Video taken from Loveland and Johnstown Colorado june 9th 2009. Colorado Amateur Radio Emergency Services Skywarn net was activated as a tornado warning went…

Twilight Zone: Why Amateur Radio is Bad

Amateur Radio = Bad.
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26 replies
  1. Maltese Fire
    Maltese Fire says:

    haha, funny largefrog19036 ham radio is a fun hobby people just like any
    hobby, to each their own… the paranoia from that guy in the clip is
    awesome in a way. “ham radio operators, you know what they do to radio and
    television reception” haha luv it.

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  2. RadioFollies
    RadioFollies says:

    Its Dat CB Superbowl Channel 6 Cber Dr Fox! Hes coming over everything! My
    HiFi, Toaster, Doorbell, and My g-DAM TV! All four Channels. I cant watch
    the Twilight Zone in syndication for the Hundred Thousand Time!

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  3. 855h0le
    855h0le says:

    I HATE people like that… EVERYTHING that goes wrong- Your DAM Antenna! My
    Phone or TV etc isnt working right cause of you.. Im going to sue!! Im
    calling the FCC! Ignorance=Reason for execution 🙂

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  4. bob4timetravel
    bob4timetravel says:

    I have to agree with Red, your a dipshit. The only problem with Ham radio
    is idiots like you who think CB’ers wanted no code. Your a fucking joke if
    you have a ham license.

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  5. lrd9999
    lrd9999 says:

    This happened to our TV when I was a kid; we had to send away for some
    Drake filter box for the antenna. As we found out, the majority of the
    time, this was the fault of the receiving equipment, not the ham radio
    transmitter; I think the FCC standards for OOB signal rejection got better
    over the years. It didn’t cause the lights to flicker, or, for that matter,
    the picture to be squeezed down to a 16:5 aspect ratio, thought ;-)) .

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  6. Andrew Rohne
    Andrew Rohne says:

    Or they (supposedly) come by on a windy day and leave something hanging on
    your door. I’ve (again, supposedly) had that happen by the township zoning
    inspector. He’s (supposedly) told the FCC on me, but either they haven’t
    done anything in 8 months or they told him to piss off. And all those
    ‘supposedly’s are because I heard all this from the HOA Board president
    (who is, ironically, the least of my worries right now!).

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  7. pitcalco
    pitcalco says:

    @killerdalek You are absolutely right. I never had an amateur radio but I
    have over the years built some elaborate antennas for shortwave listening
    which have caught the eye of some. Whenever neighbours complained, I found
    it was best to be a good neighbour and help solve their reception problems
    instead of just arguing my case. They tend not to complain after that.

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  8. sonick808
    sonick808 says:

    I have a general license and also enjoy citizens band. Both services have
    their wackos and lids, and ALWAYS have!!!!!! Code, No Code, Back Then,
    Nowadays; THERE WERE ALWAYS WACKOS AND LIDS ON THE AIR. Nothing’s changed
    except technology keeps getting cooler! SDR, digital sound card modes,
    microwave, all kinds of cool stuff. The only thing i’m against in radio
    are: 1) proprietary, closed protocols (D-star) 2) protocols that don’t
    check for traffic before xmitting (WINLINK)

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  9. deathdellic
    deathdellic says:

    My evil ham radio antenna is less than 30 feet from my TV antenna….no
    issue. modern radios have filters that eliminate the spurious radiation by
    a huge amount as compared to back during the zone days. And modern TV’s
    also have a high level of rejection. If you point a 15 db 2 meter antenna
    at a TV antenna that’s 10 feet away and use 1500 watts…..I see an issue.
    (Start flame war about CB radios and Illegal amps here—–>

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  10. redroughneck1
    redroughneck1 says:

    JimmyDistant your a dipshit… that’s not true at all… Technician class
    didn’t need code before the code free ham license. DUH!!! I would bet 90%
    of hams where and are CB’ers.

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  11. tonytonytee
    tonytonytee says:

    if i were your neighbor i would fuck up your t.v. and beat your ass.
    whining bitches.. i guess people were fuckers back then too… call the
    wambulance on the ham radio operator pussy.

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