Comments by "Joe Blow" (@joeblow8593) on "Ringway Manchester" channel.

  1. Yes, more number stations. Thanks again for another great video.
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  2. Long time ago in the Northeast U.S., there was a single mutual aid frequency that the cops in different towns used to talk to each other on the air in case there was say a stolen car passing from one town to another. Every Friday and Saturday night that channel would come alive as the cops took turns pursuing a stolen car as it went from one town to another. What a time
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  3.  @UltimateDoomer1  SPEN (State Police Emergency Network)
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  4. I have no real clue what that is, but it is certainly intriguing. Greetings from the U.S.
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  5. That's one band that we're not allowed to use here in the states
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  6. Wish we had access to the 4M band here in the U.S. too
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  7. Not sure if we ever had anti-repeater groups in the U.S. But DID have RTTY repeaters on 2 meters back in the 70's!
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  8. Congratulations on 10 years and thanks for the all the videos. Cheers from across the pond
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  9. I get more information about numbers stations in the U.S. from across the pond than from anyone else on this side of the Atlantic. Thanks
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  10. Mucho trabojo poco dinero
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  11. Thanks, we don't get BBC Radio 4 here in the states.
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  12. The first Chinese radio that I had was the Baofeng UV3R, the volume control never worked properly.
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  13. Well if you ever come to the states, leave the PMR radios at home and buy a set of FRS radios here for $20
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  14. It's interesting to hear about the U.K. perspective in the early days of CB. Here in the states, CB got so big that nearly every town had a CB store by the mid to late 1970's. Also CB's were sold by Radio Shack, Department Stores, Drug Stores, Appliance Stores and of course Truck Stops. In 1977, CB got so big that licenses became free. Of course no one was really using their license calls (if they even had one), everyone used handles. On April 28 1983, the FCC stopped requiring a license to use a CB.
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  15. Yeah, I had a hard time believing that it was dead hand transmitter. But the concept of the UVB-76 The Buzzer would make for a fine spy thriller...James Bond on steroids lol. Cheers from the states
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  16. Interesting. Cheers from across the pond
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  17. Thanks for covering this
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  18. 56 miles? That's fantastic, that must have been tropo/lift conditions. Your PMR band is almost the same as our FRS band in the states, just different frequencies. I think ours have the same .5 watt limit and the antennas are fixed to the radio like yours are.
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  19. Another fascinating video, thanks.
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  20. Thanks as always from across the pond.
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  21. Thanks, I wonder if some of those antenna are for relaying telemetry data.
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  22. Great stuff, thanks again
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  23. There is an American ham visiting Poland and he was DXing the AM broadcast band there and picked up "Absolute Radio UK" on 1215 khz during the day at 800 miles away! Look for "Giant Slinky Antenna - Having Fun on the HF Bands" by COASTAL WAVES & WIRES
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  24. Abandoned rail lines are always interesting and great for exploring but here in the states, it seems like they always make them into bike and walking trails.
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  25. Thanks for the top notch research and videos. Can you get hold of the original CIA photos now that they are declassified? I don't know where to look, maybe one of your subscribers could help.
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  26. Thanks and cheers from the U.S.
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  27. I usually watch the 'Distant Signal' channel
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  28. I've never heard these stories before, thanks.
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  29. Interesting radio, is the 220 band AM only or FM too? Because we can use 222 Mhz here in the U.S. , it's one of our ham allocations.
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  30. Interesting, thanks
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  31. Thanks, this is a great numbers station video
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  32. Thanks for this
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  33. Interesting, watching from the U.S.
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  34. Interesting, I wonder if it were possible in the U.S. too. There is some speculation that our Interstate Highway System built in the 1950's throughout the 1970's could accommodate aircraft landings and takeoffs in an emergency. Indeed there have been several instances where planes have made emergency landings right on our interstate highways. The Interstate Highway System was conceived by President Eisenhower after seeing the Autobahn in Germany.
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  35. Nice research, thanks again
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  36. Interesting as always
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  37. Fantastic stuff, thanks again.
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  38. If you want to hear what CB radio sounded like in 1969. Just search for the video, CB Radio talk and disputes 1969 Philadelphia PA
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  39. Fascinating stuff as always, thanks. I read somewhere that we used to have two meter RTTY repeaters here in the U.S. years ago.
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  40. Thanks again
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  41. There is a video on YouTube of her recounting that event on some TV show
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  42. We have wireless internet here in the states, they are called WISP's (Wireless ISP). They are mainly used in rural areas where cable and fiber would cost too much.. It uses small microwave dishes, it is round and about 1 foot in diameter.
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  43. Nice work as always and congratulations on 100,000 subscribers
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  44. Interesting as always, cheers from across the pond
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  45. Thanks fascinating stuff
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  46. Thanks for another interesting history of pirate radio
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  47. We did have pirate radio in the U.S. but a lot of it was on FM and in the bigger cities like Miami and New Tork. There was one very popular pirate called WHOT 91.5 in Brooklyn NY. When the local New York City station 91.5 WNYE used to go off the air at night on the weekends, then WHOT would come on and occupy the frequency. The DJ's were usually Hank Hayes and Jim Nazium.
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  48. Excellent series, thanks and cheers from across the pond
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  49. Thanks again
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  50. Thanks, I wasn't aware of these antenna arrays
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