Jedi, you can't talk crap about my ugly gun on the radio, you'll have to talk to the owner himself!
And she's not ugly, just big-boned! I'm gonna miss her a bit, but this means I'll have to come to the meet & shoots for sure now!
Napalm, hopefully, with time, your wife will come around and see the light.
Hey!
I used to wear "Husky" sizes.
I was talking with Ghost of Winter at the Cigar & Guitar event last Thursday in Schererville at the 1101 Cigar Lounge and he asked me about the HAM RADIO thing.
I have to ask. Why? What is the point of it? Is it actually useful or is it just another hobby to pour money into?
What is VHF radio?
How does ham differ from FRS/GMRS radio (yes I realize those are short range)?
Are there different types of HAM licenses?
So in a SHTF type emergency situation I can use a radio to talk to YOU?
I don't understand. I thought the radios you were getting required a license.
Are you saying that you'd use them regardless of if you had the license or not? Or are you saying that you got radios that didn't require a license?
I would bet that in a KATRINA type situation there were probably a lot of people with VHF Marine Radios that used them on land for communication. A big FCC "no-no" but I can understand why they would have been used.
so with the G8 coming this summer, you know all the higher ups are going to hotel out in he merrillville area.... What are your thoughts
OK gotcha.In terms of my prior post I already passed the Lv 1 HAM radio exam so I will be ok to transmit once the radios get here. The rest in my household, however, can not LEGALLY transmit and probably won't get a license. However in an emergency I don't care if they do transmit as I will pay the FCC fine for them transmitting. Make sence?
NONE.so with the G8 coming this summer, you know all the higher ups are going to hotel out in he merrillville area.... What are your thoughts
OK gotcha.
I'm presuming you got mobile units? One for a car and the other for the house? How far will a radio transmit without on a direct (non-bounced/non-relayed) transmission?
I know the FRS/GMRS radios claim things like 28 miles, but in my experience its more like 5 miles in optimal conditions (my house is on top of a ridge to a car that is on top of a hill).