Is ham radio something fun to get into? I saw a thread on it awhile ago and it seemed cool but other people were saying that it sucked because most of the people that used it sucked. Is anyone on tech into it? are channels full of people? what if I just wanted to talk to one or two people?
Is ham radio something fun to get into...
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Jeremiah Brooks
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nothing better for me
Will be general some time in the next few months when I actually stop smoking weed and study for a week, been a technician since Oct 2015
you can go in many different directions with it and just use and do what is relevant to your level of technical skill and monetary investment. It's a social hobby, almost acts as a voice social network. A lot of smart knowledgeable people with technical backgrounds.
You can pay 15$ for a test, 30$ for a baofeng, and maybe 20$ for a better antenna and you are able to make contacts across the world if you learn enough.
A lot of nerdy and/or old people
on-air political debates are generally frowned upon
old people in antenna cars will come track you down if you start jamming and trolling, ending your fun
I would recommend yes, at least as a passive hobby. If all of the power and phones go down you will be superior to all of the other phone zombies. At least have a license and use the radio from time to time as practice
The bands here have plenty of space. listen to the WIN system live audio stream if you want to get a sample of what a lot of ham operators connected together talk about. Generally everything is quiet around here in FL but not completely dead.
You can talk to them all you want, but anyone can listen in
the Holla Forums of ham radio, also look up 147.435 los angeles
QSY
73
Levi Bell
2 meter/70cm
Allstar
IRLP
nothing better for me
Will be general some time in the next few months when I actually stop smoking weed and study for a week, been a technician since Oct 2015
you can go in many different directions with it and just use and do what is relevant to your level of technical skill and monetary investment. It's a social hobby, almost acts as a voice social network. A lot of smart knowledgeable people with technical backgrounds.
You can pay 15$ for a test, 30$ for a baofeng, and maybe 20$ for a better antenna and you are able to make contacts across the world if you learn enough.
A lot of nerdy and/or old people
on-air political debates are generally frowned upon
old people in antenna cars will come track you down if you start jamming and trolling, ending your fun
I would recommend yes, at least as a passive hobby. If all of the power and phones go down you will be superior to all of the other phone zombies. At least have a license and use the radio from time to time as practice
The bands here have plenty of space. listen to the WIN system live audio stream if you want to get a sample of what a lot of ham operators connected together talk about. Generally everything is quiet around here in FL but not completely dead.
You can talk to them all you want, but anyone can listen in
the Holla Forums of ham radio, also look up 147.435 los angeles
qsy
73
Xavier Bailey
Maybe ham is shit but SDR is pretty cool. You can monitor satellite transmissions and shit. I remember some guy at a hacker con showing recordings he'd made of 3rd world pirate radio being bounced off of military repeater satellites. Cool shit.
Owen Sullivan
WOW
Logan Harris
I know, right
Jeremiah Nelson
nice, im gonna get one so i can listen to 14.313
Alexander Young
nice, im gonna get one so i can listen to 14.313
Luke Flores
no