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>New to /ham/? Read this shit!
http://www.arrl.org/what-is-ham-radio
https://www.fcc.gov/wireless/bureau-divisions/mobility-division/amateur-radio-service
>Your search engine of choice works well too!

>The FAQ is now back:
>https://wiki.cybsec.io/index.php/HamFAQ
>OP, the cybsec domain is gone.
>NEW FAQ is updated to preview 15
https://files.catbox.moe/aftx43.htm

>The wiki is down but is archived: https://archive.is/PjR5s
>Idiot's Guide to Coax Cable
https://www.pcs-electronics.com/guide_coax.php
>Looking for frequencies to monitor near you?
http://www.radioreference.com
>Basic Rx loop fundamentals
https://www.w8ji.com/magnetic_receiving_loops.htm
>DIY SWL Mag. Loop
http://www.kr1st.com/swlloop.htm
>Small Tx Loop
http://webclass.org/k5ijb/antennas/Small-magnetic-loops.htm
>In Depth Loop articles
http://www.kk5jy.net/magloop/
>Homebrew RF Circuits
https://www.qsl.net/va3iul/Homebrew_RF_Circuit_Design_Ideas/Homebrew_RF_Circuit_Design_Ideas.htm
>NEW Library
https://mega.nz/file/UCgEGAjb#rwNcnMAQCUUbSp8supsFvn9QEHCWUW86eLcZa16ZG4Y

>Online Practice Tests:
http://aa9pw.com/
https://hamstudy.org/
https://hamexam.org/
> Real-Time Propagation Data
http://prop.kc2g.com/
>Space Weather
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/communities/radio-communications
>WSJT-X 2.1 User Guide
https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx-doc/wsjtx-main-2.1.2.html
>Homosexual (ft8) guide
https://www.g4ifb.com/FT8_Hinson_tips_for_HF_DXers.pdf
>APRS
http://www.aprs.org/
>Weather Fax resources
https://www.weather.gov/media/marine/rfax.pdf
https://weatherfax.com/stations/
>point to point predictions, its free and will give you an idea of how much power/ what frequencies to use to reliably talk to your friend
https://www.voacap.com/hf/
>how do I into Morse code in a good way?
https://pastebin.com/HByjfN4F

>Shortwave radio schedule
https://shortwave.live/

Suck it losers.

Anyway, I'm hitting up the North woods for some camping and plan on bringing my rig. Probably mostly listening, but we'll see. I'm not a big fan of getting grime and bug spray on my radio, so who knows.

CQ CONTEST!

>>2931642
I do what I want.

>still giving money to the antenna jews

Stop jacking off. There are real emergencies going on, not some larp to make yourself look important.

>we got flash floods everywhere, a total of 100 confirmed dead, 156 still missing. We need desperately need sup-
>CQ CONTEST CQ CONTEST
>CQ CONTEST CQ CONTEST

Trying to Crack P25 ADP.

No clue how to begin with doing so (;^ω^)

How does I build a radar?

>>2931857
Google your shit retard

>>2931857
i believe youll want full duplex for that(limesdr or bladerf) but the bladerf is kind of pricey. Cheaper thdn a radar though.

>>2931777
In the 60's my dad was part of a fire buff association. they were encouraged to help at fires, directed traffic, and helped clean up after the fire was out. my dad was friends with the fire chief. he even designed the response cards used until the fire department went computers in the 80's. his pictures were published multiple times in the local newspaper. he could show up in any fire station anywhere in the country and get the firemen to bring their trucks out so he could take pictures. I would play video games in the station lounge while he did this. man that was good times.

I've been to more fires as a kid, than your mom gave you encouragement to get the fuck out of the house.

but over time people lost respect for the fire department. fire stations used to be wide open to the public, nothing was locked up and no one stole stuff, but then "you know" came along (not ares never heard of them) and started stealing shit, and now stations are closed up and nowhere near as friendly as they used to be.

>>2931854
>No clue how to begin with doing so
and you never will.

>>2931873

I know it exists online somewhere, it is just a 40bit encryption. Essentially you feed it the encrypted audio and When it gets to the Frames other Audio where it's known Silence, you decrypt that. allegedly should only take an Nvidia Card 24 Hours to do

>>2931920
>>2931836
Oh hey it's the Cobra 26 guy. Glad to see you have everything mounted. Just a comment, mounting your antenna like that so close to the body of the van tends to de-tune the antenna and you may also get some weird signal patterns and reduced performance. Best is to get the base of the antenna at roof level or mount those on your sideview mirrors. But the way you have it now is better than nothing.

>>2931857
take a magnetron out of a microwave and make a circulator

>>2931642
you wasted a lot of time and money to get a license for something the fcc doesn't give a damn if you don't have

>>2932040
nta but are you saying that the fcc does not care if you don’t have a license to use HAM?
Honestly I don’t know what’s even the point. If I can take my phone and call literally anyone, then why do I need a license to talk to a guy somewhere in his garage?

>>2932055
You don't own the Infrastructure Maaaan.
You can't Police the Radio spectrum Maaaan.

>>2931872
>>2931872
Oh I can remember being in Cubs and going on a tour at our citys' main fire hall. This was in the era of the hit tv series 'Emergency!' which I was a big fan of, so it was pretty neat to me. Nowadays about 50% of the calls they go to are drug overdoses. Druggies are real pieces of shit. But I digress..

As for emergency comms as public service, our first responders are pretty much independant and set up well with back-up systems, generators, etc. It would be rare to get the amateur service involved here unless they wanted to use our repeaters due to their own radio circuits being overloaded. Or to send some ham into a remote town that has all comms cut off.

In my region we're mostly thinking of a 1964 Alaska earthquake/tsunami-like event. We suspect we'll act as messengers like the old telegraph system. Basically someone stuck in one town wants to send a message to mom in the next town over saying they're fine but running low on clean underwear. That kind of thing.

In all these years so far only once have I had to provide emergency communications. That was when the phone system failed for 9 hours in the next town over.

>>2931871
>>2932039
Cool! Thanks /ham/!

>>2932055
>If I can take my phone and call literally anyone
Infrastructure was hit last year. Both cell and landling. Some times, ours goes out. Radios are a good thing to have as backup.

>then why do I need a license to talk to a guy somewhere in his garage?
Hams are able to play around more. As a result, you can cause a lot more interference and damage. It happens more than what you think. There are dipshits who tie up a repeater during an emergency net for non-emergency reasons. CB, GMRS, and MURS, everything is already done for you. The power limits, the channels, the bandwidth, etc. This is to prevent you from causing interference.

>>2931872
Your dad is a pretty cool guy for that. The fire dept here hasn't lost it's respect, but like yours, there were a lot of thefts so they also had to lock up.

>>2932068
Drug overdoses here are so common. Everyone's basically trained to administer narcan at this point. I had to give one of my doses to a neighbor so he could administer it to his son if he OD'd. I have a lot since I can get them from work which they hand out like candy.

Here, hams are usually for handling messages to family if there is a disaster like in your example. One of the ARES members here has a perpetual JS8call station up that was used as a relay and message storing during last year's hurricanes. He also took messages from families in the disaster zones and called their loved ones away from that area to say they were okay. I have respect for ARES itself. It does its job. I just hate the larpers.

>>2932055
if you search the FCC's enforcement website you will not find a single instance of a private citizen being fine or in any way prosecuted for transmitting on a ham radio frequency. nor will you find any proof that anyone cited ever paid the fines.

>>2932021
yeah no. I've looked in to it, and so have many others quite keen to decrypt it.

The protocol supports the use of Data Encryption Standard (DES) encryption (56 bit), 2-key Triple-DES encryption, three-key Triple-DES encryption, Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption at up to 256 bits keylength, RC4 (40 bits, sold by Motorola as Advanced Digital Privacy), or no encryption. The RC4 Advanced Digital Privacy can withstand casual attackers. It is supposed to offer 40-bit security, where an attacker must test the 2 to the power of 40 possible keys to find the right one. This level of encryption offers no real protection and there is software that allows you to find the key

no one that matters uses rc4

>>2932179
That’s pretty cool. When talking on hams, how many people actually speak without announcing a call sign? Also how many people here actually have a license?

>>2932027
My side power mirrors sadly don't have a straight shaft like the original mirrors did, so the ladder is my best bet for now.
The new microphone I bought from Amazon didn't work on the 26, but the one I got on eBay that looks just like the old one seems to work, or at least it works with the PA speaker so far.
Well, the PA speaker is actually just an "external speaker" that I mounted under the hood, it's too cramped in the engine bay of the van to fit an actual PA horn and I already had the external speaker on hand.

Speaking of, I bought a cobra 19 on eBay to put in my other car, the one that actually does have a PA horn, and it's really quiet for some reason, unless I talk really loudly directly into the microphone...

>>2932227
Not much. Everyone here follows the rules. As a result, there's rarely any problems. The only there is, it's usually on HF, and it's usually on 7.200.

>Also how many people here actually have a license?
Extra class :). It's somewhat worth it because hardly anyone talks in the Extra portions on the bands, and are usually cool people. Like on 80m, there isn't as much talk about tmi medical issues in the Extra portion. I mean, there's reak conversation. I rarely encounter a rule breaker, and it's usually a new ham with a General license just learning so no harm done. I just mostly care that there is no interference. I usually encourage them to get the Extra.

>>2932227
I got it now that morse code isn't mandatory, that you don't need to pay (a small fee) every year and your name and address isn't made public

>>2931854

First you need to be able to dump the signal as hex/binary. After that, you can use protocol specifications to see what each bit means and where the metadata vs the data is in the hex stream, and decode the format. It's where you start from turning a stream of bits into something understandable; you find the marker that indicates the start of a packet, then you see the headers that indicate its length, then other metadata like what the encryption format is.
https://www.qsl.net/kb9mwr/projects/dv/apco25/TIA-102-BAAA-A-Project_25-FDMA-Common_Air_Interface.pdf

This is the protocol specification apparently.

If the format is anything greater than like 56bits, don't bother trying computational brute force unless you have some serious cash to spend on computation.

>>2932179
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-02-23-me-410-story.html
>>2932227
Not many do, most people operate with a callsign, even those canadians that pretend to be terrorists on 20m. The pedophile guys. Some of them (based in the US) faced fines, prosecution, and loss of license, but the canadian government doesn't give a shit to renounce their canadian dude's license. This is because of threat of terrorism and jamming though. Lots and lots of examples of people getting fined and imprisoned for jamming amateur frequencies, but they have to do it blatantly and for long periods of time to get reported and investigated, as well as caught.
>how many licensed?
I have my general personally. I'm the guy working on the 2 50ft masts to support my 40m and 20m dipoles, but I've been so tired with work and the heat (110 degree days) lately that I can't touch it except on weekends.

The backlight in my Azden PCS-7000H 2 meter radio died. I use it as a base station in the shack. There's a video of a radio repair guy fixing the same issue on YouTube, but the fix is beyond my skill level and I'll end up killing the radio. I'm kind of sad because I prefer 90s single band radios; I don't want some new dual band mobile that's made in China. But the Azden just isn't the same without the warm orange glow. At least the mic leds still work.

>>2932354
The terrorist pedophile you're referring to is Carol (Karl) VE7FM. He calls himself radio Canada and CBC radio Canada has actually tried to get him to stop using that term without much luck.
I lived in his town for a bit and would attend his annual yard sale that consisted of old junk test equipment and boat anchors. He is terrible to deal with in person and will not negotiate prices. His house is also super creepy; real Adams family vibes.

>>2932312
Is HF or shortwave part of ham bands? Currently I have a CB, but one of these days the idea of getting a ham or hf transceiver interests me.
I’d like to make it a mobile setup in my truck or car though.
Also, what’s the price points of each? I bought my CB last week (Cobra 29 Ltd) used for literally $35. Around maybe 100 bucks for all the parts cause I already had an old whip antenna.

>>2932476
HF is anything below 30Mhz. There are lots of bands in HF that are in the amateur spectrum. CB is in the 11m band.

>Also, what’s the price points of each?
AAAAHAHAHAHAHA, you don't want to know. Hams either have more money than sense or are on the verge of bankruptcy.

>>2932476
>>2932497
You can get an hf mobile radio like a Yaesu Ft891 for ~600 new or under $300 used. Great little radios for mobile work. Also ideal for mobile base stations like ships or travel trailers. I'd put a high end radio out of your mind until you had a general class license though. You'll be disappointed trying to use 10 or 11m when the cycle dies in a couple years.

>>2932507
>10 or 11m when the cycle dies in a couple years
What do you mean by this?
>Yaesu Ft891
I’ll keep that in mind for the future, thanks anon. When it comes to HF radios, can I see a CB whip and coax or do they require an entirely different setup?
Also, what’s your opinion of pic rel?

>>2932288
>it's really quiet for some reason
When on-the-air if others are reporting low audio that could indicate low microphone gain. Whether it's by design or faulty is difficult to say.

>>2932515
Shortwave radio depends (primarily) on atmospheric propagation for long distance communication. This happens via the solar cycle, where sunspots from our giant nuclear reactor in the sky charge ions in our ionosphere. These create a "mirror" that allow signals to reflect back down to earth.

This cycle lasts ~11 years. During the peak, the ionosphere is greatly charged, often coming with solar storms that can knock out communications, but also allowing for amazing radio propagation in bands like 6m, 10m, 11m, and within reason up to 20m. Band conditions change constantly throughout the day and night, so what wavelengths operate the best may not last all day. Some bands like 40m and 80m are great night time bands, and they have atmospheric propagation during the downturn of the cycle. So when the solar cycle dips during it's 11 year mestral period, longer wavelengths become more prominent. This means bands like 20m, 30m, 40m, 60m, and 80m. Bands like 40m and 80m are also very reliable as they almost always have some level of propagation at night, though there are definitely times where theres no propagation anywhere.

This means right now 10m and 11m are hot, and there's a ton of activity. In a couple years they will die, and longer wavelengths (thereby requiring longer antennas at higher heights, especially for dx) become king. Most amateur operators have numerous bands in their arsenal. I personally (usually) have 10m, 20m, and 40m at all times, though I just recently moved so I don't have anything up yet.
>When it comes to HF radios, can I see a CB whip and coax or do they require an entirely different setup
I've hooked coax to a chainlink fence and made contacts. It'll see a cb whip fine, though it may not be broadbanded enough for 10m use without a tuner of some sort.

>>2932507
>Ft891
No thanks. Even if I went with Yaesu, I would use an ATAS-120 for the antenna. Unlike the other anon, I don't care about a HF rig in my vehicle. I'm not trying to be portable or mobile with HF. I only do HF when at home.

>>2932515
>pic
Avoid. It's a pain in the ass to deal with even with the custom firmware. Even then, I don't care about QRP (low power), and if I wanted to do that, I'd set the RF output lower on my main rig. I just got one for curiosity with data modes. I sold that fucker in no time to another curious ham. If you want a QRP radio, save up more and get an IC-705.

>CB whip
I'd go with a rig that has an internal tuner. If you want to go cheap, a Xiegu G90 does an "okay" job, and there's just one single diode you have to snip off if you want to transmit on the CB frequencies. It'll do decent with a CB whip antenna on other bands using it's internal tuner. Just don't expect phenomenal results.

>>2932520
This entire post is 100% correct. Listen to this anon.

>>2932518
That's the fun part, all this work with these radios and I have yet to actually successfully talk to someone on any of them.

>>2932520
All this is very fascinating, and I appreciate you typing all this out.
A few questions I have.
First of all- can you put in a very simple way to me what the difference is between 10m, 20m, and 40m?
Also-
>what is the “m” for CB?
>what is a tuner?
I have a SWR meter for my CB, but I doubt that’s the same thing.
Also, I apologize for the basic questions. I’m very new to radio. Also, I like the way you referred to the sun. lol

>>2932471
>VE7KFM
I almost bought an antenna off him last week until I recognized his callsign. Nope. Amazingly enough i've never heard him on the air, but then I am not on 20. I used to shop at the Fairways down the road from him in the late 90s, I'd look up at his tower whenever I drove by. I'm surprised no one has fixed his wagon by now.

>>2932354
I used to know the head DOC (now ISED) guy in Victoria and assisted in many enforcement activities. He retired by the late 90's and with it, regional enforcement declined. I know he mentioned that all the govt hacks now-a-days are basically clerks, many without technical experience. Smirking over coffee with him one day I noted that CBC Vancouver (CBU FM) was operating with a bandwidth that exceeded govt regs. He said good luck trying to enforce the government propaganda mouthpiece. :^)

>>2932521
>Xiegu G90
Thank you for the recommendation.

>>2932521
>I don't care about a HF rig in my vehicle
I can't say I blame you, I keep a 10m/cb in my truck but it's never plugged in unless I'm traveling. Otherwise I use a cell phone signal booster more often. I personally can't stand uhf/vhf amateur bands, I'm not a repeater warrior, so I just use my p25 compatible bearcat to scan everything, and again only if traveling. Right now I host the county's only public safety scanner (sheriff's office, fire, ems) on broadcastify, so everything runs through my computer 24/7. I then just listen on broadcastify if I'm on the road. I typically have dozens to hundreds of listeners at a time, and in a small town that's pretty huge. So I just keep it running.

>>2932523
10m is a 10 meter wavelength. Same for the others. If you imagined the signals as visible waves of light, 40m would be (rounded) 120ft tall, while 10m would be (rounded) 30ft tall. Shorter wavelengths have more energy density and therefore interact with their environment differently. Long wavelengths punch through water like it doesn't exist, same with trees for example. Short wavelengths (such as uhf or microwave signals) interact heavily with moisture and water. That's how your home microwave heats food, a microwave radio transmitter slapping radio signals into a Faraday cage that interact with moisture. This interaction is converted into heat. No aliens, no nuclear devices, no deadly radiation like Hollywood would have us believe (American horror story I'm looking at you.)

On the flip side, short wavelengths such as UHF and blast through the ionosphere regardless of what the sun's opinion is, attenuated or not. This makes it optimal for satellite work. However, it is heavily attenuated by things like rain, clouds, and trees.

>>2932467
I prefer 90's radios too. Unless you want to pay someone to repair it, the other suggestion would be to keep an eye out for a parts radio and swap out the front board.

I prefer the vacuum fluorescent displays. I keep them dimmed down to maximize they're life expectancy. I do the same with my other rigs that have backlighting. I was thinking of changing out the backlights in my Yaesu FT8800 with blue LED's so it matches my FT847 but naw... the warm orange is nice.

>>2932522
Yeah a co-worker had a 40 ch Radio Shack CB in his Jeep CJ about 15 yrs ago. He mounted a CB antenna on his back-right bumper like yours (your pic reminded me of his set-up) with the antenna only a couple inches from the body and hardtop. He complained to me of hearing nothing at all. My antenna analyzer showed that his antenna didn't resonate anywhere near the CB frequencies so not only was the antenna radiating very little RF but the high SWR was reflecting most of it back into his radio. I brought out my old Radio Shack TRC-211 hand-held CB and we could hear each other in close proximity confirming his radio was working. I wish I had a field strength meter, I was curious what kind of antenna pattern he had.

He bought it for off-road use. I told him unless he has a buddy with one the odds are long that at a random time and place he will find someone using one and then you'd have to figure out which of the 40 channels they are using. A scanning feature helps with this which his radio didn't have.

Otherwise I suggested he relocate his antenna by clamping it to his rollbar or a magmount on his hood. And set his CB to ch 9 or 19.

What you could do is whenever you see someone with a CB, approach and ask what the best channel is and if anyone is using them. I do this periodically and have had positive results.

>>2932549
>approach and ask
I could try, but me, a fat hairy dude driving an old ass van... sounds like a good way to get shot, lol
I'm kinda figuring I'll drive to the Pilot and just snoop on channel 19 to see if someone starts talking?
Oh, while I haven't successfully talked to someone, there IS some guy (I guess broadcasting from his house or something) who yells constantly on channel 6, but not much of it makes any sense.

I should probably buy a swr meter or whatever it is so I can test both of my CB antennas and the GMRS antenna, but I prefer the bliss of ignorance instead of the knowledge that none of them are set up properly...

>>2932551
Oh yeah and the built-in needle on the cobra 26 still doesn't move, so I guess it's just busted.

>>2932529
The thing is that when I'm mobile, I'm focusing on talking locally or regionally. The ones I care about in longer distances are constantly scanning the state wide repeater system which I can switch between repeaters quickly depending on where I'm at. The only other time is when I'm going somewhere with family and are following each other. With that, I just use GMRS with 50watts in case me or them is really far ahead. It ensures we make contact unless we are that far apart.

>>2932551
>channel 6
Ch6 is known as the Super Bowl. I don't remember the guy's handles, but they tend to stick to that channel, which I'm glad. I think the one is Motor Mouth Maul or something like that? I don't use CB: I do monitor it when I'm away on trips because truckers can provide some useful traffic information. My Yaesu FT-5D can monitor, though not transmit, on the CB channels.

>>2932532
Ah I understand. Thanks friend. I really appreciate the info.
You’re obviously a very knowledgeable fellow. I’m curious if your opinions. Like I said, I’ve got a CB I still need to set up, but the idea of a Shortwave transceiver intrigues me. Talking to truckers is cool, also useful for the interstate and such.
Not to mention the fact that skip even exists and can turn a little 15 mile radio into 1000 miles is SO cool. Haha
Anyway, is it a grass is greener sort of thing, or is there plenty of fun to be had on SW as well?

>>2932555
>Super Bowl
Is it like a nationwide thing? I'm in northeast Appalachia so I've been assuming all the mountains would cut off long distance transmissions...

>>2932467
it's ok, take your time, take photos of your progress so you can put it back together, there's a video, it's nice, you can do it anon.
Buy some tools if needed, a repair is easier with the right tools, maybe some tiny screwdrivers, anti static pad, etc. but don't sweat it too much.

>>2932561
>all the mountains would cut off long distance transmissions
No they wouldn't. I've done pota deep in the mountains and still made 6k mile contacts.

>>2932606
Damn that's pretty sick

>>2932354
>Lots and lots of examples of people getting fined and imprisoned for jamming amateur frequencies,
nope

20m dipole up 38'.

>https://github.com/SmittyHalibut/soldersmoke-challenge/blob/main/Schematic.jpg
>direct conversion without a crystal
>ring diode mixer
Kinda strange design. Aren’t direct conversion receivers a pain to tune in, and be prone to slow phase mismatch fading? Seems like it wouldn’t likely work for SSB either.

>>2932788
I think the challenge was building this by hand. Otherwise you would have replaced the ring diode mixer with a SA602 and the audio amp with a LM386.

>>2931635 (OP)
was out doing qrp contest with the club today, good fun, need to get a bit better with my CW receive though, it's not terrible but I don't tend to be able to hear callsigns first time at 30wpm which I need to work on.

>>2932507
>>2932515
>>2932521
Ft891 is great, I've got one for mobile and an ft710 for base station. HF is the most fun in my opinion, I made voice contacts with Peru from Europe few weeks ago which I was very pleased with and a few other great dx contacts including Bhutan

>>2932707
You people really do this to your properties? Fuck the neighborhood value, huh? Thank fuck for HOAs holy shit.

>>2932891
doesn't look bad at all especially if you have a bigger garden, my antenna is on a collapsible mast so I can easily retract it if I want to as well

>>2932702
Enforcement exists.
https://www.fcc.gov/general/amateur-radio-service-enforcement-actions
https://transition.fcc.gov/eb/AmateurActions/Welcome.html

From these notices, we can see that the FCC does enforce amateur rules, but not as often as we’d like to see. Usually, the situation has to be a big nuisance before it escalates enough for the FCC to take action. If you make a simple mistake once or twice, you are highly unlikely to be cited. If you are a more consistent or flagrant rule breaker, then you might get a visit from the FCC.

>>2932895
>>2932702
honestly I am so sick of people talking about broadcasting without a licence.

9 times out of 10 it's a prepper who can't be bothered to take the test and will never learn how to properly use the radio.

notarubicon is the worst for this - constantly going on about it, it's just boring. I'm not in the USA but if your basic licence is anything like here then it's a piece of piss. Best thing to do is get registered and practice using the radio. Especially if you are interested in survivalism/prepping PoTA and SoTA are great practice for that but of course you would need at least a basic licence. To me even the fact of them having your address is a complete nothing burger, just because they have your address saying you have a radio licence doesn't actually mean anything no increased risk to you just because they have your name and address saying you have a licence. If you're really paranoid just use a PO BOX

>>2932891
That's a manufactured home judging by the wall, nobody gives a shit about the property values.

>>2932903
don't need anything

>>2932891
HOA's are for fags who are all worried about muh equity. fuck you it's a house live in it. even in shitty neighborhoods the value of houses goes up.

>>2932903
>talking without a license
the license costs money that you don’t need to spend, retard.

Recapping the Rebel Cobra 29 LTD Classic I got in 95'

This Mother fucker is all static before. hopefully after the Recap, I get her guts Gucci Pucci

>>2932895
If you look at them, the last one was 2018. Most of the time, it's the hams themselves that police the ham bands. This always get them to stop, and the best way is just to ignore it and have back-up frequencies. The ones causing interference are attention whores.

>>2932903
>9 times out of 10 it's a prepper who can't be bothered to take the test and will never learn how to properly use the radio.
Blame larper channels more than notarubicon. When I was watching him, he didn't do anything that broke the FCC rules. Larper channels, on the other hand, would tell people to get a Baofeng UV-5R, and throw it in their larp bag for a rainy day.

>having your address
Not an issue. The most I got were the ARRL with their junk mail about joining them, one here and there for morse code courses, and Ham Radio Outlet despite never buying anything from them.

>>2932923
>HOA's are for fags
This. Anyone who is in one is an idiot or has a wife who just had to have that house (still an idiot.) I'd take a trailer on junk land over ever being in a HOA.

>>2932928
This is why I stay on shortwave to filter the faggots.

>>2931635 (OP)
Military themed thread? OK, Signal Service is here, everyone suitably impressed!


>>2932476
>Also, what’s the price points of each?
With a /ham/ license you are allowed to make your own rig. Some appropriately /diy/ HF radio stuff, complete with source code, can be found here:
https://101-things.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ham_transmitter.html
https://101-things.readthedocs.io/en/latest/radio_receiver.html
https://101-things.readthedocs.io/en/latest/breadboard_radio.html
https://101-things.readthedocs.io/en/latest/breadboard_radio_part2.html
https://101-things.readthedocs.io/en/latest/breadboard_radio_part3.html

>>2932947

Recapped and she does not Transmit (~_~メ)...

I'm thinking I have to Peak and Tune the Transmitter Portion? I don't have an Oscilloscope so...

Clueless here
Some niggers/shitskins moved in 2 doors down and put up a small antenna, what are they transmitting? Also my amp for my speakers some gets interference with loud blips.

>>2933128
Get a RTL-SDR and find out.
The size of the antenna indicates roughly the wavelength in use.

what is the ideal length of coax cable for HF transceivers?

>>2933200
Checkd

The length from the back of the radio to the Antenna Literally.

>>2933200
It depends on the type of coax and how damp the soil is in your yard, but 69 feet is usually just right to couple with magnetic north. Doesn't have to be exact, just close.

>>2933200
2000ft of RG58. With excess, coil it up for less interence.

>>2933200
The ideal length is 0 because of the loss. In theory with a perfect resonant antenna at 1:1 swr and symmetrical (dipole) you don't care about the length, in reality you might want to avoid some particular lengths : quarter wave lengths and odd multiples of it (take velocity factor in account)
https://w3gmsrepeater.com/2020/02/20/does-it-matter-how-long-my-coax-line-is/

>>2933128
Post antenna.

In you guys’ opinion, what’s the most ideal wattage radio transceiver for HF? I’m just looking, and honestly I don’t know if I’ll even like radio. I found a really cool little 20w pic rel with a metal construction, but it’s like 5-600 bucks. And for that price, I’m sure you could get a big boy radio.

>>2933128
not every antenna is for transmitting moron.

>>2933285
>it’s like 5-600 bucks
wtf, just get a FT-818 for that price or a bit more, or a FT-891, it's bigger but you'll get real sensitivity and modulation

>>2933144
>>2933280
>>2933290
Here you go.

>>2933327
It's a TV antenna, you faggot.

>>2933327
a review of this antenna if you want one for yourself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGJJLFdPRSg

>>2933334
>>2933343
Understood.
Typically taxi/emergency vehicles cause audio blips with my amp/speakers. The blips started recently and are somewhat regular, what could the source be?

>>2933345
are they periodic ? I mean exactly the same time between each blip ?
Are they present during the day ? During the night ? At random time ? During the week end ?
It will help to find what activity it can be related to

>>2933346
Maybe 2-3 times per a week. I can only make note when I am at the computer with the speakers on. I can't provide anymore notable details.

>>2933352
>I can only make note when I am at the computer with the speakers on
kek I forgot that aspect, maybe a cattle electric fence ?

>>2933353
In suburbia? I doubt it.

>>2933345
your cell phone is too close to the amp/speakers

>>2933345
Solar pannel inverters.

>>2933361
Never owned a cell.
>>2933362
While not impossible, this area is too poor for that.

>>2933364
Flood lights, accent lighting, above ground pool pumps, lots of stuff use solar.

>>2931635 (OP)
I want to attach a baofang to a weather balloon and set it to broadcast profanities and watch the boomer ham police lose their minds driving around trying to find the source.
>that is all

>>2933364
>Never owned a cell

>>2933373
k

>>2932928
If you're worried about the cost of the licence you're too poor for ham radio

>>2933424
I guess I can just broadcast from my smart fridge then.

>>2933424
>If you're worried about the cost of the licence you're too poor for ham radio
Quite literally.

What type of radios do military broadcast on, and is it illegal to aske them what they had for breakfast via said radio?

Bumping >>2933285

>>2932948
>Blame larper channels more than notarubicon. When I was watching him, he didn't do anything that broke the FCC rules. Larper channels, on the other hand, would tell people to get a Baofeng UV-5R, and throw it in their larp bag for a rainy day.
Doesn't violate rules just constantly going on about hoe it's against muh freedom to need a test, also he always try to bully hams he has on and get things politic, eg with Ringway Manchester

>>2933285
>>2933490
Like
>>2933323
Said if you're going for radio get the 891 for mobile that's 100w. Or get a 100w base station like the ft710, in general you want to start with 100w

>>2933489
They have some designated frequencies that they use, and they use digital encrypted comms nowadays. It is also illegal to use these frequencies and it annoys the military if you are broadcasting FM on these because it is interference. Do you really want to be interfering with military comms frequencies?

>>2933489
They use unencrypted p25 out here, but I don't know of any commercially available radios that do p25 on those frequencies. When they're analog you can probably transmit in a baofeng, but they usually use a repeater and are only cross repeated into analog.

>>2933497
>bully hams
Sometimes I wonder if his pinned comments are just his alt accounts pretending to be angry with him.

>>2933497
>>2933572
Here's the thing, notarubicon doesn't know anything about radio. His knowledge is limited to baofeng/walkie talkies rules and functionality, as well as gmrs shit. Get off uhf/repeaters and you'll avoid him and all his like-minded idiot followers. All his knowledge of ham revolves around the extremely limited functionality of a baofeng, programming it, etc.

Can a baofeng be used as a cheap scanner? Sure. But almost everything worth scanning uses DMR, P25, and other digital modes. Good luck with following trunked conversations or simulcast. Can a baofeng transmit on repeaters and kerchunk them/troll them? Sure. But who cares? Does a baofeng even work well as a uhf/vhf radio for 70cm/2m ham bands? Barely, and with low power and dogshit front end filtering who cares? Just another walkie talkie. Literally nothing.

Get on shortwave and immediately leave people like him to play with their walkie talkies. Let them have their fun. It doesn't bother me, my scanner works with police/fire/ems p25 repeaters, so I can't hear them. My radios work from 6m to 160m, so I can't hear them. Even if I picked up my 10m/cb truck radio, I cannot hear them on their beoshits. You get to play with ft8, varAC, fldigi, Morse code, station tracking software, spy number stations, slow scan television, worldwide dx to over 100 countries on every continent including Antarctica, contests of every kind on every mode, commercial broadcast shortwave radio, and almost endless possibilities if you put down the baofeng and get your general license.

>>2933489
They are not much into broadcasting unless you count Commando Solo.
The military uses reserved bands across the entire spectrum, such as VLF for submaring communicaitons to SHF and EHF for links and satellite communications. They use numerous supplies such as Harris and Collins.
Pic. related are two old military receivers, still very good by today's standards.

Quansheng UV-K6 arrived, still waiting on the modchip (ordered the Bluetooth one). I’m never going to use the DTMF am I?

>>2933514
>They have some designated frequencies that they use, and they use digital encrypted comms nowadays
everyone has designated frequencies you nonce. and the military does not always transmit encrypted. I listen to my local air force base on apco 25 phase I 300mhz, and air craft comms on 120, 200, and 300 mhz. the only encrypted stuff at my AF base is the security and when they are talking about secret maintenance stuff on the F-35's.

>>2933536
>p25 on those frequencies
phase 1
GRE PSR-500, PSR-600
Radio Shack Pro-96 1, Pro-2096 1, Pro-106, Pro-197, Pro-18, Pro-651, Pro-652
Uniden BC296D 1, BC796D 1, BCD396T, BCD996T, BCD996XT, BCD396XT, HomePatrol-1
Whistler WS1040, WS1065

Phase 2
GRE PSR-800
Radio Shack Pro-18 3, Pro-668
Uniden BCD325P2, BCD436HP, BCD536HP, BCD996P2, HomePatrol-2, SDS100, SDS200
Whistler WS1080, WS1088, WS1095, WS1098, TRX-1, TRX-2

>>2933536
>P25
Phase 1
GRE PSR-500, PSR-600
Radio Shack Pro-96, Pro-2096, Pro-106, Pro-197, Pro-18, Pro-651, Pro-652
Uniden BC296D, BC796D, BCD396T, BCD996T, BCD996XT, BCD396XT, HomePatrol-1
Whistler WS1040, WS1065

Phase 1 and 2
GRE PSR-800
Radio Shack Pro-18, Pro-668
Uniden BCD325P2, BCD436HP, BCD536HP, BCD996P2, HomePatrol-2, SDS100, SDS200
Whistler WS1080, WS1088, WS1095, WS1098, TRX-1, TRX-2

>be me earlier
>meet up with guy to trade Cobra 29 Ltd classic for Cobra 148 gtl plus 100 bucks cash
>”oh by the way- this is a modified radio. I have a switch that opens you up to like 40 more channels” or some crazy stuff like that
>bro taught me about amps, and extending my range
>learned I can Citizens Band my way all across the US and other parts of the world through questionably means
>gave me a folder with the instruction manual
>included a mounting bracket and a mic
>before I left, he told me once I had my radio hooked up, we can try to make contact
Today was a good day. I learned CB’s are a lot cooler than I thought. And I made a friend that wasn’t on an underwater basketball team weaving thread.
Also, Jesus is Lord.

Question- so I’ve got one of pic rel in my truck. Would my radio work just as well if I hooked it up to this as opposed to the fuse box or battery?

>>2933711
No way you posted scanners as a way to transmit on military frequencies.

>>2933748
Probably worse, if anything. It's just one more converter stage, so worse efficiency and more SMPS noise, and it's not like you can get more power out of that than a cigarette socket. It will give you a flatter DC input voltage after your radio's PSU, but that probably never matters unless you've got particularly unstable VFO, and would better be served by an appropirate DC-to-DC converter anyhow.

>>2933769
Man.. thanks anon. So what would be the most effective way to wire a CB then?
Cigarette lighter, fuse box, or directly to battery?

>>2933772
Fuse box is probably the best way, especially if you have a spare fuse slot, but adding a fuse-tap is still an ok way of going. CBs are power limited IIRC, so you wouldn't need so much power that going directly to the battery would be worth doing. Lighter plugs aren't the best connection, but if you want to be able to easily take it out and put it in another vehicle it's definitely the most flexible method.

>>2933695
>modchip
>Quansheng
makin' a radar are you?

>>2933784
Ok, thanks friend. Hey, I just thought of something- I can’t take a picture of it right now, but I do have one of those cigarette lighters cables. The guy that sold me the Cobra 29 gave me a power cable and he spliced it and added some kind of box in the middle wrapped in electrical tape. He said it was supposed to make it less staticy or something idk.
You think that’s a fuse?
Would I just be better off to buy a new cable? Im going to be running a Cobra 148 gtl, so I’m not even sure about how that’s gonna work for a different radio.
Also- how do people plug in their CB’s in their homes? Like base stations.
>pic not red

>>2933873
I just want it to be able to receive HF. But now I learn that my modchip is worse than the non-Bluetooth unit because it lacks an RF amplifier. Maybe I can fix that.

>>2933906
Doubt it’s a fuse, it’s probably a filter of some sort.
Running a CB unit at home just means getting a 12V PSU for it. Be that a benchtop supply or a little wall-wart.

>>2933757
not to transmit. no.

>>2933908
>pic rel
I forgot he spliced in a fuse in there too, but yeah idk what that box is for.
>Running a CB unit at home just means getting a 12V PSU for it.
Ok, so if that’s the case then why can’t I just buy one and plug it into the outlet in my truck I posted earlier?