W2MC

Look at the cost of insurance before you jump - A couple years ago, I considered a similar plan (but with a newer car and payments in the $100 to $150 range), and the gas price had to be in the $3.25 to $3.50 range to break-even, after the insurance was factored-in....

And all of this means???

Loading up! Bringing a fun little pile of pumps, side by sides, and an o/u and a box o birds and a case of shells

I am thinking of going tomorrow...if i do, i'll take a .410 sxs - stock was cut-down an inch or two; should be good for an 8 year old to try out

Donate it to the salvation army. http://easternusa.salvationarmy.org/use/car-donations/

Another possibility is a 20 gauge...someone's selling a stoeger over/under here in the marketplace section for a nice price. They'e not bad; few months ago I watched a young lady at my club smokin clay after clay with a stoeger 20 o/u...she was doing very well, and she was new to Trap, as well.

Mine looks more like:

And you as well Jon W2MC

+ 1000

No quite. I've listened to 11 meters, and there's nothing there I would want to listen to.

I don't know much about Sussex County....but...did you GO to Field Day? As for the questions.....if you get involved with testing, you can submit new questions to do exactly what you mention. The question pools are on 4 year rotations. I see and buy 'deals' all the time. Ya gotta be there.... You've been waiting 6 months to "see" the SK's estate. Did you offer to help move, clean, categorize, and test that room full of stuff? I've done it....its a tremendous amt of work. I dunno about this hobby being impenetrable. I've found it to be the opposite. BUT...you have to put forth the effort. No one will go out, grab you, and drag you in. Jon W2MC

This is one of the reasons I continually preach that, for a new ham, your best bet is to get with a club! Hamfests and club sales/auctions are a great source of hardware on the cheap. Used power supplies and tuners tend to be rock-solid reliable, and in many cases can be had for pennies on the dollar. Older rigs and antennas pop-up frequently, too. Also, it is very true that ham radio tends to be an old man's hobby, and most clubs offer their services to get all the antennas down and the hardware gathered-up and sold-off for the family of the dearly departed. If its known that someone is looking for something, or setting-up a new station, etc, the equipment tends to be channeled in that direction.

Because, NY is unlike NJ and PA....which long ago agreed to stop double-taxing each other's residents. There is no such agreement with NY

As I remember...its new york state, new york city, and Pennsylvania

I think being able to rattle-off your SBI number is a sign of being a little TOO into shooting....

Want one?

Atlantic City Electric is currently showing SATURDAY...!!!!!!!!

the storm literally chased me down the white horse pike heading home. Power out, no idea when it will be back on. A couple of branches down. Luckier than many; several houses have trees laying oh them (and one or two INTO them) in the local area.

OK - didn't know you meant GMRS repeaters....I dont know much about them. The GMRS pairs must have some significant separation, frequency-wise, to get away with closely-spaced antennas instead of a set of filters. And you are technically correct - you don't HAVE to coordinate repeaters in amateur service; however, in the densely populated northeast, there are very few repeater pairs available - in my area (SNJ) there are NO unclaimed 2 meter repeater pairs, for example, and very few on the higher bands. Trying to drop-in an uncoordinated repeater anywhere in NJ is just begging for trouble.

There's a LOT involved with setting-up your own ham radio repeater; both technical and paperwork-wise (repeater coordination). You dont just plug it in and start playing.

Just a reminder......this is NEXT WEEKEND Set-up starts Friday; operation starts Saturday afternoon 2 PM Saturday to 2 PM Sunday

Haven't been on the Chicken Band in years. To use a car comparison; Ham Radio is like a Cadillac...CB is like a Yugo.

Happily using my new-to-me Dell OptiPlex 380. Came looking nearly new, with a new keyboard and a new mouse. Wonder when they're going to do a deal again.....

Sweeney did say "Bring it on!" And you know he won't pull any punches

Nice set-up....I'll second the Alpha-Delta; particularly the DXCC - you're paying extra, but its extremely well-built and I've never heard a complaint about them. I have their DX-B, which is the wire sloper for use with a tower to cover 30, 40, 80, & 160 Meters. Works great! How do you like the DX-1200?