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Anyone got their radios up and running and have their license? I just tried to see if I could raise anyone on the K0JSC http://www.k0jsc.com/ "Fun Machine" I heard myself on broadcastify after a 20 second or so delay and the sound quality was pretty bad. I don't know where in the process it degraded.
If someone is wanting to try theirs, I will be monitoring the frequency for a bit....
I've got my radios up and working, but, like iego, I'm still waiting on the data cable to arrive.
Last night my kid and I played around on the FRS band for a few minutes. Hopefully we'll go out on a hike or something tonight to try them at a longer distance.
I don't have my license yet. I started kicking around with watching some Youtube videos and looking at the HAM Study website, but this is all basically new to me, so I'll be bootstrapping the knowledge from basically zero.
Last edited by Justin; 07-31-2019 at 14:48.
RATATATATATATATATATATABLAM
If there's nothing wrong with having to show an ID to buy a gun, there's nothing wrong with having to show an ID to vote.
For legal reasons, that's a joke.
I'll be taking my technician license exam this saturday, I've taken the practice tests over and over, and keep getting 95-100%.
'Unless a law-abiding individual has a firearm for his or her own defense, the police typically arrive after it is too late. With rigor mortis setting in, they mark and bag the evidence, interview bystanders, and draw a chalk outline on the ground' - Judge Benitez , 2019, Duncan v. Becerra.
'One of the ordinary modes by which Tyrants accomplish their purpose without resistance is by disarming the people and making it an offense to keep arms.' Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story, 1840.
Aced the technician test today. Missed the general test by 2 questions, but I hadn't actually planned to take it and didn't review any of the general license material or practice exams.
Supposedly I should show up in the FCC database by Thursday.
'Unless a law-abiding individual has a firearm for his or her own defense, the police typically arrive after it is too late. With rigor mortis setting in, they mark and bag the evidence, interview bystanders, and draw a chalk outline on the ground' - Judge Benitez , 2019, Duncan v. Becerra.
'One of the ordinary modes by which Tyrants accomplish their purpose without resistance is by disarming the people and making it an offense to keep arms.' Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story, 1840.
When you posted how well you were doing in the practice tests I was going to suggest testing for the next up. Well done on the performance, but bummer you missed it by two!
"There are no finger prints under water."
I don't really see any need for the general, but I might get it just because. At the current time, I don't plan on any radios beyond my handhelds.
There were 8 people testing today at the location I went to, 7 of them were taking the technician exam, and all of them passed. One guy taking his "extra" but don't think he passed.
I think anyone with a few hours of reviewing the online practice exams would be able to get a passing score on the technician exam.
'Unless a law-abiding individual has a firearm for his or her own defense, the police typically arrive after it is too late. With rigor mortis setting in, they mark and bag the evidence, interview bystanders, and draw a chalk outline on the ground' - Judge Benitez , 2019, Duncan v. Becerra.
'One of the ordinary modes by which Tyrants accomplish their purpose without resistance is by disarming the people and making it an offense to keep arms.' Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story, 1840.
Interesting coincidence on gunfreezone.com:
https://gunfreezone.net/getting-into-ham-radio/
O2
YOU are the first responder. Police, fire and medical are SECOND responders.
When seconds count, the police are mere minutes away...
Gun registration is gun confiscation in slow motion.
My feedback: https://www.ar-15.co/threads/53226-O2HeN2
I got my programming cable in and have been playing with it. I've created a .img and .csv of my current settings and have shared it here.
I have all the FRS, GMRS, MURS and WX frequencies loaded, which amount to 37 of the radio's 128 memory places, and then filled the balance of the places with as many of the RepeaterBook Colorado 2 Meter HAM Repeater Frequencies as would fit (91 repeaters.) I (indiscriminately) deleted entries for cities that had multiple repeaters to make room, but for every city that was listed in RepeaterBook, I left at least one repeater active. Theoretically, this means this list covers every geographic area in Colorado that has one or more 2 meter HAM repeaters in place.
The other thing I did is swap the "comment" field into the "name" field so that it displays the name of the location of the repeater, rather than the call sign. At least in the short term, this seems like a much better way for me to setup my radio, so if I am in the field, say Breckenridge, I can just tune my radio to the station that has the "name" "BRECK." I did do some abbreviations, like Idaho Springs is IS, and Colorado Springs is CS, etc.
I still want to go back and look at the other lists posted here, and make sure that I have good "Front Range Coverage," but overall I am hoping I have enough Front Range Coverage, along with statewide coverage too. If anyone sees any "No Brainer" repeaters that I have left off the list, or other poor choices of repeaters in certain locations that have/had more than one, please let me know.
Finally, I did have a chance to use two of the radios on a hiking/car camp last weekend and they worked splendidly both for the drive out and back (two cars, 6+ hours each way... out by Lake City, CO., single stock battery)
Having a great time with these, and any suggestions, corrections, etc. to my thought processes are welcome.
-John
Last edited by iego; 08-05-2019 at 20:44.
Great! Really appreciate you for doing this. Be a good start up for my sons radio.Originally Posted by iego
I got my programming cable in and have been playing with it. I've created a .img and .csv of my current settings and have shared it here.
I have all the FRS, GMRS, MURS and WX frequencies loaded, which amount to 37 of the radio's 128 memory places, and then filled the balance of the places with as many of the RepeaterBook Colorado 2 Meter HAM Repeater Frequencies as would fit (91 repeaters.) I (indiscriminately) deleted entries for cities that had multiple repeaters to make room, but for every city that was listed in RepeaterBook, I left at least one repeater active. Theoretically, this means this list covers every geographic area in Colorado that has one or more 2 meter HAM repeaters in place.
The other thing I did is swap the "comment" field into the "name" field so that it displays the name of the location of the repeater, rather than the call sign. At least in the short term, this seems like a much better way for me to setup my radio, so if I am in the field, say Breckenridge, I can just tune my radio to the station that has the "name" "BRECK." I did do some abbreviations, like Idaho Springs is IS, and Colorado Springs is CS, etc.
I still want to go back and look at the other lists posted here, and make sure that I have good "Front Range Coverage," but overall I am hoping I have enough Front Range Coverage, along with statewide coverage too. If anyone sees any "No Brainer" repeaters that I have left off the list, or other poor choices of repeaters in certain locations that have/had more than one, please let me know.
Finally, I did have a chance to use two of the radios on a hiking/car camp last weekend and they worked splendidly both for the drive out and back (two cars, 6+ hours each way... out by Lake City, CO., single stock battery)
Having a great time with these, and any suggestions, corrections, etc. to my thought processes are welcome.
-John
FHUGETABOUDIT!!!
I got my TDFI cable the other day. Hoping to mess around with Chirp later this week.
Still studying for the test, but this is all new territory for me.
RATATATATATATATATATATABLAM
If there's nothing wrong with having to show an ID to buy a gun, there's nothing wrong with having to show an ID to vote.
For legal reasons, that's a joke.
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