The other point is that with a cell phone you can only talk to ONE person at a time, whereas with ham radio you can talk to many people simultaneously. Certainly a great advantage in an emergency don't you think?
73, VK4QC
Excellent video- thank you for uploading this!
73 DE N7LTH
To all of you ignorant people saying, "buy a cell," you apparently aren't watching the video...Don't you think that if radio communications were antiquated, police, fire, military, etc...would HAVE STOPPED using it already?? Well, they haven't, and bottom line, history has proven that when regular communications fail, RADIO communication is there...and so are HAMS!!
73's
KC6QZQ
2 words
dumb-butt
cell towers will get knocked out .
even cb would work for that (im not a cber)
Buy a cell phone?
What are you kidding I can talk to my family vertually anytime I choose using local repeaters and 2mtr set with IRLP. It easily pays for itself
73's VK7 FLAK
Antiquated? Dude...I'm 30 and therefore I'm definately not old...Just fact of the matter Ham Equipment will work when other forms of communication will fail.
By OchrismongrelO [Affiliate User] 1195368283 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveBuy a cell? For a secondary communication method maybe...but Why would I want something so substandard and ineffective in an emergency?
By OchrismongrelO [Affiliate User] 1195368184 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveThis from a scrawny 15 year old kid..
By OchrismongrelO [Affiliate User] 1195368035 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveDuring 9/11 I was in the city and needed to call home to say I was ok. Couldn't make a call on the cell, obviously, since everyone was trying to make a call at the same time. I used the autopatch on a local repeater to make the phone call. At that moment my cell phone was completely useless. If you're in trouble, (even if you can't get at a repeater) you can STILL call for help... it's a way to communicate that's completely decentralized.
By kaptcha [Affiliate User] 1195241128 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveWith a small battery and a wire, I can call for help. Good luck with that cell phone during your next disaster.
By thunderballs1971 [Affiliate User] 1194689702 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveLots of ham bashing in previous msgs. When I was 15 my radio club was bouncing signals off the moon on ham freq's with me keying the transmitter. Nerds? I'm a company owner, divemaster, skier, triathelete, runner,etc.Ham radio op's had telephones in their cars in the 50's . Many employees of cell developers and manuf. got their start in Amateur radio. When sputnik went up my old man set up a speaker outside our house to play the signal as it passed. SUPPORT SCIENCE EDUCATION!!! K3HLK 73's
By mandan11 [Affiliate User] 1194099065 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removeif a tornado wipes out an urban area a cell wont work be cause the network will be jammed. that is why we use amateur radio.
BTW all that text messaging and sending pics you do with cell phones... hams did it first and we also do it for free
I've always known them to be electromagnetic waves
By dougsimar [Affiliate User] 1192982047 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveUnderstand what? Talking to other people at the other end of the planet, whooopppy! Yes its very interesting, the physics, maths and science behind it all, but its a little antiquated don't you think? Fair, A CB in every car, yes. But why not just use the brilliant GSM technology.
By cutterschoicenotmine [Affiliate User] 1192966315 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveEMP does exist. Its just very rare and usually can only exist as a result of a nuclear explosion.
By dougsimar [Affiliate User] 1192964879 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemovePeople like you will never understand.....
By dougsimar [Affiliate User] 1192964805 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove3 words,
buy - a - cell
nice ts-440 @ 00:47
By KC0TCH [Affiliate User] 1192466511 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removeto all people who keep bickering in here. lets stop arguing... if we suspect someone of being a "CBer" lets try and be elmers to them. if you want to harp on about ham radio being "bad" please stop.
We are inteligent adults so lets behave in that manner.
unless i am mistaken, radio waves are electromagnetic pulses.
By KC0TCH [Affiliate User] 1191910225 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removethis whol EMP thing people fret ovet is (in my opinion) a great big conspiracy theory.
By KC0TCH [Affiliate User] 1191910059 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removea CB'er ? lmao ..can't pass the HAM test pfff !!.. what, to become a lifeless old technology airwave talker ? WOW - oh yeah i'm shattered, my life is in ruined now.
By TheTurboFiles [Affiliate User] 1191337671 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveThanks for a great Video! 73's DE KM7Y.
By 7PequilExI [Affiliate User] 1191190271 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveVery Well done video and explanation about what We Do in this hobbie not just talk with others about what you have or how you copy...
We are more than that..... Congratulation..
Your obviously a CB'er who can't pass the test. Now, go get that life that you don't have.
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