[02:05] <InHisName1> so will you only talk in pictures, lazypower ?
[04:05] <lazypower> I have been known to speak in gifs from time to time
[04:05] <lazypower> But I'll save that for reddit
[06:31] <CodemonkeyAlx> o.O
[06:31]  * CodemonkeyAlx is on my chromebook :D
[10:07] <JonathanD> Morning.
[11:18] <rmg51> Morning
[11:19] <JonathanD> hi rmg51
[11:19] <rmg51> o/
[13:06] <waltman> foggy out there
[17:35] <ChinnoDog> KyleYankan: jedijf: I am a ham now.
[17:37] <rmg51> now?
[17:37] <rmg51> what were you before?
[17:38] <pleia2> pig
[17:39] <ChinnoDog> oink
[17:51] <KyleYankan> ChinnoDog: congrats. What's the call?
[19:17] <waltman> snort
[19:41] <pvl1> flyers need to step up their game
[20:58] <ChinnoDog> KyleYankan: I only passed the test today. No call yet. I passed the technician and then the general exam.
[21:29] <SamuraiAlba> Good bacon to all and to all some good bacon!
[21:50] <KyleYankan> ChinnoDog: ah, nice. Congrats!
[22:47] <ChinnoDog> I want to tune in athe local radio club repeater but I don't hear anything from it. Either it is silent or I don't know how to use my radio.
[22:53] <KyleYankan> ChinnoDog: which club repeater?
[22:53] <KyleYankan> N3KZ and W3WAN are usually busy
[22:54] <ChinnoDog> The radio club that tested me. The repeater is ~8 mi away. It is in Alexandria, VA
[22:55] <ChinnoDog> I should expect to get reception from 8 mi away on a walkie right?
[22:56] <KyleYankan> yeah, if anyone is on the repeater
[22:56] <KyleYankan> it might jsut be slow
[22:57] <ChinnoDog> I get nothing. :-(
[22:58] <ChinnoDog> I dialed down the squelch to its lowest setting so I get occasional bursts of static.
[22:58] <KyleYankan> Check another repeater in the area
[22:58] <KyleYankan> or tune to an APRS freq to see if you hear that
[23:01] <ChinnoDog> Is that a beacon?
[23:02] <KyleYankan> It's a digital location system
[23:02] <KyleYankan> network of radios
[23:10] <ChinnoDog> I am looking at aprs.org and I don't understand. Where do I tune? I set my radio for 144.39 and there is nothing there.
[23:12] <KyleYankan> that's be right. it''s possible no-one is aorund you broadcasting
[23:14] <ChinnoDog> How is that possible? I am not exactly in the middle of nowhere.
[23:16] <KyleYankan> I mean, as simple as no-one else near you broadcasting loud enough? It's not a cell network, it's not comprehensive
[23:19] <ChinnoDog> But the repeater should have traffic from miles around and this is a dense area.