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$25,000 of Communications Gear In a $500 Car
In perhaps one of the finest displays of technological excess in automotive communications gear, one "enthusiast" has managed to cram over $25,000 worth of gear into a $500 car. The car is rigged for just about every conceivable communications band including FM, UHF, VHF, HF, and WTF. What other amazing displays of technological excess have others seen? "The equipment seems to cover an amazing array of technologies, many of which seem to be redundant. For instance, just how many handheld 144 MHz radios do you need? It seems like the owner of the Ham Car is capable of listening to every police/fire/ems/military channel in the world. Simultaneously. There's a laptop and we assume there's some form of cellular or satellite communication setup for that, too."
Every time he drives in front of my house, my TV goes wild, I sometimes can hear alien like sounding voices coming from the TV, my wireless connection drops and my clothes dryer even starts to spin backward !
I sometimes worry about the effects on the driver's health in the long run... ;-)
Everything I write is lies, read between the lines.
The car is rigged for just about every conceivable communications band including FM, UHF, VHF, HF, and WTF.
Unfortunately the car can only travel in a 50 meter radius around the second tin can the string tethers it to.
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Trolling is a art,
WTF is WTF?
I hope his mother let's him park it in the garage at least.
Sheldon
Good propagation on the WTF band tonight.
What the fuck is WTF?
sudo eat my shorts
See him cruising low and slow through the barrio, with Weird Al Yankovich's White and Nerdy blaring through the open windows...
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
...he's single.
It seems worth noting that this uber car also has hydraulics.
"Just waking up in the morning gotta thank marconi
I don't know but today seems kinda lonely
Got chatter from the police radio only
And momma got static on the HF
I got my eavesdrop on, but my signal left
Finally got a call on the cell phone in my vest
Hooked up a bigger antenna as I shut the do'
Thinking will i live, for another set of radios
I gotta go cause I got me a chevy colt
And if I hit the switch, I can make the ass drop"
So? I had a friend with a Bose system in his Pacer.
Thieves stole the car and left the stereo on the curb.
Ever had a hobby? Ever done something that was a waste of money but gave you an intangible sense of reward and accomplishment? No? Then shut the fuck up.
misuse of the "radiation" symbol (car is not radioactive);
I dunno about that. With all those radios, you'd think there would be a fair amount of radio activity going on.
with a Mr. Microphone? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqZQmS8KeLM
Yes, but can it receive video from military drones?
Moderate drunk! It's more fun that way!
when d00d drives past 88 mph the intense electromagnetic radiation produces > 1.2 jiggawatts necessary to power his flux capacitor, which streams tachyon particles around his car, through a graviton assisted phasers which reverses the tachyon particles' polarity and allows him to travel into the past.
Looks like you have managed to Slashdot it rather quickly ... ;-)
It's not hard, it's hosted over an AX.25 connection.
Bow-ties are cool.
Sounds like someone lost his girl to a man in an 1985 Colt pimped to the hilt with radios!
That's actually another feature; Smoke signals.
People like this are why ham radio should be banned and all ham radio owners forbidden from owning electronics. Please tell me what benefit this man provides to anyone in public. There's so much distraction there. This is a pileup waiting to happen.
People like this are why Anonymous Coward posts should be banned and all Anonymous Cowards should be banned from owning computers. Please tell me what benefit this Anonymous Coward provides to anyone in public. There's so much distraction there. This is a Troll that has already happened.