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Call Sign : 26-CT-3372 Posts : 11 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2020-03-01 QTH or Location : South Manchester Equipment Used : retevis rt98 mobile 1/4 mag mount. CRT one CB thunderpole orbiter Age : 48
Subject: amazed/confused Fri Mar 06, 2020 7:13 am
hey all i was scanning through having a listen last night about 8pm and on 433.250 could hear american voices so i listened for a while longer and one said he was oregon, then another said alaska, just as i was about to tune off a scottish guy chirped in from the uk, i understand a bit about propagation, but it was so clear very little distortion, then a couple of clicks up the dial were some liverpool accents barely audible. was it propagation, or repeaters or something else, is there any simplex activity on 70cm or is it all repeater, been looking on web to try and learn but its a bit contradictory sometimes.. thanks.... experience is priceless.
ct-3372 howie
26TC62 Senior contributor
Call Sign : 26TC62, 26CT2817 Posts : 141 Times Thanked : 29 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Portsmouth Equipment Used : Yaesu 891, 10m pole, wire 5/8, T2LT
Subject: Re: amazed/confused Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:21 am
I don't know anything about these fancy internet linked repeaters they have on the amateur bands these days, but 433.250 looks like a repeater output frequency so I'm pretty sure that will be the source of it.
howie6012 New Member
Call Sign : 26-CT-3372 Posts : 11 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2020-03-01 QTH or Location : South Manchester Equipment Used : retevis rt98 mobile 1/4 mag mount. CRT one CB thunderpole orbiter Age : 48
Subject: Re: amazed/confused Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:49 am
Cheers.. Im not too ofay with repeater frq at the mo. Still inputing data like Johnny 5.
GaryWilson CT Directors
Call Sign : 26-CT-1836 Ham 2E0GGQ Posts : 4169 Times Thanked : 350 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Redcar, North Yorkshire. Equipment Used : Radios & Wires & Stuff! Age : 59
Subject: Re: amazed/confused Fri Mar 06, 2020 4:30 pm
Hello Howie,
All D.M.R and some Analogue repeaters are internet linked all around the world so you can talk to people in places like America, It's not propagation I'm afraid.
73's Gary.
howie6012 New Member
Call Sign : 26-CT-3372 Posts : 11 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2020-03-01 QTH or Location : South Manchester Equipment Used : retevis rt98 mobile 1/4 mag mount. CRT one CB thunderpole orbiter Age : 48
Subject: Re: amazed/confused Fri Mar 06, 2020 9:32 pm
I'd not even twigged about Internet linked stations. Makes sense with the lack delay between responses.it makes me realize how much technology I have to catch up on. Thanks Gary
Matt86 CT Directors
Call Sign : 26ct2767 Posts : 251 Times Thanked : 5 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Swindon Equipment Used : Yaesu ft818 , yaesu 8900r , yaesu ft950, stalker 9 Age : 37
Subject: Re: amazed/confused Sat Mar 07, 2020 12:56 am
A digi repeter with analouge capabilties in Fusion / DMR / D star or a internet gateway by hubnet or could even be a analouge repeter linked to Echco Link .
Not my prefered operating if ask me thats why not bought a digital radio .
73, Matt
Victor CT Directors
Call Sign : 26-CT-3228 / M7VIC Posts : 5803 Times Thanked : 352 Join date : 2019-11-10 QTH or Location : Bedford Equipment Used : Various
Subject: Re: amazed/confused Sat Mar 07, 2020 8:03 am
I'm with you Matt.
I looked at the digital mode & echo link technologies recently and although I'm sure it's a very useful technology, it just ain't radio for me. Opening another repeater the other side of the country to your local repeater frequency due to trop-E on 70cm's is exciting. Chatting to a CBer in another country during a brief opening is also exciting. But to me, this new stuff is a bit too much like making a VoIP/Skype call
Useful I suppose but just not my cup of tea. Horses for courses.
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