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I think we need a new crystal for this thing.-Scanner guy from the 70s.
Scanners were a lot simpler in decades past, when everything was analog, had a fixed frequency, and was unencrypted.
Nowadays, we have those old analog stations as well as digital, trunking systems, protocols, sites, talk groups, and who-knows-what coming down the road for next year. There are a lot of frequencies, systems, groups, codes, and little nit-picky details that have...
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A practical, what-you-need-to-know guide to getting started making amateur radio contacts via FM radios and satellites.
All that's required to begin is a good handheld radio, an inexpensive antenna, and a smartphone. Of course, you can get complicated (and expensive) in this area of the hobby, but we're going to keep it to the basics here.
Inside you'll find step-by-step tutorials on finding out where, when, and how to connect to the various "Amsat"...
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A Practical, What-You-Need-to-Know Guide to Getting on Echolink Echolink is a powerful system for linking the worlds of amateur radio and the Internet. You can link your PC, Android, iPhone, iPad or handheld radio to repeaters, individuals, or conferences located anywhere in the world, quickly and easily. And because it's all digital, you get crystal clear, digital sound. If you are a licensed Amateur Radio operator (ham), now you can communicate...
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OK, that's probably a slight exaggeration, but radios were a lot simpler in the "distant" past, when everything was station-to-station, and most communications were some flavor of HF. Nowadays, we have HF, VHF, UHF, digital modes, CW/SSB/AM/FM/MW, repeaters with offsets, repeaters with tones, User IDs, reflectors, talk groups, and who-knows-what coming down the road for next year. There are a lot of modes, tones, offsets, and little nit-picky details...