the_football_maestro@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoWhat are your niche hobbies you’d like to share with other people?message-squaremessage-square390fedilinkarrow-up1366arrow-down13
arrow-up1363arrow-down1message-squareWhat are your niche hobbies you’d like to share with other people?the_football_maestro@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square390fedilink
minus-squareminorsecond@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoThey are fine for starting out with, but you’ll probably want to upgrade soon. There are better radios for around $75 if you can afford it.
minus-squarethe_football_maestro@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoWhat would you recommend? Is there a good mega thread here?
minus-squareminorsecond@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-21 year agoMost activity, I’ve seen here: [email protected] but there’s a lemmy bug that’s not showing a bunch of posts. That should be resolved soon. These are good cheaper radios (The price has gone up a bit) https://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-016123 https://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-015573
minus-squareTheThinker@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoIma be honest with ya, I believe those cheaper yaesus are actually practically baofengs component wise. But, they are still a bit better due to some higher quality components and wayyyy better QC. Just wanted to throw this out there.
minus-squareminorsecond@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoThey’re pretty much baofengs with much better filtering, so you don’t get front end overloading which can be frustrating.
minus-squareRoadieRich@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoThere’s also [email protected] which is reasonably active.
They are fine for starting out with, but you’ll probably want to upgrade soon. There are better radios for around $75 if you can afford it.
What would you recommend? Is there a good mega thread here?
Most activity, I’ve seen here: [email protected] but there’s a lemmy bug that’s not showing a bunch of posts. That should be resolved soon.
These are good cheaper radios (The price has gone up a bit)
https://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-016123
https://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-015573
Ima be honest with ya, I believe those cheaper yaesus are actually practically baofengs component wise. But, they are still a bit better due to some higher quality components and wayyyy better QC. Just wanted to throw this out there.
They’re pretty much baofengs with much better filtering, so you don’t get front end overloading which can be frustrating.
yup
There’s also [email protected] which is reasonably active.