Difference between revisions of "Entry Level Consumer and Amateur (Ham) Radio - Best Bands, Frequencies, Equipment"
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doc ham | |||
compare to AM, FM bands | |||
fire, police, emt bands | |||
CB handheld unusable in car | |||
mobile station with 12V SLA or lithium batt pack | |||
AM modulation for safety (can hear several people), but electromagnetic noise from many sources | |||
typical power, antenna size, distance | |||
cannot do CB from inside car with a handheld | |||
bands for taxi, police, fire, etc | |||
only covers handheld or mobile related bands and equipment, with usable voice capability | |||
Yaesu, I-Com, Tin-Tac?? | |||
CB, 2m, 70cm, FRS, GPRS | |||
EMS, Fire, Police, Taxi bands | |||
amateur general license | |||
ARRL, local club | |||
internet scanners | |||
used equipment. Include links to e-bay, google shopping, custom craigslist search, amazon. | |||
Mobile, car one is better | |||
good antenna more important than fancy equipment | |||
UHF is line-of-sight | |||
Business Band | |||
GMRS - Theoretical range between two hand-held units would be about one or two miles (about one and a half to three km), mobile units have higher antennas and range of around 5 miles (8 km) | |||
Revision as of 11:47, 15 September 2012
The objective of this article is
doc ham
compare to AM, FM bands
fire, police, emt bands
CB handheld unusable in car
mobile station with 12V SLA or lithium batt pack
AM modulation for safety (can hear several people), but electromagnetic noise from many sources
typical power, antenna size, distance
cannot do CB from inside car with a handheld
bands for taxi, police, fire, etc
only covers handheld or mobile related bands and equipment, with usable voice capability
Yaesu, I-Com, Tin-Tac??
CB, 2m, 70cm, FRS, GPRS
EMS, Fire, Police, Taxi bands
amateur general license
ARRL, local club
internet scanners
used equipment. Include links to e-bay, google shopping, custom craigslist search, amazon.
Mobile, car one is better
good antenna more important than fancy equipment
UHF is line-of-sight
Business Band
GMRS - Theoretical range between two hand-held units would be about one or two miles (about one and a half to three km), mobile units have higher antennas and range of around 5 miles (8 km)
