Where my HamTards @ ?

>>32911807
Hello general class hamfag here
Running two ICOM 737's

>>32911869
Nice. I run a 718 and a 7200. Getting ready to pull the trigger on a new 7300.

>>32911869
General class here, but operating stroke AE. Just took element 5 this weekend.

> HAM radios
> /k/
> weapons

Might as well do a cell phone thread as they are more useful and you can actually contact somebody other than the four crotchety ass 50-some year old men that spend all day on their hams.

>>32911942
Lol

Cellphones only useful if the power grid is working...

>>32911960

Tell me more about how you hams will singlehandedly save the world with idle chitchat when the power grid goes down and society as we know it comes to an end.

>>32911983
Tell me more about how you don't like seeing ham threads but keep bumping and adding to the post count.

>>32912039

It's not about not liking them or really caring, but they have nothing to do with /k/, not even really tangentially unless you were discussing what to stuff a bug-out bag with, and that's practically larping.

The only connection they have to /k/ at all is that some hams like the survival aspect of radio hobbies, which is itself tangential to /k/, but you would find more ham operators among, say, plane enthusiasts or cross country drivers or whatnot.

Also, it's just an obsolete hobby.

>>32911807
Got my general in the late 98 (back when you had to learn code) but haven't touched a transceiver since 2007.

>>32911942
Hell, I am a Ham and I agree with this anon. Strict Ham threads are not /k/ but if you talk about ham radio and prepping that is boarder line /k/

>>32911983
>>Idle chit chat
National/State Traffic Net

Nobody said anything about saving the world, but hams do provide a public service in times of disaster

So I was just browsing and found this thread and glad I did. Was thinking about becoming a hamtard but I know nothing about any of that shit

ib4 "google it fag"

I did and am looking into it but I figured I'd post up here anyway

>>32912133

Hams overstate this benefit massively as most have no training in emergency management whatsoever, and even if they did, if they were in an emergency situation with no power or infrastructure to the point where they were required and their services were usable, they would be far better served going to the local red Cross or emergency station and pitching in.

Even then, that still doesn't make hams /k/ any more than driving an ambulance is /k/, but at least those people have stories more interesting than "I bought a baofeng and passed off some guy by broadcasting without a license".

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I have an oooold Cobra CB a friend gave me so we can chat on the trails. No gnarly off roading but we go far out.

Holy fuck
We seriously need a new stick where anons can post
But every 48 hours this stick is reset

And anyone who want to post about their zippos, lock picking gear, HAM radios, bug out bags, or every day carry can post on this one sticky, because this sticky will be for seemingly /k/ related gear and equipment.

Please make a sticky that's like a sub board for /k/

>>32911942
So you hand crank your ham while sitting in the dark talking to,the four fifty-something old men bitching about their ex-wives.

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>>32912207
How about this? Friend of mine (who is a hamfag) gave it to me for free. Don't know anything about it and would like to learn. I can provide more pics if needed.

>>32912228
>>>/out/

Amateur radio will survive SHTF because it's dispersed, cheap and independent of government.
So will Citizens Band, and for open comms everyone should own a CB. I use mine to monitor truckers on long trips. I have Waze and a radar detector, but truckers are damn near everywhere, they are the most experienced drivers, and they use CB.

During Hurricane Hugo my local amateur radio folks helped coordinate response. I'm not a ham since I have too many hobbies as-is, but if I fall into a deal on equipment I'd add it to my gear. My shipping container shop is essentially stormproof. (No, it's not stocked with imitation crab meat, though I do like the stuff....)

>Tell me more about how you hams will singlehandedly save the world with idle chitchat when the power grid goes down

Amateur radio was global before most of the world HAD a fucking power grid! It was really the first "internet". Idle chitchat is like idle fappery online. The equipment remains available for comms in emergency. You don't need a power grid to run amateur radio gear. The first sets were powered by simple lead acid batteries.

Of relevance to /k/ is that both classic firearms and ham radio began when production technology was so very simple that those designs are still viable if necessary. Today's fudd weapons conquered more territory than their modern successors. Crude HF radios provided the first global electronic comms not requiring a landline. I appreciate all technology and recommend that attitude to others if you want to be a well rounded human.

Specialization is for insects.

>and society as we know it comes to an end.

It will bounce back. Those with a poor grasp of fundamental tech will be at a disadvantage, but reconstituting society will be easier than it might appear from your mother's basement. Local power generation can use any fuel with a bit of work. Syrians under seige in Aleppo were turning plastic waste into motor fuel with very crude equipment.

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