Message from @Festive
Discord ID: 642873882264469525
@All UCP Everything
Long term goal is to get man portable Morse transceiver stations between two teams for long distance comms
I’m still practicing my Morse
neat
I’m going to take AE next month
@j e F f neat pants. Eat burger and lift heavy things more
The internet and cell phones made ham even more niche than it already was
HAM is more robust than the internet. It should make a comeback among younger people serious about prepping.
It’s just people who like dicking with electronics and prepper/m word types now
@tacticoolyourjets that ain't mine
Right, but ham is p2p and/or adhoc, and in the case of aprs and other increasingly popular protocols, includes the internet.
And just buying ham capable baofengs doesn't cut it
Digital comms is the future
Get a dual if you can
Digital is pretty tight
Keep in mind that even a baofeng becomes a digital radio with a cable and an Android device.
https://youtu.be/vtexMEqAuZ0
This video is a good intro to HAM shit
Baofengs have downsides but they're still very useful, especially for beginners.
Yea if its just gonna live on your rig id say its more than fine
Can't wait for affordable handheld SDRs running Android though.
Any other discords worth joining? I was in the STALKER discord a while back, but now I'm only in this one
SDR is tight
which stalker one
@tacticoolyourjets what state
I've got an rtl sdr, it's great. You can RX on almost any frequency for $30.
I have the nooelec
It’s bad ass
Any of you guys on DMR
Dmr?
Digital Mobile Radio
It’s one of the big 3 digital formats for amateur
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The only non proprietary one
I've started throwing my rtl sdr and UV82 in my backpack every time I travel now. Could always come in handy, and if i get bored I can always scan the bands.
So much capability in such a small package.
Yea there just neat to have in general
@All UCP Everything I'll have to give it a shot, i never knew what digital modes were widely used. So many acronyms get thrown around. Is it uhf/vhf? Distributed servers?
It’s all vhf/uhf
It’s a big pain in the ass to program at first, but the radios are inexpensive and they have a lot of capability