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build relationships with them. build relationships with us. build relationships. (leminal.space)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/autism@lemmy.world
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[–] 44 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (12 children)

Ok friends, tell me about the radio stations.

Edit: thanks friends, you never disappoint. I'll be reading if you need me.

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  • [–] 39 points 8 months ago (9 children)

    Buy a Baofeng UV-5R, unlock the frequency band, and start scanning.

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Is the UV-5G mini ok? Or should I cancel my order and get the UV-5R?

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago

    It should be ok - it's just that the UV-5R has sort of become the defacto budget amateur radio standard at this point so there's more documentation and software made for it.

    I'm sure the UV-5G mini will work for your needs.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    A lot of the old ICOM and Yaesu radios were easy to open up for full range function. My multiband ICOM HT only required desoldering one resistor. After that could broadcast on 2M and 440, GRMS, police/fire/emergency bands, and even the comm system radios my employer used. Haven't kept up, but today's radios are probably just as easy to unlock.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    My dad got 2 of those and i tried to do cool things with it but in the end, all i was able to do was load in a list of specific frequencies around us and scan around until it connects to something. It wasn't particularly interesting stuff either XD

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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago*

    Oh for sure - the knowledge comes in handy in times of emergency like natural disasters or infrastructure accidents though. Make sure to save your local emergency services frequency bands and see if any local hams have something allocated for those times as well.

    Sometimes it just comes in handy for fun purposes as well - managed to snoop into the construction workers' radio frequency at my uni and had a conversation with one of them XD

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