Here is a sampling of gear I find useful for emergency communication purposes. Let me know if you have others to suggest. Note that while I have used some of this equipment, mostly it is simply the kinds of things that you might want, and an idea of the prices. I might be missing things like power supplies and connectors that could be useful as well to make the setup complete. Feel free to leave a comment if you want some more specific recommendations.
No Amateur Radio License, low budget:
Books to get licensed:
Low budget, Amateur Radio License
Medium Budget Amateur Radio
High Budget Amateur Radio
Showing posts with label amateur firsts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label amateur firsts. Show all posts
Friday, April 6, 2018
Friday, February 22, 2013
The Benifits of Amateur Radio
So, I've been asked a few times, what's the point of Amateur Radio? Why does the FCC (And virtually every other country) give a portion of their valuable frequency for use with Amateur Radio? There's a few things which I've been able to decode so far, that I thought I would share.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Contact!
It took me a while (Two days), but I was finally able to actually talk to someone though my radio, using a local repeater. Not just a short conversation, but actually a fair bit lengthy. I'm starting to see how propagation matters. When I tried to get on the nets, I needed 30W of power to communicate. Today, I was able to communicate with only 10W, just fine, using essentially the same set up.
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