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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by nocturne@slrpnk.net to c/amateur_radio@lemmy.radio

I believe they are all BaoFeng UV-5R+/UV5R.

They were recommended for us when off roading to communicate between vehicles, but never seemed to work great at that.

Somewhere I think I still have the usb programming cable for them.

Edit: apparently the intent of my post was lost in my poor wording of the title. It has been updated to better reflect that I would like to use them, but for what? And how?

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[-] elperronegro@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Apart from use as walkie talkies we can sometimes tune in and listen to the ISS as it passes over our location

[-] nocturne@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

That sounds neat! Found a guide for it. Also if you use iOS there is a sky app called Night Sky that sends notifications when the iss is about to fly over your location.

https://www.ico-optics.org/how-to-listen-to-iss-on-baofeng/

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/night-sky/id475772902

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