General radiofag thread. Post your callsign, or if you don't have one, your club callsign.
We ask and answer eachothers questions
>Go
Did you take part in the Tesla memorial competition last weekend?
>>808716
>Post your callsign
>on 4chan
lol no
Haven't done much oper8n lately, amateur or business. I should change that.
>>808716
The last thing I want to do is post a government issued ID that people can use to find my name and address on 5chen.
Hit me up on the skywarn repeaters if u are in texas.
73 faggot.
>Can I just post my mother's maiden name, ssn and bank acct #?
This is now a cheap handheld radio thread. I don't have a HF set up at home QTH. Been here five years and still haven't set anything up, feels bad man.
My new UV-5R is an ok EDC. I like the way I can put VHF 2m frequencies and VHF marine, UHF CB and 70cm amateur frequencies in one radio. Pretty bummed when I realised it wasn't a dual VFO radio. The dual watch function takes care of that though. Not bad for $65. It came with all accessories too.
What do you use for VHF/UHF comms /out?
>>811018
The uv5 is the basic starter radio. Just don't transmit without a license. Also there is no uhf cb, it is hams that talk in cars. Cb is 11 meter.
I have a yaesu 857. It is agood all around hf radio but it is great at nothing. But I can take it anywhere qnd I like that.
I will monitor skywarn for 30 minutes again after this post since it seems you guys can only get on uhf/fhf
>>811029
In Australia there are two CB bands: one on 27MHz and another on 477MHz. I think your FRF is about the same band. None of our CB bands require permits or licenses. I am licensed for all the frequencies I transmit on. Technically I am breaking rules using the UV-5R for CB as it doesn't comply with class licensing for these devices. As far as entry level radios go it's pretty good. If I drop it over the side of the boat, nothing of value will have been lost. If I dropped a Yaesu or Kenwood or Icom in the ocean I might have a little cry...
I'm waiting for the poor fucker that posts his callsign.
>>811083
Ah uea I don't know upsidedownland regs. Off the top of my head 477ish here is commercial but I'm not sure.
And yea I wasn't disparaging uv5rs I own two for todaythat exact reason. They are perfectly functional little radios that can be bought for cheap.
I used to be a deckhand on a tug and I lost a 200 dollar icom every year. I would have glasly bought a 35 dollar baefung if they had existed.
>>811118
I have been using the baofeng on the local ham UHF repeater to access echolink. A K0 callsign called in from Buffalo today, had a chat with him for a while. That was cool. VHF and UHF aren't much good when you are out in the sticks though. Have you done much portable HF operation?
>>811127
Echolink is cool to alot of people but I just see it as internet phone. Yea I bought my 857 so could take it anywhere. My morse is abysmally slow but I will transmit ssb in national parks for those hunter fags. I actually prefer stinging up an antenna in the woods over my home shack.
>>811127
>VHF and UHF aren't much good when you are out in the sticks though.
For simplex long-range, sure. But if you can hit a repeater? Yeah, i'll take my little 5W handheld over a car battery, few hundred feet of wire, and mobile rig any day.
>>811127
>VHF and UHF aren't much good when you are out in the sticks though
Climb a hill or a tree and start scanning. I can hit repeaters 70 miles away no problem.
