the_football_maestro@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoWhat are your niche hobbies you’d like to share with other people?message-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareminorsecond@lemmy.mlcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoHam radio! It’s relaxing. My favorite activity is to take my portable gear to parks and operate Parks on the Air.
minus-squarethe_football_maestro@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoWhat do you think about the baofeng radios with ham? Pretty good to start out with?
minus-squareminorsecond@lemmy.mlcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoThey are fine for starting out with, but you’ll probably want to upgrade soon. There are better radios for around $75 if you can afford it.
minus-squarethe_football_maestro@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoWhat would you recommend? Is there a good mega thread here?
minus-squareminorsecond@lemmy.mlcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 years agoMost activity, I’ve seen here: [email protected] but there’s a lemmy bug that’s not showing a bunch of posts. That should be resolved soon. These are good cheaper radios (The price has gone up a bit) https://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-016123 https://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-015573
minus-squareRoadieRich@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoThere’s also [email protected] which is reasonably active.
minus-squareLunch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoJust getting into Ham radio and SDR myself as of late, so cool and so fun to tweak around with. Got any recommendations for guides or articles to read and learn from? I’m brand new just got a SDR-RTL dongle 📡
minus-squareminorsecond@lemmy.mlcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoYou should check out Ham Radio Crash Cpurse on YouTube. Lots of great info there.
Ham radio! It’s relaxing. My favorite activity is to take my portable gear to parks and operate Parks on the Air.
What do you think about the baofeng radios with ham? Pretty good to start out with?
They are fine for starting out with, but you’ll probably want to upgrade soon. There are better radios for around $75 if you can afford it.
What would you recommend? Is there a good mega thread here?
Most activity, I’ve seen here: [email protected] but there’s a lemmy bug that’s not showing a bunch of posts. That should be resolved soon.
These are good cheaper radios (The price has gone up a bit)
https://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-016123
https://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-015573
There’s also [email protected] which is reasonably active.
Just getting into Ham radio and SDR myself as of late, so cool and so fun to tweak around with. Got any recommendations for guides or articles to read and learn from? I’m brand new just got a SDR-RTL dongle 📡
You should check out Ham Radio Crash Cpurse on YouTube. Lots of great info there.