Which Radio License Do YOU Need?

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  • There's a huge amount of radio spectrum out there, and in the US there are almost as many licenses as there are radio bands. Here's an explanation of which licenses cover what, and which bands do what. Now you can make your own band plan and start building your communication plan.
    2:05 - FRS
    2:59 - GMRS
    4:54 - MURS
    6:05 - Marine and Aviation
    7:08 - Amateur Radio Bands
    9:53 - Ham Radio Testing
    13:30 - Business Band Radio
    17:45 - The Grey Areas
    20:50 - The Citizens Band
    25:20 - Having a Communication Plan
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  • @NonyaDamnbusiness
    @NonyaDamnbusiness หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    When I got my amateur license, I looked up my Dad's license and he didn't have an amateur radio license - he had a full-blown "PG - General Radiotelephone Operator License" and shows him as "CM - Commercial Operator".
    Dad was an AM radio DJ back in the day right after he got back from his second tour in Vietnam and finally got out of the Army.
    He passed away years ago but the FCC still shows his license as "Active" since those licenses *never* expire.

  • @TheTechPrepper
    @TheTechPrepper หลายเดือนก่อน +68

    Great overview of the radio services available along with their relative strengths and limitations. I am a big fan of MURS for local, close in neighborhood use. It's license free, only 5 channels (so simple to use), and you can add a higher gain antenna to improve performance. At $20-$25 a piece they are great to buy in bulk and hand out to your neighbors in an emergency. We're also exploring Meshtastic for the same use case, but with the explicit goal to legally use encryption.

    • @Eric10179
      @Eric10179 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      This is the team up I never knew I needed 😎. Can’t wait to see all the cool stuff you guys got going on!

    • @josephthomas8318
      @josephthomas8318 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I've been trying to get more unlicensed guys who are interested in radio to put up basic murs antennas. Just a handful of people with a simple copper jpole, 35ft of amazon coax, and one of those cheap Chinese radios from radioddity can cover a decent area and provide relays for other unlicensed people with only baofengs.

  • @tomsmall6220
    @tomsmall6220 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    Looking forward to The Tech Prepper collaboration. Really glad you are using a G90, as I have one too. The detailed setup info will be really helpful. Thanks for serving freedom. 👍

  • @RAMZAVFX
    @RAMZAVFX หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    Cars need their own CBs again. It would start fights at first. However, if it became common again, people would be more cordial if they knew they could be roasted on an open frequency. 😂

    • @turn-n-burn1421
      @turn-n-burn1421 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I'm not sure that's a good idea, although it'd be fun. As a former tractor trailer driver for a yuge company, I used to get tickled whenever there was a wreck holding up traffic for miles and you'd have 'drivers' threatening each other.

    • @RAMZAVFX
      @RAMZAVFX หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@turn-n-burn1421 fair fair

  • @grant-is
    @grant-is หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    This was ridiculously informative and was explained and stacked in a way that I've never discovered otherwise. Appreciate it, one of the few channels that helps explore the fringes of possibilities within the confines of reality.

  • @spencerm5913
    @spencerm5913 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Idk if you or someone else is writing these scripts, but the humor sprinkled in is absolutely hilarious 😂. Your delivery is always so casual and dry, yet sarcastic 🤌🏻

  • @andrewdoornink5173
    @andrewdoornink5173 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Just a clarification: the $35 fee goes to the FCC for the license itself. VECs (Volunteer Exam Coordinators) charge $15 per testing session. If you pass your Technician test and fail the General, you'll pay $15 dollars to the VEC and $35 to the FCC once your paper work has been processed. If you want to re-test for General, you pay $15 to the VEC but since you already have an active license you don't need to pay another $35.

  • @Eric10179
    @Eric10179 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Radios and radio licences are like guns, ammunition, and tools. Get all of them, use all of them, train with all of them. That is if you’re truly serious about the subject.

    • @T.REXLabs
      @T.REXLabs  หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Very true. Radio may require more regular training than certain shooting fundamentals.

    • @__logan__duvalier__
      @__logan__duvalier__ หลายเดือนก่อน

      yes sir !

  • @Spessforce
    @Spessforce หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    Can Trex Arms purchase a business band license and then add all of us as authorized users?

    • @texasranger24
      @texasranger24 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Yeah, team up with S2 Underground and some others in the space and it might just work...

    • @kevingross7139
      @kevingross7139 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      That would be a epic collaboration. Do it do it!

    • @Eric10179
      @Eric10179 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Not really. Business radios licences are dolled out geographically :/

    • @GrahamBartle
      @GrahamBartle หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Constant nationwide usage? Sounds like a multi-million dollar item.

  • @timdietz350
    @timdietz350 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    The FCC budget is actually funded by licensing fees. There isn't really any significant tax dollar amount associated with them unless you count any time spent by congress messing with FCC regulations.

  • @snubby1231
    @snubby1231 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    These labs videos are probably the most informative inclusive videos I’ve ever seen, I’ve watched dozens of hours of other TH-cam videos from many sources to acquire just about the same amount of knowledge completely covered in this video

  • @bellatoramatbellum
    @bellatoramatbellum หลายเดือนก่อน +60

    At the risk of being that guy, the driver of a boat is the pilot. The man in charge is the captain, and depending on the size of the boat the captain might also be piloting the boat. Aviation takes a lot from naval tradition.
    Edit: somebody can't spell, it was me.

    • @leaningfree
      @leaningfree หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I was a child and had a speech impediment. I wanted to be a PILOT, not a PIRATE!!!!! /endPiratesofPenzance

    • @SladeMcCuiston
      @SladeMcCuiston หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      At the risk of being that guy, I don't trust people who can't spell what they're supposedly experts about. It's captain, not captian.

    • @bellatoramatbellum
      @bellatoramatbellum หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@SladeMcCuiston fair enough 😂

    • @dauby0913
      @dauby0913 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      what about skipper ?

    • @bellatoramatbellum
      @bellatoramatbellum หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@dauby0913 another word for captain

  • @p0pgh0st
    @p0pgh0st หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Thank you for doing this video! I ran into a similar video back in December and got my GMRS license. Fell in love with the hobby and ended up getting my HAM Technician license this month. I’m in my early 30’s and didn’t have much amateur radio exposure. These videos really help get more people into the hobby and I hope for more people from my generation to join!

  • @lukepippin4781
    @lukepippin4781 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    For ham radio, the testing fee is $15. The license fee is $35. Just got my technician license a few weeks ago, and my GMRS license about 3 weeks before that. I’m loving getting on the radio.

  • @John-lz3hf
    @John-lz3hf หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I've had GMRS for the last year and been holding off on HAM because I figured I didn't need it, but you sold me on it. I'll do it this weekend.

    • @chublez
      @chublez หลายเดือนก่อน

      Good luck! GMRS is a great service. HAM is a whole nother world open to you, really its more like worlds there so many directions to go if you make general.

  • @wpherigo1
    @wpherigo1 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    “Superior radio powers and skills” .. not a hint of a smile, smirk or wink! Completely straight face! Very informative. Definitely going to get a ham license.

  • @pale_2111
    @pale_2111 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I got my Extra back in August of 2022. Mostly operate HF and VHF, not a lot on UHF, but do occasionally get on a 70cm repeater. I would like to get the IC-905 for SHF, but here in East Tennessee, those bands would be about useless and over $3K wasted.
    Maybe some time do a voice demo on D-STAR, C4FM, DMR and other digital voice modulation? Having a digital voice radio comes in handy when trying to stay somewhat private on the amateur spectrum. I have two out of the big three digital voice modes, D-STAR and C4FM. If need be, I'd be more than happy to come out one weekend and help out with a demo.
    Great video and looking to learn some more.
    W4ISB
    Mike in Tennessee

  • @CzechSixTv
    @CzechSixTv 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    A single individual GMRS license doesn't cover the whole family, only immediate family as the FCC defines them. Those would be the licensee's spouse, children, grandchildren, stepchildren, parents, grandparents, stepparents, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and in-laws. It doesn't cover cousins or more distant family members. The family members it does cover do not have to live in the same household as the licensee and the license doesn't cover any non-relatives even if they live in the same household as the licensee.
    Removable antennas are allowed on all GMRS radios, handheld or portable. Only handhelds capable of transmitting authorized digital data(short text messages/GPS coordinates) are required to have a fixed antenna. The narrow band channels were originally FRS exclusive frequencies(before 2017 rules change). Those are still limited to 0.5w, only handhelds can transmit on them and they are near useless beyond 1/4 mile in most areas.
    On the subject of CB wattage limits there are some common misconceptions. FM CB is limited to 4w constant carrier, meaning it's 4w dead key or when modulated. AM is limited to a 4w average carrier that can be modulated up to 100% while SSB has no carrier and is limited to 12w Peak Envelope Power(PEP). AM CB modulated at 100% results in 16w PEP, 33% more power than SSB. What makes SSB work better at longer distances is its narrower bandwidth signal(4khz vs 8khz) that better cuts through noise.

  • @tonyseiber55
    @tonyseiber55 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It was nice to hear CB brought up in a talk about radios, my grandpa always had CBs in every vehicle it came into good use several times

  • @AGeekNamedRoss
    @AGeekNamedRoss หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Correction: Extra doesn't give you the ability to administer tests. It's part of it, but you'll need to pass the open-book VE test. Once you pass, General may only administer tests to Tech, Extra may administer tests to everyone.

    • @isaacbotkintrex
      @isaacbotkintrex หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Ah, good point.

    • @AGeekNamedRoss
      @AGeekNamedRoss หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@isaacbotkintrex Great video though. It covers a ton of stuff that I find my self repeating to folks. Now, I'll just share the video.

  • @Briathos1
    @Briathos1 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is so helpful. I’m new with all of the Comms stuff. Grateful for the information.

  • @StevenThuroczy
    @StevenThuroczy หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    LOVE THE CHANNEL THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING TREX DOES FOR THE COMMUNITY

  • @eliaspergande2663
    @eliaspergande2663 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This content fascinates me thank you bro!

  • @EllenRuthSoap
    @EllenRuthSoap หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    So informative! Thanks Isaac

  • @813sierravictor
    @813sierravictor หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    If you don't mind being a low key outlaw, a high powered CB (usually called a 10 meter radio or export radio, for legal reasons) is definitely the way to go on CB. I've witnessed a 50 watt radio with a big antenna talk 5 + miles through dense trees and low hills, mobile to mobile.
    Great video as usual! Keep the content coming, please!

  • @Alberecht
    @Alberecht หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This helped a lot to kick my butt into gear and start studying, thanks

  • @leaningfree
    @leaningfree หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Ok, the bit with the editor trying to spell amateur and settling for HAM cracked me up. I don't know why, but it just hit my funny bone!

  • @thomas_jay
    @thomas_jay หลายเดือนก่อน

    Best explanation I have seen so far.
    Very understandable

  • @rickmitchell6642
    @rickmitchell6642 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Tennessee has a lot of fixed marine radios on very tall towers for the lakes and rivers for Coast Guard

  • @Ravespillo
    @Ravespillo หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Awesome info, thanks for putting this together.

  • @jamesbridges7750
    @jamesbridges7750 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    CB is creeping forward too. FM is now legal, and hopefully data will come at some point. Skip is really condition dependent , but a couple of quarter wavelength counterpoise set up in an inverted v or a half wavelength NVIS are pretty convenient because it is a relatively short wavelength.

  • @davidgaines8607
    @davidgaines8607 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    CB base stations were a pretty big thing in my area before and even during the first years of the Internet and cell phones ( 80's and 90's) . We regularly communicated with the same old people every day , across town and even several towns away at night .Conditions were always better at night for local talk. Skip was during the day mostly , inconsistent at best , more about conditions and luck (and maybe a little bit of cheating) .
    Hand tuned radios , directional antennas on electric rotors , maybe some amplifiers here and there (solid state and even vacuum tube) .
    I have fond memories of that time of my life actually. I met some interesting people.

  • @seraiah8277
    @seraiah8277 หลายเดือนก่อน

    this is great! been working on getting my comms up and running.

  • @JAT_4321
    @JAT_4321 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Booyah. This channel is awesome.

  • @kvnclay
    @kvnclay หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Correction in the FCC fees for ham radio. There is an optional $10 fee for taking this test and may be administered by the testing group during the testing session.
    The $35 fee is the FCC's administration fee. Once the paperwork has been submitted by the testing group and processed by the FCC, the applicant will receive an email where they can pay the fee.

  • @nicehandsfeet11
    @nicehandsfeet11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Excellent content as always

  • @notshared2543
    @notshared2543 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I've been a ham for 11yrs and recently got gmrs. I've been happy with gmrs range for local coms (my primary use case) and have been able to get the family to use them. Midland mxt275 for home base station and vehicles, HTs for ATVs, and a few mars mod radios for just in case.
    Glad to see collaboration with radio community trex, tech prepper, josh, and not a Rubicon...
    A how to on a gmrs repeater would be an interesting video

  • @millbean13
    @millbean13 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I really like the Lab videos from Issac. I enjoy that more than the regular gun content even. Interesting things and good information. Even that one on the Dune movie. Altogether interesting.

  • @AK4TF
    @AK4TF หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    VE (volunteer examiner) for my local radio club. Exam fee is $15 I believe. The $35 fee is the FCC's most recently imposed fee for a new license grant. General VE's do exist but can only grade Technician exams, whereas you need to have Advanced (old license class no longer offered) and Extra administer General exams, only Extra can grade extra exams.
    But yes, studying the tests to pass the tests is the easiest way to pass. Anything you don't get right on the practice tests, look up and learn about so you know why you didn't get the questions right and can pass later. That's how I got my license. I passed Tech and General in one sitting, about 6 months later I upgraded to Extra.

  • @Intellistan
    @Intellistan หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very well done. Extra class😎

  • @mr_e_mc2
    @mr_e_mc2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    NOTE on where you said Skip the CB Handheld, I say they are still a good use for them BUT I have the Midland 75-822 as one of my CB setups it is mainly a dedicated car install with external antenna but has a battery pod that converts it to a handheld, so its best of both worlds as i can rabidly convert it to a portable option as needed. I live where there is a lot of logging roads and all the logging trucks use CB still, so any time you go down a logging road you want to make sure and tune into the designated channel for that road (they have signs up noting channels) so you know where the big rigs are so you wont wind up block them and causing a traffic jam, AND on multiple occasions I have come across logging rigs that needed help backing up down narrow roads and i was able to grab my CB convert to handheld and assist in flagging and communicate to the driver making the process a lot easier

  • @BigSil57
    @BigSil57 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great info bro!! 👍🏾

  • @cxsey8587
    @cxsey8587 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Was literally just looking into this today, so glad my favorite tactical tech channel is talking about them

  • @JoeRoscoe_DFW
    @JoeRoscoe_DFW หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great channel! Thanks for your generosity.
    BTW, I've heard that the FCC is self funded. That is not to say that license fees add up to much. Used to be the amateur license was free (until recently). Most fees are generated by licenses granted to commercial broadcasters.

    • @T.REXLabs
      @T.REXLabs  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah, when they auction blocks of frequency off to the big telecom carriers, it's a lot of money.

  • @alexhdz512
    @alexhdz512 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank yall for providing this much needed knowledge. My favorite T Rex channel 🦖 🤓

  • @zzzetsulive
    @zzzetsulive หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    As someone who is new, ill stick with 915mhz lora and just reach some locals for a grand total of less than $100

  • @jinks6410
    @jinks6410 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love your coms videos. We need a video on DMR

  • @simonnizerontheroad
    @simonnizerontheroad หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ok this is officially my new favourite channel. Please make a video on mesh technology available to the consumer one way or another. Things like the Gotenna pro v2 or the new D.o.c.k. System announced by kagwerks (not sure if that one will be available for the commercial market or if they are still at the prototype phase even) or any other company or product that I wouldn’t be aware of. Regardless I am looking for something that will offer mesh radio technology compatible to use Atak/itak off grid. If it offers voice communication through the mesh (which sadly even though it offers everything else through atak like txt msg, location data etc. The Gotenna device does not do voice) that would be the cherry on top of the Sunday. Basically I want Mpu5 capability or as close to it as possible without paying mpu5 money 😂. Please help with your wisdom.😅

  • @Mrgunsngear
    @Mrgunsngear หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    🇺🇸

  • @KrautSpaceMagic
    @KrautSpaceMagic หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i just took my technician test, literally paid the fcc their 35 dollars right before i saw this video, and god i wish i had this video before i did all the studying and testing. i was thinking the whole time i was studying "god i wish there was a whole chart that explained what sections of what frequencies can you do certain things and what requires what licensure". yall wouldn't happen to have a better version of the "hand drawn" graph that actually denotes the specific ranges of the sections of band, what they can be used for, max power levels for certain license level, and what license level, would you?

  • @stupidityonly478
    @stupidityonly478 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thanks Isaac

  • @robertodwyer2979
    @robertodwyer2979 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    From 1977 to 1990 channel 10 on the cb was the call channel in Toronto Ontario, Canada

    • @M81_WOODLAND
      @M81_WOODLAND หลายเดือนก่อน

      Channel 6 in the US was (kinda still is?) the "Super Bowl." ALLLL kinds of wild stuff going on there.

  • @kuyakonggaming
    @kuyakonggaming หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    love it

  • @Jkp1321
    @Jkp1321 หลายเดือนก่อน

    MURS is a highly underrated band for prepared citizens who want something more capable than FRS without a license, and the MURS frequencies are less used. Some MURS radios even offer quasi-encryption by having voice scramblers built in.

  • @chublez
    @chublez หลายเดือนก่อน

    Pretty good run down other than yer bit bout CB. Pretty clear you've spent little to no time on 11m and know no truck drivers somehow. Very few truckers on 11m anymore outside a few Metro areas that it's still popular with the locals, really its more a play place for a different kind of radio than HAM, sometimes a bit more crude and rude sometimes just less formal. Good jumping of place for some regional HF comms if you have a group where not everyone wants to test though for sure and can be a bit cheaper than HAM kit out. Long distance is possible just like 10m depending on conditions and kit.

  • @mattthereverend1989
    @mattthereverend1989 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What hytera model do you use?

  • @stevevanness8274
    @stevevanness8274 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The first test before you get any of your licenses is navigating the ancient FCC website.

    • @isaacbotkintrex
      @isaacbotkintrex หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes. You must prove yourself worthy.

  • @dannyjoe444
    @dannyjoe444 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I have found an Atak alternative for civilians (very cheap setup), 2 radios and 2 phone! I tested different SSTV modes with osmand (map screen shot), and send it offline with my frs radio. So basically its a cheap way to send intel, photos, and gps information!

    • @johnfarmer2674
      @johnfarmer2674 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Explain please

    • @dannyjoe444
      @dannyjoe444 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @johnfarmer2674 I use on my phone some apps (sstv encoder and Robot 36 for transforming images in radio waves or audio files! Before that, you can do a screenshot on your phone to a map or GPS location , and put the image in sstv encoder then use pd240 for better quality image (this will take a few minutes), but afther transforming the image you can save it as a wave file and send it later. You can try pd120 mode or robot 36 the fastest of this encoder mode (but this mode is for low quality image).
      And then a friend of your can decode this audio file with robot 36 app. You need 2 frs radios, or a cheap baofeng uv-5r, or other walkie talkie and just put the phone speakers (microphone) close to the radio. The phone will decode the sound, and the radio will do the rest in an off grid comms set-up.

  • @angelscomputers
    @angelscomputers 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    While I'm pro of "Defund the FCC" I will suggest fact check what you said. I read awhile back the FCC is not Tax funded as you said, they live from COMMERCIAL license fees and fines. There is a TON of money on commercial license fees, starting from cellphone companies, companies, to even the same government agencies (police, etc)

  • @terryshrives8322
    @terryshrives8322 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I just went all the way to extra. Why not…

  • @greggullett1272
    @greggullett1272 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is such a complex issue.

  • @ThePolysyllabist
    @ThePolysyllabist หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    MRS 3 - Every 3 hours on the hour - for 3 minutes
    Even if you don't have a license, you should have this capability

  • @frankthetank3342
    @frankthetank3342 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Some clubs will not allow you to retest, if you fail. They are donating their afternoon, not wanting to be there longer than necessary. You need a minimum of 74% correct to pass. I would study and practice test unil you can do 90% or more, reliably. Just my opinion.

  • @_Art.Vandelay
    @_Art.Vandelay หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The Trex Talk podcast logo on Apple has the photoshop cursor in the bottom center. Literally unlistenable.

  • @louisneuman2410
    @louisneuman2410 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How would they catch you using wrong equipment for different channels such as removable antenna? Or if you do encrypt

    • @isaacbotkintrex
      @isaacbotkintrex หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is part of that grey area. If the label is worn off of that radio, who can say? If someone busted the loctite holding an antenna on, how would you know? Encryption on the ham bands that expressly forbid it is more cut and dried.

  • @NorthernMontanaHomestead
    @NorthernMontanaHomestead หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    For short range comms ham is not needed. GMRS and MURS are fine.

  • @MrRedFox13Photography
    @MrRedFox13Photography หลายเดือนก่อน

    I miss having a cb in my car. Lol and that was like 2014.

  • @Megellin
    @Megellin หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Heh, you're not wrong! HF can do amazing things, but if you don't know what you are doing your more likely to mess up your equipment than make contacts, fm is a lot more friendly thanks to the cheap Chinese radio market, but if your trying to do stuff in the ham band you still need to know things like repeater offset and ctcss tones, because simplex is exactly the same line of site as gmrs without the repeaters. (Gmrs with repeaters is wanna- be ham radio operators... Go take the technician test already!!! Then you have a lot more people you can talk with, also you can use things like hotspots and digital mode devices to talk all over the world from anywhere!) Business stuff is boring and unbelievably expensive unless you're repurposing it from some garage sale find to play on a hotspot (pending you found programming software and cable... Good luck!😂) Shortwave so you can hear someone calling cq in Spanish half way through an evangelist broadcast station!😂😂😂😂

  • @SteveBerwick
    @SteveBerwick หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    TL;DR: Get them all

  • @jalpa9642
    @jalpa9642 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Can a Holder of the Technician's License just re-new it and not go up to the General.......? =)

    • @rlee6763
      @rlee6763 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes you may.
      Once you test, pass and receive your Tech license, there is no requirement to ever upgrade. You may just renew at your 10 year license renewal date each time.
      I know guys that have been Technician Hams for 20+ years and never intend on moving up. Understand though, legally you cannot operate on HF bands. Hope this helps.
      Lee, KQ4BAC

  • @havoc_64
    @havoc_64 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Newbie here so I apologize if this question is meh..... What about DMR?? Where does that fit in?

    • @isaacbotkintrex
      @isaacbotkintrex หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      DMR is a transmission mode. You can use it on any of the digital parts of ham bands unencrypted, or on any of the business bands with encryption, if your radio supports it.

    • @havoc_64
      @havoc_64 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks Much!!

  • @jamesgichuru167
    @jamesgichuru167 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I don’t need the governments permission to use something they didn’t create. I’ll pass on any liscense and use what I want.

  • @LimaGolfBravo
    @LimaGolfBravo หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Who’s in here remember the Novice, Tech+ and Advance license? 😜

    • @isaacbotkintrex
      @isaacbotkintrex หลายเดือนก่อน

      I did forget that it was called novice. I should have mentioned that in the video.

    • @LimaGolfBravo
      @LimaGolfBravo หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@isaacbotkintrex no worries. I’m a radio nerd myself and glad to see more high tech content video covering ham radios. Thank you Isaac. By the way, you should host an HF net one of these days.

  • @simonnizerontheroad
    @simonnizerontheroad หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Around here even truckers don’t use CB anymore, everyone is on vhf radios

  • @efbigdave72
    @efbigdave72 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Most all truckers are currently sticking to 19 for all communications

  • @Montblanc1986
    @Montblanc1986 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What are you doing with these radios? Who’s actually on them?

    • @isaacbotkintrex
      @isaacbotkintrex หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      On the T.Rex business band, T.Rex employees. On the hand bands, random friends at various distances. On the GMRS and FRS bands, my family members.

  • @Architect_Art_Vandelay
    @Architect_Art_Vandelay หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I’ve learned more radio knowledge from two Isaac Botkin videos than hours of research 😅

  • @slappomatthew
    @slappomatthew หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Xiegu G90 mafia checking in.

  • @tylerk158
    @tylerk158 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Unlicensed UV5R users unite!

    • @jarman365
      @jarman365 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Nice try alphabet man, nice try 😂

  • @briankendall1978
    @briankendall1978 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Doesn’t Walmart use MURS?

  • @ThePewski
    @ThePewski หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Ive been using gmrs, ham, murs, frs for years without a license. Its not hard to jail break radios if avaiable and easy to program one radio to do all of them. Antennas are aesy to change out. Just dont be a jerk on the air.

    • @Eric10179
      @Eric10179 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Probably shouldn’t get your drivers licence or any other licence for that matter. Just don’t be a jerk on the roads or anything like that and you’ll be fine…

    • @ThePewski
      @ThePewski หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Eric10179 can't be any worse than those licensed drivers

  • @NihilisticHatred
    @NihilisticHatred หลายเดือนก่อน

    I thought ham tests cost $12?

  • @user-mw6mf8dg1e
    @user-mw6mf8dg1e หลายเดือนก่อน

    🙏🇺🇸🙏

  • @unitedstatesirie7431
    @unitedstatesirie7431 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    You must have me mistaken with someone that trust politicians and their FCC licensing. ⚠️I will NOT buy a license or permit to talk on my 2 meter HAM radios ! What part of 1st 'Amendment Freedom of Speech' don't you understand ????

  • @timpetrillo2802
    @timpetrillo2802 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Bare minimum you need a General and a GMRS license. But you should get the Amateur Extra upgrade.

    • @bellatoramatbellum
      @bellatoramatbellum หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Why go for extra?

    • @timpetrillo2802
      @timpetrillo2802 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@bellatoramatbellum you get more bandwidth in HF that's reserved for only Extra and is used for super long DX transmission. Not a lot of room in some bands and this is like vip rooms reserved for only us. Also you can get a vanity call sign that's only 4 characters in total, such as X0XX or XX0X. It's not mandatory but I had to get mine for those reasons.

    • @bellatoramatbellum
      @bellatoramatbellum หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@timpetrillo2802 I should get extra so I can more easily talk to unknown foreign nationals?

    • @Eric10179
      @Eric10179 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bellatoramatbellumremote operation and building your own repeater are 2 really good benefits.

  • @ozarkman291
    @ozarkman291 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    The chad option is to antagonize the local diabetic boomers with your unlicensed transmitions. Take the notarubicon pill

  • @gromit848
    @gromit848 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Pilot of the boat not driver

  • @WR3ND
    @WR3ND หลายเดือนก่อน

    Soup Can

  • @nonactive3654
    @nonactive3654 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That's the neat part. You dont=)

  • @Delta2-4Gaming
    @Delta2-4Gaming หลายเดือนก่อน

    You don't need any of them, haha, unless you'd like to have them.

  • @gadsdenconsulting7126
    @gadsdenconsulting7126 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I just cant seem to find any reason to get licensed to use free radio waves. 🤷‍♂️

    • @Eric10179
      @Eric10179 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Why did you get a drivers licence then

    • @gadsdenconsulting7126
      @gadsdenconsulting7126 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Eric10179 where does free radio waves equate to driving a car? Are you high?

    • @Eric10179
      @Eric10179 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@gadsdenconsulting7126 no I’m not high, but I think you might have a comprehension deficiency. The radio licence, much like a drivers licence, is a certificate of competency. It shows that you understand your responsibilities and will act intelligently and respectfully, and when you don’t, you get it taken away. Radio frequencies are an extremely limited resource, so they must be divided up and shared accordingly. Identification and licensing is how we know that people are playing in their respective sandboxes and not infringing on others spaces. If there wasn’t designated spaces it would be overrun by those with only the deepest of wallets. The little guy wouldn’t stand a chance.

    • @dafunkmonster
      @dafunkmonster หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@gadsdenconsulting7126 What gives you the right to shout into the homes of millions of other people?
      That's what you're doing with RF. You're blasting it out, bogarting the spectrum, drowning out anybody else who might be trying to use it, and hogging a common resource.
      It would be the equivalent of you buying a bulldozer and just smashing through everyone on the road because they're in your way.
      You get a driver's license so you can utilize public (common) roadways without harming other people. You get a radio license (or licensed device) so you can utilize public airwaves without harming other people.

    • @gadsdenconsulting7126
      @gadsdenconsulting7126 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Eric10179 And there we have it... you're a sad HAM! You do you. I'll keep doing my thing as a free user of the free radio waves. I'm very competent, and don't need to pay the gubment to prove it, or ask permission to demonstrate it.
      👋 😜👍

  • @baron1c
    @baron1c หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My hang up for ham and gmrs is giving my address to the federal government with a bright neon sign saying “hey I have com gear at this location” and down the road when they want to enslave the citizenry they come a callin. Is there a way to not be an outlaw and get your license but not actually Having my address on a list?

    • @Eric10179
      @Eric10179 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You can use a PO Box instead of your full address if you have one. Also realize, you have a supercomputer in your back pocket at all times. Anyone who wants to find you already knows everything they need to know. You’re already on many a list. They don’t need to see your address assigned to your callsign to find and enslave you.

    • @dafunkmonster
      @dafunkmonster หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You're already on a list, bud. Your location is associated with your IP via your service provider (whether that's an internet connection or a cell data connection). Your IP is associated with your username. A government bot has likely already scraped your comment and potentially flagged it as "does not trust government".
      Not that it matters anyway. Because when the day comes that the government is interested in shutting down your radio communications, they'll simply send a guy with a van and an antenna array to find you. It will take less than an hour.

    • @Eric10179
      @Eric10179 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@dafunkmonsterexactly

    • @baron1c
      @baron1c หลายเดือนก่อน

      Y’all are missing the point. I know I’m in several lists. I pay taxes. The point is that if they hear me on the air, DF my azimuth, over lay a map with pins of people in my neighborhood who have licenses and find me in 10 minutes. Vs not having my address on map and hitting the sad ham in my neighborhood first and give me time to slip away

  • @daytona1212
    @daytona1212 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    We need no license. It's about time FCC needs to catch up with the time and forget about this nonsense.

    • @turn-n-burn1421
      @turn-n-burn1421 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I watch notarubicon all the time. Not subscribed, but I still get notices. That guy, Randy, kills me. I am 100% in his camp.

  • @ghostedyoutuber263
    @ghostedyoutuber263 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    It is illegal to broadcast in amateur radio.

    • @Eric10179
      @Eric10179 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      It’s kinda just word semantics. Most people don’t know that the definition of broadcasting is a 1-way transmission, so they are just using the word incorrectly but on accident.

  • @Mexmex1975
    @Mexmex1975 หลายเดือนก่อน

    WW3 looming and you guys still think a license is important?

  • @Jkp1321
    @Jkp1321 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    IMO the licensing system of armature radio is an outdated relic of the Cold War. Back then there would have certainly been a real concern of espionage, but there was also no such thing as relatively inexpensive Chinese made radios that allow anyone to "plug and play" on the radio without causing problems. The technician license should not require so much technical jargon to study just to jabber on the radio.

    • @Eric10179
      @Eric10179 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It’s essentially a competency test, just like a drivers test. It’s not outdated, the entire world works like this…

    • @dafunkmonster
      @dafunkmonster หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The purpose of amateur radio is not to enable you to buy premade 2W handheld transceivers.
      The purpose of amateur radio is to make sure you know what the hell you're doing before you go building an antenna and pumping 1500 watts through it. It's also to make sure you don't run around stepping on, say, public safety traffic while trying to key up to talk to your friends.
      "The technician license should not require so much technical jargon to study just to jabber on the radio."
      My dude, the technician license is easy to get. It's the most basic content. If you can't handle it, you have no business trying to get licensed. Stick to $10 blister pack FRS radios.

    • @Eric10179
      @Eric10179 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@dafunkmonster preach

    • @Jkp1321
      @Jkp1321 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Eric10179 drivers tests don't even work because people still can't drive

    • @Jkp1321
      @Jkp1321 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@dafunkmonster ok boomer

  • @TheM0dernPatri0t
    @TheM0dernPatri0t หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    All antenna laws are an infringement lol

    • @wokekkk
      @wokekkk หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Kinda

    • @Eric10179
      @Eric10179 หลายเดือนก่อน

      On what…

  • @tehlolercaust
    @tehlolercaust 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    fuck a license. Nobody needs to be able to identify you if you don't want them to.

  • @Ben-vu4qf
    @Ben-vu4qf หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You don’t need a license in an emergency, given we are at war on our own soil and it’s only looking to get worse id consider this day and age one of emergency id skip the license and learn comms quickly

    • @T.REXLabs
      @T.REXLabs  หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      You don't need a license to transmit in an emergency, but you do need tested gear and practice... which requires that you have been transmitting NOT in an emergency.

    • @Ben-vu4qf
      @Ben-vu4qf หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      We’ve been invaded now for the last 3 years I myself just got radios in the last year and a few books like guerillas guide and been passing that book and another around the group, I will say we haven’t been transmitting because idk how easy it is to zero in and get someone for doing so but I believe fcc hasn’t gone after anyone for transmitting without a license. Either way the times are pretty wild here in the us and so thank you for the knowledge you and your family have shared over the years, hope my comments didn’t come off as rude or anything. Keep up the great work 🙏🫡

    • @Ben-vu4qf
      @Ben-vu4qf หลายเดือนก่อน

      At the end of the day tho our own government doesn’t even care about our own safety and sovereignty we’ve been compromised so therefore i honestly don’t care what they gotta say about the license along with a number of unjust laws that no one Ik will comply with

    • @Eric10179
      @Eric10179 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You won’t gain the knowledge, theory, hands on experience/problem solving, and training as those who took it more seriously than you and got their licence and practiced daily. They’ll be better off and more competent than you, which isn’t ideal for self preservation…

    • @Ben-vu4qf
      @Ben-vu4qf หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Eric10179 or ya know you could just train without the license and let sad hams be sad hams

  • @Adroit1911
    @Adroit1911 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Realistically, you don't need any license. It's the responsibility of free men to disobey unjust law..

    • @Eric10179
      @Eric10179 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This gives off sovereign citizen energy lol

    • @Adroit1911
      @Adroit1911 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Eric10179 cops are the only "sovereign citizens" I'm just a free man. Google the quote, you might be surprised by who made it famous.

    • @Eric10179
      @Eric10179 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Adroit1911 I’m not interested in the quote, your line of reasoning is just low IQ