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Loggings => VHF/UHF Logs, including satellites and radiosondes => Topic started by: ChrisSmolinski on November 13, 2019, 2115 UTC
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I haven't checked this band for a while. I have two OMs in a QSO. They mentioned ham/CB radio along with computer issues. One of them sounds like one of the local CBers I hear. Very very strong signal. They cannot be far away.
Update - I tried with my AOR 8200 and little whip antenna, and still a good signal. Maybe they are neighbors :)
I think I heard a call of WRCH 528 when one of them signed off.
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Must be something different. That callsign is for a licensee in Quincy, MA.
https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/searchLicense.jsp
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Thanks, I wasn't paying attention when I heard the call, so I obviously mangled some of the characters. If they're on again I'll see if I can get it correct this time ;D
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Hearing one of them again at 2030 UTC, I heard a mention of New Holland Pike and route 30, which is in Lancaster PA. So further away than I thought.
OK I heard a call that seems reasonable: WRDU664, Dallastown, PA GMRS.
And another, WRAK262 Etters, PA. Near Harrisburg.
I wonder if they are using a repeater?
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I have a GMRS license and a repeater although not near my home. They are nice to have when we go on a family vacation. I run some small palm sized radios that fit easily into your pocket. Sometimes it is just handy to have the radios when you separate in a mall, taking a walk, etc. Surprisingly not a lot of activity up this way.
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2100 UTC 15 Nov 2019, now hearing WRCH578 Fairfield PA in the mix.
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FRS/GMRS is quite useful. It's nice to have a GMRS license (I have one as well) to transmit higher power on the simplex freqs or use repeaters if needbe. Sometimes UHF is better than VHF (read: MURS) for portable-to-portable communications.