http://www.repeaterbook.com/repeater....w6ZzrnXj.dpbs
Gilpin Repeaters. I think I was successful at contacting the two on Thorodin Mountain with my Baofeng before.
http://www.repeaterbook.com/repeater....w6ZzrnXj.dpbs
Gilpin Repeaters. I think I was successful at contacting the two on Thorodin Mountain with my Baofeng before.
If you are not sure about wanting to get into the hobby. Get a Baofeng radio for 30 bucks on Amazon. They are very capable, and can get you a feel for it before you go spending money on some serious radios. Your License is going to be 15 bucks. So all together you can get into the hobby for way less than $100 bucks.
This is the one I bought (UV-5R):
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Last edited by rbeau30; 10-13-2014 at 15:19.
Great advice. Give it a try with little investment. If you find its not for you, not much invested. I had my Baofeng for a year before deciding I wanted to get more into it and joined ARES. Got an Icom ID-51 for Christmas last year, and its an incredible radio. Better then the Baofeng in all ways except cost. But now I have the Baofeng as a backup, and it goes with me on daily walks.
One thing to consider, Gilpinguy, is to get some local height on an antenna - makes all the difference in the world. I only have 4-5Watt HTs that I use from my basement study, but have 60' of good coax to an attic mounted Diamond X-50AN 2M/70cm antenna. Sounds fantastic and I can hit other HTs 10 miles away on simplex (no repeater) without a perfect LOS.
A technician level license and an inexpensive dual band HT ought to be considered mandatory survival gear.
"Guilty of collusion"
Meh just go for it, get to the practice tests online. I put the bookmark on my phone, and every time I had a few extra minutes I would go through a few questions. All of the questiuons are published so you will not get a surprize.
Ohh and before you take the test... go through the General test questions too... Whhen you pass the Tech, you can go ahead and take the General (and extra if you then pass the General) for no extra money. Worse case scenario it is a free look at the test.
If you can't get licensed for whatever reason right now. Get a cheap radio like the baofeng. You can do everything except transmit. So why not?
If you don't like it I will buy your radio from you LOL.
Last edited by rbeau30; 11-07-2014 at 11:02.