Comment on Amateur Radio Has Never Been More Affordable — So Why Do Some Things Seem So Expensive?
xSikes@feddit.online 1 week agoWhat’s the most engaging? UHF is TV, right? Not sure what you can do much with that except watch I Love Lucy ha.
Comment on Amateur Radio Has Never Been More Affordable — So Why Do Some Things Seem So Expensive?
xSikes@feddit.online 1 week agoWhat’s the most engaging? UHF is TV, right? Not sure what you can do much with that except watch I Love Lucy ha.
fullsquare@awful.systems 1 week ago
It’s up for you to decide. On U/VHF you can talk to other people directly (locally) like on HF. But you can also do things that HF can’t provide, like talk through repeater (uncommon on HF), or to ISS, or through satellites (HF bounces from ionosphere) or do longer distance communications from mountaintops, or do image transmission or packet radio (HF has less bandwidth). On receive only you can also download NOAA weather satellite images. You can make your own repeater from two baofengs. HF gets affected by space weather, U/VHF is not, and we’re entering solar minimum. 6m will take you far further than 2m but it’s usually bundled with HF radios
On higher end there’s also moonbounce, but it’s not in the budget category