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Any HAMs here?

submitted by TheSpiceMelange to AskUpgoat 3.3 yearsMar 9, 2022 23:01:45 ago (+8/-1)     (AskUpgoat)

I just got my first dual band hand-held (baofeng) and am studying for my technicians license.


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[ - ] UrCoolerOlderBrother 0 points 3.3 yearsMar 21, 2022 04:27:46 ago (+0/-0)

I was gonna get a baofeng too. Lol. They seem cheap and decent enough for the money.

[ - ] TheSpiceMelange [op] 1 point 3.2 yearsMar 22, 2022 00:25:32 ago (+1/-0)

HamRadioCrashCourse on youtube is a good place to start. Good videos on operation and programming

[ - ] PawpawMan 0 points 3.3 yearsMar 10, 2022 11:46:02 ago (+0/-0)

I got a baofeng back in December, still havent got the liscens. Look up your local club and find out which repeater they meet on. My area meets every night of the week.

[ - ] TheSpiceMelange [op] 0 points 3.3 yearsMar 10, 2022 23:04:43 ago (+0/-0)

I got a long list of repeaters from repeaterbook that I've been scanning through. I can pick on some as far away as 30 mi, but I don't know my transmit range yet.

[ - ] RecycledElectrons 0 points 3.3 yearsMar 11, 2022 17:36:46 ago (+0/-0)

Handy Talkies have very short range due to low power and small antennas. 30 miles may require a base station with a tall antenna, or you might (barely) hit it with a mobile (car mounted) rig running 50 watts.

[ - ] PawpawMan 0 points 3.3 yearsMar 12, 2022 11:56:07 ago (+0/-0)

I can hit 25 miles with my 5 watt

[ - ] deleted 0 points 3.3 yearsMar 10, 2022 09:18:28 ago (+0/-0)

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[ - ] Stonkmar 0 points 3.3 yearsMar 10, 2022 13:36:32 ago (+0/-0)

I have my General, and, just like you I discovered how much I don't know. Just to get a little more informed, I started learning how to solder.

[ - ] ButtToucha9000 0 points 3.3 yearsMar 10, 2022 09:05:33 ago (+0/-0)

Fuck a loicense

[ - ] deleted 0 points 3.3 yearsMar 10, 2022 08:23:41 ago (+0/-0)

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[ - ] TheSpiceMelange [op] 0 points 3.3 yearsMar 10, 2022 23:01:49 ago (+0/-0)

Dual band gets you in the 2m (139-137 MHz) and 70cm (400-460 MHz) wavelengths

[ - ] CoinQuest 2 points 3.3 yearsMar 10, 2022 04:47:55 ago (+2/-0)

Can you hear me?
Yes I can.
Ok,73 bye.

Not my idea of good conversation

[ - ] PawpawMan 1 point 3.3 yearsMar 10, 2022 11:47:02 ago (+1/-0)

I heard an old man talking about the price of milk for 5 mins straight.

[ - ] TheSpiceMelange [op] 1 point 3.3 yearsMar 10, 2022 23:02:53 ago (+1/-0)

When the HAM vets aren't talking about radio antennas, you can hear some funny stuff

[ - ] WanderingToast 0 points 3.3 yearsMar 10, 2022 04:41:10 ago (+0/-0)

Ha ha same

[ - ] RecycledElectrons 1 point 3.3 yearsMar 10, 2022 02:53:03 ago (+1/-0)

If you can hit local repeaters with that, you will be able to talk to a lot of people.

[ - ] lord_nougat 1 point 3.3 yearsMar 9, 2022 23:57:55 ago (+1/-0)

Man am not one, but I am a fan. A good friend of mine has an SSB aboard, and it served him well when he sailed around the world.