[MRCA] VHF Low Band Listening

[Steven Daniel Miller]

Not only that.  She wants me to get another one and then hopefully she'll
get her license too.  I can imagine us walking around the mall with a
couple of PRC-77s straped to our backs to keep in touch.  Ha.

Yes, I'm a lucky guy.  She at lest shows an interest in my shooting,
radio, and military collecting hobbies.

Steve


On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, Rob Flory wrote:

> Steve wrote:
>
> "My wife picked my up doing a test on 51 MHz
> from 4 miles away on a scanner and had me LC"
>
> Your wife is a good sport, Steve.  Mine would probably do it, but she'd really roll her eyes.  I've been doing tests like that, but with a recorder on the receiver at home.
>
> Rob Flory
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Steven Daniel Miller <fmj at shell.core.com>
> >Sent: Jul 31, 2006 11:27 AM
> >To: Military Radio Collectors Association <mrca at mailman.qth.net>
> >Subject: Re: [MRCA] VHF Low Band Listening
> >
> >Thanks for the info.  Well, from Madison, WI I picked up audio from
> >Channel 4 in Milwaukee, Channel 4 from Iowa and Channel 2 from Iowa.  All
> >several hundred miles away.  My wife picked my up doing a test on 51 MHz
> >from 4 miles away on a scanner and had me LC.  That was using the 10 foot
> >whiop.
> >
> >Like I said, I mainly bought it since I'm a military surplus collector but
> >no reason not to combine it with my amateur license.
> >
> >Steve
> >
> >
> >On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, Al Klase wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Steve,
> >>
> >> There's not a lot of excitement here in New Jersey.  One hardly hears
> >> any 6-meter activity, and I'd expect most of the DX would be SSB.
> >> There's still some police/fire operations on the 30-50 portion.  I can
> >> hear a six meter repeater, but the PRC-77 has no way to split the TX/RX
> >> freq's.  50KHz channel spacing and wide deviation is also a nuisance in
> >> ham terms.  Best bet is to show up for military radio activities.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Al
> >>
> >> Steven Daniel Miller wrote:
> >>
> >> >I'm new to the list and new to military radios but I have a PRC-77 being
> >> >shipped to me as we speak and I'm really looking forward to getting it.
> >> >I'm slightly more interesting in collecting military items than actually
> >> >using it but I'm sure I'll do some monitoring.
> >> >
> >> >I was just wondering if anyone could relay their experiences of monitoring
> >> >in the 30-70 MHz area.  I remember in 1988 as we were entering the peak of
> >> >the solar cycle.  My dad was in the national guard in Wisconsin and they
> >> >have a vehicle with a working radio.  I spent about 2 hours in there
> >> >listening (just before I got my amateur radio license).  I remember
> >> >hearing things like taxis and some Spanish language stuff coming in
> >> >somewhere betweeen 30-50MHz.  Is that stuff still out there or am I going
> >> >to be listening to a lot of static on the PRC-77?
> >> >
> >> >Thanks,
> >> >
> >> >Steve
> >> >KB9DFE
> >> >
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> >> --
> >> Al Klase - N3FRQ
> >> Flemington, NJ
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> >>
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