GraveYard Shift BS

Interesting. I'm on the fence between HAM and CB at the moment. Mostly for Trail Comms but also I want to be able to reach out in an emergency if I'm up in the mountains.

 

Not much. Bout to go scrounge the fridge for some dinner. Lol

 

Ham can be setup to transmit further than a cb. I’ve hit repeaters over 40 miles away with my mobile. Main thing is the terrain you’ll be in how any setup will work. With trail comms it’s a matter of what the other people use. Cb’s are cheap to add in the truck if you want both. I know around my area if I call an emergency on a repeater someone’s jumping on right then. CB around here would be a toss up. Just depends really on what you want out of the setup. Would you want to reach out and have conversations with people all over the world and local or just want trail comms. I think one or two of the repeaters here are still connected to make phone calls on too.

Also in the mountains unless you’re up high neither one will do much good probably unless there’s someone in the area or with ham if there’s a repeater on top of one of them that covers the valley.

My mobile has a feature called cross and repeat that I can use outside of the truck with my handheld. I transmit with the low powered ht back to the truck and the trucks radio acts as a repeater and sends it out at 50 watts vs the 5 watts the ht puts out. Basically you make your own repeater for yourself.

 

Sup James, Josh and Kirk.

 

Sounds like HAM is the way to go. My wife's health can deteriorate in a moments notice, so being able to reach out for medical emergencies is a must.

 

@medic2230
I have the

$165 Midland MXT275 MicroMobile® GMRS Radio – 15 watts Two-Way Radio with Integrated Control Microphone – Overland Caravanning Tractors – Detachable External Magnetic Mount Antenna - 8 Repeater Channels

Midland MXT275 MICROMOBILE® TWO-WAY RADIO and Stryker SR-89MC in my truck now. Might need to upgrade the midland.

 

Kirk Maner Josh Murph Ian
What’s the word?
I got my yearly LOTO class tomorrow and some random work
Should be exciting

 

It’s now called LOTOTO
Lock out, Tag out, Try out
Good luck

 

They're not that bad. Just exercise good practice and they'll be fine.

 

Whatcha got 2 in there for? Isn't that Striker setup to transmit on cb Freq's?

 

Yessir , whether I lock out locally or on the MCP 1 and 2 I go to the systems control pane (Applewood) and double check to make sure the belts I’m working on and near are de energized

 

I just went thru the new COast guard training yesterday on that. shit sucks. i will miss the days of just hanging a tag and thats it. now i have to lock things or do multiple tags and such. i miss the days of natural selection.

 

Maner
What do the crew do when you are shut down due to the weather?

 

Keep working operators assist with keeping emergency roads and such open. But you still get paid no matter what.

 

. That good
I like to stay busy during downtime. Pass the time.

 

Seems like the LOTO training gets changed every year. More and more paperwork as well.

50 minutes of documentation for 3 minutes of wrenching.

 

Serious stuff

 

I lost my shit with a couple tradesmen last week.

These fuckers show up for an unscheduled PM because their boss felt sorry for them because it was -8*f. We will give you some easy inside work.

Meanwhile, I get to do an hour of lockout paperwork for a 10 minute job.

I told them to come back in an hour and I'll have the lockout done.

They told me they had no problem waiting . Wrong! You fuckers are not sitting in my control room playing on your phones while I'm getting this job ready! GO!

They asked why I had to be that way, they were just trying to do their job.

• I explained how my entire day just got backed up because they showed up for unscheduled work. I was a dick,but at times it's required to make a point.

They did leave for an hour. I was happy.

 

Howdy, y'all!

I got in on this the other day. Super psyched. Taylor talked me into stuff that wasn't in the sale even... So there's that.

KC Hilites garage sale

 

Why would you do this to me?

I'm in the middle of spending too much on patches.