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Legal to just "listen". 
The JTTMFT endorsement is good enough for me!
Even if you don't "need" one, the sound quality is much better on both sides if you do. Much easier on your ears not hearing static.
Sound quality being a relative term (see below).
Even if you go nuts, you're still only out $50-60 and then you can talk to JT on the repeater when you get home
The Ham dominos are starting to fall...slippery slope...first, it's overlanding, then it's fellow nerds in distant places, then aliens, then this board goes dormant due to the ham chatter, then you grow pony tails and move back in with your parents and only come out of the basement for meatloaf...be careful fellas...
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Trailer got dark olive bed liner tonight:
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Trailer got dark olive bed liner tonight:
Did you get the mic & antenna or just the radio? Wait - don't answer that here. Hit me up on the repeater.
Look at the CHIRP program for easier programming and be sure to buy a programming cord.
I ha e local police, fire and ems programmed in so that I can use them as a scanner.
I hand mine to JttMFnT and he lets me haz the channel he wants me to haz.
I guess I will be running off of hand signals
I believe the unofficial TLCA freq is 146.460 MHz, but it doesn't really matter as long as you are all TX'ing and RX'ing on the same freq. That's called simplex mode (direct radio to radio). Not likely that anyone is going to hear y'all that ain't looking for you. It's when you go through a repeater that you open yourself up to scrutiny.
I got one of those hand mic deals and it didn't work, probably a lemon. But the $20 mag mount antenna is totally worth it. The rechargeables that come in these radios will likely last you all week, but if you're worried you can find a battery eliminator on Amz too. It's a cig plug on one end and replaces the battery pack on the other end.
I got one of those hand mic deals and it didn't work, probably a lemon. But the $20 mag mount antenna is totally worth it. The rechargeables that come in these radios will likely last you all week, but if you're worried you can find a battery eliminator on Amz too. It's a cig plug on one end and replaces the battery pack on the other end.
FWIW, on the Jarbidge trip, I ran the battery all day and would then charge at night with the invertor. I forgot to charge one time and it died mid-day the next day. It would have lasted much longer, but Andrew liked to talk on it. (TX'ing is what runs it down.)
My lemon was the separate handheld mic/transmitter posted by Cam.
I've got two VR2+ models and no issues in the minimal usage they've seen. I often loan one to someone on the trail if they don't have one. Once you figure out how to change frequencies and alter the step increment (the default is something like .025 and you want it to be .010), you won't need to know much more for simplex mode. I couldn't get the CHIRP software to speak to my first radio, so I didn't even try on the second one. YMMV
I've got two VR2+ models and no issues in the minimal usage they've seen. I often loan one to someone on the trail if they don't have one. Once you figure out how to change frequencies and alter the step increment (the default is something like .025 and you want it to be .010), you won't need to know much more for simplex mode. I couldn't get the CHIRP software to speak to my first radio, so I didn't even try on the second one. YMMV
I am just gonna follow the guy in front of me.
Buy you a setup and ship it to me. I'll send it back programmed and ready to go. Total for all is less than $50.
Yeah. Lol. I got lost at "programming"
I am lazy pilot. I have never programmed a radio. Can you not just buy one then insert the correct freq. then listen?
I am lazy pilot. I have never programmed a radio. Can you not just buy one then insert the correct freq. then listen?
Attached is an annotated user guide for the Baofeng UV-5r models (they all work the same no matter if they are V2 or + or whatnot). This guy went through the Chinglish booklet and corrected/clarified the instructions. Also attached are some other useful charts that I got from ARRL: common Q codes and the limits of what bands you can use with the Technician license.