Mine was built by Doug Dinnard. guy was an artist.I have a few DMR. Designated Marksman Rifles. Most were built by: John Noveske.
Its ham radio. But it allows you to go thru the internet and talk around the world on VHF and UHFIs it like the trucker’s CB or is it different & how?
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Its ham radio. But it allows you to go thru the internet and talk around the world on VHF and UHF
I mostly use DMR now. There's 10 repeaters linked in south/central GA if anyone is interested. Its called the "Vidalia Net".
I have used it periodically to check in to nets if I'm not near a repeater. I also have used Droidstar, but it's been glitchy.If you have a smart phone, have you tried out Echolink?
Is that triangulate.....? I did a search for RDF and it now refers to some computer stuff. My guess is Radio Direction Finder.
Correct.Is that triangulate.....? I did a search for RDF and it now refers to some computer stuff. My guess is Radio Direction Finder.
Yep - works both ways.....same as most things can.I would not be alive without Triangulation. It is amazingly accurate.
For really bad times, I'm going HF with an NVIS antenna for local comms and a dipole up high to reach out far. I've been testing this with good results so far.There can be some overlap between ham radio and survivalism.
But in my view, any type of ham activity that uses repeaters is outside that overlap zone - ie it is purely part of the ham hobby.
In a very severe crisis (where the ROL is gone and communications by all other means are down), use of ham radio to gather information/communicate would be mostly 99% about listening and as little as 1% about transmitting.
Being that radio is insecure, none of your communications should be "in the clear".
That transmitting would be minimized by using single prearranged words that convey information about situation, progress, location, observations and intent (in much the same way the military does).
Even then, great care would need to be taken to ensure RDF can not be applied to your radio transmissions.
Sure, you can set up rigs in vehicles. VHF and UHF are line-of-sight - if you can see the mountain top 12 miles away, you can talk to someone there. If you're in a valley and want to talk to someone on the other side of the mountain, you're out of luck.Hey, you ham experts out there! What about ham radios aboard overland rigs? You know, 4WD vehicles equipped to cross trackless wastes AND outfitted with ham radios? Wouldn't they be harder to locate once the ham radio 'sender' finished his transmission and took off? That OAUSA.NET site was all about ham radios and overland rigs... I believe the guy who set up that site went on to create the American Adventurist Site, which is also pretty cool.
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