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- From: zielke@hemlock.nrl.navy.mil (David Zielke)
- Subject: Re: Radio Checks, was Coast Guard Boating
- In-Reply-To: mgsail@prefect.cc.bellcore.com's message of 21 Dec 92 15:05:04 GMT
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- Organization: Naval Research Laboratory
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 13:56:38 GMT
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- > The fact is that using the hailing channels for a radio is illegal no matter
- > how short the call is. Further, the checks I hear don't usually end with
- > "loud and clear at ----." Isn't this just one more instance of people
- > picking and choosing what rules and laws they will obey?
- >
- > Marv Goldstein
-
- Here is a question, I understand that performing a radio check is not a good
- idea on 16, however, what about old crystal based tranceivers? In my case,
- I test the unit into a dummy load on 16 and assume that if I can talk to
- someone on another frequency and I have power output on 16 into the dummy
- that everything is good. However, it is quite possible to have any one
- crystal go bad. The transmit and receive crystals are seperate and so
- checking for reception is not sufficient...
-
- If you were planning to go sailing at night or during some other time where
- the chance of needing to make contact is high, would you perform a radio
- check on 16?
-
- I know, the easiest solution is to purchase a synthisized radio...
-
-
- David Zielke
- 'Botany Bay'
- Cal 35 Hull 006
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- zielke@fozzie.nrl.navy.mil
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