All quiet on the ham front?
I have one early UV 5R my only 2 meter dual band radio. It’s attached to a J pole antenna at times and when so attached appears to listeners, to be more than just a hand held.
Another such radio would be advantageous if nothing more than experience programming one. My son did my original programming.
It’s not super difficult to program one of these devices if you have the right software, you can dump dozens of frequencies into the device.
Here in Florida, they have something called Sarnet which a statewide repeater network which is open to the public, it’s statewide and can be accessed with just a handheld, during hurricane season, when a storm gets close, they start up a statewide Net of EOC centers, you can tune in and listen to emergency plans being put into action.
All quiet on the ham front?
Well, it was before I posted, now not so much.
I’m with you on #9 and #10
CHIRP makes programming this Baofeng radios a breeze.
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