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Radio Makes a Comeback

Tuesday, 19 January 2021, 12:30 MJA Uncategorized 36

After Conservative Deplatforming, Purge Moves to Ham Radio.

After contriving to deplatform conservatives from every tech service and app they could manage, the purge boldly marches on to ham radio.

36 Comments on Radio Makes a Comeback

  2. We used to run shortwave stations out of South America and ships lying international waters just outside of territorial waters.

    Maye fhe time to resurrect them is coming soon?

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  7. I owe my Dad an apology – he is a ham guy and has always had a 50-70 foot tower at the house. Growing up in the 80s all the neighbors hated us because it interfered with the telephones and TVs for several blocks. He has been fighting neighbors for decades over his towers. Who would have guessed it would all the rage in 2021.

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  10. Great topic!

    I just had this conversation with my son, who is about to do some traveling in a school bus he has built-out into an RV.
    Told him he needs to get a good CB and recalled the days when as kids we would build shortwave radios from kits purchased at Radio Shack.

    I just ordered the Grundig/Eton Elite Field Radio which should arrive the 25th. So excited.

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  12. That’s an amplifier in the pix.
    Been stockpiling alot of CB radios lately.
    Radioman= KD5MZG General class ham.
    80′ Rohn25 tower in my yard.

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  16. WGG,
    Need to have a sit-down and conversation with your nearest local ham or radio geek. “Best” is very subjective. What is your budget? What is your location? What are you interested in doing? Listening? To what? Transmitting? AM? SSB? $$ to install an antenna & coax cable? In your house? Or in your car?

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  18. Ham radio certainly has more flexibility but you need a license. Long distance communication also needs some good sized antennas as well.

    CB is designed for local communications. It is limited to 5 watts and is restricted by regulations to 25 miles and under. 2 meter ham is probably more dependable and you have the ability to use repeaters. Years ago a friend brought his father’s portable 2 meter rig to my house. We listened to a sailor coming in the Golden Gate on a navy ship. We were in Sonoma County.

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  19. Cfm990: I have an Advanced but I don’t want to give it here, either. My U.S. address of record is my son’s house and he is very protective of his online presence.

    I want to get a Canadian license and my son wants to get a U.S. license but no one is doing testing because of the fauxdemic.

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  20. @ President Elect Toxic Deplorable Racist SAH B Woodman…..I kind of need the unit portable. From the house to vehicles. I’m not gonna put up a 50′ antenna. I mostly want to listen, but I might want to be able to communicate too. I don’t want to get a ham license…..$500 dollars max….maybe just a nice cb radio with ssb like a cobra 29 or a uniden bearcat…..sorry, I don’t know enough to ask good questions….All I know is that my handheld Midland (which I used to communicate with the asphalt plant) is worthless out here in the middle of everywhere….Thanks for a recommendation

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  21. I’ve read that it is possible to use shortwave for ICP/IP but the bandwidth is very VERY low. It’s clear it is unsuitable for anything like the Web, but is there a straightforward way to set up a shortwave basis for email and/or IRC? Or are even those skinny applications too much for digital shortwave radio?

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  22. Looks like “Uncle Charlie”, is going to start clamping down on any and all forms of communication. Gonna have to put a 2 meter / 70 CM rig in the RV with a linear amp in the RV. Good luck DFing that fuckers, time to go mobile.

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  25. 40 is probably the best for consistent communication, but the antenna is twice as long as a 20. That being said, there are some good compact antenna that work fairly well if matched properly.

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  30. Got a Cobra out in the mancave. Stays on channel 9, but it can scan. Ever since the riots and the election, EVERY CHANNEL has people talking on it. We live out in the country in Rural Indiana, and use it to communicate with neighbors, truckers, even the Sheriff.

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  32. Worked on R390’s and 390A’s when they were the mainstay of Morse intercept when I was a young Marine. I might as well have joined the navy, since the USMC chose to send me to Marine Support Battalion of Naval Security Group. Good times—-fifty years ago. Dang I’m getting old. Been a ham 59 years. Extra

    Any you guys want to get licensed, I’m pretty sure you wouldn’t have trouble finding some local guidance. It’s been made insanely easy; there’s no longer a requirement to learn Morse code, though I recommend you do since it’s quite satisfying and can get through when not much else will.

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  34. You can get into CB cheap and easy, and get your feet wet that way. But keep in mind, it’s only good for very short distances under normal conditions, mostly because of the nature of that frequency. And you’re legally limited to five watts. Even if you ignore the legal limitation you’re still limited by the band. You’ll want to be able to use lower frequencies to reliably communicate over long distances. So if you try CB and get interested, plan on taking he next step. A great number of hams started off as CB’ers.

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