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02-13-26 hundreds of CB's in use during a New England... I live deep in the woods in Massachusetts, I lose my power for 5 to 7 days at time during our winter storms.... my area has hundreds of trees come down across the roads,... 02-13-26, 20:41 pm I live deep in the woods in Massachusetts, I lose my power for 5 to 7 days at time during our winter storms.... my area has hundreds of trees come down across the roads, deep snow everywhere..... so during these storms I'm pretty busy... I'm out on my Kubota front end loader or my Kubota with bulldozer blade trying to move the snow ...I'm out using my chainsaw to try to get the trees moved off my 350 foot long driveway....and keeping the generator clear of snow and going. all the people on... Read more View article »
02-13-26 Moved from "wide open" Sonora to San... We recently relocated from Sonora in Tuolumne County, where all LE including CHP was analog and unencrypted, to the city of San Clemente in southern Orange County. I... 02-13-26, 20:36 pm We recently relocated from Sonora in Tuolumne County, where all LE including CHP was analog and unencrypted, to the city of San Clemente in southern Orange County. I realize many urban areas in CA encrypt their law enforcement communications, but being a real beginner to all this, I cannot discern whether San Clemente PD, the Orange County Sheriff's dept., and CHP down here are encrypted or not. I looked at the frequencies in the Database, but how can you tell what is Open and what is... Read more View article »
02-13-26 The HFGCS Radio Net radio check Lajes Air Field... Between 02:15 and 02:18 utc the HFGCS radio net conducted radio checks of 12345-54321 on 11.175usb. Copied Lajes Air Field Portugal and West Coast Radio California. Both... 02-13-26, 20:34 pm Between 02:15 and 02:18 utc the HFGCS radio net conducted radio checks of 12345-54321 on 11.175usb. Copied Lajes Air Field Portugal and West Coast Radio California. Both week but readable. My QTH NE Wisconsin. Radios used are a Yaesu FTdx-10 and a YaesuFT-710. View article »
02-13-26 CPS Password OK I'm sure this has been asked on here before but I looked and searched and could not find.... so here is what is going on I do all the programming for a small 100% vol... 02-13-26, 20:32 pm OK I'm sure this has been asked on here before but I looked and searched and could not find.... so here is what is going on I do all the programming for a small 100% vol fire department here is rural Western Oklahoma... I inherited this about 6 weeks ago after they removed the guy that was doing the programming from the fire department... anyways here is my issue I have 32 XPR 2500 radio that have the Read and Write password on them and I can not do update the Codeplug and the other guy... Read more View article »
02-13-26 RID's has been purged from RadioID.net My 2 RID's that were issued before RadioID.net existed appear to have been purged for their data base. I successfully used my primary RID on brandmeister on 26 January... 02-13-26, 19:52 pm My 2 RID's that were issued before RadioID.net existed appear to have been purged for their data base. I successfully used my primary RID on brandmeister on 26 January 2026 and successfully was routed. 19 days ago. This is logged on my local Brandmeister repeater last heard list. It also appears that quite a few other RID's have been purged of people that I know personally. Has anyone else had this issue? View article »
02-13-26 Where to buy SS rods for antenna building? Is there a reasonably priced source of 3/32 & 1/8" SS rods for building ground plane antennas? Thanks! 02-13-26, 19:40 pm Is there a reasonably priced source of 3/32 & 1/8" SS rods for building ground plane antennas? Thanks! View article »
02-13-26 BC75XLT “+Pgm” Meaning? RE: Owner’ Manual “Storing Frequencies (Page 38)“ “Step 2. Enter the frequency and press HOLD and FUNC+Pgm”. What does the plus (+) sign indicate? Is more... 02-13-26, 19:30 pm RE: Owner’ Manual “Storing Frequencies (Page 38)“ “Step 2. Enter the frequency and press HOLD and FUNC+Pgm”. What does the plus (+) sign indicate? Is more than one button at a time supposed to be pressed at the same time? View article »

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