Posted on 01/05/2021 11:16:13 AM PST by Red Badger
Need to find some amateur radio experts for FReeper, Magnum44.
We used to have a Ham Radio Ping List run bet Denver DitDat, but he hasn't been on since 2006...................
You used the word “secure” and if you mean that the transmission is encrypted against being understood by unauthorized users, then ham radio is not your solution as encryption is not allowed in the Amateur Radio Service.
As to your other inquiries, I’m on my phone so can’t respond at length right now. Bet you get plenty of other information...
Hi chuckr, could you look at my #10 and offer any advice for a greenie in the hardware?
Kilo gulf 7 November Mike whiskey
Well, I meant packet radio, so I am not sure what encryption is allowed with that. There has to be some algorithm in the packetizing I had thought, but not sure if its public or private keyed.
Been in the hobby for 61 years.
FT-3000, IC-7300, AL-82
73s, NU4J
Only if it’s halal ham....................
I’ll just assume for now that its not secure. I need to start somewhere. I would think that making a non-secure comm secure could be done by an intelligent tech same as making a secure email if one was so motivated.
AE2DX
I’ve been in the hobby for 15 years. The best advice anyone can give you here is to find a local amateur radio club and get involved with them. they will be the best ones to help you along in the hobby and can often find you very low cost or free gear. That is how I acquired my Mosley tribander and other pieces of radio equipment. The great thing about amateur radio is it can be as cheap or as expensive as you want it to be.
Except for where I have been corrected about my use of the word ‘secure’, could you look at my post 10 and offer any starting advice? Thanks
A tech license (easiest to get) would get you HF (2-30Mhz) voice privileges from 28.3 to 28.5 Mhz in the 10 Meter band and all the Ham Vhf and Uhf bands.
10 meter band is good for local, approx 1-20 miles anytime, and when band is open, best in summer during the day can go to 1000’s of miles.
General Ham license, next step up, gives you voice privileges all over the HF band, at 160, 80, 40, 20, 17, 15, and 10 meter bands. You should also check out the various digital modes, (like texting over radio) FT8 is popular and extremely efficient. a QRP radio (5 watts or less transmitting power) can make contacts around the world easily once you learn which bands to use under which conditions. Range is affected by season,time of day and sunspot cycle.
Thanks, I am looking into a local club. They just dont meet very often.
KC8OUX here. Not currently on the air. Yard too small for a decent antenna.
My wife KE0UYV is.
N0LQX
I have a tech license, just never really exercised it. Appreciate your insight into bands vs license. I would start with the 10M and tech bands, but would like to consider hardware that would be expandable to the other bands at some point. Again, I dont know if SDR allows for a one stop solution or you need separate transceivers depending on the band.
It’s easy for those who want their licese. And you can spend as little as 200 or so bucks and get set up with an antenna and radio. Buy used as most amateur operators take good care of their equipment.
With no code test, they made it easy. Way back when, I had to do 13 words per minute Morse code, and to my shock I passed it first time. You won’t need to do that to get licensed. Just answer some multiple choice questions.
I can talk/listen planet wide. It’s very cool.
I have questions about setting up the most cost efficient reliable solutions to doing secure packet and voice radio HF comms over short and long ranges (like a few hundred to 1500 miles). I just need someone to help guide me through building a shopping list so that I dont spend a lot of cash on the wrong stuff or have it not work together the way I envision it.
I have been around this stuff but not kept up with all the converging tech that is available. I assume any modern set will be able to connect to a laptop and send packets, but I have never done it myself. Likewise I dont know how versatile in bands I can expect a transceiver can be given the advances in SDR.
Does SDR allow for the same hardware to do HF plus other bands? I appreciate any informed recommendations. My main budget goes to metals, like lead, copper, brass...so I am not looking for the limousine radio, just the utility vehicle equivalent. :)
Thanks in advance.
First let me say the MOST important aspect of any Amateur Radio Station are antennas. (You can't work em if you can't hear 'em.) As far as SDR (Software Defined Radio) is concerned, my choice would be Flex Radio if I could afford them. You didn't say which HF and or VHF bands you want to work but most of the popular SDR capable radios operate all the HF bands and usually include our 6 meter band too.
License too!~
Amatuer Extra here.
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