Message from @EDDSkitz
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Yeah, p25 is just the standard
That I know
Everything I do or really plan on needing is simplex device to device anyway.... don't really have people here that would buy that gear
That's why I'm gonna buy 2 of the APX units
Oh there are two 4000 models too, a one-knob and a two-knob. I have the single and can’t decide if i like it better or not.
At least I can hand one to someone and have that route
Oh yeah simplex portable to portable or mobile to portable is the most likely use in this crowd
Or god help us a couple of buttfungs cabled together so they can interfere with each other
Yeah, and hopefully if I have the two and get it all setup that'll convince some of my friends to sell a gun and buy one, haha
That’s a bad idea for 10 reasons
Yeah gotta get your friends in on it
I meant 10 bad reasons to make a repeater out of baofucks
First and foremost above all else is one thing most people have never heard about. Duty Cycle.
I mean... they serve their purpose
And you can't beat dirt cheap if you're only using FRS channels anyway
I’d never bet my life on a piece of shit with less quality than a kids toy
It’s literally the ‘only wrong answers’ meme if you asked someone to design a radio
Lol
If you’re poor and that’s all you can do then so be it.
But if you can spend $$$thousands on a gun, and the radio you buy is a bingbong, that’s just out of ignorance
But again if I can get a good quality APX and still use the channels everyone is on, then that's what I'm gonna do
No argument about the failure rate
I’m proud to say I’ve never owned one. But the couple i programmed for a guy i hated the whole time.
I’d like to think I’d never buy one, but if i was given a couple i would keep them for random shit.
The fact they are dual band is nice, until recently that was an advantage only hams had. I tend to stick to vhf mostly for it’s range. But most of my sneaky small team shit tends to happen on uhf for various reasons. So really this 4000 for me is a holdover until i can get an 8000
Anyone on have experience with riot.im? https://about.riot.im/
Yeah, seems to be a good entry level into mission critical comms
Thanks for the info by the way
Sure happy to share
Just realized it's fucking 3am... I need to go to bed
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Has anybody seen this yet
@EDDSkitz @redbeard @Yeetasaurus Rex @[CA] SoyBoi - Dang it I missed a convo about my profession, I work on P25 terminals and sites. I'll just add this for now. If a radio can do P25 Trunked it should be able to do P25 Conventional. While I don't have much Moto exposure I do know this to be true for MA/COM, Tyco, Ericsson, Harris radios. So you can run encrypted comms via P25C if the modules are enabled and keys are loaded. Additionally, if FREQEDIT is enabled in the MA/COM, Tyco, Ericsson, Harris radios one can edit Tx/Rx frequencies and CTCSS tones (analog and P25C) with the keypad just like the Baofeng radios.
@KaiBran - I learned about "second" phone number apps from my son, who used them on his phone to prank his friends in 8th and 9th grade a few years ago. I tried one to see what is was about and found it useful to keep a level of anonyminity but not for much else.
Someone mustve already asked this but what free resources are available for studying for the amateurs license
@KaiBran - Get this app, it has the test questions in both a learning setting so you read all of them and then quiz mode where 35 are randomly selected. Keep quizing until you pass it repeatedly.
Awesome
This is a good resource for where to start as well.
@[VA] JediComms thanks man! I'm downloading it