>TL;DR; for everyone else. Buy ubitx (starting at 100$) for international com. Buy baofeng 860 (22$) + nagoya 771 antenna (2$) for 10-100km range.

you will not get 10km range on a poochang with a nagoya 771

not to mention the baofungus are analog radios, not digital

I did 1.5 miles on open ground

At that range it was *rough*

@bear market Liar. I listen in on my local repeater which is behind a hill/forest and 22km away. Readable with practically no difficulty

Readable, maybe. Sure. But transmittable?

@qiwinom I can rx shortwave from across the world on a 20 dollar chink radio from Amazon, but do you know what kind of system it takes to transmit even across the country?

@UncleDrMrBaby I dont recall trying that or if it worked from behind the hill. But Line of sight will always work. If there is no obstruction between you you can reach it, always - even with low power. Thats why you can reliable communicate with the ISS with your baofeng and the proper antenna. In fact you are advised to use the low power setting for that

the key is the proper antenna and also proper weather conditions

because radio is more sensitive to particulates than visible light

I haven't been into radios (outside CB) since middle school. Soldered my own shortwave receiver kit together, made a 300ft antenna on the roof and listened away

I'm getting back into it now

I have legit no experience in any of this stuff, but i feel its important and i need to learn it

everyone whos a prepper should be a ham radio operator

not only is does it give you a way to practice a very important skill, but theres a ton of preppers on ham radio and you could network with them locally

Train for the basic license @shazoooo

we need some amatuer radio operator nutjob to open up an apocalypse radio on the AM shortwaves

160m is full of preppers and crazy people

Oh frick I'm a wanna be "prepper" and I might not be crazy but I've been called a paranoid asshole, unfortunately I'm also poor and shit so....

I only have 2 and 6 m <:pinkwojak:673420781182779442> <:pinkwojak:673420781182779442>

Fuck I should have take my General already

I went to channel 160 and there ain't shit

I think I'm the only one prepped for the boog in my vicinity

I keep finding channels where I get full bars and it's just white noise

rolled right back around and none of my channels are populated but the NOAA one

smh

at least on uhf

what you think 160m means?

Is it 160 meter?

I'm big brainlet on the ham and getting a license means going out to cironaland

yeah

the large wavelength bands are classified under "high frequency"

Its the length of one full oscilation

1hz is one light year

2hz is half a light year

and so forth

Wifi is 12.5cm

@Reveretneon no, the high frequency is lower wavelength

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