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Offline Morgan_Sobriquet

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Checking In from the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC
« on: August 18, 2024, 04:38:05 PM »
You can call me Morgan...
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Offline pkveazey

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Re: Checking In from the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2024, 07:47:13 PM »
Hello Morgan. I'm in Eastern Virginia, just off I-95. You mentioned the magic word. "GUITAR". I'm a retired VDOT Traffic Engineer and was a professional Guitarist for about 20 years. I'm delighted to see that we have a LEO in the Unchained Prepper community. I'm an Advanced Class Ham and started in 1973. When I retired from VDOT in 2002, I went straight to work in a local music store as a Guitar Tech for about 7 years. I started prepping in 2008 when Mr. Nobody, from out of Nowhere, who never did Anything became President. I figured it was time start protecting myself and Family from the looming crash. I used to do HF Digital but for some unknown reason, my ICOM 7300 just won't Transmit it anymore. However, I can bring up Ham Radio Deluxe and open DM 780 and copy it OK. I'm not a fan of VHF/UHF DMR but I do have a dual band DMR handi-talkie and can use DMR if the need arises. There is a good group of folks here and they have all sorts of skills.
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Re: Checking In from the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2024, 07:49:54 PM »
Hey Morgan to UP.  :cheers:

Rather eclectic group here with a broad knowledge base.

If you do armature radio, we do a net on Tuesday night. Digital at 1900E hrs. and Phone at 2000E hrs.

Welcome brother. :thumbsUp:
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Re: Checking In from the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2024, 08:30:22 PM »
Howdy  :cowboy:
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Re: Checking In from the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC
« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2024, 10:37:26 PM »
Hello Morgan, welcome to the forum.
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Re: Checking In from the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC
« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2024, 10:47:07 PM »
Welcome, Morgan.   Value added, and NO tax!
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Re: Checking In from the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC
« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2024, 09:33:41 AM »
Welcome from NE GA
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Re: Checking In from the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC
« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2024, 08:30:00 PM »
Greetings and Salutations.  I can see Liberty Mountain from my front porch.

Your current AO?  General area, not specifics.

Nemo
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Offline Morgan_Sobriquet

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Re: Checking In from the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC
« Reply #8 on: August 23, 2024, 09:56:17 PM »
Quote from: pkveazey on August 18, 2024, 07:47:13 PM
Hello Morgan. I'm in Eastern Virginia, just off I-95. You mentioned the magic word. "GUITAR". I'm a retired VDOT Traffic Engineer and was a professional Guitarist for about 20 years. I'm delighted to see that we have a LEO in the Unchained Prepper community. I'm an Advanced Class Ham and started in 1973. When I retired from VDOT in 2002, I went straight to work in a local music store as a Guitar Tech for about 7 years. I started prepping in 2008 when Mr. Nobody, from out of Nowhere, who never did Anything became President. I figured it was time start protecting myself and Family from the looming crash. I used to do HF Digital but for some unknown reason, my ICOM 7300 just won't Transmit it anymore. However, I can bring up Ham Radio Deluxe and open DM 780 and copy it OK. I'm not a fan of VHF/UHF DMR but I do have a dual band DMR handi-talkie and can use DMR if the need arises. There is a good group of folks here and they have all sorts of skills.

Thank you very much for the kind words.  I got the 2008 Mr. Nobody.... :) yeah, I got a few Geetars... for sure. Played in the bars at night and was a cop during the day.  Yeah, never without a GF,  :troutSlap: ha ha.  I got an Icom 7200 ... i really like it.  also a yeasu 857 ... i do mostly digital, very little voice.  Got me some TYT HTs that are now working w/ encryption (shhh).   :fuckYeah:
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Re: Checking In from the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC
« Reply #9 on: August 23, 2024, 09:59:27 PM »
Quote from: JohnyMac on August 18, 2024, 07:49:54 PM
Hey Morgan to UP.  :cheers:

Rather eclectic group here with a broad knowledge base.

If you do armature radio, we do a net on Tuesday night. Digital at 1900E hrs. and Phone at 2000E hrs.

Welcome brother. :thumbsUp:

What time, mode and freq are you doing the digital net? HF? Let me know ... i'd like to hop on....
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Re: Checking In from the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC
« Reply #10 on: August 23, 2024, 10:00:46 PM »
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Re: Checking In from the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC
« Reply #11 on: August 23, 2024, 10:01:30 PM »
Quote from: Jackalope on August 18, 2024, 10:37:26 PM
Hello Morgan, welcome to the forum.
thanks...
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Re: Checking In from the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC
« Reply #12 on: August 23, 2024, 10:07:52 PM »
Quote from: Nemo on August 19, 2024, 08:30:00 PM
Greetings and Salutations.  I can see Liberty Mountain from my front porch.

Your current AO?  General area, not specifics.
MY GRID is EM96sk (if your a Ham you'll figure that out).... if not, Central NC, about 20 miles S of the VA Border (I can see Pilot mountain from mine).

Nemo
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Re: Checking In from the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC
« Reply #13 on: August 23, 2024, 10:09:39 PM »
Quote from: RB in GA on August 19, 2024, 09:33:41 AM
Welcome from NE GA
Thanks RB... from GA :)
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Re: Checking In from the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC
« Reply #14 on: August 24, 2024, 08:53:38 AM »
Morgan, the digital & phone net's are located in the radio board. August ERIN 2024 SOI.
https://unchainedpreppers.com/forum/radio/august-2024-erin-soi/
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Re: Checking In from the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC
« Reply #15 on: August 24, 2024, 10:51:11 AM »
Quote from: Morgan_Sobriquet on August 23, 2024, 10:07:52 PM
MY GRID is EM96sk (if your a Ham you'll figure that out).... if not, Central NC, about 20 miles S of the VA Border (I can see Pilot mountain from mine).

I do not do ham stuff.  A bit more specific, I can see Sharptop and Flattop out my back window.

Nemo
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