On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 11:02:29 -0700, Big Kahuna wrote:


Question: Is anyone using 2 meters or 70 cm on the highways? That
might be a more sensible way to go in the future....

There are a few truckers on 2m. Most of those I've heard have regular
routes and they hop from repeater to repeater depending on where they are
to chat with friends along the way.

For general mobile use you'll want to monitor 146.52 MHz, the 2m national
simplex calling frequency. From my experience you won't hear much unless
you call "CQ" all the time.

When I had my Ham rig in my last vehicle I scanned the CB channels, the
MURS channels, the 2m call frequency and the FRS channels. After the CB
band the next most popular license free service seems to be those FRS
channels and those little hand-held radios you use on them. I very often
heard some activity as I was driving around. Most of it is either kids at
home or a group of people traveling together on the road and don't want to
put up with the crap on the CB channels. The only draw back is the limited
range, around 0.5 to 1 mile and maybe up to 2 miles if the local terrain
is level with few obstructions.

Regards,

Leland C. Scott
KC8LDO