On 5/6/2019 12:41 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote: > Nope not out of service here. The 40 MHz band is used in Tennessee > today by the Tennessee Highway Patrol and Department of Safety. Look > at any of the TN black and whites and notice the 5 ft whip with the > spring and ball at the base. All of those radios are 100 watt > mobiles. And when they stop quickly it goes "swish swish swish".
The CHP has gone to SUVs with the Lo-Band whip on the roof. A little higher and it can recharge the batteries from the trolley wires.... :)-- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
