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OK, sound odds, I know but it’s true. For months we’ve, and by we I mean my husband, friends, Mom, everyone, have been hearing “Hamburger Man”** through my home lan line phone, answering machine, computer speakers and stereo speakers. It’s as though he is having a conversation, like on a CB or Ham radio, but we can only hear one side of it. I called the phone company, tech support and anyone else I could think of but haven't gotten any answers or help. It is driving me crazy! It is so random I can't even schedule around it, one day at noon, the next at 4:30pm, then 2am. I’ve a home studio and can’t record because, yep, you guessed it, I end up with a duet with “Hamburger Man.” Any suggestions?
**The name comes from one of the few words we can actually understand. The rest is loud gibberish and the words "world famous."
None of the speakers are wireless.
OK, sound odds, I know but it’s true. For months we’ve, and by we I mean my husband, friends, Mom, everyone, have been hearing “Hamburger Man”** through my home lan line phone, answering machine, computer speakers and stereo speakers. It’s as though he is having a conversation, like on a CB or Ham radio, but we can only hear one side of it. I called the phone company, tech support and anyone else I could think of but haven't gotten any answers or help. It is driving me crazy! It is so random I can't even schedule around it, one day at noon, the next at 4:30pm, then 2am. I’ve a home studio and can’t record because, yep, you guessed it, I end up with a duet with “Hamburger Man.” Any suggestions?
**The name comes from one of the few words we can actually understand. The rest is loud gibberish and the words "world famous."

This person may be close to you and pumping out too much power. This is very hard to track, but is trackable. If he is pumping out too much wattage then the FCC could fine him. See if any of your neighbors are experiencing the same issue or know anything.

2006-10-24 13:17:15 by Aslana

y not 2 buy a ham radio

And if it will, why is that?

Yes. You need to properly ground it for reason two anyhow. The reason it helps reception is fairly simple. Most devices use the common (which you tie to ground) as a reference to tell them what 0 volts is. All electrons want to go home, which is ground. If you don't let them have a path back home, they move around until you do. The earth's atmosphere is chocked full of Electromagnetic energy and it creates EMI (Electromagnetic Interference). If you ground your common, it will go home and away from you. If you don't, it can hang out on your common and fluctuate your zero volt reference point. So ground it. Good luck.

2008-03-24 12:28:10 by Gage

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Portable CB radio with 40 CB channels, 10 NOAA channels, and 4 Watts of output power
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Power with six AA batteries or included cigarette lighter adapter for mobile use
ANL (automatic noise limiter) and squelch control for improving reception and eliminating noise

Does anyone know if ham/mobile/CB radio operators have the capabilities to eavesdrop on wireless and/or landline telephone conversations? If so, would it be possible to zero in on a specific, wireless home phone, by address or position instead of by number. We have a civil lawsuit pending...Based on some odd information that was exposed during previous negotiations; I suspect some "funny business" is going on. It just so happens, that the defendant in this case, is a "radio head" with a top-of-the-line base and 4 mobile units. If this, in fact happening...not just paranoia, what (if anything) can be done to counter or stop such an activity?

Yes with certain radios a ham user can listen in on phone conversations, however if that person was ever caught the FCC would more and likely revoke the users license, and stick them with several hundreds of dollars in fines.

2006-02-27 16:33:16 by saffron

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I am trying to become a ham operator and I wanted to know if a CB radio is the same thing as a ham radio and If it isn't then what is a ham radio and how do I get one?

Hi BrettBell

The answers that you have so far are correct , but I don't think they are giving the full information that you are after.

The biggest immediate difference between the two type of radio communication is the technical skill required to become an operator.
For example,, with CB radio your first (and almost only) step is to purchase a radio and start talking.

With ham radio purchasing the radio is almost the last step taken.
Before a purchase is made you should know what type of ham radio you will be requiring , and this will depend upon the type of license you get.
The different licenses available all require testing of your radio and electronics knowledge by an approved tester.
If you only go for the most basic license you will be only able to operate on selected VHF and UHF ham bands.

The next step up in license will give almost all of the ham bands but at reduced power.....and the highest skill level license will let you use all of the different ham bands at a much higher power.

Even though there are many great studying resource books and websites out there , unless you have a very good grasp of electronics then perhaps the two higher class licenses are out of your reach,,,for the time being at least.

That is why most ham operators start with a low class licenses and then work their way up as their knowledge increase....but it may take many years.

One point that is often not talked about is the fact that ham radio operators are licensed by the federal government in their own country.
This means that while this is a great privilege, it also can bring great troubles if you misuse your privilege.
If found to be deliberately jamming frequencies , using bad radio equipment that interferes with other users , playing music , bad behavior , these things can bring very heavy fines from the government.

Fortunately there are only a small percentage of idiots are on the ham bands.

Another statement which is often said is that you can speak around the world on ham radios.
While that is true it isn't as simple as that.

For user on the lowest class license with VHF and UHF radios direct worldwide communication is impossible.
However range can be substantially increased by accessing repeater stations (which retransmit your signal at a higher power) or by going through an amateur radio satellite.

For the middle class licenses with a lot of effort you can use the HF (high frequency) ham bands and use the ionosphere to bounce your signal down into another part of the world.

Have a look at my recent YouTube videos of what a simple HF ham station can do - http://www.youtube.com/user/OH2FFY

While these contacts are many thousands of kilometers away at present reliable worldwide communications isn't possible on the ham bands.

In summary , the ham radio hobby is vast , and rewards those with patience and electronics skill.
Those that have the CBer mentality will eventually return to the rabble of the mud-duck band on 27Mhz.
If your interested in getting a ham license , contact your local ham radio club and someone from there will help you go through the licensing procedure and help you buy your equipment.

73 from Finland.

2008-08-05 06:58:44 by Brett Bell

A CB radio is most commonly used by truckers to keep in touch on the highways. Some "redneck" non-truckers own them as well, because they're kinda like groupies in the trucker's world. CB radios are basically fairly short distance transmitters and receivers.

HAM radios cover all available channels on the airwaves. They are extremely powerful home units that can often reach almost halfway around the world.

2006-09-09 12:12:30 by Peihong