Can we talk about comms

[Idiocracy]

Without being in the special club now?

I've been keeping an eye open for a cheap base radio without all the bells and whistles that will just confuse a new operator. I remember in the Marine Corps, we made field expedient antennae that worked light years better than the 10' whip.

Just really looking to maybe get a comms dedicated section.

[SteveT]

Shortwave voice, packet radio, or something else?

[Idiocracy]

i don't know the difference. Short wave I think is your typical "ham" freqs right? 3-29? Or am I over simplifying? And I have no idea what a packet radio is

I have two baofengs that I was able to program that I play with a bit, but that's no long distance stuff. That's what I'm looking to get into.

The radio I'm hoping to find would be quad band 100 watt setup, as from what I gather, I really wouldn't need more than that.

[SteveT]

Long Island had a Ham radio club, I'm not a member and I don't know anyone .... but you might want to reach out to them.

http://suffolkcountyradioclub.net and ..... http://www.limarc.org

Personally, I've done some commercial RF demodulation work, digital tv, and also spent a bit of time poking around my water meter and electricity meter to see what its sending out, that was fun, using software defined ration receivers.

[LIChris]

I have a couple of Baofeung GMRS radios that I bought when they were getting a repeater... sometimes I like to talk to my wife from the shed with it.
That's all I can offer on the topic.

[SimpleMan]

I am not affiliated with the below organization in any way. However, they do appear to know a lot about emergency communication.

http://www.shtfli.com/#

[SteveT]

I am not affiliated with the below organization in any way. However, they do appear to know a lot about emergency communication.

http://www.shtfli.com/#

Hmmm. This is interesting. I’m gonna check this out tonight.

[100MPG]

SimpleMan[/B]
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05-06-2016, 05:50 PM
I am not affiliated with the below organization in any way. However, they do appear to know a lot about emergency communication.

http://www.shtfli.com/#

Hmmm. This is interesting. I’m gonna check this out tonight.

Wow, your internet is super slow...

[SteveT]

Wow, your internet is super slow...

It’s incredibly slow. I’m grandfathered into a fabulous ‘all you can eat’ AT&T dialup deal. Download speeds max out at 56Kbps but at $9.99 a month it’s a total steal.

[442Stu]

Do you have a ham license? Pretty easy to get these days. Lots of clubs around, some more active that others. limarc.org has a few repeaters around the island, mostly VHF and UHF. Also check out gsbarc.org, pretty active group with a few repeaters. I got my license at their monthly test session. Local stuff is mainly 2M and 70CM on repeaters, which you can do with a tech license. For long distance voice you need HF, which requires a general or higher class license. I'm over simplifying but you get the idea.

[Synner]

It’s incredibly slow. I’m grandfathered into a fabulous ‘all you can eat’ AT&T dialup deal. Download speeds max out at 56Kbps but at $9.99 a month it’s a total steal.

That came with your prodigy 5.25 inch startup disk, no? 😏

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[SteveT]

Do you have a ham license?

Yes.

[SteveT]

That came with your prodigy 5.25 inch startup disk, no? 😏

Yep!

Incidentally: I've been recycling those disks. I'm using them to backup my MP3 collection. It's a squeeze but I can fit a single song on to 3 floppies.

I need another 62,000 floppies to finish the backup, and an extension on the house to store them.

[LiDad]

Do you have a ham license? Pretty easy to get these days. Lots of clubs around, some more active that others. limarc.org has a few repeaters around the island, mostly VHF and UHF. Also check out gsbarc.org, pretty active group with a few repeaters. I got my license at their monthly test session. Local stuff is mainly 2M and 70CM on repeaters, which you can do with a tech license. For long distance voice you need HF, which requires a general or higher class license. I'm over simplifying but you get the idea.

Repeaters may be down in a major event. Be prepared to go simplex.