Just something starting to pique my interest. Wondered if anyone here is a licensed operator, or has dabbled in it.
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Considering everyone has cell phones now anyway. I'm not sure how effective it could be, because whatever can take a cellular grid down, could just as readily take out power sources for radios, and repeaters,
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Came across an article on another forum discussing the trouble baofeng had gotten into with import restrictions, I believe it was.Ive researched it a lot because our group uses baofengs (portable ham on the verge of being illegal soon)......a lot to it . a couple of us went ahead with the operators license for legal practice but when SHTF ......piece of paper .Anyway I am a master baofeng programmer . There is also somethings being worked on that doesn't require the use of repeaters to go far.........also one can set up baofengs on ridges and such to act as a repeater as to overcome line of sight issues ......can even suspend them under drones for flat ground
We all know ham some , enough to do damage . Dont see the need to follow through with the tests and all and I'm not looking to pick it up as a hobby .
A good way to try to establish initial comms is going to be 3-3-3 .......channel 3 being MURS 3 .....whatever channel that falls on in your radio . https://radiofreeq.wordpress.com/2013/07/15/3-3-3-radio-plan-for-shtf-communications/
unless your just looking far a casual hobby.......cant help with that too boring lol.
Oli, what models do you use, and what's the range? There's a lot of negative reviews of the baofengs online, but if you approve I may look into a few.
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So you use them as a 2way? Defianteley good to know, I'm more curious about their capabilities though. I can definitely appreciate good 2way communication, I'm interested in medium distance, 60 ish mile communication capabilities.Im not OLI but we do have 16 Baofengs, only one problem in 2 years with one radio, the belt clip srcew was stripped i emailed them about and they sent us a complete replacement.. So for the 888s i give 2 thumbs for close range work outdoors and 4 thumbs up for security work inside multiple buildings etc...