My Amateur Station & Why Get into Ham Radio in 2023?
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- Опубликовано: 9 ноя 2022
- In this video, I give a brief history of why I decided to get into ham, I show some of my equipment and give some ideas for a new basic setup and some ham radio antenna ideas. I also give some ideas at the end of the question... Why get into ham?
One thing you can do that's free is visit www.websdr.org. Just pick a station and you can listen in to some live HF bands.
Some good resources I've dealt with that are reputable.
Ham Radio Outlet: www.hamradio.com
DX Engineering: www.dxengineering.com
Giga Parts: www.gigaparts.com
R&L Electronics: www.randl.com
Amazon is actually not a good place to get most ham gear, except the Baofeng below, they are usually higher than everyone else!
Baofeng UV-5R:
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Hope WE get back to Amateur Radio Operators HELPING Amateur Radio Operators. Too many youtube pay me first ego operators. Amateur Radio Operators in the past helped each other in anyway they could. Ask me anything about Amateur Radio and I'll answer and its free. Thank You for your many tutorials ; )
"They don't like you talk about certain things". Censorship. Given the opportunity, people will keep you off topics they dislike. A deal breaker if I was going to spend thousands on a hobby.
If you get into ham radio you won't have to get a 'handle' like 'Snake Eye', and talk about '4 pills' and '16 pills', and 'birds' as if you have any idea what you're talking about. And you'll be able to do with 2 watts and a piece of wire tossed up in a tree what 'Snake Eye' can't do with 2,000 watts and a 5 element beam. I find that rather compelling.
Is he wearing a wig?
New ham here, got my callsign 2 days ago. Having a blast to say the least! I spend alot of time on the Papa System; tons of great people on there. Cheers!
I have found that those who will ask why are usually the ones that have very minimal interest in the hobby and will end up allowing their license lapse in the end. Curiosity is at play but the interest in it is not really there. It is hard for them to comprehend that cellphones are susceptible to going down and leaving you with no communications at all and you are at the mercy of the cellphone service as to for how long and how much damage was done to the system. Ham Radio will always have a means of being there for you when all else fails.
Whhhhy. Grey beard and not a spot of gray in you mopp?! Your not fooling anyone!!!!
Getting real time information without wounder if your talking to a bot. Cell phones are limited to who you know.
If you have a reliable 13.8v supply or a auto battery with a charger and a generator, a good analog radio will help you in an emergency. Digital modes are just as susceptible to failure as a cellphone in this case.
My only gripe is at least in my area (presumably most but I don't want to assume), the vast majority of operators are old folk. People who have at a minimum 35 years on me, often a decade or so more. Not much to relate to or discuss other than radio and that only gets you so far :P
I enjoyed the video. Hey it's for 2023! Happy New Year and good DXing!
Good video. Nice to see more radio content. That is a hilarious story about the ham neighbor on the CB. I’m always on the lookout for antennas lol.
Thank You Sir...I learned more in this video than all of the others I have watched over the past year... Now I know I like simplex 😆
Thanks for this video. I am getting into GMRS. I am my block's neighborhood watch Captain and found with my base, I can actually talk to FRS 2watt radios several blocks away. This is the primary reason I started getting into two way radio this summer. About 95% of what you talk about can be done on GMRS and its license. My Wouxun kg-uv9g scans the frequencies you mention, including aircraft frequencies.
Nice video! Not sure how I wound up visiting, but I was happy to watch to the end. I need to update my "why" video. I'm a mobile-only operator and currently in the middle of a huge overhaul. "Phase 2" is my most recent update video. I'm hoping to pick-up my new beams soon... yes, mobile beams! HAHA! 73! -Scott, KE4WMF
Hi there Rudy! Was watching your amateur radio show and noticed the dusty cw key that you didn’t comment on! So apparently you gave up on cw after all the work we did in the past! Hope you are doing well down there!
just got a new Yeasu FT-DX10 really happy with it.
Nice IC7600 there on the Shelf. Happy Monday & 73 de Your Friend Uncle Guenter 💯🙋♂
Love the Bird Thruline👍
🎉Great video