Message from @[VA] JediComms
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I'm new to this whole thing, but I'm getting a UV-5R gen 3, but don't know wtf I'm doing lol
It'll come with one that's good unless you wanna move up to military style comms.
"That's good"
I threw that thing in the trash right after I tried it out for the first time
Okay, use whatever, but they work fine.
I use peltors 🤷♂️
There’s some pretty highly rated ones on Amazon for cheap. Acoustic tube is what it’s called
I'm thinking about the BF-F8HP
Is there any resources yall would recommend for anyone new to radios? Never actually dealt with them before and don't wanna just have nice paperweight
f8hp is solid. I bought one for cheap and it turned out to be a uv5r with a f8hp sticker. still a nice radio with an upgraded antenna such as nagoya na-771.
Yeah looks solid, I'm sure I can figure out how to use it, just new to all this crop
Heard you need a license to transmit or some shit? Is the mere possession of it illegal lol? Luckily I'm very clumsily and forgetful so I lose shit all the time
Need to read up on how to use the thing properly, haven't ordered it, yet wanted feedback before I threw cash at it
From my understanding, without a license you can only transmit on FRS and MURS on low power (1/2 watt)
For sure, just wanted to know where the line is
Here are some useful frequencies for your baofeng
MURS for transmit and receive on low power (VHF)
151.820
151.880
151.940
154.570
154.600
FRS for transmit and receive on low power (UHF)
462.562
462.587
462.612
462.637
462.662
462.687
462.712
NOAA Weather (receive only)
162.425
162.450
162.475
162.500
162.525
162.550
In the US, none of these frequencies require a license to my knowledge if you use low power.
The BF-8HP is a 8w UV-5R
Newer firmware is all.
Also, nobody cares about power or licensing on FRS or GMRS
GMRS *technically* requires a license, FRS does not.
Ive been dicking with murs recently and hamdheld to handheld it works good in the neighborhood inside and out of vehichles
VHF is good for open areas, UHF better for buildings and populated areas.
FRS has 22 frequencies that are shared with GMRS. Even if you high power a BF at 8 watts, which is above the legal limit, nobody is going to challenge you on the air because your range is less than two miles. There is no way to accurately measure power out in the wild. Behave and be courteous and nobody will care.
Now, GMRS has an additional 8 frequencies which doesn't mix with FRS. These are meant for repeater us.
GMRS is licensed but there isn't a test. Just submit a GMRS application with $70 to the FCC and you're licensed for 10 years.
I suggest everyone use https://signal.org as their texting app on your cellphone for end to end encryption with others also using it.
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Agreed, it's so we'll encrypted that the creators can't hack it
Great alternative to SMS, but at the end of the day your phone is still spying on you, to the point that everything you type or see is being recorded regardless of what app you are using.
@Reno do you know if installing a custom ROM instead of Android OS will stop it?
@Bogs_Bunny I've heard that running a custom ROM without Google Play Services will help a lot, but even then it is trackable in many ways.
I guess it depends on your threat model.
Afaik going without Google Play Services will spare you from the Google botnet but you are still vulnerable through your hardware and firmware.
For example, I'm no Edward Snowden, so I'm sure they're not going to get the supercomputers fired up to crack my YouTube password
I have practically zero knowledge of hardware and firmware exploits to spy on me sadly.
A lot of them are there by design, e.g. Intel Management Engine in modern PCs.
@Reno what about AMD?
More of a backdoor but you see what i'm saying
AMD has PSP now which is like the same thing but they didn't implement it until 2012 or so
Ah. Well shit. Lol. At least I use Linux.
That will help a lot just like running a custom ROM instead of government spyware
Especially a libre distribution like Trisquel or Void.
I use a mainstream one, Linux Mint.
Nothing wrong with that. You're in better shape than me right now I'm running winblows
I have win10 on a separate hard drive for video games, but yeah Linux is my every day.