I’m trying to get people in the right direction :)
Not true when I started I hit a repeater 10miles away while inside my home and checked in weekly on its traffic net with good signal reports. The newer models are not terrible. 2m can connect with repeaters with VOIP and you can talk around the globe. There are a lot of PO Boxes and virtual PO Boxes can be used to register your callsign, I stated this. It’s not fool proof but helps. I never stated or told anyone to talk about anything inappropriate on air, so I’m not sure what you are worried about. I never said using VoIP during a SHTF moment was useful. HF is great, that’s true. But I’m just pointing out and bringing awareness to another communication platform. I want to get people interested, the best way is to start them on 2m and 70cm locally with a cheap baofeng. Depending on where they live will depend on how much activity they can find. But let’s get people interested and go from there. If you start shoving HF, tones, DGID groups, DMR, WIRES-x, etc down their throats all at once they will get discouraged and not continue. Baby steps built on a solid foundation is the best way to start for most people.
Depends on what you want to listen to and what type of antenna it is. If you just want to listen locally a mobile setup like the one I have is a FTM-7250 by Yaesu (around $200) It’s 2m and 70cm bands which gets all the local repeaters and most of the emergency services all on a 19inch antenna on my car roof. Great for listening in. Or a cheap route could be a baofeng $40 handheldwhich you can buy a larger whip antenna for. HF antennas get much bigger and taller and the transceivers are $800+ for a good one. I’ve heard you can use a slinky as a HF antenna too lol. Anyways I hope this helps.
No problem fren!
Lol yeah and SSTV.
Depends on what you want to listen to and what type of antenna it is. If you just want to listen locally a mobile setup like the one I have is a FTM-7250 by Yaesu (around $200) It’s 2m and 70cm bands which gets all the local repeaters and most of the emergency services all on a 19inch antenna on my car roof. Great for listening in. Or a cheap route could be a baofeng $40 handheldwhich you can buy a larger whip antenna for. HF antennas get much bigger and taller and the transceivers are $800+ for a good one. I’ve heard you can use a slinky as a HF antenna too lol. Anyways I hope this helps.
Depends on what you want to listen to and what type of antenna it is. If you just want to listen locally a mobile setup like the one I have is a FTM-7250 by Yaesu (around $200) It’s 2m and 70cm bands which gets all the local repeaters and most of the emergency services all on a 19inch antenna on my car roof. Great for listening in. Or a cheap route could be a baofeng $40 handheldwhich you can buy a larger whip antenna for. HF antennas get much bigger and taller and the transceivers are $800+ for a good one. I’ve heard you can use a slinky as a HF antenna too lol. Anyways I hope this helps.
NP homie! If you have questions DM me!
Yes the ham radio band restrictions require you to have a license “call sign” to transmit and speak. Easy budget radio is a handheld baofeng. Then for more power, a mobile station like a Yaesu 7250 or kenwood, would get you more range. Then after that if you want to go even further in the hobby HF which requires you to have a larger antenna in most cases and spend a lot more money. Def worth it though but id start small with a baofeng and start studying for the test it’s not that hard! :) let me know if you have more questions.
I don’t believe that. But it’s better to be prepared then not at all right?
Hell yeah! Keep me updated.
It’s a software on your computer. Search “Chirp ham radio software” on duck duck go and you should find it.
MSG sent. But recap:
Buy the usb programming cable, download free CHIRP software, the software can input frequencies from sources like repeaterbook and radioreference, download them into your radio’s memory channels. That’s it really. Then press and hold [scan], press any key to stop scan.
Hope this helps :)
I’m just trying to get people interested in radio. A lot of people don’t understand how far it’s come and what people do with it now.
I agree 100%. I haven’t told anyone to operate without a license I’ve been posting links to study guides for the tests. I agree though it’s a lot to learn. I’m hoping people get interested in it!
Free flash cards and practice tests. Some people just use this. https://hamstudy.org
I did a cheap course at https://Hamradioprep.com
There are also ARRL books available. The same people who design the test. It just depends on how you like to learn.
A quick start up to at least listen and not talk is a $30-40 baofeng. Get that and a usb programming cable. Then download CHIRP and upload frequencies to your radio with in-software options like “repeater book” and other sources like “radio reference” without having to worry about offsets, tone programming etc. Once your programmed up, press scan and see what is active locally. You may be surprised. Listening in locally is what go me interested in getting my license. A lot goes on where I’m at. I sometimes just monitor local police (some areas this is encrypted, some not), fire, and ems on a couple radios. I know if SHTF that my radios will be very active alerting me before the news does. That gives me time to react faster. There are a lot of benefits to this hobby and it can get very complex of you want to challenge yourself, otherwise basic operation is 100% worth it at least.
Hell yeah! I can def help you with that. Hit me up anytime in DM.
Baofeng radios are cheap starters. They are not the best but enough to get you locally connected. If you get one and have questions on setting it up or troubleshooting dm me. I gotcha fam. Def get the usb programming cable.
I don’t, sorry man. I’m still learning a lot myself.
I used Hamradioprep.com for a $10 course. Some just use hamstudy.org which is free. I just had trouble grasping it all at first so I did the class then studied the flash cards and did practice tests on hamstudy.org
Hell yeah! Don’t give up, it’s worth it to learn. A lot of Instruction online. Or DM me whenever and I’ll do my best to help!
Depends. If you download 2m and 70cm repeaters within 30miles from repeater book on CHIRP. Should have some action. Your range transmitting isn’t far but the repeater can transmit far. Then if you have a radioreference.com account you can download local businesses and state response and fire frequencies. You should be hearing something. Membership groups maybe on internet modes. Like echolink and others have private rooms. But regular bans are not owned by anyone, you just have to be courteous.
Please do!