Talking of radio scanners...

[Apache]

Haven't got much interest in talking on the radio. Just interested in the challenge of picking up very distant signals / decoding stuff. I'm gonna build a couple of data slicers for POCSAG and FLEX when I fit a discriminator tap to my AR1000.

Hows that for nerdy?

As for listening to people doing their jobs, well, its a bit more interesting than listening to people doing their jobs of R1, R2 etc. Its more than that anyway. Its more the challenge of finding something distant and difficult to receive, and another aspect for me with my engineer head on is the design / build / test and improvement of antennas for the purpose.

[BUSHWHACKER]

Haven't got much interest in talking on the radio. Just interested in the challenge of picking up very distant signals / decoding stuff. I'm gonna build a couple of data slicers for POCSAG and FLEX when I fit a discriminator tap to my AR1000.

Hows that for nerdy?

S.E.T.I. ?

[joecuba]

I use PMR446 for various outdoor activities, isn't this also used for greenlaning? It's the new CB radio don't u know!

Scanner just some fun / backup for PMR446 receive / listen to CB and whatever else is going on, alternative to the radio. Also good to know who is doing what about you for some of the things I do.

Also just fun to f$ucjk about with radios, why not?

[KERRSURF]

Haven't got much interest in talking on the radio. Just interested in the challenge of picking up very distant signals / decoding stuff. I'm gonna build a couple of data slicers for POCSAG and FLEX when I fit a discriminator tap to my AR1000.

Hows that for nerdy?

That is nerdtastic.

happy now.
I understood mostly none of that post.

[biosurf]

Haven't got much interest in talking on the radio. Just interested in the challenge of picking up very distant signals / decoding stuff. I'm gonna build a couple of data slicers for POCSAG and FLEX when I fit a discriminator tap to my AR1000.

Hows that for nerdy?

[KERRSURF]

I have pmr's for snowboarding and sometimes take them to the clog for peeps who don't have CB's.

I do have a CB but I only ever use it at the Clog.

[MattF]

Should be worth £40+ each on eBay mate, assuming they're in decent nick. One wonders why you have two scanners you didn't know about though.

I'm not known as a hoarding b@stard for nowt you know. I have a tendency to be a magnet for things when workshops are being closed down and such. There ain't that many service dept's still up and running these days, hence my sometimes unusual collection.

[Apache]

S.E.T.I. ?

Believe it or not, with the right antenna, it's possible to pick up the space shuttle and the ISS comms with the ground.

[Apache]

Is that the back of your Surf?

[biosurf]

Clearly not, this is the back of MY Surf

[MattF]

Git.

[joecuba]

biosurf - Did you have to take the dog guard down when u took that photo?



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Anyone who has any radio gear, I'll take it off your hands. Any old CB stuff, any scanners, aerials etc.

Bottom prices paid!

[RodLeach]

Clearly not, this is the back of MY Surf

Actually that looks more like the back of a LWB Jaguar..


















Shame i got the SWB

[MattF]

Just on the PMR note, does anyone happen to have and know what voltage the transformer is for the recharging base unit for the Cobra's?

[RodLeach]

Just on the PMR note, does anyone happen to have and know what voltage the transformer is for the recharging base unit for the Cobra's?

i believe its 4v.