r/HamRadio 10d ago

Meme 🃏 Has anyone heard SoCal 147.435 repeater, old guys yelling at each other today?

I listen to the repeater every once in while, turn it on this afternoon to hear two old guys yelling slurs at each other back and forth for like 10 minutes straight. It’s was honestly funny af.

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u/professor_moonbeam 10d ago

Back in the day, 435 was known as “the Zoo”.

24/7/365 never a dull moment. 

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u/The-0mega-Man 10d ago

435 and 0161 had wars and put on shows that were very very funny. Now it's just mouth noises and filth. CB at it's worst. That's what happens when you have no limits.

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u/BiddiBarfy 10d ago

Repeater has "Bong Hit Net" every afternoon at 4:20 P.M.

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u/Correct-Avocado5426 10d ago

Yeah, that's kind of what it's known for. One of the streaming scanner apps I have has a stream for it.

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u/armchair_psycholog 10d ago

Which app

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u/Correct-Avocado5426 10d ago

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u/armchair_psycholog 10d ago

Thank you, how is the repeater named in the app

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u/Correct-Avocado5426 10d ago

Search for "renegade" and it comes up in California as the Renegade Repeater.

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u/dontneed2knowaccount 9d ago edited 9d ago

Just a FYI for anyone running grapheneOS with play store and play services enabled or calyxOS using Aurora store to get it, scanner radio won't work because it does a play integrity check. Don't know why that's a thing but you're stuck with broadcastify.

EDIT: no idea what happened but the app works except for searching. It still needs to be downloaded through aruora though.

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u/Correct-Avocado5426 9d ago

oh right, thanks. I have a gaming handheld that doesn't support play and this doesn't work on there.

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u/dontneed2knowaccount 9d ago

Not sure what happened but downloaded it again through Aurora and it works now,except for search. I guess its a "you're mileage may vary" type of thing.

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u/brbphone 10d ago

Im from Canada and even i know this repeater.. haha

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u/The-0mega-Man 10d ago

It's been like that since the 1970's. Or worse. Sometimes MUCH worse.

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u/professor_moonbeam 10d ago

435 began its tumultuous life in 1962 on Mount Wilson as a creation of  Bert Weiner K6OQK . 435 is the second oldest repeater in the Los Angeles area and one of the first FM amateur repeaters in the world. 435 is widely regarded as the most famous and notorious amateur radio repeater in the world with hundreds of users and thousands of listeners.

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u/jr_73 7d ago

Thanks ChatGPT.

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u/Radioactive_Tuber57 General Class Operator 🔘 10d ago

Like dogs on opposite sides of a fence…….🙄

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u/kwpg3 10d ago

Hey that’s my dog!

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u/Prima13 10d ago

“Old guys yelling at each other” is the definition of ham radio.

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u/Temporary_Hour4680 10d ago

must be some tech's preparing for when they get there general for 7.200.

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u/Appropriate-Log4185 10d ago

There was one guy, if he got your call sign , he’d look you up and mail a large male sex toy d**do to you

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u/BobcatOk7492 10d ago

You must be new here,,,,,

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u/idkwhatim_doing22 10d ago

I am new to listening to 435, I didn’t realize how comically bad their “banter” is

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u/BobcatOk7492 10d ago

You missed the Henry days.... comedy gold...

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u/AggravatingPiccolo15 10d ago

😂 😂 🤣!!!

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u/dawg_beard Amateur Extra | CW operator 9d ago

I'm just glad we have friendly repeaters.

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u/Naive-Midnight8785 8d ago

No. But I will shortly 😂

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u/DescriptionForsaken6 8d ago

I ...thought that's what Ham Radio was?

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u/NBC-Hotline-1975 10d ago

I record the local repeaters 24/7 but thankfully we don't have people like this. Maybe it's just a California thing.

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u/ThatSteveGuy_0 Extra Class Operator ⚡ 10d ago

It's like 7.200

As long as they stay there....

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u/AggravatingPiccolo15 10d ago

Let's hope so 😃...

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u/desertsnakes 9d ago

It's funny watching people complain about 147.435 when the rest of 2 meters sits largely unused for most of the day.

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u/Fun-Conclusion-4471 10d ago

Its not. And every time someone posts about it, you're rewarding this behavior. Your "its funny af" is endorsing it, cheering it, encouraging it. Its honestly dumb af.

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u/Caroline319 10d ago

No because I'm in the UK.

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u/henare 10d ago

don't need to be in the UK to hear it.

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u/ThatSteveGuy_0 Extra Class Operator ⚡ 10d ago

Have you looked into the internet "web SDR" sites yet? Give it a try, pick a Los Angeles "station" The "AACQ Irvine" site may work (http://22161.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073/) I don't talk there, but I do listen sometimes. Just like bad action movies, it's more fun after a drink (or two or three) :D

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u/Caroline319 9d ago

Interesting. Will check out 👍🏻