Great video! I got my Technician license in March of 2021 because of the Christmas day bombing in downtown Nashville. I lost all communication because everything I owned was Att. All I had for communication was a cheap boefeng ham radio. I didn't hit the PTT button because i didn't have my license. All of the HAM radio operators were such a huge help by relaying all the info to the public. Now I also am a part of this. I really love the hobby. I upgraded to General a few months after and now I transmit all over the world. Thanks for the video and 73
@@LoneStarPrepping Well they definitely were some of the best trucks on the road in those days. I've had this one since 2004. I bought it from the original owner. It didn't look like it does now by any means. The guy I bought it from had it undercoated in 78 at that's what saved that truck. It's got a 302 with a three on the tree in it. Get alot of weird looks these days lol.
Thank you Sir. Our local net is an AMRRON, net, good for practice and local or national comms, short net once a week. Meshtastic might be something else to consider. My family uses the GMRS test free $35 FCC license, since not all want the technician license. Take care , may The Lord continue to bless you and your family,73
Good vid. I needed the motivation to rekindle my stalled prepper/communication group. And thanks for sharing the picture of your grandfather. Can't imagine what he would think of our modern electronics.
If your interest in getting a license is purely for " prepping " I really hope you discover the many aspects of ham radio. Nothing wrong with gmrs or cb but ham radio has such more to offer.
I use it when camping sometimes and have brought it to the park a couple times. Sometimes I just listen to repeaters with the 991A, but they are primarily for emegencies. We do have fun with the radios for a week or so every three months as stated in the video. 73!
Another great video. I know I should get my license and some radios, but have not done it yet. Work and life get in the way. Videos like this remind me to make this a priority. Thank you.
I came from Japan, where they have a lot of natural disaster like large earth quakes , typhoon , very often. so I hear a lot of thing about how useful amateur radio are in such situation. one the first day, most of amateur says they could not do much as long as radio are concern because, there were a lot of others things they had to do, so radio become lower priority. seconds day and after, most useful were handheld radios, because cell phones were out. they said they need to have a lot of batteries stored or some way to charge then like solar cells or generator. also said need to use the radio often before emergency happen, so person will get used to use radio. some radio today are too complicated for emergency use.
Thanks for comment. You make a very good points! We have several ways to charge our radios. We have car cigarette outlet charger, AC, AA battery adapter for the handhelds with stored batteries and solar generators. The Yaesu FT60 is pretty easy to program, but the Baofeng is pretty difficult. We keep a programming cheat sheet, that I made, stored with the radios. Even after practicing every 3 months, I have to use that sheet to make any changes to the Baofeng if needed. By the way, I checked out your channel. I was wondering what kind of antenna you are using?
Just found you and NEW SUB here.. Am a Ham and a ARES EC in Mt .Wash. Valley N.H.. We train for pwr outages , infrastructure out , comms to State EOC and GREY NWS and local town / county em comms..70yo an LOVE IT.. You n wife are good caring folks.. 73'
Good stuff. So your repeaters stayed up during the power outage in TX? Do you have simplex frequencies programmed in as backups, assuming you are within range. Keep up the good work. 73.
I don't know if they were up when the power was out. I think they were, though. We were on rolling blackouts at the time. I have simplex frequencies programmed in all our radios.
Imagine what your Grandfather would think about your rigs today! I have a Astatic D104 mic that looks similar to the what is in your picture. Looks like the PTT is in the base, mine is on the vertical stand. Nice video! 73's!
It’s certainly true that in the event of an emergency a ham can operate outside his privileges and a non-licensed person can use available amateur radio equipment to call for help. However I don’t think the rule makers were thinking non hams would be buying ham radio transceivers. Then there's the phenomenon of people making prank/bogus emergency calls. If I hear someone without a call sign calling for help, I’m very skeptical. If you want to use amateur radio equipment and frequencies get a license.
Just started following you. Was interested in getting a HAM license at some point. So its not like a CB to chit chat I'm guessing? Just trying to figure out if its a need now thing.
You can get a Baofeng UV-5R for about $20.00. It is used to chit chat, of course. That one has a pretty steep learning curve though. Just key into a repeater. Some have clubs that meet online.
Great RU-vid channel. I am a Disabled US Marine Combat Veteran and I have a small RU-vid channel and I am going on 50, lol. I just recently got a good laptop, and a decent camera, so I hope to be making videos that are similar to yours. I do a lot of knife 🗡 reviews and survival gear. I have a question for you. What antenna do you have on your UV5R radio. I bought a Nagoya, but I have my doubts on if it is real or not. Just curious what antenna and where to purchase. Also New Subscriber here, and I definitely would appreciate any Subscribers that I can get, 😂, lol...have a great day
@@LoneStarPrepping thank you for your response. I appreciate it. All of my videos have been filmed with a Samsung Galaxy S9+. I finally got some video equipment to edit videos and a half way decent camera.
I agree that regular practice is key. You don't want to be figuring out how your radio works and what frequencies to use when things go bad. Ivan VE7IVN
