Radios

>>33579268
none they are useless and over complicated. they are low power and dont work much past a mile from hand held to hand held.

>>33579399
t. Moron

>>33579399
Tripfag spouts some ignorance.
Typical day on /k/

>>33579409
i see you bought one of these chicom radios and now have to justify a purchase that you have yet to find a use for.
1 do you have a ham radio license
If yes then youll get use out of the radio
if no then your a moron and wont use it.

>>33579455
No. I have 2 yaseu and an Icom Dstar.

You are a fucking idiot.

>>33579399
>>33579455
literally what are you talking about you fucking autist

people usually make trips when they think they know something but you're just straight up shitposting

>>33579581
you dont know shit. you buy these baofang or wuxong radios and dont know what to do with them or why you even bought them. oh shtf and i need a radio. never used it, dont have extra batteries, no one else i know has done.

your just buying junk that youll never need. youll never learn to use.

>>33579268
TYT-390 is worth a look at

>>33579614
Again. You are a fucking idiot.

Its a fucking shame that we are stuck with you. No one bothers to run off ignorant fucksticks like you. They run off the competent ones and leave human filth like you.

>>33579731
keep saying that. you cant dispute what i said about these low power radios with ineffective antennas. so you think youlll win by name calling. good luck with that.

>>33579619
is that LMJ?
is LMJ still around?

>>33579748
Rutherford?

>>33579753
carleton?

>>33579748
You fucking idiot.
The OP didnt mention a brand. He actually asked what radio would be best for that application.

Rather than attempt to offer advice, you just spout assholeary.
He asked about radios, and your answer was "none" then proceeded to claim that radios are low powered with shit range.
You have clearly never even used a HT if thats what you think radios are like.

And you are a scumbag.


Ill make a deal with you. Ill post an edit of my license, and you post yours.
If mine is higher than yours we jump into IRC and we get a mod to ban your faggot useless trip code.


Sound fun?

>>33579821
Don't argue with that trip. People older than 2 weeks know he's useless.

>>33579838
Ok.

>>33579765
73 fuckstick

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>>33579268
For your average /k/unt? What you posted right there. Pretty easy to use, and you can access non armature bands like business bands and radio stations.

You can reach out a decent distance, an will always have enough power for line of sight communications. Anything in the mountains you'll want a longer radio antenna, such as a whip antenna. Battery time is decent and there are plenty of accessories and guides to get you started. Stay on GMRS and FRS stations, don't do any communicating on allocated ham bands unless you wanna go for your license or its an emergency.

For a real operator? Something more like a Yaesu mobile station for your vehicle, as well as a UHF, VHF, HF capable base station at home.

Communications is a must during SHTF or any disaster, small or large. These things will work when the cell towers go down and the power is out.

Don't listen to any retard saying "Hurr these are too complicated you'll never use them."

They are so incredibly useful for camping and innawoods activities. They are as simple or complex as you want them to be. Not to mention they're fun to fuck around with as well.


t. Ham Techie for 3 years.

KK6Z**

>>33579852
69 glory hole seeker.

>>33579821
>He actually asked what radio would be best for that application.
am radio with hand crank.

>If mine is higher than yours we jump into IRC and we get a mod to ban your faggot useless trip code.

Be careful what you wish for. no one wants to see your 3 year old general license. get ready to post your 20wpm code test from a VE session or your WAS or DXCC certificates.

>>33579409
You should have filtered him already.

>>33579887
Posters like you are one of the reasons I left.

>>33579921
Oh shit, is it the real Oppenheimer? Welcome back friend.

>>33579921
if you left how are you here

>>33579921
t. metaphorical ghost of Oppenheimer

>>33579928
Do you really need that explained to you? Are you stupid?

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>>33579928
Holy fuck get >>>/out/

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>>33579821
>Ill make a deal with you. Ill post an edit of my license, and you post yours

lets go for it. only how about when i win you post the unredacted version of your license. notice the top card. 2009 and 14.210 on 20m. wait, thats in the extra portion of 20m on ssb. how about that UN card. you dont see many of those.

lets do it!

>>33580082
>Defending a tripfag.

Man, I haven't even posted yet and the autism is already strong with this thread.

>>33580082
>lack of trip from low energy samefagging
kek

>>33580808
How about you just don't post and go back to luring truckers into your gay for pay truck stop man whoring.

>>33580849
>stop man whoring
Right, because it's not like I contribute positively and help people or anything like that. Nah, I should try and be more of a twat like yourself. Clearly shitting on people and beating yourself off over a QSL card is the opposite of man whoring.

>>33580904
Your a useless trip fag. No one likes you.

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>>33579399
>radio
>useless and overcomplicated
This might be the single stupidest thing I've ever seen posted

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33580849
Just fucking filter this low quality brain donor, at least stop handout such effortless (you)s.

>>33581333
You you you.

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Just in case someone might need it:

1. Scroll up to the top of the page, and click on "Settings" in the upper right corner
2. Expand "Filters & Post Hiding"
3. Check the box next to "Filter and Highlight specific threads/posts"
4. Click the edit link next to "Filter and Highlight specific threads/posts"
5. Add a tripcode, like "!!5d7D/G3pIM6" for example, to the pattern field. Watch out for a space at the end.
6. Type should be set to "Tripcode"
7. Check the box under Hide
8. Click save

I'm currently using Scanner Radio for listening to ham radios and to Fire/Emergency during bad weather, etc. but I really wished it had multi-channel scanning since I live smack dab in between 2 counties and 3 cities.

Is there a phone app out there that does this, or should I look at one of the <$100 scanners available on Amazon.

icom is love icom is life. I bought a few v80's, I got the one that comes with the rechargeable battery because it includes the charger and just bought the AA pack separately saving roughly $60. I keep the AA pack as a backup loaded with lithium batteries because they last (retaining charge) something like 30 years without use. I typically keep my v80 in my backpack that goes everywhere with me because it's water proof and super rugged, if just a little bulky and heavy. It's very easy to program and the BNC really opens up a ton of simple antenna options, I use a 2m J-pole at home and some random antenna when mobile that I picked because due to size constraints in the bag. If you're looking for an all around cheap 2m ONLY HT that can take a beating go with the V80. But don't over look so called "base rigs" like the Yaesu FT-2900 (75w on 2m), they are great for mobile car operating and much better than HTs for just sitting at home and getting air time practice, I got my FT-2900 a few years back on clearance for $70 from DX and I couldn't be happier with it though I only used the 75w mode for a test as it's super overkill for hitting most repeaters with a decent antenna.

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>>33579268
>implying /k/ has a gf/someone to talk to

Yaesu ft2900r. Good home base comms and scanning the dial after the bombs fall. can be mobilized in your jeep head unit or under a dash. more important to have: a hand crank AM/shortwave radio. i've had a cheap Eton for a decade, works fine. surviving communities will use civilian equipment to pass news to civilian population and restore the state. the only people i expect to be using handhelds like OP are fast moving raiding parties that need continual headcounts and coordinated squad movements. the other use would be communities that have prepared for disaster, are drilling their defenses, and keep 24 hour guard. this implies OP will be buying a dozen baofengs to give to his neighbors.

aside from fallout larping, baofeng are cheap, noisy shit. of course /k/ loves them. pic related is my home DXing shack, receive only. sometimes output goes to the PC and runs through SpectrumLab for analysis.

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Making your Baochang waterproof will be important in a SHTF scenario. Here's an infographic to help.

I know that the BoChang catches a lot of shit these days. I don't know if it is because all the OG /k/ommandos and it's the new generation of /k/ or if the damn thing was actually a meme. But I do not have an operator license yet and I finally bought one of these a few weeks ago and I enjoy it. No I can not transmit but if you get it tuned it you can use it to listen in on local LEO and EMT. Plus I was looking for an FM radio to take with me camping and this little ditty fits the bill in my opinion. At the price they go for hell why not grab one but make sure you get a longer antenna, BOWCHANG MASTER RACE WILL LIVE ON FOREVER

>>33581992
You were beaten to the Ft-2900 by a few mins I love mine and the option to boom out 75w if needed, but you're underestimating HT's the instant access to the weather service broadcast and any emergency alerts is highly valuable. My V80's are like bricks compared to a smartphone I doubt I'll ever break one, and unlike cell or wifi I've never been unable to rx the weather service less than about 3x3.

>>33579399
Pay no attention to this shithead.

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>>33582486
>reverse search
>no results found

Did you permanently borrow it, if you know what I mean?

>>33580950
>This might be the single stupidest thing I've ever seen posted
hows your first day on 4chan going?

>>33582130
Baofeng also makes waterproof radios m8

>>33582486
> Googles
> 30-2500 MHz (Didn't know they went that high)
> Googles used price

This is basically pharmacy grade amphetamine for radio nerds, isn't it.

>>33579268
Get a Baofeng or two, if ya can splurge a bit, go for a tri-power model (7 Watts) and a nice Nagoya antanna, the 701 is a good model, make sure to get it from a REPUTABLE seller, because fakes are out there as is common with any chink shit.
Get a USB comm cable so you can use the Baofeng sofware CHIRP to load profiles on it and mass edit channels, you might even be able to hit some police/safety stations provided they haven't moved onto DMR/Moto Phase 2 or some other digital trunking system up there in the 800Mhz range.
If you have some Hasgunz friends try to get them to agree on a SHTF/WROL freq profile to load on to your radios (VHF has better range) but for dry runs stick with LEGAL FRS/GMRS radios using LEGAL settings. (FCC PLS NO BULLY)
Alternatively you can get ur Ham licence and legally operate it, which might cause HAM syndrome creating an unnatural desire to buy radios, have an elaborate base station and to DX on the HF band.

>>33582486
You behind some proxies bru?

>>33579753
>tfw you remember arguing with that autistic fuck LMJ about random shit back in like 2009

Damn I'm old, and I just realized I've been on /k/ for nearly a decade.

>>33582486
Uncle Sam truly is generous, unless of course you actually bought that in which case do you hate having your money? I'm not judging as a DoD civ Uncle Sam has provided me with many gifts. Funny enough after about 5 years I realized I had a literal box full of tinted safety glasses that I brought home and forgot to take the next day which meant I had to get a new pair from supply (rinse, wash, repeat), when I was joking with a GS buddy about it he told me that they were paying a unit cost of 200$ per pair which fedlog confirmed. Meaning I have about $10k worth of safety glasses at home, so that 15k radio isn't so bad.

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TETRA RADIOS YAY!

Tho I think you need a tetra infrastructure to use em so dunno how useful hey are outside of areas that do have em.

>>33579878
YO KK6Z** here

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Okay anons, I want to get into HAM transceivers. If you've got a license, what's your setup? Tell me about your antenna design. DSTAR is fine, but I would prefer something that will survive nukes and the resulting EMP. Assume the internet is destroyed, power grid and repeaters are down, and I'm on a homestead running off-grid solar and homebrew ethanol generators. What is the optimal radio/antenna for establishing comms with distant cities? Assume location is Texas/USA.

This self named calum faggot is the reason people who know what they're talking about don't bother giving feedback to threads. Kill yourself you sour fucking bitch

b-bump...?

>>33584921
your an idiot every thing i said was correct.

>>33582486
How did you get a real meme PRC-152 so you don't have to get a bad meme chinese TRI or toy soldier PRC-152?

>>33579921
Namefagging not tripfagging aka not the real Oppenheimer. And I fucking love that guy

>>33583590

sweet christ i forgot these things existed, you win all of the 1980's good sir

>>33579268
Whatever radio you use make sure to have the licence and proper training. Or I will personally triangulate your position with my antennae installed van and notify the FBI of your location and watch as you get arrested you fucking faggot

Not using superior range CB radio mobile with 10,000 watt kicker.

I have 2 UV-5R, 1 in my trunk, 1 in my house. Each with a better antenna for range.

The base idea is communication or listening for communication if cell phones and land lines are down.

In a scenario where everyone is not friendly, these can be a liability when used to talk. They can be pinpointed down and located by hobbyist easily with the right antennas. So keep that in mind.

>>33581578
Perfect thank you

>>33579268
I have one of these. They are good. The baofeng 888 is simpler, cheaper and more rugged in my opinion. You have to program the channels with your PC though. But you have most of the UHF band available.

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I think I'm going to pick this up as my first radio. Good choice? Should I just go with the normal uv-5r?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00HX03AMA?psc=1

>>33587196
>https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00HX03AMA?psc=1

waste of money

>>33587196
>V2+
That's what I have, it's a nice handheld for the money and takes a beating well. I dropped mine into Barnegat Bay, shut it off as soon as I found it, let it dry out for a week, and turned it back on - still works fine.

>>33587196
Brutal

The original ($28 on Amazon) uv-5r has CTCSS and DCS, the more expensive, newer versions had those features quietly removed, for what it's worth. That's why I bought one.

>>33579268
Apparently the high freq of these ones sold out. Anyone got any good recommendations? Also cancuck

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>>33579268
Who will you guys be radioing? Are all of you operating in teams? What is the justification for a radio?

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WHAT IS A RECHARGABLE (like a crank or solar) RADIO FOR A RED DAWN SITUATION WHERE I NEED TO HEAR ALL NON-NORMIE BANDS?

Two way communication capabilities a must. Can i get a rundown on what freq's to listen to in a "coastal cities have been nuked" scenario?

A-asking for a friend...

>>33590424
So you arent sitting innawoods going crazy wanting to know if its safe to return

>>33592263
"Hey, ya'll stop glowing yet? Over"

>>33592470
>Dont come back smoooothskin

If you want to take a month or two to actually learn radio operation then yes go with these theyre a lot of fun.

If you want something easy that you can scan and just talk look into CB

If you want to do a lazy in between , get a radio op test guide book, get your license then get the echolink program or app.

>>33590424
Who is this boner condoner

>>33592957
>If you want something easy that you can scan and just talk look into CB

Isn't CB basically dead?

>>33582457
Why doesn't this say to buy the usb programming cable?

>>33585413
>your an idiot every thing i said was correct.
You said that radios were:
>Useless and over complicated.
This is false.

You said that radios were:
> low power and dont work much past a mile from hand held to hand held.
This is also false.

It makes me wonder if you have ever actually used a HT before.

>>33583818
>tfw no more pervasive vagrant, marisa, douk, M1A girl, heartbreaker, or kagami shitposting

;_;

This thread is like watching two of the smallest dicks in the world brag about their microns

>>33593174
No I talk skip around 3000 miles everyday coast to coast. 4x4 clubs require CB for trail runs and truckers still use them. It's not as popular as it was which is good because the channels are not clogged with people.

>>33584735
Nice. You a califag?

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>>33579268
I actually just run CB handheld for a number of reasons
>HAMs work off of repeaters to bounce their signals over long distance
>unless people are going to go out of their way to keep their local repeaters running in SHTF your HAM will have the range of a CB anyway
>CBs are extremely simple to teach to friends and innawoods noobies compared to any HAM equivalence
>a lot more people have CBs than HAM and theyre easy to find anywhere
So on and so forth. I keep one of these in my car along with a hard wired cobra CB for recovery purposes and another on my chest rig.
http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/512929/Midland-CB-Radio-75-822-Black/?cm_mmc=PLA-_-Google-_-Car_Outdoor-_-512929-VQ6-176892622219-VQ16-t-VQ17-pla-VQ18-online-VQ19-512929-VQ20-61865531738-VQ21--VQ22-749781041-VQ27-40974042604&adpos=1o1&creative=176892622219&device=t&matchtype=&network=g&gclid=Cj0KEQjwt6fHBRDtm9O8xPPHq4gBEiQAdxotvGSscHjtyPe-LI2blNkQuspQObqrXQk2W3Hg8WfIT5saAr628P8HAQ

>>33594530
The letters in callsigns are representative of regions within the states. 6 applies to CA only. So yes, he's a califag

>>33593794
heartbreaker still shitposts on /o/.

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>>33582486
Those batteries tho

>>33593794
all faggots

you should leave too