the_football_maestroWhat are your niche hobbies you’d like to share with other people?
Ham radio! It’s relaxing. My favorite activity is to take my portable gear to parks and operate Parks on the Air.
GreatWhiteBuffalo41My brother used to be really big into his ham radio. It got smashed in his move and he never bought another one =\
What do you think about the baofeng radios with ham? Pretty good to start out with?
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.
What would you recommend? Is there a good mega thread here?
Most activity, I’ve seen here: [email protected] 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)
There’s also [email protected] which is reasonably active.
VaridenI am waiting for my exam. After that I will have my own call sign. Ham radio is cool
Hell yeah, came here to say this. 73 friend.
I had no idea about Parks on the Air. Thanks! I’ll be checking out.
Just getting into this myself! Got any recommendations for guids/videos/articles? I’d be happy to check anything out 👍
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 📡
You should check out Ham Radio Crash Cpurse on YouTube. Lots of great info there.