Baofeng UV-5R ham radio, talking from Atlanta to Seattle 

S H until the day you need to use it for something else. 😉

Like sports when group of men meet, it's an obvious common interest.

Hf conversation has a lot about the respective operator's national political climate and their nation's current events. VHF and UHF is about ham radio equipment. Regardless, all I have is a communications receiver with an antenna on the roof of my house. I have no transmitter. I am not even an amateur radio operator. I just listen in. I do have an old radio I installed in my vehicle back in 1996. It is still working in there but the band is nearly dead.

Lol! Radio check! Been there done that many times. I'm getting back into it when my new radio arrives after a 25 year break. Need a new license I suppose.

Ham operators are essential in national emergencies. That’s why the FCC allotted numerous frequencies for ham operators.

Many do not seem to realise that it is not a money game. It is a communication hobby and service. If you can transmit on a homemade radio, converted from an ancient CB, that is allowed. But the money snobs are so stupid that they are killing their own hobby and their own service. Already some areas are dismissing amateur radio operators from storm preparation exercises. They are not a friendly bunch. I fully agree with you. The budget minded radios should be welcomed far above the ones that cost as much as used cars. When something horrible happens, it is the budget radios that will be everywhere, license or not. The super expensive radios will be very few and far between.

So you have to have a license for the ham walkie talkies?

@@godbless6939 There is no need for a license to own any amateur radio equipment, use it for receiving, and even working on a piece of amateur radio equipment. The license is only to transmit on the airwaves. I have set up many amateur radio stations, repaired equipment, even build antenna tuners, power supplies, antennas, and modified radio equipment from one radio service to operate on the amateur radio bands. I could easily get the amateur radio license. But many forget that it is a hobby and service for communication. It is not a hobby for the most expensive equipment and insulting those that operate budget equipment, and self built equipment. Thus, I stay an equipment technician only, and do not get my license.

@@indridcold8433 facts,💯

@@ridge7524 Unfortunate facts. Oh well, I will keep building the radios and setting them up. When the equipment snobs die off and the airwaves become a friendly place, I may get my license. Strange that the equipment snobs do not seem as knowledgeable about making antennas and tuners than the budget minded operators. I guess the equipment snobs just buy the antenna and the tuner and the budget minded operators make their own.

@Arriaga Two don't think that became a thing till the 90s

And today people avoid each talking to each other

I keep telling my youngest daughter about how before the internet @www Radio Amateurs had a thing called packet radio where we sent messages around the world and even into space during the MIR era...we addressed a lot of our packet messages to All @ww or world wide using a program called jnos and a protocol called TCPIP which stood for Transfer Control Protocol Internet Protocol and all before the so called Internet...

Total green question: Is the baofeng radio throwing like 10-20 mile connection to the repeater on the mountain top and the repeater actually connecting 2100 miles to the Seattle or what is going on? Thank you.

BBS's was the original Internet. Ham Radio was the original Social Media.

Machete? Check. Baofeng UV5r? Check. Cyanide tablets? Check.

@Z80 Corona brought me here

I have shot skip from Maine to Barbados 2,200 plus miles on 4 watt's.. Get yourself a CB and a good basestaion antenna. No internet no repeater need. So when the world's coming to an end who cares what somebody across the country is doing in California you want to know what's going on in the area you are.

I bought one of these a year ago. Way to complicated. Now i need to learn how to use it

The time is growing near. Stock your Jeep, true 4x4, or 4x4 pickup truck now. It is almost time to run. Do not bother with modern, "4x4s," they are pure garbage. Concentrate on 4x4 with high ground clearance, no GPS, nothing controlled by computer, except maybe timing spark. Anything past 2006 is likely not a true 4x4. Very few were made after that. Stock spare petrol or diesel. Have transceivers for as much frequencies as you can get. When running, stay as far away from main roads as possible. Cut through fields, abandoned properties, and undeveloped land. Listen to the public as well as the government bands. My Jeep is already stocked and ready to go. Bring a firearm.

I know right, boooo :(

Real men use HF

That’s true, it use to be a challenge to transmit long distance through the ionosphere or a repeater tower to other operators.

not to mention being tracked by big brother.....when the shtf and the net is down...or shut off by the powers that be....then what do you do?

Sooo, why didn’t you show how to make the repeater you’re hitting use EchoLink to hit the other EchoLink repeater. That would’ve been a video worth sitting through and Informative

Seriously

Fr 😍 I wanna talk to NASA omg

Screw 50 bucks, you can find this thing on wish for about 25 bucks!

Amen Man !!!

Totally Excellent!...Saved me a bundle of money come DOOMSDAY....You catch my drift...Transmitting from the NUCLEAR BOMB SHELTER 22 feet in the ground via mirror link and repeaters...With a LICENSE....Hello Moscow?....Beijing?....Ho Che city?....Tehran ?....Hello? ANYBODY OUT THERE....??? DC?....We got hit first with a ELECTRO MAGNETIC PULSE BURST 50 miles above us....Then minutes later a 10 MEGATON NEUTRON BOMB BURST ABOVE US AT 3,000 feet...The OVER PRESSURE DESTROYED SOME INSTRUMENTS...It was HORRIFIC...A “9” on the Richter scale...But we still have a hermetic seal on the bunker....Hello?....hel....

Ham radio is alive and well in Oz - the little handhelds are useless beyond a few KMs but we use powerful HF sets that can cover the distance

My Uncle Kenny was a HAM operator for decades. I regret never picking his brain and learning the details.

its the same as VOIP, many HAMS do not consider this actual Ham Radio communications, its listening and talking over the internet. I for one never got into it for that very reason even though I have Echolink. BUT to each their own, 73 de KD6SBR

@@lt4324 its fun to pkay around with no and then but in a real emergency situation these services wont be available. A lot want to just play HAM and the rest will be the ones with communication if it ever came to it

@@lt4324 anything that gets someone using the equipment is a positive.

it's akin to thinking your wireless headset through the PC/internet has a 12,250 mile range....; it is undoubtedly only a sub-5 mw transmitter, good for getting perhaps 2-3 miles...on a good day

Get a baofeng uv 82 hp it's like the best radio for 30 bucks n o problems

My 1st listening to an actual communication. I’m am ready to purchase baofeng rather uv82 or uv 5r waiting for a response for a RU-vidr. Wondering also where to study for my test. And is a tactical foldable antenna better than the 771 antenna?

best of luck. You can take practice exams with the actual questions online or using an app.

It's not a written test, it's a multiple choice, check-the-box test. Go to hamstudy.org, it's fantastic: free online but for a few dollars the phone app gives you complete portability. I used hamstudy for three weeks, and took and passed all three tests in one sitting :-)

@@HamRadioInAction hi. What type of walkie talkie would you recommend a person without access to Internet, for maximum range?

@@Bingbang.1 Way too many variables to answer. Most of the time it seems the limiting factor is what can you afford. Hf goes further but you need to pass 2 tests. I got a contact in England from Florida on a baofeng sitting in my couch.

@@ronrico2620 ok very interesting. is it using the internet? or is it completely independent ? if you get what i mean .

This is higher frequency, and skip does not play a part.

@chaosfactor333 hi. What type of walkie talkie would you recommend a person without access to Internet, for maximum range?

how can I get the info for the license

Lmao, dude I skipped to that and fell out of my chair. Thank you for the laugh

Lol I wasn't paying attention to him because I wanted to see him catch the fish

@tlw987 Which arguably is more exciting than the video lol.

Made my day lol!

Fucked up... i clicked hahah

@Peter You literally have zero listening skills

@Peter He literally says "echolink" (via internet) in the video and its in the description too? This isn't rocket science my friend

Actually, you can do that by making a tape ruler antenna called a Yagi antenna. Its directional like an old TV antenna. When put in the vertical position and pointing it in the direction of your daughters house and put up about 15 feet. You will have a 4 times power increase. She would need one to, pointing back towards your house. I build all of my antennas. From 2 meters, 70 cm, as well as HF antennas for all my communication gear. I learned all this from taking my ham tests and bought Gordon West's books. Technician class book and General class book. If u decide to buy the books, insure they are for 2021 tests. They change the question pool, every few years. Worth the money, especially when Katrina happened years ago. All cell phones went down and ham radio was only communications out back then. Do a RU-vid search for tape ruler yagi antenna and learn how a simple tape ruler can increase a 5 watt radio to the equivalent of a 20 watt radio, by using a directional, yagi antenna. The more elements a yagi has, the more gain the antenna will have. I built a 4 element yagi antenna for 70cm and hit a repeater 40 miles away. It also works for any frequency whe. You know the math and use an instrument called an swr meter to tune your antennas. I don't use echo link at all.

Jacob Latham haha same

Only 100k... That is a small town.... Sincerely, a Texan

Same here. Lol

Thanks for watching and for the kind comment.

Hey man, how do you connect your radio to EchoLink? I have a baofang UV 5R

​@cubingbros9782 ever figure it out?

Lol 👍🏿

Whats some good stations for north ga

I didn’t become a ham until I moved up to Tennessee so I really couldn’t tell you. Mostly work DX and local VHF so far. Have a friend down around Dawsonville N4STG that would probably know.

Just moved to the state about a year ago from Southern California. I absolutely love it out here.

how did it go?? Yaesu must be a premium brand!

"Ham" has been making a comeback ever since the discontinued CW for licensing. Interestingly, now that people aren't scared of learning it to pass exams, they want to. With digital modes such as FT-8, JT-65, SSTV and others, it gets the interest of people who wouldn't find rag chewing interesting per se.

If people dinnt have to have a licence mabey more people would have them! I mean I'm going to get the book to study for the test but I have learning disability and don't know if ill pass the test. So I may never be able to talk all I can do is listen

So you don’t need a licence then so ya ? I’m in Canada , just bought a couple of these to use as walkie talkies with my brother who lives 25 miles away. Will they work and do we need to get registered ?

Congrats, welcome to the hobby. Don’t have Ireland in my HF logbook yet.

@@HamRadioInAction Thanks Brian. I am hoping to get up and running on HF as soon as possible, as 2m analogue is very quiet here. I might even catch you on HF in the future. Keep up the great videos!! 73's, Jason EI3IQB

@@HamRadioInAction so explain what license you need

You're not 🤤

love black sabbath. And you're not the only one

If you decide to take your test, I say, look for Gordon West's technician class book and General class book on ebay. Under $30bucks. Make sure it is for 2021 testing. Good Luck.

This radio is ~$25. Now would be a great time to get into it!

It COULD be your beard...

how i get echolink call sign?

@@hasnat9545 You don't "get an Echlink callsign", you get a "General class FCC amateur radio license" by studying and taking the test. Once you have your license and callsign you can register with Echolink. It's free, but you must have an amateur radio license and callsign.

Kirkland here. :)

Yelm here

portland here....do i still count

BBS is still relevant in places which dont have telecom towers..

@@Arvinderwalia1976 BBS required telephone land-lines. Are you saying some places are doing dial-up BBS because they have no internet service providers for dial-up?

@@Gruuvin1 hey! What I meant was that it is used on places which has difficult terrain to be linked with cell towers.. as the antenna on the hand set can deliver message to a echo link (land lines or cell tower) present 30 miles across or even more..

Do you remember node hopping trying to get for one side of the country to the other