9/16/2015 - David Weatherly - Paranormal Investigator

[EricM]

I have a scanner from years ago, and usually those scanners have a bunch of freqs blocked out. well mine had the option of programming by pc (which was brand new concept then), so I could program the upper and lower limits of the locked bands, and just go exploring. the coolest thing i remember was hearing some of the older analog cell phones

My dad had a cb with upper, lower side band, below channels, and all of that 70's illegal stuff

 

[EricM]

alright. I'm out of beer. work tomorrow afternoon. g'night.

G'night Armand

 

[Maphoo]

My dad had a cb with upper, lower side band, below channels, and all of that 70's illegal stuff

yeah, i remember them. i actually tuned them myself back then

 

[EricM]

The only problem was that there were so many toggle switches I never knew what it was set for

 

[Maphoo]

The only problem was that there were so many toggle switches I never knew what it was set for

Lol, yep. I used to repurpose a couple switches already built in but performed nearly no action. so with 2 buttons, you coulld actually achieve 3 extra settings for 1-channels 41-72 or something 2 would take you 70 to 104 108 or higher if you had another crystal (basically up in the ham band) then 3- both buttons together, i could usually get about 17 below 1. it would go further down, but by then you have no xmit power left because of the way the radios were constructed.

 

[Maphoo]

Lol, yep. I used to repurpose a couple switches already built in but performed nearly no action. so with 2 buttons, you coulld actually achieve 3 extra settings for 1-channels 41-72 or something 2 would take you 70 to 104 108 or higher if you had another crystal (basically up in the ham band) then 3- both buttons together, i could usually get about 17 below 1. it would go further down, but by then you have no xmit power left because of the way the radios were constructed.

Then I would print out a "road map" so you know where the heck you were, and going..

 

[EricM]

Yeah I remember dad saying not to use my handle on some of those channels. He used it to talk to a friend of his pre cell phone days

 

[Maphoo]

Yeah I remember dad saying not to use my handle on some of those channels. He used it to talk to a friend of his pre cell phone days

yep. and ch 99 is the highest channel before you get to 28.000 mhz Ham... which you must have a license

 

[EricM]

I am wanting to get into ham radio. I need to do some research first though.

 

[Maphoo]

Yeah i've been thinking about it for awhile.. It isnt too difficult with some studying and taking the practice tests online, to get a technician license, I wanted to go for the General license, but I need a bit more studying to do yet. one thing i want to do is listen to those bands on my police scanner and see what kind of activity is going on around here.