@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years agoWhat are your niche hobbies you’d like to share with other people?message-square387fedilinkarrow-up1366arrow-down13
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minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish9•2 years agoWhat do you think about the baofeng radios with ham? Pretty good to start out with?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•2 years agoThey are fine for starting out with, but you’ll probably want to upgrade soon. There are better radios for around $75 if you can afford it.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish8•2 years agoWhat would you recommend? Is there a good mega thread here?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•edit-22 years agoMost activity, I’ve seen here: [email protected] but there’s a lemmy bug that’s not showing a bunch of posts. That should be resolved soon. These are good cheaper radios (The price has gone up a bit) https://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-016123 https://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-015573
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoThere’s also [email protected] which is reasonably active.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoIma be honest with ya, I believe those cheaper yaesus are actually practically baofengs component wise. But, they are still a bit better due to some higher quality components and wayyyy better QC. Just wanted to throw this out there.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoThey’re pretty much baofengs with much better filtering, so you don’t get front end overloading which can be frustrating.
What do you think about the baofeng radios with ham? Pretty good to start out with?
They are fine for starting out with, but you’ll probably want to upgrade soon. There are better radios for around $75 if you can afford it.
What would you recommend? Is there a good mega thread here?
Most activity, I’ve seen here: [email protected] but there’s a lemmy bug that’s not showing a bunch of posts. That should be resolved soon.
These are good cheaper radios (The price has gone up a bit)
https://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-016123
https://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-015573
There’s also [email protected] which is reasonably active.
Ima be honest with ya, I believe those cheaper yaesus are actually practically baofengs component wise. But, they are still a bit better due to some higher quality components and wayyyy better QC. Just wanted to throw this out there.
They’re pretty much baofengs with much better filtering, so you don’t get front end overloading which can be frustrating.
yup