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5179
Greetings, My name is Ray Nicholas, and I am pleased to be accepted into your Group. I am 67, married, retired, long time camper, but only a year with our...
Ray Nicholas
barntrekkers
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Dec 6, 2007
2:53 pm
5180
... Welcome to the group Ray. But you got is alllllll wrong. Any of your perceived "stupid" questions won't be stupid at all. Its just a part of the...
hershey
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Dec 6, 2007
4:29 pm
5181
Seasons greetings everybody. Here's an issue I have been pondering for awhile. Would appreciate your comments. I have a relatively new Monaco motor home and...
Gerry Brentnall
wa6e
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Dec 6, 2007
4:53 pm
5182
morning, gerry. on our class A MH i'm presently using antenna mounts that are screwed into the sidewalls and grounded to one of the steel beams that make up...
Richard Bauer
rk911
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Dec 6, 2007
5:21 pm
5183
On Thursday, Dec 6, , at 9:53 AM, Gerry Brentnall wrote: Any advice? How have you handled this problem on your rig? TIA Gerry WA6E Gerry---- On my previous...
Lewis Neyland
lew443
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Dec 6, 2007
6:19 pm
5184
... roof. Don't be too afraid of a through the roof antenna mount, a properly installed NMO doesn't leak, and if your MH is anything like my 5-th wheel, it...
Rich Greenwood
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Dec 6, 2007
6:23 pm
5185
Gerry, I found a dual band, VHF/UHF, antenna that is about a foot long at HRO in Anaheim a few years ago. It is made by Comet or Diamond, CRS, and it works ...
Jim Godward
ac7po
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Dec 6, 2007
7:20 pm
5186
What you might consider is using a good adhesive and "glue" a sheet of metal to the roof as a back plane and a base for a good mag mount. I guess the mount...
Ric Jones
tj4dirt
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Dec 7, 2007
2:07 pm
5187
Gerry, I was faced with the same problem. I mounted a 1/4 wavelenth antenna on the back edge of my air conditioner using a homebrew bracket. The a/c unit does...
rwhipkey2000
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Dec 8, 2007
4:00 am
5188
Hello Richard and all of you who replied to my original post- Thanks for your reply. 5 miles simplex mobile to mobile isn't bad. Glad to hear the TTG works at...
Gerry Brentnall
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Dec 9, 2007
5:20 am
5189
a 2m qtr wave works fine on 450 uhf :) carl WB9YBI ft wayne ... From: "Gerry Brentnall" <gbrent@...> To: <rv_communications@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
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Dec 9, 2007
6:01 am
5190
My neighbor wants to replace his 15" rubber ducky antenna with something longer to try and get better reception. I did a web search on flexable antenna and the...
Ric Jones
tj4dirt
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Dec 9, 2007
2:25 pm
5191
Rick, I found an auto antenna in the parts store that matched the semi-ball mount on my MH. It extends to about 3 feet and improved the reception ...
Jim Godward
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Dec 9, 2007
3:40 pm
5192
I have a 2/440 no ground plane antenna that I mounted on the side of the front cap. I have a Diamond NR770 and I can reach repeators 20 miles a way with no...
Gerald Wessel (Jean)
ka8mbkcamper
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Dec 9, 2007
10:06 pm
5193
I use a Verizon Data Card while travelling though many parks offer free wireless which is often much faster than the data card. I'm told that wireless itself...
Jim
jimzhrrv
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Dec 15, 2007
11:07 pm
5194
I'm a newby on here and haven't did much but I use the wireless at parks when ever they offer it. If you look at the connection it will tell you if it is...
Barbara Blanke
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Dec 16, 2007
1:13 am
5195
... For web surfing, a web site that has a URL that starts with "https" rather than "http" is secure. Nobody can intercept and decrypt your traffic on those...
Dave Rudisill
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Dec 16, 2007
6:12 pm
5196
barbara, the need to enter a key before using a wireless hot spot is intended only to prevent unauthorized users. i believe the OP's question was if using...
Richard Bauer
rk911
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Dec 16, 2007
8:22 pm
5197
A Verizon cellphone is a better choice than a Verizon AirCard for on the road broadband internet access.. When Verizon's Broadband Access is added to a...
TLN
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Dec 16, 2007
8:36 pm
5198
snip Theoretically, the EV-D0 card transmissions are encrypted from the get-go. But intercepting the card transmission and creating readable text is difficult...
mrehmus
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Dec 16, 2007
10:38 pm
5199
Thanks for the input. I just learned something new also. I've been trying to figure out how I can get better connection with my wireless for the last couple of...
Barbara Blanke
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Dec 16, 2007
11:40 pm
5200
you're so right about that. i guess it's a lesson learned from the scouts or something but before i retired a couple of years ago i set up our laptop for...
Richard Bauer
rk911
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Dec 17, 2007
12:37 am
5201
As of last May 07 time frame we suspended our Verizon air card and they even waived the service fee ($15) as we were in Lake Havasu City, AZ. because Verizon...
Philip & Catherine
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Dec 17, 2007
3:55 am
5202
The advantage is no contract and no $15 service fee. Plus you can drop BroadbandAccess permanently, if using a cellphone, if you stop traveling. Try that with...
TLN
grandgene
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Dec 17, 2007
1:37 pm
5203
No contract is required for data services to a cell phone. You don't actually suspend service - you cancel it and there is no fee and no contractual...
Gary Brinck
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Dec 17, 2007
3:09 pm
5204
... The advantages to a Verizon cell phone over a Verizon data card are: 1. You don't have to buy a data card or commit to a data plan if you use your cell...
Dave Rudisill
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Dec 17, 2007
3:11 pm
5205
Dave, You get my vote to answer all questions of this sort. This is the most complete answer I've seen yet. Thank you so much, it really helped. Barb ... ...
Barbara Davidoff
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Dec 17, 2007
3:24 pm
5206
Thanks to everyone for joining in here...very interesting! So, if I understand correctly, my data card is no more or less secure than the free wireless I get...
Jim
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Dec 17, 2007
8:56 pm
5207
jim, webmail means going to your providers website to read/send e-mail. if you go to google's website to read/send e-mail then you are using their webmail...
Richard Bauer
rk911
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Dec 17, 2007
9:17 pm
5208
... That is correct. ... Web-based email refers simply to using a web browser to access your email account. It can be your ISP's web site, an email provider's...
Dave Rudisill
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Dec 18, 2007
3:08 pm
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