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blugu64 posted:the only thing to be elitist about in ham radio is getting the best license, i.e no-code extra, and then talking smack to advanced class guys. everyone doesn't live in unincorporated buttfuck ark where you can just raise a mast whenever you like. I think that gives the right wing hams some advantage
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echinopsis posted:ok all this radio poo poo might be fun but are you allowed to talk about anything other than pork products for international conversations we are supposed to keep it to "discussions of technicals and remarks of a personal nature". this is how the Soviet Union had millions of hams hint: it was a training system that could freely talk to the US in the Cold War Inside the US, pretty much anything is fair game. there are 'nets' (organized meetings on the air) of hams that talk about hiking or RVs or whatever they're interested in! the key is to reach out and find people with like minded interests and show them how the hobby can enhance it. You don't teach ham radio operators how to be mountain climbers, you teach mountain climbers how to be ham radio operators Gazpacho posted:Also having the biggest antenna this is a thing, yes. The biggest signals on the HF (long range shortwave) bands are the retired white engineers that a: can afford and b: are ok with 160 acres of shithole Kansas farmland. That being said there are many ways that little guys can play ball, and those white engineers are straight up dying off at epic rates
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I got my general license immediately before I moved to a new building which has a cell base station literally next door, so the noise floor on HF makes it practically impossible. I told MY GIRLFRIEND that if she finally gets around to picking up her tech license, I'll get her a swanky DMR rig so she's into it now. Competitions can be fun too - I mounted a UHF antenna to my car and dominated the rover category, since most people sit at home trying to whip their yagi around while I'm sitting in a car racking up grid squares like a boss. btw ham radio is good in NYC since you can tune your handheld to the MTA's net and find out that you're gonna be late to work because someone got hit by a train.
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Jonny 290 posted:trophy needs the ham lots of people in the Bay Area get a ham license to help with what used to be called “civil defense,” eg disaster response that’s why my wife decided to do Ham Cram, I joined in because hey, ham license, and I could finally do the packet radio stuff I’ve been fantasizing about since I was 11 I just got a pair of HP serial analyzers (one 4952A and one 4957A, they were a package deal) on the cheap in case I want to do more protocol reverse engineering, they should work great for ham stuff since they can do both RS-232 and X.25 also they’re adorable eschaton fucked around with this message at 05:42 on Feb 27, 2018 |
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even if i didn't live in a shoebox and even if i weren't more interested in making music i wouldn't bother with ham because i got into shortwave radio right before the USSR fell and within very few years the only thing to listen to in english was jesus 24/7 and i'm kinda burned by that experience
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Feb 27, 2018 09:05
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OldAlias posted:why do you have to be like this stymie is a verb
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Feb 27, 2018 23:25
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I feel like I could get into ham but I already have enough hobbies
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who is saying haim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgJ_zxYYTeA
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Silver Alicorn posted:I feel like I could get into ham but I already have enough hobbies you could probably get some discount ham at the hock shop
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graph posted:who is saying haim i used to love poo poo like this when i was a kid but then i had to work a job where i had to answer phones and now i have too much sympathy for the marks
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Corla Plankun posted:is it just extroverts palling-aroudn with their bros on the waves or is there more to it than that? extroverted autists in their 70s hope you like talking about dogs, right-wing politics, and the merits of carter hall vs prince albert
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Notorious b.s.d. posted:extroverted autists in their 70s dsyp
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flakeloaf posted:you could probably get some discount ham at the hock shop oh for gently caress's sake
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Notorious b.s.d. posted:extroverted autists in their 70s yeah I’d probably pass on ham conversations myself mostly cause of this it sounds cool and all but then I’d have to listen/converse with people like that so nah
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ham is scary militia people, the real backoods cleetus poo poo
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I have a police scanner and I'm gunna have to gently caress with it because the city just bought a new helicopter
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SmokaDustbowl posted:I have a police scanner and I'm gunna have to gently caress with it because the city just bought a new helicopter *downloads a police scanner app* now I have one too what do you have to say to that huh???
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My Linux Rig posted:*downloads a police scanner app* now I have one too what do you have to say to that huh??? listen to it, poo poo is crazy
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i love listening to the police scanner when they go "ten four we gotta colonization going on the native land, shots gonna be fired on some imperialist rear end" oh wait that doesn't happen they just shoot minorities for being poor
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cool post
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is neat but mostly depressing and sometimes interesting or crazy. if you’re listening over an rtl sdr then you might need a second or to reference another source to get a fix on the signal as it bounces around otherwise
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I hosed with shortwave and that was fun. I picked up vietnam radio once, and one time I picked up a call to prayer that was fading in and out from gently caress knows where
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my dad was into radio. was a DJ and all that stuff, but also did at-home shortwave crap. didn't have an antennae but had wires all over the house connected to his radio. he threatened to kill us!
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graph posted:give trophy the ham
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also i can't believe you people are still tolerating stymie
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stymie owns
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SmokaDustbowl posted:stymie owns son,
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rotor posted:son, you've been away awhile
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Corla Plankun posted:is it just extroverts palling-aroudn with their bros on the waves or is there more to it than that? we used to listen to the cosmonauts on mir on my friends dads ham radio back in the 90s, was cool as heck to 12 year old kwinkles
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Mar 2, 2018 06:59
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beepboop come in kiwnkles
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My Linux Rig posted:yeah I’d probably pass on ham conversations myself mostly cause of this i was being snarky. the joke had a germ of truth: actually conversing on your local repeater like it's irc is generally not that great sitting with a long-range radio and trying to make brief contacts w/ faraway HAMs is a lot of fun. ham meetups / groups can also be a lot of fun. and of course, fuckin dayton is a hell of a thing. the world's biggest god drat swap meet for radio / computer / electronic gear. it is a sight to behold. (just try to ignore the smells) in short, staying focused on the technical poo poo is where the joy is found
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rotor posted:also i can't believe you people are still tolerating stymie some people even quote stymie now
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honey baked ham is good
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rotor posted:also i can't believe you people are still tolerating stymie stymie has his (her?) moments
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SmokaDustbowl posted:one time I picked up a call to prayer the 'adham
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stymie was always quotable about 1% of the time but after putting in some serious forums squats we're at like 10-15%
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George posted:stymie was always quotable about 1% of the time but after putting in some serious forums squats we're at like 10-15% don't quote stymie do give Trophy the ham
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rotor posted:also i can't believe you people are still tolerating stymie I wouldn’t say we’re tolerating him,
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My Linux Rig posted:*downloads a police scanner app* now I have one too what do you have to say to that huh??? if you are on iOS go download La Vue http://lavueapp.com good ambient chill background sounds
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