08-04-2010, 11:15
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I Can't Make Contact!!
What's the best excuse or reason contact couldn't be made?
BMT
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08-04-2010, 12:09
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I didn't have a window to the world to put my antenna...
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08-04-2010, 13:20
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why....sunspots/solar flares of course
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08-04-2010, 13:22
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I forgot to connect the antenna.
BMT
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08-04-2010, 13:33
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"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...
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08-04-2010, 21:23
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Cute.
Quote:
Originally Posted by BMT
I forgot to connect the antenna.
BMT
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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.
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08-05-2010, 05:17
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My MRAP was on its side and the SATCOM antenna was pointed the opposite direction from the look angle.
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08-05-2010, 07:33
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Um,, DUDE! Happy hour isn't over for another 3 hours,,,
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08-05-2010, 18:50
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The ionosphere is not in my favor.
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08-05-2010, 18:53
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Take off angles were off.
Ran out of batteries.
No one's answering
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08-05-2010, 19:26
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We got bad freqs again.
Someone failed to check the propagation.
Sunspots, again!
TR
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08-05-2010, 22:32
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08-12-2010, 03:04
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Quote:
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What's the best excuse or reason contact couldn't be made?
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"Sir, it's my fault."
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08-13-2010, 01:41
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We are communicating sir, it's just that no one hears us!
Were these batteries bought from the lowest bidder again?
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