going to be at the Jeffco Hamfest Sunday? I'm going!

cutting hay but I will shoot you a txt tomorrow want to hit some simplex and see if we can talk now that I am legit

[rbeau30]

Awesome! lemme know where you are transmitting I'll monitor as I'm driving out there.

[gnihcraes]

Anyone going to be at the Jeffco Hamfest Sunday? I'm going!

I should be there ~ 9am. Let me know if there is a meet up time and place. Ask about anyone working the show if they have seen K B 0 U Q T and they will point me out.

I'll monitor 146.520 simplex and 145.490, it is the repeater "talk in" for anyone needing directions and stuff usually. RED Honda FIT.

Hamfest parking lot is a great place to get ideas on mounting antennas.

[Singlestack]

Anyone going to be at the Jeffco Hamfest Sunday? I'm going!

Is there a website for this? When and where? I might be able to go...

[Singlestack]

One other thing. Some in my neighborhood are asking about what would be a neighborhood net. The desire is to be able to selectively net about 100 homes over a 3/4 mile diameter, and be able to restrict conversation to only those 100 or so designated homes. The digital eXRS radios sounded about ideal, but they went out of business last August. FRS and GMRS are out because of the eavsdropping problem, as are ham frequencies.

I am hearing there may be a sort of "radio" that may suit our needs just fine - the Motorola/Nextel i355. These are sort of dual mode radios made a few years ago. In one mode (maybe the primary mode), they are a digital cell phone that uses a proprietary cell communication technology. In the other mode, they are a digtal 900 MHz radio with encoded communications that can be programmed with all of the addresses in a net. You can call point-to-point, point-to-selective group, or point to net. They are only about 1/2 watt or so, and from what I hear have about a 1.5 or 2 mile max range. I looked on Ebay, and used i355s are available for $25 - $50 ea. The reason they are so cheap is the digital cell network went under last year or so, and the cell phone part is now useless.

My question is if you guys have heard of these and can shed additional light on them, or know of other suitable technologies that don't require a test, a license, are cheap, easy to use, and prevent eavsdropping?

[SuperiorDG]

Is there a website for this? When and where? I might be able to go...

Me too.

[streetglideok]

Is there a website for this? When and where? I might be able to go...

As you wished
http://www.w0tx.org/hamfest.htm
I already blew a enough on a new mobile radio a few weeks ago, I have to be good for a while.

[rbeau30]

I'll monitor that as well, I'll probably be there already though.


Grey Dodge Ram 1500

Pick that one out in a crowd!

[SuperiorDG]

As you wished
http://www.w0tx.org/hamfest.htm
I already blew a enough on a new mobile radio a few weeks ago, I have to be good for a while.

I'll be there in the late morning to check out the new user Q&A event. Do you think I can pick up some how to books there?