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BMT (RIP)
08-04-2010, 11:15
What's the best excuse or reason contact couldn't be made?
:D
:munchin
BMT
Habu-MFFI 175
08-04-2010, 12:09
I didn't have a window to the world to put my antenna...:D
why....sunspots/solar flares of course:lifter
BMT (RIP)
08-04-2010, 13:22
I forgot to connect the antenna.
BMT
"The XO's lost and he has the generator and seat"
I also suspect being surrounded by bad guys would rank right up there...
Frequencies unsuitable for the distance is one I lived with...rear detachment at Devens could hear us 5x, but from where we were in Holland to the SFOB at Sculthorpe, we were not doing so well...FOBs in Italy and Norway were picking us up...
alright4u
08-04-2010, 21:23
I forgot to connect the antenna.
BMT
I was hit to bad to activate that URC 10? That would be damn serious. Now the skip zones were real bitches with 109's.
5326JTAC
08-05-2010, 05:17
My MRAP was on its side and the SATCOM antenna was pointed the opposite direction from the look angle.
blue02hd
08-05-2010, 07:33
Um,, DUDE! Happy hour isn't over for another 3 hours,,,
Dragbag036
08-05-2010, 18:50
The ionosphere is not in my favor.:confused:
Take off angles were off.
Ran out of batteries.
No one's answering
The Reaper
08-05-2010, 19:26
We got bad freqs again.
Someone failed to check the propagation.
Sunspots, again!
TR
We got bad freqs again.Bad crystals.
2018commo
08-05-2010, 19:32
Bear in the commo hooch (Pisgah).
My Hummer is moving to fast for the feqs...
Sir.. Why did you mess with the Radio..again..
Can't make it Sir..The Bravo knocked off the knobs .. No turny on ..
electrical typhoon in the area..made to much electrical feed back.. white noise.
blue02hd
08-05-2010, 21:21
Lunar flares and low flying Chinese satellites.
Roguish Lawyer
08-05-2010, 22:32
This thread reminds me of another one . . .
http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2845
:D
and lets not also forget...
Damn SigCo idiots not listening again....Base stations all f'd up....it can't be ME....I'm the all knowing commo guy....:lifter
Not a dig guys, but ya know the fingers point....in BOTH directions I may add:p
LongWire
08-08-2010, 05:06
I always liked Sporadic E........
But solar flares are a good second....especially backed up by Pics!!!!!
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1732.html
Ret10Echo
08-08-2010, 05:32
Well, when I lowered my ruck.....it.....just....kept....going......
Can I borrow your leatherman?
Someone else is using my ADC line # and is stealing all my traffic ;)
ZonieDiver
08-10-2010, 18:29
Lost the generator handles. (It actually happened... not by me, though.)
Green Light
08-11-2010, 12:53
They cacked the message on the wrong pads!
Irishsquid
08-12-2010, 02:56
A Ugandan with no sense of humor put a round through my radio.
What's the best excuse or reason contact couldn't be made?
:D
:munchin
BMT
"Sir, it's my fault."
We are communicating sir, it's just that no one hears us!
Were these batteries bought from the lowest bidder again?