Posted on 01/30/2017 12:34:13 PM PST by tbw2
A high quality, low cost ham radio communication set up demonstration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN-jELK0Wq0&t=203s
Well it can be majority rule or protecting the rights of minorities, whichever Dems happen to be at a particular moment.
40 some odd years ago I bought a used Volvo 122 that came with an AM/FM/SW Bluapunkt radio. I’d like to have car radio like that again.
I took our Cub Scouts to a local HAM radio club get together last summer. I think I will attend their club meeting in February.
ARRL or local ham radio clubs.
How about ham radio! :-)
arrl.org
License tests are administered by volunteers, and available all over the country, usually on less than a month’s notice. In my mid-sized metro area, you can take the test on any Saturday.
The tests are multiple choice, and the questions are chosen from a pool that’s available online. There are free online practice tests available. There’s no longer a code requirement. From the time I decided I wanted to get into ham radio to the time my technicians license was hanging on the wall was three weeks. That license will get you on the popular VHF and UHF bands where most of the local repeaters are found. The more advanced licenses take a bit more studying, but the emphasis is getting you in, not keeping you out.
One of the cool features many local repeaters have is an internet based system that allows you to use repeaters all over the world, I get a kick out of sitting at home and talking to some guy in India or arguing about my favorite soccer team with an actual English fan.
Find “Chirp,” a little piece of software that allows one to program on a computer and, using a USB cable, inject them into the radio. It is a good way to synchronize a batch of family radios, and keeps one from having to pokey-stabby-buttony thingy....
Cheers
KYPD
totally pinging the ever loving $hit out of this thread
Ping
Easy Peasy
Sadly the Sacksville repeater is gone
All ya really need is a transceiver, a 12V battery and a length of wire
And a matching Balun
I was thinking of the gray line MUF map today
Iran/ Iraq come in like a hose at nightfall in NE TX
And it prolly sounds like dogs barking!
You can pick stuff out
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