any particular reason why? I don't want to have to throw away my baofengs :(

>>10762 Because shitty rules example of one is doxxing yourself every 15 minutes

I considered getting into HAM, but I honestly cannot be bothered to go through the process of getting a loicense. I am wanting to try CB and talk with truckers on the freeway though

>>10802 wut. The only faggots crying over that are literally Faggots. I'M BEING DEADNAMED!!! :cry_trans_brownskin: Radio is a real-world skill you use to build your IRL career and reputation, not for pwning kids in vidya.

>>11515 only boomer qtards use ham radio

>>11591 you forgot "wealthy"

safe

question for you guys into radio on my daily commute i drive through a lot of rural farmland, and lotsa guys out there have antenna towers besides their houses i see lots of typical tv antennas, but on some of them i keep seeing what looks like tiny satellite dishes, like half the diameter of your regular directv ku band dish. and these tiny dishes dont seem to be pointed at the sky so what are they for?

>>10756 (OP) some folx r into that

Reminder that britoids are so cucked it is illegal to listen to a radio broadcast not meant for you

>>18344 is that true? that's like the East German government telling their people to not tune into the West German TV stations

is this the /ham/ refugee camp? that thread was cozy as hell recently got myself my first hf radio and I can't wait to hit the HF bands

Me waiting my first Baofeng. An UV-5RE to be exact.

>>18503 I'm new on the hobby, but can't wait to enjoy a HF radio. Cheers anon, and enjoy getting QSO's. 73

I have in my posession a radio from the battleship Missouri from like the 1950s or something, I'm thinking of hooking it up just for funzies (I have a 40ft radio tower) but I have no idea if that's legal or not, it says 1.5kw on the side and that seems like a lot for a radio, I also don't understand any of this stuff so uhhhhh >Is it legal to hook this up and just listen to stuff and >Is it legal for me to broadcast with it Bonus question: How much is this nigga worth, it just kind of came with the house I bought >post pictures Maybe in a bit, it's still in storage and I want to pull it out and clean it up

>>20325 1.5kw sounds reasonable for a transmitter on a major warship. Whether it's worth anything depends on what exactly it is, and how much restoration it needs to make it valuable

>>10756 (OP) I don't get your hobby to begin with. What's the advantage over using the fiber optic internet or internet over 5g infrastructure? It seems useful to use this or LoRa or something from mobile vehicles that need to communicate even if 5g goes down or w/e but I wouldn't generally consider THAT a hobby but just usage?

UK's killed off its AM stations, and soon to kill FM for its outdated shitty DAB. But you can bet they'll still come after anyone using those free airwaves for "pirate" radio. C'mon man. It's not stealing if it was disowned. (Sorry not a ham, bye)

>>20855 Would it be legal to hook it up and use it?

Also how much trouble would I get in if I did this?

>>20325 >>20972 >Able to listen Yeah it's legal to listen, no problem, but back in the 50s most ham radios were split into two separate parts, the receiver and the transmitter. I'm assuming you have both >Able to broadcast More difficult. Assuming you live in the US, 1.5kw is the legal maximum power an amateur radio transmitter can have, meaning that you're still in the clear. However, you'd need an amateur radio license and only then would you be legally allowed to broadcast on certain frequency bands only. Not sure what frequencies your radio actually has though, it may or may not cover the amateur radio bands of today because they changed since the 50s. >>20980 Depends on where you start blasting nigger, technically it's illegal everywhere but the FCC tends to care less about the lower frequency amateur bands (1800 kHz - 7300 kHz) and doesn't give a shit at all about the CB bands (~27 MHz). Note that it is very easy for somebody to find where you're broadcasting from, especially if you're pumping out 1500 watts, so don't expect to be hidden at all and for grumpy hams to knock on your door if not the FCC themselves. Look into getting an amateur radio license if you're interesting in transmitting, anon, it's a fun hobby. Pics of it would be great to see, from the looks of it you've got yourself a pretty rare beauty there

>>21543 Alright, I made some space for it behind my desk and I'll bring it up tomorrow if I can find the time, if not I'll bring it up sometime (but probably tomorrow) Is there anything I can do with it that would be really funny or otherwise upset glowniggers but not put me in jail?

>>21545 You can shitpost on CB (which actually doesn't require a license) where the FCC doesn't really give a shit, the Wikipedia link is here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_band_radio Voices there are usually in whats called AM mode as well, which your radio probably uses for voice as well since it's an old one from the 50s. Nowadays most hams use a mode called SSB for voice though which I'm not entirely sure your old radio supports. You'll learn a lot as you go deeper into the hobby, can't wait to see the pictures

>>18334 Most likely terrestrial microwave internet.

>>21571 Wtf is that?

>>21577 Internet delivered over a radio link in the microwave band to a tower somewhere on the earth, as opposed to satellite. It's a common way of providing last mile connectivity in rural areas.

Okay that sucked, the thing has to be 100lb and getting up an attic ladder to the bedroom was fucked, but we did it, the screws are missing to correctly mount the fucking thing so I just kind of shouldered it up the hill from the garage, my back fucking hurts and I feel irrationally angry, it appears to be the receiver unit but I know fuck all about radios so feel free to correct me

>>21698 http://radiomuseum.org/r/scott_radi_slr_12b.html >1942 hot damn that's a find yeah it's a receiving unit only, you'd need to get some other dedicated transmitter unit if you want to get your voice out there. seems to cover 550 kHz to 1600 kHz (still the AM radio band in the States) and I think 5.6 MHz to 16 MHz, which covers a chunk of the shortwave band including the modern day 20, 30, 40 and 60 meter amateur radio bands. could still be fun to see what you can listen to though

>>21717 If I wanted to match it with a kind of correct transmitter what would I go with on a budget? I couldnt even *find* other naval radios like this for sale and the few big army units I saw were like 500 bucks and I don't want to spend that kind of money

As a hobby what do people do? The pictures of peoples set ups always look really cool, but is there a use to it? What are people listening in or or sending out? What does a radio license enable you to do? I always wanted to try radio DJing but i figured setting up something digitaly would be the way to go.

>>21740 for a budget you're kinda out of luck, I imagine any separate transmitting unit would be difficult to find nowadays since most ham radios now are transceivers, meaning they can act as both transmitter and receiver - you could maybe set up a switch to just use the transceiver only for transmitting but the frequency range may not overlap properly. even modern transceivers that aren't 5 watt QRP rigs will set you back a couple hundred bucks >>21860 much of it is really just about experimenting, it's kind of "OK what can I do with radio frequencies, with my radio, with my antenna" etc etc, there's a bunch of subhobbies within the hobby ranging from emergency comms when internet is down to just seeing who you can talk to over the radio to other crazy shit like bouncing signals off the moon and through sattelites and auroras. Radio DJ isn't one of those things though because the FCC at the behest of music companies and record labels will find you and skullfuck you - this is one of the few things the FCC will promptly try to crack down on

>>21996 Alright, whats a transmitter you'd recommend matching it with and how much is it going to set me back?

>>21998 That depends on how much you're willing to spend and how far you wanna go out. The unfortunate truth though that I've only just realized now is that your receiver only has the AM mode, when most hams nowadays for voice use a mode called SSB which AM receivers can pick up only in a distorted way. You may need to look into either somehow modifying the receiver to give it SSB support or you may have to rely on the transceiver for SSB communications. I'm not entirely sure what you need to switch between a receiver and a transceiver when you push to talk mind you, I'm just assuming you can do it with any. The typical "budget" transceiver is gonna be the chunk Xiegu G90, which only gives you about 20 watts of power and 5 watts with AM. Unfortunately, 5 watts with AM is gonna get you near-nowhere. A new G90 is gonna set you back about $500 or so including a cheap lithium battery for a couple hours of use before recharging. If you want more power, the ICOM 7300 has 100 watts SSB/25 watts AM, which would set you back about a grand not including power supply. If you want to talk on AM effectively you're likely gonna need an amplifier to increase your output power as high as possible. Good luck and sorry for not being able to tell you earlier bro.

>>22137 I'll just keeping looking in the various buildings on my property and inevitably something as retarded as this will turn up, it's not fun unless it's retardedly inefficient, impractical, and cool