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What are your niche hobbies you’d like to share with other people? (lemmy.ml)
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[–] 60 points 3 years ago (7 children)

Ham radio! It's relaxing. My favorite activity is to take my portable gear to parks and operate Parks on the Air.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I am waiting for my exam. After that I will have my own call sign. Ham radio is cool

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  • [–] [S] 9 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    What do you think about the baofeng radios with ham? Pretty good to start out with?

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    They are fine for starting out with, but you'll probably want to upgrade soon. There are better radios for around $75 if you can afford it.

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    What would you recommend? Is there a good mega thread here?

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    Most activity, I've seen here: !amateurradio@lemmy.ko4abp.com but there's a lemmy bug that's not showing a bunch of posts. That should be resolved soon.

    These are good cheaper radios (The price has gone up a bit)

    https://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-016123

    https://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-015573

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Ima be honest with ya, I believe those cheaper yaesus are actually practically baofengs component wise. But, they are still a bit better due to some higher quality components and wayyyy better QC. Just wanted to throw this out there.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Just getting into Ham radio and SDR myself as of late, so cool and so fun to tweak around with. Got any recommendations for guides or articles to read and learn from? I'm brand new just got a SDR-RTL dongle πŸ“‘

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