[Elecraft] Could this operate on a motorcycle?
Russell Conner
rgconner at gmail.com
Sun May 4 23:52:17 EDT 2014
You don't have the requirements right.
We split to under 12 if we have more than 12 bikes, sometimes less, we
broke into 4 and 4 once, just because we had a less skilled group on what
was to be a spirited ride.
There is no requirement for 100% rider participation. Only the ride
officials, Captains, wingmen, and tail gunners are likely to be HAM
operators. Last ride I was on, I was the only HAM, we used FRS.
With PTT and helmet speakers, the operation is no more complex than hitting
the horn or flashing the lights. It is right there by the thumb of the
Clutch hand.
CB is worse than useless. It is dangerous because key ups with intentional
feedback startle you. no one turns on the CB
in central Califoria, it appears to be populated by crack addicts.
FRS/MURS is iffy, we were at Point Reyes and the working farms around us
were chattering away on Blue Dot, Green Dot, and even some of the GMRS
channels. We get what sounds like warehouses and gravel yards, and even
garbage dumps chatter when we ride around.
But no repeaters if the ride gets split. Happened this weekend, I lead the
rear group 5 miles out of the way because the lead group followed where the
Lead captian wanted to go, not where the directions said to go.
Having him call "Left at Road X" would have got my attention, because the
instructions said RIGHT.
See why we want them?
HAM is relatively uncrowded, with usually well behaved citizens on the
waves.
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