TGO David

I'm digging it.

I filled mine up on Sunday because I anticipated this would happen.

Mmmmm... pasta

Let's just use this thread. I have moved it to the special Events forum and made it a sticky.

Everyone here's pretty cool except for the gun who runs the site. I hear he eats paste.

Unloaded mags are poor paperweights.

Cheers. Yeah, I remember that place vaguely. Early 90's. Real classy joint.

Whereas amateur radio is still a licensed service and the FCC can and will get involved in shutting down someone engaging in illegal activities, of which profanity on the air is one, I'd say the odds of being subjected to that sort of material on shortwave are pretty slim.

What was the name of that bar over there... Checkers or something like that?

Welcome to TGO.

I'm digging the G10 panels on the bottom one!

Thanks for the helpful info, guys. I'm starting to lean toward the FT-7900R instead simply because it is dual-band, less expensive, and capable of handling the bands I'd use initially.

I'm glad I have an electrical engineering degree.

Thankfully the FCC allows you to break the rules and communicate on any available frequency in any available mode if you are in an emergency situation, regardless of your license status or class.

My brother called them tormatos when he was little. Who knew vegetables were so dangerous?

The question of whether it is worth it or not is easily answered by a look at current events in middle TN. Flooding everywhere. Granted, we are fortunate that cell towers and landline phones are still up, but I look at shortwave as another form of "preparedness" in general. For me, more specifically, it may be the only form of comm we have available to us in an emergency situation when we set out to run some of the ORV trails in the high desert later this year. A good CB radio is worth about... 5-10 miles at most without [illegal] amplification. Mobile shortwave is much more suited to the task.

It's glass reinforced nylon. It's pretty light.

Thanks Kevin. I'm happy to add forums that add value to the community. A knives forum has been requested once or twice in the past but there really never seemed to be a whole lot of member momentum behind it. Looks like now is a good time.

I've got one of the XV71's. Great knife.

Primarily I'm looking for this as a means of comm when we're out away from places where CB is useful. Like the mountains in Colorado, etc. I'm sure there's a big possibility that I'll get hooked on it though.

Excellent picture!

End of the world stuff here. Flooding, plagues, volcanoes, earthquakes... dogs and cats, living together in perfect harmony... mass hysteria!

Two week ban issued against clsutton21 for that.

Dude... not cool. There's a Krispy Kreme truck beneath the water in that last photo.

Darwin at work.