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Good thing I was recording it.

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[-] BanSwitch2Buyers@hexbear.net 14 points 3 days ago

Here's the transcript from what I can make out. They're speaking in coded language, I believe.

LEMMY: SHY GUY, this is LEMMY. Do you read? Over.
SHY GUY: Yeah, I read. Over.
LEMMY: Is the race still planned (?, or banned) for tomorrow? Over.
SHY GUY: Yeah, LEMMY, everything's still happening. Over.
LEMMY: Good. Good. I'm the road -- rainbow road currently -- carrying the blue shell for the race. Over.
SHY GUY: I'll show 'em (?, or maybe that'll troll them). Hope they drop more than a few coins (?) because of it. Over.
LEMMY: Well, (couple words I can't make out). Over.
SHY GUY: Yeah, leave luck to (word I can't make out, sounds like what Lemmy just said) Over and out.

[-] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Truckers? Could be teamsters goofing around.

Edit: You could also have just stumbled on some nerds at a local college planning a Mario Kart tournament lol

[-] PaulSmackage@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago

This is absolutely something i would do with my road crew before getting yelled at by the foreman.

[-] CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

More likely truckers than hams. That's not what ham radio callsigns are like, and hams look down on you for saying things like "over" at the end of your transmissions.

Edit: A ham radio might still pick up CB or whatever frequencies, but the protocol being used is not ham

[-] PorkrollPosadist@hexbear.net 3 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Hams definitely use 'over.' They're usually less terse about it though and will say "over to you." It makes it clear you're done speaking and waiting for a reply. Otherwise, if you pause for a moment, somebody might try to reply while you collect you thoughts and continue speaking (not hearing them, and them not hearing you). Sometimes, especially on repeater systems, it is necessary to take short breaks and rekey your radio because the repeater will drop out after about a minute and a half as a precaution against getting stuck on, so you might stop transmitting momentarily, but not be finished with your message and not ready to "hand it over" just yet.

The roger beeps at the end of these transmissions are redundant though (and very uncommon on ham radio, though sometimes you might hear a similar tone added by the repeater system to signal the end of a transmission). They are more common on commercial radio, public service, and FRS/GMRS. CB radios might have these as well, but there isn't much CB activity in my neighborhood. That said, I don't think I have EVER heard a roger beep on any frequency below VHF.

The callsign thing is true though. Hams are supposed to identify with their FCC assigned callsign every 10 minutes, and since these are listed in a public database this makes using funny aliases for anonymity impractical. This is definitely a CB trope, which has been aped by anybody who has ever bought a pair of GMRS radios at their local Walmart.

As for @BanSwitch2Buyers@hexbear.net's OP, in my headcanon these are guys involved with rural street racing (they're speaking in code, but not very robustly). They're talking about a couple different roads in the area which work well for this, probably the type of winding country roads with little traffic or cross roads, and virtually zero police patrols. The blue shell Lemmy is talking about is a NOS tank (canonically blue), or some other new untested performance upgrade to their car.

[-] CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net 1 points 19 hours ago

Whenever I've read about ham etiquette, they often specifically say not to say "over," and I haven't personally heard it very often, but it may be a more regional thing? I mostly listen to a weather repeater and sometimes do FT8 or SSTV, so I don't really hear enough to know how people usually do that, I suppose.

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