I am an engineer but I am capable of making eye contact when speaking to someone. I am ham radio operator, but not a weird one. Most of the videos on this channel will deal with three topics: Ham Radio, Power System Operations and cooking.
@@JoelCorrie24 I believe that is the squelch tail. It is the repeater letting you know you got in great question. I had same question when I was getting into this stuff
Beautiful park. I like to set up at George Bush Park in Houston, Texas. Specifically at the soccer fields near the Armed Forces memorial at Freedom Park or in the open fields across the road from the memorial.
I have a Ham License that I studied and paid for. The idiots on HAM radio were useless in an emergency....they only care about themselves. Don't waste your time.
All great advice. I would add that non licensed operators need to try all other forms of communication before jumping into the ham bands. That being said, I would never ignore a call for help if someone didn't provide a call sign. The spirit of ham radio is to assist!!
Couple suggestions. For analog only, do you care about APRS? If so, look on the used market for a Yaesu FTM-400 or. Kenwood TM-D710GA. Yaesu should be in your price range, Kenwood may be higher. Do you care about digital modes? That will determine the manufacturer in most cases. Yaesu Fusion would be covered in the FTM-400. DStar would be Icom ID5100 for me. DMR can be had in so many Chinese radios like Anytone and others. All are great choices but it depends on what you want to do with it.
I am not too worried about APRS at this point. But I need to do a bit of research on it because I believe some radios on 2M can do WinLink which I have never tried but might be cool. As far as digital modes I am not too interested for this use case. I love DMR it is fun but I am looking for something to do mainly repeater or simplex if there is a communication infrastructure failure.
@@HoboFreightHamRadio That hotspot would open the digital talk groups for sure. After turning on my radio and connecting to TG 91 and TG 93, I hear folks from all over the USA(91) and World (93). Have a great day!
Refreshing video. Nice to see someone just using the radio, finding out what others are using, relaxing, and enjoying the hobby. Your daughter did a great job by the way.
Thank you very much for the kind words. We used to live in Arkansas in Sherwood. Southwest MO is nice but miss being in Arkansas and espcially going on day trips to Greer's Ferry and the Buffalo River.
@@HoboFreightHamRadio how long have you been a ham operator. You're daughter study get her license that's awesome. I got my license March 6 2024. Study now for my general.
A local club can make all the difference. One member has presented all kinds of antenna deployments and has had handson demon sessions. I shown interest in repeaters and am now ramping up to deploy a new 440 repeater and I will be the tech for this repeater. Find a good club and grow. Joined a VE team learned even more. BTW, took a UK foundation test online and past. Thanks for your video and I'll watch more. 73, KF0NNQ.
@@kb5miqbigboy thanks bud, I enjoy your channel very much and your latest video on etiquette got me thinking on how to speak on what we need to do to make the hobby fun for folks.
@@kb5miqbigboy Agree I am a big Yaesu fan, sold a FT-450D. I regret it but needed the cash at the time. They make great radios. Never heard of the 8900 I’ll check it out.
Hey Matthew, I enjoyed listening to you talk about your work and training this morning. Thanks for the shout out of our channel. I didn't have an engineer degree but I did have training in electronics when I was young. After my Army time I spent about ten years in the cable TV industry before I became self employed. I've always been involved in electronics, communications and technology for all of my life. Even now with our RU-vid channel I'm still learning every day. Praying for you and your family, Calvin and Marie
