Amateur Radio: Open-Source Airwaves
Added 2023-04-06 16:16:39 +0000 UTCHi folks, today I'm going ham!
In today's early ad-free video I'm going to talk about a hobby that I totally overlooked until last year, but as a developer, I'm HIGHLY ALIGNED with: Amateur Radio.
Did you know about ham radio before? I'd love to know if anyone's had experience!
Thank you all for your support, talk to you on Discord :-)
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I met someone at now defunct USENIX LISA (Large Installation System Administration) conference back in 2016. A person from the other side of the American continent (from my perspective) said we could voice chat over short waves radio signals. But I didn’t carry on with it. Must be cool. But I was too busy trying to be proficient in my career as self taught developer trying to figure out his new ADHD diagnosis, not knowing (until 2023) I’m in fact possibly into the spectrum. So many things I didn’t do. Including learning to invest for retirement.
Renoir Boulanger
2024-07-28 22:22:52 +0000 UTCLeave it tuned to the calling frequency, 145.5mhz, or the output frequency of you nearest repeater!
No Boilerplate
2023-07-04 20:36:04 +0000 UTCI bought a little Baofeng to see what’s on air. I haven’t heard anything yet but I’ll keep looking. I’m in SE London on the top of a hill so thought I’d hear a lot. There’s loads of weird tones and pulses but no voice. The nearest repeater to me seems to be about 5 miles so perhaps I’m just not near anything. When I have time I’ll look at licensing and better equipment. Thanks for this post Tris.
Wayne George
2023-07-04 20:14:48 +0000 UTCThat's fantastic! I've yet to join in with emergency services support, but I would LOVE that! Cool callsign! 73
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2023-05-26 08:40:46 +0000 UTCI have been interested in Ham Radio for a long time. At least since 2005 when one of the worst earthquakes in living memory hit Pakistan and cut off all contact with our northern part. The only way the people in the north were able to communicate the extent of the damage was by contacting their friends in Islamabad using Ham Radio. It’s been a little bumpy ride for me since the equipment had been expensive, the regulations Byzantine and my time scarce when I was is Pakistan. Nevertheless, before I got my Fulbright award, I had plunged and started the process of obtaining my license in Pakistan. Luckily, coming over to the USA was really good for me as I contacted the local Ham organization and got a nice little Baofeng off Amazon. I’ve been listening and talking on and off for the past four years and currently hold a tier 2 license. In fact, tomorrow is the Memorial Day parade and I will be at one of the spots on the parade route providing updates to net control and the emergency services. I’ve really enjoyed this. W8ALI. 73.
Ali Sajid Imami
2023-05-25 22:46:35 +0000 UTCThank you so much! Yes, I applaud the number of hams producing youtube content, but many need a bit more practice! Good tips re cyber/steampunk - these last 3 years I've really felt we've slipped into the cyberpunk future we'd been warned about! 73!
No Boilerplate
2023-04-06 19:48:49 +0000 UTCTerrific! There's a few thousand ham videos on the internet. 99% are painful and unhelpful; this is not one of those videos. :D Explaining that it's open source air waves gives this video unique perspective and an appeal to the computer culture. This opens other possibilities. Perhaps a future video about how ham is cyberpunk (ptp iot, arden). It's also open to a video about how ham is steampunk; imagine an all analog, tube radio setup, bit dial, manual meters, big tuning caps and a 80m or 160m copper loop. Great job! kn6off, 73
-g2
2023-04-06 19:42:00 +0000 UTC
