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<v Speaker 1>one works more often? Ham Radio or really any radio

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<v Speaker 1>service at all, Ham Radio, GMRS Radio, CB radio or

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<v Speaker 1>your cell phone or your smartphone? Which one do you

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<v Speaker 1>think actually works more consistently, more regularly, more often than

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<v Speaker 1>the other. I have some thoughts about this, and you

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<v Speaker 1>might be surprised by them, and I'm curious to see

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<v Speaker 1>what you might have to say. Yellowstone National Park. Here,

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<v Speaker 1>it's some geysers, and man, it's a good looking truck.

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<v Speaker 1>And we're here with five or six guys. I have

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<v Speaker 1>at and T, Robert has Verizon, Kyle has T Mobile.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a short video of short vertical video that

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<v Speaker 1>I recorded when we were activating one of the times

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<v Speaker 1>we were activating Yellowstone National Park on PODA in July

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<v Speaker 1>of twenty twenty four. There is no cell service in

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<v Speaker 1>the area, but you know what works.

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<v Speaker 2>Quilo nine India. Charlie popa five nine Wyoming copy of

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<v Speaker 2>the five seven Indiana. Thank you for the contact seventy three.

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<v Speaker 2>This is Keilo Mike nine call qrs it.

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<v Speaker 1>So, yeah, what's the point getting radio when you have

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<v Speaker 1>cell phones? So a little bit of sarcasm there, but

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<v Speaker 1>on honest an opinion, an honest opinion. We were at

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<v Speaker 1>Yellowstone National Park and we spent I don't know there,

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<v Speaker 1>I think it was. And then after Yellowstone, of course

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<v Speaker 1>that's in Wyoming that we were in the Wyoming part. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>after we left Yellowstone, we wanted, several of us wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to drive and activate Montana because we wanted the Montana

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<v Speaker 1>activation in our PoTA blog book. I myself have said

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<v Speaker 1>numerous times on the channel that I want to activate

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<v Speaker 1>one park in every state. I want to get all

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<v Speaker 1>fifty states, and I didn't have Montana. So Frank and

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<v Speaker 1>I and Kyle and Rob all drove to Montana, and

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of days after that, Frank and Rob flew

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<v Speaker 1>out of Billions Montana back home, and Kyle and I

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<v Speaker 1>continued our road trip and activated some more states after that,

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<v Speaker 1>throughout after we left Yellowstone Park. The reason I'm telling

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<v Speaker 1>you that after we left Yellowstone National Park there was

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<v Speaker 1>not much cell service throughout the state of Wyoming. I

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<v Speaker 1>had AT and T. Rob had Verizon, Kyle had t Mobile.

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<v Speaker 1>So we had all three, all of the big three

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<v Speaker 1>networks in the USA represented during that trip. And let

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<v Speaker 1>me tell you something that once you got inside of

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<v Speaker 1>the national I kind of understand that you don't have

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<v Speaker 1>you know, okay, because they don't put up cell towers

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<v Speaker 1>in national parks. They think they're ugly, they're kind of right.

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<v Speaker 1>I understand that. I get that, okay. But here's the thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Once we left the park, we had the same type

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<v Speaker 1>of trouble in northern Wyoming, northwest northeastern Wyoming. Driving into

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<v Speaker 1>Montana had the same type of trouble. In Montana, we

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<v Speaker 1>drove the Beartooth Highway, the Beartooth Parkway, which is a

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<v Speaker 1>scenic drive, very beautiful drive. You ever get a chance

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<v Speaker 1>to do it, I highly recommend it. So we're driving

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<v Speaker 1>that and there's two or three national for probably more

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<v Speaker 1>than that that National forests that it passes through or

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<v Speaker 1>passes very close to, and of course those are all

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<v Speaker 1>PoTA spots. Well, once we got into Montana, the group

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<v Speaker 1>of us that wanted to act, well pretty much all

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<v Speaker 1>of us wanted to activate Montana. We found a National

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<v Speaker 1>forest pulled over to the side of road did in activation.

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<v Speaker 1>Had no cell service to spot ourselves. Rob's verizon eventually worked.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it took him like between five and ten

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<v Speaker 1>minutes after posting us on the PoTA website for it

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<v Speaker 1>actually to show up. So it kind of worked. Sort of, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it kind of works. But AT and T and T Mobile,

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<v Speaker 1>we're dead. My road trip that I took in July,

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<v Speaker 1>where I drove throughout Utah, Wyoming, Montana, we came into

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<v Speaker 1>South Dakota, drove south through Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma back to Texas.

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<v Speaker 1>A few more places than that, but that's basically what

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<v Speaker 1>we did. I didn't have cell service much in the

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<v Speaker 1>whole state of Wyoming or Montana with AT and T,

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<v Speaker 1>so I put up that video or recorded it while

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<v Speaker 1>we're out there. Put that video up, and then I

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<v Speaker 1>and then I get a couple of pretty good comments.

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<v Speaker 1>And I got this one comment, and this comment here

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<v Speaker 1>is why I'm making today's video. This is a good comment.

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<v Speaker 1>Is a good comment. I think that he was trying

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<v Speaker 1>to refute what I was saying, or rebuttal what I

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<v Speaker 1>was saying, or contradict me. But I think he's proven

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<v Speaker 1>my point here. Okay, broke prepper, that's a good name,

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<v Speaker 1>broke prepper. Okay, more often quotes is certainly relative. Lol.

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<v Speaker 1>Cell phone's absolutely, without a doubt work more often, do they? Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>not because the are more reliable, but because I can

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<v Speaker 1>transmit all day long and not get a single response

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<v Speaker 1>with the range I have with a cell phone. No,

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<v Speaker 1>he means with a radio, but he's not very clear

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<v Speaker 1>with that statement. I'm in the mountains and the nearest

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<v Speaker 1>repeater is fifty miles away, which never has any traffic

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<v Speaker 1>on it that I can tell. In order for me

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<v Speaker 1>to reach anyone, I would have to have a hell

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<v Speaker 1>of a setup. I can afford a handheld. That's about it.

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<v Speaker 1>I keep four of them for emergencies and weather, for

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<v Speaker 1>my weather as in storms, for my family to be

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<v Speaker 1>able to communicate with each other. Now, Okay, so number one,

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<v Speaker 1>first and foremost point here. When I first read that,

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, Yeah, of course, of course your cell

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<v Speaker 1>phone's going to work more often. That's not really my point.

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<v Speaker 1>My point is that the radio is going to work

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<v Speaker 1>when the cell phone doesn't. And then I got to

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<v Speaker 1>thinking about it, I thought, no, no, that's not right,

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<v Speaker 1>that's not right. I contradicted my own thought process there. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>but first, he's talking about two things here. Let me

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<v Speaker 1>make something very clear. Okay, he's talking about king repeaters

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<v Speaker 1>and not getting response. He's not talking about the radio

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<v Speaker 1>working or not working. So the radio work if you're

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<v Speaker 1>keying the repeater and hearing the courtesy tone and squotch

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<v Speaker 1>tale of the repeater coming back to you. Guess what.

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<v Speaker 1>Your radio is working. Your radio is working. Okay, Just

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<v Speaker 1>because you don't get a response doesn't mean the radio's work.

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<v Speaker 1>Repeaters being inactive or dead has nothing to do with

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<v Speaker 1>whether the radio is actually working or not. There's two

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<v Speaker 1>separate issues here, and I've addressed the repeater issue, and

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<v Speaker 1>I have more videos coming soon about the repeater issue.

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<v Speaker 1>Key up your local repeaters, get more activity on repeaters.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a big fan of trying to get the repeaters

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<v Speaker 1>more alive, more connected, more used, more active throughout the

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<v Speaker 1>United States and the world. But you're missing the point here.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not saying that the radio is inactive. I'm saying

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<v Speaker 1>that the radio works more often than your smartphone does.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm going to tell you why I think that

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<v Speaker 1>just want to make sure that we're on the same

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<v Speaker 1>page when I say radio more often. I'm not talking

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<v Speaker 1>about the lack of activity on repeaters. Now here's the

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<v Speaker 1>next comment, the next comment in this and this guy

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<v Speaker 1>signed his he signed his call sign in the comment. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>and this is on this comment's on a public video

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<v Speaker 1>on my YouTube channel. So I don't really enjoy I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not really about internet shaming people. But this guy kind

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<v Speaker 1>of shoots himself in the foot on a public comment,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm just gonna kind of let him that's this.

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<v Speaker 1>Yet he says, yep, I wouldn't put my life online

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<v Speaker 1>with a Ham rig today. There are four Ham repeaters

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<v Speaker 1>in my area around fifty and around fifty Hams County wide.

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<v Speaker 1>Guess what, almost no repeater activity. I trust the cell

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<v Speaker 1>phone any day to a bunch of radio wannabes. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>you're missing the point. You're missing the point. Okay, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not talking about the activity on a repeater or the

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<v Speaker 1>lack thereof. I'm talking about whether the radio is working.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're able to key up your repeaters and get

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<v Speaker 1>a courtesy tone and a squelch tale from the repeater,

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<v Speaker 1>then your repeater and your radio are both working. It's working.

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<v Speaker 1>It's able to be. And check out all of the

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<v Speaker 1>videos that I've posted on this channel within the last

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<v Speaker 1>month about the repeater on Mount Mitchell in North Carolina

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<v Speaker 1>that's been one of the only ways to pass traffic

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<v Speaker 1>into and out of that area devastated by Hurricane Helene.

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<v Speaker 1>For two to three weeks. That's been the only communications

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<v Speaker 1>method because both cell phone networks and internet and power

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<v Speaker 1>in many places have been down. He goes on to

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<v Speaker 1>say he has Verizon as well, and it works fine

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<v Speaker 1>in my part of Wyoming. Well, I would assume it worked.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't travel the entire state of at Wyoming. Surely

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<v Speaker 1>it worked somewhere, Okay, I just found that it didn't

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<v Speaker 1>work much in where we were. Had a friend that

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<v Speaker 1>just went across the state line into Colorado. Guess what,

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<v Speaker 1>He put his call out several times along the way,

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<v Speaker 1>No joy until he hit the Denver area. So why

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<v Speaker 1>bother with hand radio in that case? Again, you're missing

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<v Speaker 1>the point. It's not the point I'm trying to make today.

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<v Speaker 1>But that's it. And several of the towns he passed

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<v Speaker 1>through do have ham repeaters, just like must have forgotten it,

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<v Speaker 1>just people must have forgotten used them. Just some thoughts.

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<v Speaker 1>Seventy three. This is my response to the original commentor

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<v Speaker 1>and then I made later on I made a response

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<v Speaker 1>to the second comment or the guy we just looked

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<v Speaker 1>at because I was like, you're missing the point. You're

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<v Speaker 1>not getting what I'm saying. Okay, So my original comment was,

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<v Speaker 1>and when you call someone from your phone and the

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<v Speaker 1>call drops or they don't answer, what then you have

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<v Speaker 1>to call other people one at a time, hoping that

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<v Speaker 1>the internet and cell sites are working properly in a

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<v Speaker 1>perfect situation. Yes, cell phones do work more often. I

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<v Speaker 1>disagree with now. This is when I was thinking. This

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<v Speaker 1>was my first response to that. But I've changed my mind.

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<v Speaker 1>I've changed my mind. Okay, I write cell phones do

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<v Speaker 1>work more often, But the point that your comment seems

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<v Speaker 1>to be missing is that cell phones do not always work.

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<v Speaker 1>The number of comments I get in my videos where

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<v Speaker 1>people think cell phones work one hundred percent of the

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<v Speaker 1>time is scary. I get drop calls when using the

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<v Speaker 1>phone in the Metroplex on a normal day when the

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<v Speaker 1>weather is good. How well will this same setup work

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<v Speaker 1>in a bad storm. Just look at the North Carolina

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<v Speaker 1>and Tennessee right now post Hurricane Lean, cell phone networks

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<v Speaker 1>have been down for days. What I failed to think of,

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<v Speaker 1>the reason I changed my mind is this. Okay, think

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<v Speaker 1>about the times where he's talking about your cell phone's

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<v Speaker 1>work more often your radio's working during those times too.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, think about it like this, Okay, your radio

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<v Speaker 1>always works because the only thing you need for radio

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<v Speaker 1>is a power supply, an antenna, and the atmosphere. For

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<v Speaker 1>a cell phone smartphone, you need a power supply, have

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<v Speaker 1>built in battery most of the time. It has an antenna,

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<v Speaker 1>whether it's internal or external, and you need a cell network.

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<v Speaker 1>And the cell network is what's been down for two

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<v Speaker 1>to three weeks at the time of this recording in

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<v Speaker 1>the eastern Tennessee and North Carolina areas post Hurricane Helen.

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<v Speaker 1>There was some damaged post Hurricane Milton also, but not

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<v Speaker 1>nearly as badly. But we've seen this in the past

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<v Speaker 1>several times, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane Harvey in Texas. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>this is not a new thing. This is not something

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<v Speaker 1>brand new that we saw in late twenty twenty four

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<v Speaker 1>with her Helen. Hurricane Helen's been the largest and most

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<v Speaker 1>catastrophic hurricane to hit the United States in maybe forever,

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<v Speaker 1>in record time. Your radio is going to work even

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<v Speaker 1>those times where your cell phone's working great, you're driving

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<v Speaker 1>down the road, you're calling people, you're doing your normal day.

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<v Speaker 1>Your cell phone is working fine. Your radio is working

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<v Speaker 1>fine during that time too. Your radio doesn't stop working

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<v Speaker 1>when the cell phone's working, but your cell phone stops

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<v Speaker 1>working when the cell network is down from natural disasters,

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<v Speaker 1>from wars, from terrorist attacks, from anything. So which one

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<v Speaker 1>actually works more often? The radio does? The radio works

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<v Speaker 1>more often because guess what, it's working all those times

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<v Speaker 1>that your cell phone's working too. And I'm not talking

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<v Speaker 1>about activity on the repeaters you could use. The two

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<v Speaker 1>commenters on this post completely missed my point. It has

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<v Speaker 1>nothing to do with activity on repeaters because if you

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<v Speaker 1>were to call out for an emergency, you might get

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<v Speaker 1>someone help you. You're just thrown out your call sign

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<v Speaker 1>and monitoring the repeater or maybe maybe not, but the

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<v Speaker 1>repeater is working even if nobody needs monitoring it, even

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<v Speaker 1>if no one's talking on it. It is working. You

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<v Speaker 1>might say, well, that's not gonna help during the emergency. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe it will, maybe it won't. I don't know. I

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<v Speaker 1>hope you and I never have to find out if

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<v Speaker 1>it will work or not. But if your cell phone

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<v Speaker 1>is dead because the cell network is down, and your

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<v Speaker 1>last resort is radio, because it doesn't require an external

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<v Speaker 1>network source, it'd be a good idea to try it.

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<v Speaker 1>At least, wouldn't it be a good idea to try

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<v Speaker 1>simplex HF repeaters whatever. So, no, the cell phone does

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<v Speaker 1>not work more often. It's probably used more often. More

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<v Speaker 1>people have a cell phone, But all those times your

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<v Speaker 1>cell phone's working, your radio is working also, so more

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<v Speaker 1>often is exactly the point that I was making in

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<v Speaker 1>that short video and in this video today. Guys, i'd

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<v Speaker 1>love to know what you think about this. Put a

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<v Speaker 1>comment below, and check out these videos over here on

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