/hrg/ - Ham Radio General

Amateur Radio is the most based and redpilled hobby in existence. Ham radio is:

>1) 99% white and male. Getting an AR license requires a noninsignificant amount of technical learning about radio to pass the exams. Women and minorities are almost completely kept out. Search images for ‘amateur radio club members’ or ‘ham radio operator’ and see for yourself. Even in diverse areas, clubs are a rare bastion of whiteness and maleness.
>2) not deplatformable. Nobody owns any frequency, as long as you don’t use obscenities (which have a strict legal definition with the FCC), you can’t be barred for political speech.
>3) useful for prepping and SHTF scenarios. With the right equipment, you can communicate around your region, nation, or the world even if the internet and the power grid goes completely down.

Due to the influx of chinese equipment, new ham radio equipment prices are at all time lows. With boomers dying off the same is true of used equipment. You can get started in the hobby for as little as $30.

>How do I get started?
You start with your tech license, this gives you access to the higher frequencies VHF. It requires taking a 35 question test on the basics of radio which you can take in your local area and costs $15. Once you have that you can upgrade to General or Extra which will give you access to all frequencies.

Study the materials
>hamstudy.org/tech2018
>youtube.com/watch?v=WeXKrKEaeiI
>youtube.com/watch?v=4BU0WGP0U5Q

Find an exam session
>arrl.org/find-an-amateur-radio-license-exam-session
>(don’t be intimidated, ham folks are some of the nicest people you’ll meet and they genuinely want you to get licensed)

More resources
>youtube.com/watch?v=79BkarIin0s
>youtube.com/watch?v=4grC1g5F8B8
>theprepared.com/survival-skills/guides/beginners-guide-amateur-ham-radio-preppers/
>youtube.com/watch?v=bYEzUbb07Mc
>youtube.com/watch?v=bEJoo36Ktco

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Other urls found in this thread:

arrl.org/so-now-what
blubrry.com/arrl_the_doctor_is_in/
soldersmoke.blogspot.com/
hamradioworkbench.com/
icqpodcast.com/
hamradionow.tv/home
qsotoday.com/
lhspodcast.info/
twit.tv/shows/ham-nation
hamradio360.com/
twitter.com/NSFWRedditImage

>Ham radio podcasts

So What Now? by ARRL — arrl.org/so-now-what
The Doctor is In by ARRL — blubrry.com/arrl_the_doctor_is_in/
Soldersmoke Podcast — soldersmoke.blogspot.com/
Ham Radio Workbench — hamradioworkbench.com/
ICQ Podcast — icqpodcast.com/
Ham Radio Now — hamradionow.tv/home
QSO Today — qsotoday.com/
Linux in the Ham Shack — lhspodcast.info/
Ham Nation Podcast — twit.tv/shows/ham-nation
Ham Radio 360 — hamradio360.com/

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what would be the benefit of learning that skill if shit doesnt hit the fan.

Got my Smithfield ham right here. Get em while they last!

More knowledge? More understanding of how the universe works? Making new friends? Having an interesting pastime that gives you something to live for?

Make sure it's honey glazed.

Thanks for the ragchew, back to net control

In b4
>HURR DURR BUT YOU NEED A LOICENSE. HUE HUE HUE HUE
Yes, you do. That's what makes ham radio great: it keeps out the nigs and pajeets and thots. Has letting subhumans and women onto the internet made it better? No? Then why do you want to let them on amateur radio. We white men have no problem studying for a license and following basic societal operating procedures.

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I have been trolling amature frequencies for almost 2 decades. I have also trolled government channels before.

AMA

Why are you still alive?

I only got a license after like 10 years. For a while I signed pretending to be other people and I've found as time goes on less people care if you even sign off