Bruce Watson wrote:


I nearly never monitored SSB stations. AFRTS is so low powered
and utility stations really need scanning (a large, expensive
desktop model) to be interesting. Ham traffic sounded all too
monotonous.


Squelch-based HF scanners don't work very well, regardless of the price.
If you want to monitor lots of utes, you need a lot of radios.

Keep one of your radios inside of a metal can/container with a tight
fitting lid/cover in case of EMP.
cuhulin

wrote:
Keep one of your radios inside of a metal can/container with a tight
fitting lid/cover in case of EMP.
cuhulin


OK, boss. What will you be listening to on that post-apocalypse radio?

Dave wrote:

wrote:
Keep one of your radios inside of a metal can/container with a tight
fitting lid/cover in case of EMP.
cuhulin


OK, boss. What will you be listening to on that post-apocalypse radio?

It's believed that some of the stations and their programming are so far
removed from the human experience that they actually emulate
cockroaches. Cockroaches are believed able to survive almost anything.
So, all that will be left are these stations, Cuhulin and Keith Richards.



mike


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m II wrote:
Dave wrote:

wrote:
Keep one of your radios inside of a metal can/container with a tight
fitting lid/cover in case of EMP.
cuhulin

OK, boss. What will you be listening to on that post-apocalypse radio?

It's believed that some of the stations and their programming are so far
removed from the human experience that they actually emulate
cockroaches. Cockroaches are believed able to survive almost anything.
So, all that will be left are these stations, Cuhulin and Keith Richards.



mike


Mike. the story i was told, is Keith is so pickled, he
died 7 years ago. he just ain't laid down yet.

Drifter...

On Aug 7, 8:37*am, wrote:
Keep one of your radios inside of a metal can/container with a tight
fitting lid/cover in case of EMP.
cuhulin

Common sense insurance cuhulin. Good for mentioning that. I keep one
in its original box, (so it doesn't come into contact with the metal
box) and sealed in an ammo can for a Faraday cage. But just wrapped
in tinfoil would work good as a Faraday cage too.

And if you don't have one sealed up, at least its antenna
collapsed. The shorter the better, but at least keep it collapsed
shorter then twelve inches, and keep it away at least four feet from
any E.M.P. collectors like long metal pipes or wires. (The further
from them the better)
That way, they have a decent chance of surviving even if they
aren't sealed up inside a Faraday cage.
Many people think a Faraday cage needs to be grounded like an
antenna. Not so. And as a matter of fact a grounding wire could even
be bad. Because lengths of wire and pipe actually collect E.M.P. Which
is not what you want. Think of airplanes getting hit by lightning.
They are not grounded. They are Faraday cages and you're quite safe
inside them during a strike of powerful bolts of lightning.

I would just get out my Crystal Radio.No worries about EMP with that
one.
cuhulin

In article ,
Dave wrote:

Bruce Watson wrote:


I nearly never monitored SSB stations. AFRTS is so low powered
and utility stations really need scanning (a large, expensive
desktop model) to be interesting. Ham traffic sounded all too
monotonous.


Squelch-based HF scanners don't work very well, regardless of the price.
If you want to monitor lots of utes, you need a lot of radios.

That's funny. I have several SW radios and HF scanners and the squelch
works just fine on all of them.

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Telamon
Ventura, California

Telamon wrote:
In article ,
Dave wrote:

Bruce Watson wrote:

I nearly never monitored SSB stations. AFRTS is so low powered
and utility stations really need scanning (a large, expensive
desktop model) to be interesting. Ham traffic sounded all too
monotonous.

Squelch-based HF scanners don't work very well, regardless of the price.
If you want to monitor lots of utes, you need a lot of radios.

That's funny. I have several SW radios and HF scanners and the squelch
works just fine on all of them.

If you are in the voltage "scan" mode you miss calls.

I have two scanner radios.One of them is a Radio Shack Pro-91 150
channels radio and the other one is a Radio Shack 16 channels radio.I
bought both of them at pawn shops.I paid $75.00 for my Pro-91, I don't
remember how much I paid for the other one.
cuhulin