SaparotRob
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Nice to meet you from Long Island.
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Nice to meet you from Long Island.Recce1 for reconnaissance naviguesser team commander Boeing RC-135 series aircraft.
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It kinda works, though.Initials, along with abbreviation of the state I was born in...so original and exciting
It kinda works, though.
When I first saw it, I thought it meant "CB SKY" and had something to do with aviation
Ok!Yeah, I actually like that meaning better than the actual meaning - let's go with it
Initials, along with abbreviation of the state I was born in...so original and exciting
Nah, it's a reference to outlaw Citizens Band operators with high power transmitters and sky-skip antennas. A very 70s thing. "Breaker one-nine for the Rubber Duck." Working the skip to Oz.When I first saw it, I thought it meant "CB SKY" and had something to do with aviation
Wait, what state is "SKY"? I've never seen that postal code.
ETA: Maybe Montana?
Had a nice base station back in day (in Southern California) that had a 4 element Moonraker on the business end, which had 11db gain with a 1-flat match in the low 27MHz range.Nah, it's a reference to outlaw Citizens Band operators with high power transmitters and sky-skip antennas. A very 70s thing. "Breaker one-nine for the Rubber Duck." Working the skip to Oz.
Now THAT is jargon!!!! Reminds me of listening to and trying to understand my sister's Geordie boyfriend, Malcolm. Great guy, but "Please repeat that for me Malcolm, a bit slower this time......let's grab another beer."Had a nice base station back in day (in Southern California) that had a 4 element Moonraker on the business end, which had 11db gain with a 1-flat match in the low 27MHz range.
The base was tube-type junk made by Knight and covered 10 - 11 meters with upper and lower sideband.
Audio was via an Astatic D104 "lollipop" and there may or may not have been a "foot-warmer" helping the TX/RX.
I'd go 10-8 on 27.175 and get radio checks from Florida!
I knew a couple guys from Redding in college at University of Idaho. Jim Bryant and Butch Jones. Jim passed away a few years ago.Talking on amateur was much more fun than years later, working on Public Safety two-way equipment.
Had to be professional and such, so a typical TX would be:
Me: "Radio service, testing one, two, three...radio service clear"
Dispatch: "Radio service, 10-2"
Me: "Shascom, 10-4, thank you. Radio service clear"
Boring stuff, really. "Shascom" is Shasta County's inter-agency dispatch for Fire, EMS and LEO, by the way.