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    From Utopian Galt #1@815.Wwivnet@11:1/101 to All on Fri Dec 6 19:12:46 2024

    I have a ham radio, but the manual sucks. I need to likely buy a more expensive radio instead of an uber cheapo one.

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  • From Jimmy Mac #1@707.Wwivnet@11:1/101 to Utopian Galt #1 on Tue Dec 10 18:29:13 2024


    I have a ham radio, but the manual sucks. I need to likely buy a more expensive radio instead of an uber cheapo one.

    What did you get? It's likely that if it's a disposable you may be able to use Chirp to program it. Sucks, but it's really the only to sanely program those things.

    https://chirpmyradio.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home

    It actually even works on name brand radios like Kenwood. Just be careful as some cables can brick the Yaesu's.

    And did you finally get your license?


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  • From Utopian Galt #1@815.Wwivnet@11:1/101 to Jimmy Mac #1 on Tue Dec 10 22:15:42 2024


    And did you finally get your license?
    Yes I have for the last month.

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  • From Jimmy Mac #1@707.Wwivnet@11:1/101 to Utopian Galt #1 on Wed Dec 11 08:35:25 2024

    Excellent! Congrats!

    Do you know if any of your local repeaters have AllStarLink, EchoLink or IRLP?

    J..


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  • From Phigan #1@137.Wwivnet@11:1/101 to Utopian Galt #1 on Tue Dec 17 00:42:17 2024

    I have a ham radio, but the manual sucks. I need to likely buy a more expensive radio instead of an uber cheapo one.

    IMO, cheap radios are awesome. Especially the Quansheng UV-K5 (also UV-K6 which is identical except the outside plastic). It has a custom firmware that adds on-screen DTMF decoding and a spectrum analyzer! And you can get this radio for $20-25.

    The cheapie Chinese radios can be absolute trash, but also really really good. There isn't as much QC on them, so it's like luck of the draw. But, when you get a good one, they're usually louder than the expensive HTs and sometimes with better receive!
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