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musiclover420
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Anyone into amateur/"HAM" Radio? DIY radio basically
#25390794 - 08/15/18 06:11 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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Had never heard of it before today, takes licensing still but seems pretty cool: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio#Licensing
Wondering how much it would cost to set up a local HAM music station Seems like at least 200-300$ for gear and a test to get licensed. Could be really fun.
Anyone have any experience with amateur radio?
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Re: Anyone into amateur/"HAM" Radio? DIY radio basically [Re: musiclover420] 1
#25390813 - 08/15/18 06:20 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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I think it used to be a lot more popular before the internet when talking to random people far away was more of a novelty. Knew a few families growing up where the dad had a ham radio set.
In my old neighborhood there was an amateur tv station. Seemed to broadcast test patterns most of the time. I have a little box that will transmit analog TV on UHF channels 14-17.
Shortwave radio can be kind of cool. Lots of weird state-run radio aimed at an English speaking audience. Plus lots of weird conspiracy shit from Art Bell and Alex Jones types.
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Re: Anyone into amateur/"HAM" Radio? DIY radio basically [Re: psi] 1
#25390820 - 08/15/18 06:23 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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my uncle runs a ham radio business
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musiclover420
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Re: Anyone into amateur/"HAM" Radio? DIY radio basically [Re: psi]
#25390881 - 08/15/18 06:53 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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morrowasted said: my uncle runs a ham radio business
Like sells radio gear or what?
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psi said: I think it used to be a lot more popular before the internet when talking to random people far away was more of a novelty. Knew a few families growing up where the dad had a ham radio set.
In my old neighborhood there was an amateur tv station. Seemed to broadcast test patterns most of the time. I have a little box that will transmit analog TV on UHF channels 14-17.
Shortwave radio can be kind of cool. Lots of weird state-run radio aimed at an English speaking audience. Plus lots of weird conspiracy shit from Art Bell and Alex Jones types.
Yeah that makes sense, still seems cool for some stuff though.
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Re: Anyone into amateur/"HAM" Radio? DIY radio basically [Re: musiclover420]
#25390887 - 08/15/18 06:56 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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yup
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Re: Anyone into amateur/"HAM" Radio? DIY radio basically [Re: morrowasted]
#25390895 - 08/15/18 06:58 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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How's business these days?
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Re: Anyone into amateur/"HAM" Radio? DIY radio basically [Re: psi]
#25390916 - 08/15/18 07:08 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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not so good but he keeps afloat. just sells everything online from his house. been doing it for decades, he claims theres still a following
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Re: Anyone into amateur/"HAM" Radio? DIY radio basically [Re: morrowasted]
#25390946 - 08/15/18 07:22 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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Ham radios aren’t kosher
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Re: Anyone into amateur/"HAM" Radio? DIY radio basically [Re: morrowasted]
#25390988 - 08/15/18 07:37 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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I don't think you can use HAM gear for a music station. The FCC regulates what types of things can be transmitted on what frequencies. The amateur radio bandwidths are for communication, as opposed to broadcasting. They are only for talking with other amateur radio operators. One-way transmissions are illegal.
HAM radio is the most reliable system of communication in a disaster/emergency situation. It doesn't rely on any outside infrastructure.
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Re: Anyone into amateur/"HAM" Radio? DIY radio basically [Re: foragedfungus]
#25390995 - 08/15/18 07:39 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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Ham radio is like cb radio over long distances
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Re: Anyone into amateur/"HAM" Radio? DIY radio basically [Re: koods]
#25391007 - 08/15/18 07:43 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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It’s basically high power walkie talkies
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Re: Anyone into amateur/"HAM" Radio? DIY radio basically [Re: koods] 1
#25391011 - 08/15/18 07:43 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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It’s a series of tubes
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Re: Anyone into amateur/"HAM" Radio? DIY radio basically [Re: koods]
#25391039 - 08/15/18 07:56 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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koods said: It’s basically high power walkie talkies
Walkie talkies that can bounce their signal off the moon and talk to people on the other side of the planet! That will still work when your cell phone, internet, tv and fm radio all go down!
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Re: Anyone into amateur/"HAM" Radio? DIY radio basically [Re: foragedfungus]
#25391453 - 08/16/18 12:53 AM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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foragedfungus said:
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koods said: It’s basically high power walkie talkies
Walkie talkies that can bounce their signal off the moon and talk to people on the other side of the planet! That will still work when your cell phone, internet, tv and fm radio all go down!
How powerful of a radio would you need for that though? I doubt some of the simpler/cheap radios used would work nearly that far
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Re: Anyone into amateur/"HAM" Radio? DIY radio basically [Re: musiclover420]
#25391458 - 08/16/18 12:57 AM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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Re: Anyone into amateur/"HAM" Radio? DIY radio basically [Re: musiclover420]
#25391633 - 08/16/18 05:14 AM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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musiclover420 said:
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foragedfungus said:
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koods said: It’s basically high power walkie talkies
Walkie talkies that can bounce their signal off the moon and talk to people on the other side of the planet! That will still work when your cell phone, internet, tv and fm radio all go down!
How powerful of a radio would you need for that though? I doubt some of the simpler/cheap radios used would work nearly that far 
my father erected a 40'+ tall tower in our backyard (in the suburbs) just to boost his HAM capabilities. When he would turn it on, it would knock out or scramble cable TV signals on the whole block. Biggest fucking waste of money.
But the concept of HAM is pretty neato.
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Re: Anyone into amateur/"HAM" Radio? DIY radio basically [Re: Tulipslave]
#25391642 - 08/16/18 05:19 AM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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My old roomie was super big into HAM stuff. We mounted a 25 foot antenna to the house and he often had weird conversations with people around the globe. A lot of truckers too. It's amazing how talkative foreign truckers are in russia.
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Re: Anyone into amateur/"HAM" Radio? DIY radio basically [Re: mndfreeze]
#25391653 - 08/16/18 05:25 AM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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mndfreeze said: My old roomie was super big into HAM stuff. We mounted a 25 foot antenna to the house and he often had weird conversations with people around the globe. A lot of truckers too. It's amazing how talkative foreign truckers are in russia.
they'd have to be to stay awake. i always loved the sounds they made when trying to tune in to a frequency. and watching the circular output wave thingy in neon-green
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Re: Anyone into amateur/"HAM" Radio? DIY radio basically [Re: Tulipslave]
#25391838 - 08/16/18 08:08 AM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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HAM radios are certainly popular in apocalyptic sci fi movies.
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