Message from @[VA] JediComms
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@[VA] JediComms that base station has a unity in it? I found a guy in Oregon with a cheap unity mobile but he’s a dumb cb’r and won’t ship it. Got it from an ex-railroad police car he bought at salvage for the hemi engine.
@redbeard - Yes, it is an XG100M Unity. Great radio.
Yeah I want one. I might try calling the closest UPS store to that guy and arrange a drop off. See if I can send them a payment to hand him when he drops off the radio. Only wants like $250 for it with the good control head
@redbeard - You mean the touch screen like mine here?
Yeah pretty sure it has the same head
Even if it didn’t idgaf I just want a unity
@redbeard - There are two control heads - CH721, which is a "dumb" CH and limits the MRU to hold one personality. The touch screen, CH100, is a "smart" CH and allows the MRU to hold 10 personalities. The CH100 is pretty cool but It can be fickle. I had one on the base station but it wouldn't play nicely so I finally swapped it for a 721.
My only issue is being able to program trunked systems for monitoring. I wonder if there is any hacks like there are for Motorola
I was told even an older radio like a 7100 has blocks in the software for major trunked systems like Ohio marcs
@redbeard - It isn't the radio, it is the radio programming software that makes it "impossible". Without system admin permission for the particular trunked system, you won't get a pass.
PS MPU5 features give me a boner
Too bad us civilians can’t get them
Anyone know of something similar in the $1-2000 range?
Is it legal to hack your HAM to communicate on MURS, CB, FRS/GMRS frequencies as long as you don't transmit? Or is mere possession a crime?
@Bogs_Bunny constitutionally no
@Bogs_Bunny - The FCC has regulations about transmissions/transmitters, not reception/receivers. Any radio can receive anything it can tune in and hear.....but if that radio is not type certified to transmit on a particular frequency and you do, then your action can be considered illegal.
Anyone use a BF-F8HP
When I plug in a headset it plays audio out of the headset and the integrated speaker
Wanted to know if that's a fault or if there's a way around it
I have the UV-82HP and don't recall it ever doing that.
Damn, gonna call them up
Article was written in 2016 but still has relevancy.
https://radiofreeq.wordpress.com/2016/01/19/militia-radio-frequencies
Anyone hace recommendations on a burner phone
Yeah walmart 25 bucks. Smart phone with android. Tracphone. Service is 20 a month for unlimited talk and text, with 1G data. 2 G is 25, 3G is 30.
Following is a list of hardware that is supported by **OsmocomBB**. . .
TI Calypso based
Designed + Manufactured by Compal, OEM by Motorola
MotorolaC115/C117 (E87)
MotorolaC123/C121/C118 (E88) -- our primary target
MotorolaC140/C139 (E86)
MotorolaC155 (E99) -- our secondary target
MotorolaV171 (E68/E69)
SonyEricssonJ100i
Designed by Pirelli/Foxconn, manufactured by Foxconn
Pirelli DP-L10
Designed by Openmoko, manufactured by FIC
OpenMoko - Neo 1973 (GTA01)
OpenMoko - Neo Freerunner (GTA02)
Basically you can flash firmware on those phones to make them safe much like Libreboot for a C2D Thinkpad.
Your calls and texts could still be traced but that is inevitable unless you're using encryption, and I have no idea if that's even legal.
With a flashed OS couldn't you just use signal or is osmocombb not compatible?
These are old T9 phones, not android smartphones.
Ohh my bad.
But there is added security in using something like this.
its ok.
They are really expensive though, you don't have to go through all that trouble you could just get a cheap phone and pull the battery when you don't want to be tracked.
The tracphone from walmart I spoke of, has a removable battery. Right now you can go in mask and gloves, fully covered, and get one...no big deal.
Ended up going with the 58 inch mfj 1414 dual band for the mobile 2 meter cheap rig. Picked it up for 38$
I can help with Ham questions
Ham antennas are a legit joke. I bought a comet dual band that was rated at 250W and proceeded to melt it in half while driving and talking on my 100W radio.
I think this sums up most of our coms