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It’s two years now since I got the license to legally broadcast on the Amateur Radio bands. It takes skill, and knowledge. You can’t just tuck a ham radio into a bug out bag or emergency kit and expect to use it when you need it. I’m still screwing around with UHF/VHF radios. I also use the HF bands, made a few contacts, no international contacts from the US yet. Antennas are not just simple wires in a tree (but the can be if you know what you are doing.)

It’s two years now since I got the license to legally broadcast on the Amateur Radio bands. It takes skill, and knowledge. You can’t just tuck a ham radio into a bug out bag or emergency kit and expect to use it when you need it. I’m still screwing around with UHF/VHF radios. I also use the HF bands, made a few contacts, no international contacts from the US yet. Antennas are not just simple wires in a tree (but the can be if you know what you are doing.)

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I'm talking more about getting the license itself, not how radio propagates during different times of the day. The license is easy to get, but I've never bothered using mine. No need, I have a pocket comms device that I can talk to anyone in the world, and if SHTF it's going to be fuck licenses. A technician license is good for mostly 2M and 70CM anyway, and it's just a title to add to your name at this point. Sure, you can pop 1500 on 6M, but why?

They will find you and turn you in to the FCC for a hefty fine and and a possible license ban.

So they say. That didn't stop someone from blasting crap over the talk-in channel at Dayton. You'd think one of the larger Eastern conferences would have someone just waiting to take care of people like that. When I used to listen to 2M years ago, it would happen quite frequently.

The last two shows I attended, there were very few people selling modern transmitters, and only one had a new dealer - but even that I don't remember seeing much more than those shit all-banders that will splatter on every frequency and let you transmit on WB.

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I haven’t been to a show, they where all canceled. But the radios I did buy have served me well. I bought a Hammocan from Quicksilver Radio while drinking and downed an ambien. The radio showed up and I had no idea I ordered it. (No more ambien for me.) that led me to get my license. After my license I bought a Yaesu Ft-891, complicated menu system but good fun. Then I got a pristine ICOM ICR-75 for a very low price. It’s a receiver but really good at teaching me how to pull in a signal. I have it hooked up to a magnetic loop antenna, that I can rotate remotely. I installed a Yaesu FTM-400 in my truck.

What I’m trying to say is I’m having fun and I enjoy this.

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What I’m trying to say is I’m having fun and I enjoy this.

That's the best way to approach it.