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@the_football_maestro@lemmy.ml
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to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 years ago

What are your niche hobbies you’d like to share with other people?

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What are your niche hobbies you’d like to share with other people?

@the_football_maestro@lemmy.ml
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  • @minorsecond@lemmy.ml
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    36•2 years ago

    Ham radio! It’s relaxing. My favorite activity is to take my portable gear to parks and operate Parks on the Air.

    • GreatWhiteBuffalo41
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      11•2 years ago

      My brother used to be really big into his ham radio. It got smashed in his move and he never bought another one =\

    • Variden
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      9•2 years ago

      I am waiting for my exam. After that I will have my own call sign. Ham radio is cool

    • @the_football_maestro@lemmy.ml
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      7•2 years ago

      What do you think about the baofeng radios with ham? Pretty good to start out with?

      • @minorsecond@lemmy.ml
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        6•2 years ago

        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.

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          6•2 years ago

          What would you recommend? Is there a good mega thread here?

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            2 years ago

            Most activity, I’ve seen here: !amateurradio@lemmy.ko4abp.com 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

            • @RoadieRich@midwest.social
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              3•2 years ago

              There’s also !amateur_radio@lemmy.radio which is reasonably active.

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      3•2 years ago

      Just getting into Ham radio and SDR myself as of late, so cool and so fun to tweak around with. Got any recommendations for guides or articles to read and learn from? I’m brand new just got a SDR-RTL dongle 📡

      • @minorsecond@lemmy.ml
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        3•2 years ago

        You should check out Ham Radio Crash Cpurse on YouTube. Lots of great info there.

    • @agitatedpotato@lemmy.world
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      3•2 years ago

      Hell yeah, came here to say this. 73 friend.

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      Just getting into this myself! Got any recommendations for guids/videos/articles? I’d be happy to check anything out 👍

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