Mosquito repelling handheld radio

[KC0W]

According to Alinco, one of their handhelds may repel mosquitos. Check it out, under Handhelds click on model # DJ-296T & read what the last line under features of this radio says. Mosquito repelling handheld (http://www.alinco.com/usa.html)

Tom kcØw

[KG6YTZ]

What we need around this locale is a tone to repel Illegal Rotten Operators. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[N5PVL]

If you live in a place with plenty of "skeeters", it doesn't seem nearly so silly I bet!

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[K8ERV]

There have been a number of studies, by Govt, CU, etc, that show that ultrasonic sound has little or no effect on skeeters or other baddies. Think I smell some snake oil here. (Same with the deer repellers for cars). http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif

TOM K8ERV Montrose Colo

[kb2vxa]

Hi guys,

Unless that thing sprays DEET you'll be eaten alive by the NJ state bird in and around marshy areas here at the shore. Forget about the government "studies", we all know the (un)sientific method can be skewed to prouduce the desired results.

Someone gave me one of those little ultrasound generators you plug in the wall and it had no effect on the bugs that inhabit the radio room in summer.

Now if someone would be so kind as to give one to Dexter it MIGHT keep Deedee out of the lab.

[n2nh]

Quote[/b] (kc0w @ Mar. 29 2005,00:55)]According to Alinco, one of their handhelds may repel mosquitos. Check it out, under Handhelds click on model # DJ-296T & read what the last line under features of this radio says. Mosquito repelling handheld (http://www.alinco.com/usa.html)

Tom kcØw
Alinco has marketed a HT with an "experimental" mosquito repellant for years. The logic being that it would come in handy on Field Day , on SARs ops and Hiking.

Does it work? Dunno, I suppose if you have one of these it wouldn't hurt. I'd like to see an HT with anti-deer tick technology... we got lots more of those here.

[KG6YTZ]

Quote[/b] (kb2vxa @ Mar. 29 2005,03:21)]Now if someone would be so kind as to give one to Dexter it MIGHT keep Deedee out of the lab.
oooooooh... #Shiny button! http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

I get crickets in my apartment, and wouldn't you just know it, they always seem to find the most acoustically irritating hiding places - wall heater, tiled bathroom... #If they could build one of those ultrasonic gizmoids that mimics a bat's sonar, maybe it might work. #Is that the theory behind what's being sold now?

[N8CPA]

An imabic paddle that repels black flies might be a worthy enterprise. #Ever try to slap at them with one hand while trying to slap a paddle with the other? #

Nasty ba$+@'s! DEET is their version of catnip. #If you're wearing white socks, they'll be red within an hour or two.

[KC0KBH]

You just heard about that feature now?

[KC0W]

Quote[/b] (KC0KBH @ Mar. 29 2005,12:26)]You just heard about that feature now?
Sorry I'm such a newbie....... As I'm 100% HF CW here, I spend very little time caring about or looking at VHF handhelds.


Best of luck,


Tom kcØw

[WA2ZDY]

Quote[/b] (K8ERV @ Mar. 29 2005,06:57)]. . . Think I smell some snake oil here. #(Same with the deer repellers for cars). :angry:
I can't speak for your experience obviously Tom, but I can speak for my own. I used to have those deer whistles on the front bumper of my car. I never had a close call with a deer while they were on, but I did hit MANY birds, who seemed to be aiming for the center of the grille, directly between the deer whistles. I can tell you I cleaned at least five birds, of different species, that flew into the front of my car, plus one whose aim was off and hit the windshield.

Once the deer whistles were off the car, no more bird strikes. But I've nailed two deer - one of which didn't get back up.

So yeah, I used to think they were in the snake oil category, but I'm not so sure now. I do know it's easier on the car to hit birds than deer.

[N1MLF]

Does it come with a can of antenna wax also??
:rock:
..JW..

[kl7aj]

Quote[/b] (WA2ZDY @ Mar. 29 2005,08:21)]Quote[/b] (K8ERV @ Mar. 29 2005,06:57)]. . . Think I smell some snake oil here. #(Same with the deer repellers for cars). http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif
I can't speak for your experience obviously Tom, but I can speak for my own. #I used to have those deer whistles on the front bumper of my car. #I never had a close call with a deer while they were on, but I did hit MANY birds, who seemed to be aiming for the center of the grille, directly between the deer whistles. #I can tell you I cleaned at least five birds, of different species, that flew into the front of my car, plus one whose aim was off and hit the windshield.

Once the deer whistles were off the car, no more bird strikes. #But I've nailed two deer - one of which didn't get back up.

So yeah, I used to think they were in the snake oil category, but I'm not so sure now. #I do know it's easier on the car to hit birds than deer.
How does a deer call for backup?

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Eric

[K8ERV]

I had a pair of the deer thingys on my car, properly installed. Driving over the needed 35, I passed several deer grazing? by the side of the road. They never even looked up. Maybe they were just deaf.

TOM K8ERV Montrose Colo

[ka5s]

They better be careful about making such a claim:

FTC Alleges Electronic Mosquito Repellent Claims Are False; Sellers Also Lack Evidence For Ultrasonic Pest-Control and Air Cleaning Product Claims

An Orlando, Florida company has been charged by the Federal Trade Commission with making false and unsubstantiated claims in advertisements for its electronic mosquito and pest repellers and its air cleaning products. According to the FTC, Lentek International, Inc., and its ...
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2002/08/lentek.htm

The Center for Disease Control says:
Note: Vitamin B and "ultrasonic" devices are NOT effective in preventing mosquito bites.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/qa/prevention.htm


Cortland
KA5S

[K0RGR]

Yes, I think if those devices worked on mosquitoes, everybody in Minnesota would be licensed by now. Even if it just discouraged the little ones, so they would stop trying to drag you home to their parents, people would buy them by the bushel.

[ai4ep]

That one company has been offering this model of radio for at least 2 years now....it would appear everyone has been spending too much time "memorizing their morse code answers " ,or " modifying this rig or that rig for "out-of-band operation " ...or trying to figure out the basic difference in a ft - 100 to a ft-100d !!

Which brings to mind another thing that the ordinary 2 meter HT will not do --- combine it with a gps system !!

oh and another

combo 2 meter ht & 40 channel cb walkie/talkie !!

and another

combo 2 meter mobile and 40 channel am/ssb cb radio ( not sure if it needs 2 mikes or just one ) . Sure it would be popular, but no one would admit ever using the " cb side " . http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[KG4RUL]

My DJS40 has the 'repelling' feature. I can attest to the fact that is DOES NOT work!

Dennis http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

[K8ERV]

Quote[/b] (KG4RUL @ Mar. 30 2005,16:36)]My DJS40 has the 'repelling' feature. #I can attest to the fact that is DOES NOT work!

Dennis http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif
On the contrary, it sure repelled ME!!

TOM K8ERV Montrose Colo

[KG4RUL]

Lets see, if it repelled you in CO and I am in SC, it must be 'skip' repelling?

Dennis http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif

[kb2vxa]

Hi guys,

Keep 'em coming, the comments are hilarious! For the guy with the crickets, either get a pair of those Puerto Rican pointy toe choos, how to use them is obvious. Then again you can always get a more sensitive microphone.

Bat chirps come in all sizes, no one in particular chases bugs but they all catch them. Tell you something? Careful with the choos, main, bat guano also hides in corners.

"So yeah, I used to think they were in the snake oil category, but I'm not so sure now. I do know it's easier on the car to hit birds than deer."

Right, try to swerve and hit a bird on the wing! I've had MUCH better luck with deer, bagged one while hunting that way. Pumped a load into it's neck just for the sake of the game warden.

If you hunt deer with a '63 Plymouth at 50MPH,
you might be a redneck.

"combo 2 meter ht & 40 channel cb walkie/talkie !!"

Not so farfetched as it seems. I had a Starlite AM radio/walkie talkie and used it to it's fullest effect. I bridged the circuits so it transmitted whatever the AM section was tuned to, in this case a Soul music station. I hid it in my girlfriend's house next door to this PITA CBer hooked up to a wall wart, he was such a bigot he made the KKK look sweet. Naturally he had a flaming FIT, got his hooded friends together and tracked it down back to his own house. I didn't have to wait lone for the local cops to do their thing, arrested the lot for tresspassing in the neighbor's yards. I don't think they EVER figured it out.

It only goes to show that all you need to repel mosquitos and CBers is the right sort of HT but you'll have to do a few slight modifications.