Message from @Reno
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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.
@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.
Vidya is the only reason I'm still using this crap haha
Do you think apple "refusing" to help feds break into encrypted phones was an act?
Yes. I would wager it was to make people think that their phones are safe.
Let me get started on the comms faq. Entry #1, buttfangs are shite.
Gib me one on far left plz
I love Motorola’s
I’m happier with the APX 4k than I thought I would be. I used to have a 7000XE and loved it.
All but one of those has AES-256 encryption. 4th from left has NVG compatible display and its too dark to see on camera.
@redbeard I've been looking at the APX series, but I've always held off because I have 25 licensed UHF channels from the FCC and most of the people I work with use standard UHF channels.
And I'm not really trying to buy a bunch of them, lol.