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[image] Todd30: Eton Elite 750 Shortwave Radio Well, that’s just a receiver, and a very expensive one at that. If you’re going to spend that much, you could add a couple hundred bucks and get a complete transceiver, like this one: Ham Radio Outlet Product Details - Item Not found …

Help me out with the HAM stuff, if you get a base station to maximize it’s potential don’t you need a big donkey antenna? That seems like more of a challenge then unboxing a radio. Do you need multiple antennas for different wave lengths?

[image] Craig9: is there a common frequency that like minded people can communicate? Do you mean on the ham frequencies? If so, the answer is YES! There are plenty of special interest groups that meet on the air throughout the week. And on certain frequencies, if you put out a call for other…

[image] Fizbin: don’t you need a big donkey antenna? Nope! I get on the air from my car regularly with a 7 foot whip antenna and talk around the world. At home in our condo, I have a single antenna hidden in the nearby woods that works on every single frequency I’m licensed to operate. It’s…

This has got to be the simplest explanation I’ve ever heard on the antennas! Awesome. I thought the only way to get any sort of distance was to put the gi-normouse array up like your DX - E link.

[image] Fizbin: the only way to get any sort of distance was to put the gi-normouse array up like your DX - E link. Talk about communicating long distances, I use an 18’ long antenna when I bounce signals off the moon, round-trip distance of just under 500,000 miles! How’s that for distance??…

Hey Scott, Thanks for the straight answer. I’m just dabbling with some cheap handhelds before I jump in. Just curious about some radio groups out there.

[image] Craig9: I’m just dabbling with some cheap handhelds before I jump in Good idea. It’s pretty amazing what you can get for VHF/UHF handheld radios $50 and less. $100 now buys you a really rugged nearly milspec dual band handi-talkie. That’s all local, repeaters and simplex and such. But…

I believe the two I have vhf/uhf/FRS. They are the beofang. I think that’s how it’s spelled. I did program them to to the “cb” channels and some of the public frequencies. Started the study course for tech license.

[image] Craig9: They are the beofang. Yup, they’re one of the biggest importers of fairly decent, super inexpensive HT’s (Handi-Talkies). You can also receive the National Weather service and a whole bunch of other stuff on those. There are plenty of good online study courses. One of them, …

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