Actually I'm kinda surprised that you didn't get anything in OKC. I always
monitor .52 when on the road, and practically every time I pass through OKC
there are at least a couple of hams on the air, chatting away. But I find
the same thing on the highway, even the hams that have a ham tag don't seem
to monitor .52. Coming back from HamCom in Dallas a couple of years ago I
had a ham call me on .52, he said mine was the first response he'd gotten.

However, I find the same thing on the local repeaters when I pass through,
although I maintain up-to-date programming in my radio and I can hear the
repeaters unkey, I don't get any answers to my calls. So it's not just
simplex.

M

"KØHB" wrote in message
nk.net...
K0CKB and I just returned from an 8-week RV vacation. During the 8,500
mile trip we continuously monitored 146.52, and had our calls and the
statement "Monitoring 146.52" prominently visible on the rear of our
coach. Most of our travel was on busy Interstate highways, and in/near
populous areas including Minneapolis, DesMoines, Kansas City, Topeka,
Wichita, OKC, DFW, Waco, Austin, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Brownsville,
ElPaso, Las Cruces, Globe, Phoenix, Flagstaff, Tucson, Las Vegas, and
points between.

Not once were we called on 146.52.

At every population center we announced "K0HB (or K0CKB) monitoring Five
Two", often more than once.. On only one occasion (thanks WK5C) did we
receive a reply.

Is .52 broken?

73, de Hans, K0HB

"M.S." wrote in message
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SNIP
However, I find the same thing on the local repeaters when I pass through,
although I maintain up-to-date programming in my radio and I can hear the
repeaters unkey, I don't get any answers to my calls. So it's not just
simplex.

M

I have noticed the same thing about repeaters when traveling. On one
occasion, I was persistent and a local came back and sed "Lots of folks here
sonny, we just don't have the time to entertain travel folks, Mostly we talk
about corn prices and hog disease."

And I am aware of some Mom and Pop repeaters -- set up for them and they
never answer others.

CL

"Caveat Lector" wrote in message
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"M.S." wrote in message
...

SNIP
However, I find the same thing on the local repeaters when I pass
through, although I maintain up-to-date programming in my radio and I can
hear the repeaters unkey, I don't get any answers to my calls. So it's
not just simplex.

M

I have noticed the same thing about repeaters when traveling. On one
occasion, I was persistent and a local came back and sed "Lots of folks
here sonny, we just don't have the time to entertain travel folks, Mostly
we talk about corn prices and hog disease."

And I am aware of some Mom and Pop repeaters -- set up for them and they
never answer others.

CL
Funny they always answer my XYL though (;-)
CL

"Caveat Lector" wrote in message
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"Caveat Lector" wrote in message
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"M.S." wrote in message
...

SNIP
However, I find the same thing on the local repeaters when I pass
through, although I maintain up-to-date programming in my radio and I
can hear the repeaters unkey, I don't get any answers to my calls. So
it's not just simplex.

M

I have noticed the same thing about repeaters when traveling. On one
occasion, I was persistent and a local came back and sed "Lots of folks
here sonny, we just don't have the time to entertain travel folks, Mostly
we talk about corn prices and hog disease."

And I am aware of some Mom and Pop repeaters -- set up for them and they
never answer others.

CL
Funny they always answer my XYL though (;-)
CL


That is funny, but not surprising. The female voices ALWAYS seem to get a
reply. But ya know, those "female" voices can be awfully deceiving. What you
hear, isn't always what you see. Nor does it divulge what may come along
with it.

cl

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"Caveat Lector" wrote in message
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"Caveat Lector" wrote in message
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"M.S." wrote in message
...

SNIP
However, I find the same thing on the local repeaters when I pass
through, although I maintain up-to-date programming in my radio and I
can hear the repeaters unkey, I don't get any answers to my calls. So
it's not just simplex.

M

I have noticed the same thing about repeaters when traveling. On one
occasion, I was persistent and a local came back and sed "Lots of folks
here sonny, we just don't have the time to entertain travel folks,
Mostly we talk about corn prices and hog disease."

And I am aware of some Mom and Pop repeaters -- set up for them and they
never answer others.

CL
Funny they always answer my XYL though (;-)
CL


That is funny, but not surprising. The female voices ALWAYS seem to get a
reply. But ya know, those "female" voices can be awfully deceiving. What
you hear, isn't always what you see. Nor does it divulge what may come
along with it.

cl
LOL
Being there are only two females in Wyoming -- works everytime.

Yep be careful what you visualize - could be the spittin image of your
Mother -In -Law (;-(

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 07:29:44 -0800, "Caveat Lector"
wrote:

Funny they always answer my XYL though (;-)

chuckle Aha. I'll have a young lady record my call sign and
transmit it while driving every ten minutes and see what response I
get then.

Tony