J.O.T.A. stands for Jamboree On The Air. It was the brain child of Les Mitchell G3BHK, a UK scout leader at an International Jamboree in England. He was...
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kd4umq@xxxx.xxx
Oct 2, 1999 4:00 am
Hello, I just joined the list and look forward to picking ya'lls brains. I am Assistant Cubmaster for Pack 574 in Mocksville,NC. I've been a nc-tech for about...
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Carter Wood
carterjwood@xxxxxxxx....
Oct 4, 1999 2:00 am
<<JOTI has been running for 5 or 6 years now and I haven't a clue who thought it up. :-)>> Wasn't it Al Gore? scoutradio@onelist.com wrote: SCOUTING and...
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David Hutchinson
Dr_David_Hutchinson@...
Oct 1, 1999 7:23 am
J.O.T.A. stands for Jamboree On The Air. It was the brain child of Les Mitchell G3BHK, a UK scout leader at an International Jamboree in England. He was...
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kd4umq@...
Oct 2, 1999 4:00 am
Hello, I just joined the list and look forward to picking ya'lls brains. I am Assistant Cubmaster for Pack 574 in Mocksville,NC. I've been a nc-tech for about...
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Dave Colter
dbcolter@xxx.xxxx
Oct 4, 1999 11:27 am
Carter, you and I both subscribe to the digest version of Scoutradio. Unfortunately, this means that we can't just hit the "reply" button, or we'll send the...
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Bob Bruninga
bruninga@xxxx.xxxx.xxxx
Oct 24, 1999 7:38 pm
For the last year, I have been pushing the use of FRS radios in support of Scouting. Having just spent the weekend at "Woodsmoke 99", with over 1000 scouts...
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John Bednar
k3ct@xxxx.xxxx
Oct 25, 1999 12:10 am
Bob, Excuse my ignorance, what is a FRS radio? Our troop has been using 222 MHz. We have a scout (my son) and a scouter (myself) licensed in our troop. We are...
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Bob Bruninga
bruninga@xxxx.xxxx.xxxx
Oct 25, 1999 2:03 am
... The Family Service Radios. Everybody sells them now, not just electronics stores... Kmart, Office depot, and even lumber stores. They operate on 462 and...
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Neil Lauritsen
scout@xxx.xxxx
Oct 25, 1999 5:15 am
[FORWARDED BY scout@...] From: Braaten, Ed <ed.braaten@...> To: TAPR APRS Special Interest Group <aprssig@...> Cc: Bob Bruninga...
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TJ-wd4nhh
wd4nhh@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Oct 25, 1999 7:23 am
I think we ( scouts and scouters ) should stay on CH.7 and below because there were alot of early made FRS radios that had only 7 CH's and 6 or 7 PL tones ,...
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TJ-wd4nhh
wd4nhh@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Oct 25, 1999 4:29 pm
Something I forgot to put in my last message about FRS radios is that alot of the cheaper new ones have 14 CH's but have no PL tones . Seeee Yaaaaa T.J....
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Bob Bruninga
bruninga@xxxx.xxxx.xxxx
Oct 25, 1999 9:15 pm
On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, TJ-wd4nhh wrote Something he forgot to put in his ... Yes, That is why I proposed channel 1 no tone as the calling "fun" channel for...
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TJ-wd4nhh
wd4nhh@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Oct 25, 1999 8:33 pm
The two channel radio's I've seen have channel's 1 & 8 . T.J. WD4NHH wd4nhh@... ... From: Bob Bruninga <bruninga@...> To:...
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Ray J. Vaughan
ray@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Oct 26, 1999 3:51 am
... Have you thought about an interface to GMRS? If I'm there with my GMRS radio, I can legally talk to FRS users (http://www.rayvaughan.com/gmrs.htm) on the...
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Bob Bruninga
bruninga@xxxx.xxxx.xxxx
Oct 26, 1999 12:29 pm
... Interesting, yes, I bought eery GMRS radio I could find when Radio Shack closed them out... But I was pretty sure that the "rules" prohibit one service...
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TJ-wd4nhh
wd4nhh@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Oct 26, 1999 12:29 pm
GMRS and FRS channels are not the same . FRS channel's are inbetween the GMRS channels and they are called splinter Freq.'s . T.J. WD4NHH wd4nhh@... ...
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Bob Bruninga
bruninga@xxxx.xxxx.xxxx
Oct 26, 1999 5:47 pm
... Sort of. The GMRS had added seven "interstitial" channels. These then were converted to "FRS" when the FRS service was enacted. SO you are right that...
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Bob Bruninga
bruninga@xxxx.xxxx.xxxx
Oct 27, 1999 1:51 am
2-channel FRS radios on sale this and next week at Best Buy for $49 a PAIR! Brand name VOX-BOX (do not have VOX circuits). No PL. Run on 4 AAA's. 500 mw......
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Steven C. Gallafent
steve@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Oct 27, 1999 4:54 pm
... Why bother with the tones? If a channel has QRM all the tones are going to do is filter the QRM. The channel will still be tied up - activity on 9/15 is...
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Bob Bruninga
bruninga@xxxx.xxxx.xxxx
Oct 27, 1999 7:03 pm
... Yes, true, I agree. I think the above should be re-worded to imply Channel "9" as the leaders channel and then if "quiet tone is needed, then activate...
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Ray Vaughan
ray@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Oct 26, 1999 5:48 pm
... True, but GMRS licensees are permitted to use the seven 462 MHz splinters also. And at more power than the FRS users on the same channels. (but not as...
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Ray Vaughan
ray@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Oct 26, 1999 7:55 pm
... To follow up on this a bit more: http://www.dougweb.com/gmrsinter.html This shows the GMRS Interstitial and FRS channels side by side. It looks like FRS...
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Bob Bruninga
bruninga@xxxx.xxxx.xxxx
Oct 28, 1999 5:15 pm
... Good point. I guess then channel 7? Who cares about "channel-9" anyway... it was only a vague reeerence to CB... and I am happy to distance ourselves...
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Jon Pearl W4ABC
w4abc@xxx.xxxx
Oct 28, 1999 2:21 pm
... Hi Bob et al... I was kinda thinking along the same lines. Each and every one of these radios apparently has a different scheme for implementing both ch....
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Jon Pearl W4ABC
w4abc@xxx.xxxx
Oct 28, 1999 5:55 pm
... From: Jon Pearl W4ABC <w4abc@...> To: <scoutradio@onelist.com> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 10:21 AM Subject: Re: [scoutradio] Digest Number 42 ...
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Jon Pearl W4ABC
w4abc@xxx.xxxx
Oct 31, 1999 10:21 pm
... From: ONElist Notification <notify@onelist.com> To: <scoutradio-owner@onelist.com> Sent: Saturday, October 30, 1999 8:56 AM Subject: Notification of...
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Bob Bruninga
bruninga@xxxx.xxxx.xxxx
Nov 1, 1999 2:43 am
Scouts, By the way, I bought one of those $99 Radio Shack simplex repeaters and it works beautifully. SO if you are into FRS radios for scouting and want to...
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Chris
w4yyz@xxxxxxxx.xx.xxxx
Nov 1, 1999 3:41 am
... Are repeaters on FRS even legal? I wouldn't think so! -Chris +------------------------------------------>>> ... ...
