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[W6GQ]

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[K3STX]

The title says it all.

[WA9SVD]

The link, (blurry picture and all) crashed Netscape 7 with an "illegal operation" three times.

For those of us who are still in the dark ages and do not have broadband, could you please describe, in 25 words or less, what's going on?

[KC0OFZ]

Ah the future of radio....have to love it.

[N5USR]

It's a news article on an Australian TV station about a home invasion where a 6-week pregnant woman was beaten up by a couple of thugs. Her partner said the attack was meant for him, he had gotten into an argument on CB radio.

He said the CB frequencies had been taken over by thugs and criminals and that the authorities needed to police them more. The authorities admit they don't police them, they are a free-for-all and the people using them have to report incidents and provide taped evidence.

[WA9SVD]

Thank you.

[kq9j]

The problem is they used the terms "amateur" and "CB" radio interchangeably..and toward the end the reporter asked listeners to report any suspicious activity they heard on the "repeater". So I don't know what radio service this was ('course I don't know..maybe CB ops in Aussie-land have repeaters to use) http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[N9FE]

This is nothing new we have a free for all just about every night on 75 meters, there are idiots playing karol the canadian kook recordings, three other individuals that come on and all they say is yaa yaa, this has been going on for 5 years now, YES 5 years riley, and continues nightly, policing the bands, right a complete joke, enforcement to get these idiots taken off the air permenently never going to happen, spin the dial riley, they follow you and do the same horses#it. Yes folks this is amateur radio, and it's getting worse every day...N9FE edit: hours apon hours of tapes have been sent in to the fcc, nothing has been done, nothing, a complete waste of time and money....

[KC9ECI]

Quote[/b] (wa9svd @ Sep. 02 2007,07:38)]The link, (blurry picture and all) crashed Netscape 7 with an "illegal operation" three times.

# #For those of us who are still in the dark ages and do not have broadband, could you please describe, in 25 words or less, what's going on?
Get rid of Netscape. That used to be my browser of choice, but Opera or Firefox are much better browsers.

[N2NKW]

Wow, they have repeaters on CB over there or did I misunderstand the tail end of that report?

[WA9SVD]

Quote[/b] (KC9ECI @ Sep. 02 2007,06:31)]Quote[/b] (wa9svd @ Sep. 02 2007,07:38)]The link, (blurry picture and all) crashed Netscape 7 with an "illegal operation" three times.

For those of us who are still in the dark ages and do not have broadband, could you please describe, in 25 words or less, what's going on?
Get rid of Netscape. That used to be my browser of choice, but Opera or Firefox are much better browsers.
Well, that's a bit strong, but I will consider Firefox on a computer now "under construction." Does it also have an e-mail program built in, or would I need a seperate program? Netscape has always been "good enuf."

Thanks for the suggestion, though.

[N2NKW]

Quote[/b] (wa9svd @ Sep. 02 2007,08:38)]Does it also have an e-mail program built in, or would I need a seperate program? Netscape has always been "good enuf."

Thanks for the suggestion, though.
I believe Thunderbird is the email program also made by Mozilla, who makes Firefox. It is not "built in" but there are addon's to make the it work like it is built in. D/L thunderbird when you try your test run of FF and see how they work together

[KC9ECI]

They work fine together. Once you try Firefox, you'll kick yourself for not ditching Netscape a long time ago.

[kc4umo]

Well, from looking at the radio, frequency display, and the size of the stacked uhf yagi's, it appears it amatuer radio.

[N2NKW]

Quote[/b] (kc4umo @ Sep. 02 2007,08:54)]Well, from looking at the radio, frequency display, and the size of the stacked uhf yagi's, it appears it amatuer radio.
Google is my friend

I had no idea they used 477mhz for cb over there. And to answer my own previous question, yep they have repeaters on CB over there. Amazing...or something...

Australian UHF CB radio (http://home.alphalink.com.au/~parkerp/cb.htm)

Quote[/b] ]477MHz UHF FM (aka 'UHF')

History

Like 27 MHz, UHF CB also started in the 1970s. However unlike 27 MHz, UHF CB is unique to Australia. The 40 UHF channels were set up as an alternative to 27 MHz when government policy was that access to 27 MHz would only be temporary. Early UHF sets were expensive and not always reliable. The line-of-sight characteristics of UHF made it poor in hilly areas. As a result, UHF CB grew slowly for the first few years of its life.

Farmers were the first group to adopt UHF CB from the early 1980s. Farmers were soon joined by truck drivers and rural businesses wishing to take advantage of UHF's crisp, clear signals. UHF is also popular amongst travellers on major highways throughout Australia, as it provides a useful means of calling for help or passing on road or weather warnings. In the cities UHF activity is a mixture of general chit-chat and business communications.

The main reason for UHF's growth was the spread of repeater stations and improved (and cheaper) equipment. UHF CB has been so successful that it is now more active than 27 MHz in most places.

Capability

UHF CB uses the FM transmission mode. UHF gives clear, crisp local communication without the long-distance interference sometimes heard on 27 MHz. UHF is also less susceptible to power line noise than 27 MHz. Its main disadvantage is that it performs poorly in hilly and forested areas due to its 'line of sight' characteristics. Typical direct (simplex) car-to-car ranges of UHF vary between about 5 kilometres in urban areas to 20 kilometres or more in open countryside. However if located on a hilltop, distances of 50 kilometres are common, even with low-powered handheld equipment.

UHF really comes into its own when repeater stations are used. Repeaters are installed on hilltops and retransmit signals received on one channel onto another channel. They are set up by community groups or commercial organisations but can freely be used by everyone. Distances of 50 to 100 kilometres are commonly achieved via repeaters, even if mobile or handheld transceivers are used. Most urban and rural areas are served by at least one repeater. To listen for the repeaters in your area, search for signals between channels 1 and 8. Those channels are busy most of the time are likely to be repeaters. Click here to see a list of repeaters in your state.

Channels

1 476.425 21 476.925

2 476.450 22 476.950

3 476.475 23 476.975

4 476.500 24 477.000

5 476.525 25 477.025

6 476.550 26 477.050

7 476.575 27 477.075

8 476.600 28 477.100

9 476.625 29 477.125

10 476.650 30 477.150

11 476.675 31 477.175

12 476.700 32 477.200

13 476.725 33 477.225

14 476.750 34 477.250

15 476.775 35 477.275

16 476.800 36 477.300

17 476.825 37 477.325

18 476.850 38 477.350

19 476.875 38 477.375

20 476.900 40 477.400

Notes on channel allocations:

1. Several channels are set aside for special uses. These are:

Channel 5 Emergency Channel

Channel 11 Call Channel

Channel 40 Road Channel

2. Channels 22 and 23 are used for telemetry and remote control purposed. The ACA advises that voice communications on these channels is prohibited.

3. Repeaters transmit between channels 1-8 and receive between channels 31 and 38. Avoid these channels for non-repeater (simplex) communications. Repeaters operating on Channel 5/35 may be used for emergency communication only. If you are near the station you are talking to, you should move from the repeater to a simplex channel (see note 5) to leave the repeater free for others who cannot communicate direct.

4. Though Channel 11 is officially the call channel, most people use repeaters for this purpose instead. Many truck drivers use Channel 40.

5. The following channels are suggested for general simplex communication: 9, 10, 12-21, 23-30, 39.

With the exceptions of the alpha holtels over there taking over the frequencies, I think it's cool to have have uhf cb. I hate the heterodyne's that happen on AM...lol

[kc4umo]

Well there ya go. I never new that.

I's got ta gezt me one of them thar Australian UHF CB radio

[kq9j]

Maybe if some of the clods that do the QRMing and other nonsense on 20 and 75 meters got a good thumping that would cure the problem http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[K3VR]

Sounds like Australia suffers from the same lack of enforcement $$$ allocations we have here. Repeaters are allowed on the 476~477 portion of the CB band down under.

CB Operating Frequencies in Australia:

Designated channels in two distinct frequency bands:

HF - 26.965 MHz to 27.405 MHz (inclusive); and
UHF - 476.425 MHz to 477.400 MHz (inclusive).

http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_1265#operating

[k7mh]

Quote[/b] ]Netscape has always been "good enuf."

Yeah, well...if all ya want is good enough!
It wasn't good enough to run the video!
I haven't even heard anyone mention Netscape for a few years now.
I use Firefox too. Started just to check it out. Never turned back.
Time to ditch your dial-up too!
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[k0dxc]

The amateur airwaves of CB!! radio http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif

These guys must have skipped out on college!