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kayt00 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 14, 2021 7:50 am Fingers crossed, I've been studying my hind quarters off, took a practice exam last night and scored a 95%. I'd hate to think that time was spent on nothing.

Charles L. Cotton wrote: ↑Wed Jan 13, 2021 5:48 pm

Ruark wrote: ↑Wed Jan 13, 2021 4:13 pm All they need to shut down ham radio is some kind of precipitating event to use as an excuse. For example, somebody sets off a bomb, and investigators find out they planned it using ham radio. Pow, it'd be shut down in a heartbeat.

Shutting down ham radio would not be easy at all. Hundreds of thousands of transceivers exist and they don't have to operate at fixed locations. If we ever get to that stage, the entire country would be at war anyway.

Chas.

Liberty wrote: ↑Wed Jan 13, 2021 2:07 pm

2farnorth wrote: ↑Tue Jan 12, 2021 10:35 am The Feds can eliminate legal Amateur Radio any time they want too. All it would take is an edict from Biden/Harris. Just like Hitler did. There is no constitutional protection for us. But anyway, the constitution doesn't matter anymore to the usurpers. It's being stomped on every day.

N5PNZ

The U.S. did in fact suspended all Amature radio operation during WW 1 and WWII

chamberc wrote: ↑Wed Jan 13, 2021 9:33 am

Paladin wrote: ↑Wed Jan 13, 2021 9:24 am

Dave2 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 13, 2021 4:25 am Has anyone actually threatened to shut down ham radios, or is this all hypothetical?

There are actually legal workarounds even if they did. Per international agreements, if you have dual citizenship and a listed foreign amateur radio license, the US has to let you use it here:

Operation in the US by Foreign Amateurs

Truthfully, even the Soviet Union had ham operators. Its how the Soviet's got contact with the outside world.

They can track down any stationary HAM user any time they want pretty easily... fox and hound exercises show it doesn't take much. You operate at their pleasure. Same goes for any technology even E2E encrypted...

Dave2 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 13, 2021 4:25 am Has anyone actually threatened to shut down ham radios, or is this all hypothetical?

Soccerdad1995 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 12, 2021 11:49 am

Paladin wrote: ↑Mon Jan 11, 2021 11:08 pm Facebook has announced that it will remove all content that mentions “Stop the Steal,”

Like a lot of folks on the forum, I've got a HAM radio license as well. We're definitely gonna need alternate comms.

I got my Technician license back in August, but have been delaying getting a "real" HAM radio. I do have a couple handheld Baofeng's, but haven't really tried using them. With the attack on free speech that is underway I think I need to get serious about this.

What is a good "beginner" HAM radio set-up? I'm looking for something that balances cost and effectiveness.

Thanks in advance.

To scan all frequencies within the VHF (130-180MHz) or UHF(400-521Mhz) bands:
Turn on the radio
Press the red [VFO/MR] button to toggle to VFO mode
Hold down the [*SCAN] button until scanning begins. frequencies will quickly switch on the display
The radio will briefly pause on a frequency with activity

Press the [*SCAN] button to stop on the current frequency and end scanning

To activate FM Receiver:
Turn on the radio
Press red [VFO/MR] button to toggle to VFO mode
Press red [CALL] button on the side of the radio
Press [BAND] button to toggle between 65-75 MHz or 76-108MHz.
Type desired frequency into keypad

When finished press the red [CALL] button to return to VFO mode

2farnorth wrote: ↑Tue Jan 12, 2021 10:35 am The Feds can eliminate legal Amateur Radio any time they want too. All it would take is an edict from Biden/Harris. Just like Hitler did. There is no constitutional protection for us. But anyway, the constitution doesn't matter anymore to the usurpers. It's being stomped on every day.

N5PNZ

The Annoyed Man wrote: ↑Mon Jan 11, 2021 11:50 pm

Paladin wrote: ↑Mon Jan 11, 2021 11:39 pm Free encrypted email at Protonmail

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