[09:52] <teddy-dbear> Morning peoples, critters and everything else
[15:15] <ChinnoDog> jedijf: https://www.banggood.com/BF-T1-Frequency-400-470MHz-20-Channels-Mini-Ultra-thin-Driving-Hotel-Civilian-Walkie-Talkie-p-1176747.html
[16:46] <jedijf> ChinnoDog: ok first of all.....that domain....raised eyebrows
[16:47] <jedijf> ChinnoDog: and there are many similar, and the current ht rage. they sound good too.
[16:48] <waltman> also their logo looks like an amazon ripoff
[17:20] <ChinnoDog> I don't hear much on 70cm on my current walkie. Seems more useful for going backpacking than anything.
[17:21] <jedijf> ChinnoDog: all areas are different. You may be in a 2m area.
[17:22] <jedijf> Up here, we are 70cm heavy. Further out in the sticks it goes to 2m.
[17:28] <ChinnoDog> So urban backpacking? hehe
[17:29] <jedijf> ChinnoDog: try this one, it's Allstar linked so talks all over:   447.6750 -5 MHz 123.0 K3WS Washington, Union Station
[17:29] <ChinnoDog> 70cm will have less attenuation from solid objects. I've never walked around DC with my radio. Maybe more traffic there.
[17:29] <jedijf> if you can hit that, and it's connected to W3WAN, you can talk back into this area
[17:29] <ChinnoDog> I can't reach Union Station from here. :-( That is 20+ miles away.
[17:30] <jedijf> try it
[17:30] <ChinnoDog> The house I am moving to in two weeks has better elevation. Maybe I can put a discreet antenna on my balcony. I forget what direction the balcony faces.
[17:31] <jedijf> or this one:   447.3750 -5 MHz 123.0 K3WS College Park, Berwyn Heights MD OPEN A
[17:31] <jedijf> or this one, all allstar linked:   447.9250 -5 MHz 123.0 K3WS West Laurel MD OPEN A
[17:31] <ChinnoDog> I can't reach anything in MD from here last I tried.