Amateur Radio (Ham Radio) as Fast As Possible
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- Despite the growth of the Internet, ham radio is still a popular hobby. How does it work, and how is it still relevant in the digital era?
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when I was in Greece I found a ham radio station of an old man telling stories
that’s lovely
@@commandcracker8635 hello stranger, how did you find my comment? 😂
@@TheHumanEwokit’s still up for all to see😂
@@Dingdongwitchisdead I know that 😂 it's six years old though. How far did you end up scrolling?
you don’t have to scroll far! you’re top comment when i clicked on comments.
I'm so happy right now I can't even. This is what ham radio really needs - big names in social media talking about it to help us increase awareness. It's really an amazinf and fascinating hobby. Awesome!!!
The timing for this video was great, ive been interested in it for a few years and have been studying a lot more seriously to get my tech, and hopefully go right up to general in the same testing session. My personal biggest interest is to work HF on QRP
Even better, work HF on a QRP radio you've homebrewed, using Arduino or Raspberry Pi. Ham Radio operators are the only folks who can build and run their own equipment and make contacts across the world.
KK6FUT Definitely agree. I've been playing around with arduous and pic micro controllers, and im going to get a Rasberry pi 3 soon, i would love to interface it to something like those 6 band HF transceiver kits on eBay that dont come with a VFO or anything and make my own half home brew SDR radio with built in data modes for PSK31 and winlink email stuff. .
HAM needs a shake up from the Top Down, including the AARL. HAM radio should keep the Tradtional lines of communication open with HF, CW, and Packet Radio. but for those not operating SW, HAM should adopt NXDN/iDAS as the new Standard for Dual Band VHF/UHF radios. Digital Voice clarity, Built in GPS , Built in IP connectivity. Imagine, at a HAM convention, operating 1w IP Digital mode and Talking with Participents at convention and with World Wide contacts LIVE.
Just stumbled across this video. Too cool.
I am a ham operator. Thank you Linus for putting this out there. The gps is called automatic packet reporting system or aprs.
The script is written by a ham and yes, he knows what APRS is, but it's superfluous info not necessary for a TechQuickie primer video. - WU2F
+LegoGuy funny seeing my very first HF contact here in the comments :P (kd9dal here)
Jon Sands Hey, how 'bout it! :D
And just when I was about to write off all TH-cam comments...
I'm glad you remember that. :)
+LegoGuy thank you.
-KEOGHO
Now which LTT member is a ham?
I need to get an HF radio :L
I went to get my license when I was 13, and everyone there looked at me like I was lost or something.
and you think that is akward, imagine being 11.
I know what you mean I was 10
Not hardly... We have many young hams. You are not special. I've heard of as young as 8 years old operator's
@@hamtrucker
“Special” is debatable. Common? Anything but. Probably 1% of adults have a HAM license? Maybe 0.001% of people under 18 have a license.
Cool! I'm doing a project on the ham radio now and I was wondering if you would be able to talk some about that?
Years ago i was playing guitar. One time when i set the guitar down i started hearing a creepy distant slavic voice coming from my amp (i live in the netherlands)
Being 12 at the time i almost started thinking i was intercepting some kind of shady KGB business, now i know it was most likely a monologue about why kotlet is better than hamburgers from halfway across the continent.
😂😂😂
You are right. A mixer is a mixer we would strum a base guitar. And pic near by POLICE. Off the air. We lived in a urban area of ohio usa. findlay ohio to be exact. Interstate l-75/us 224. A real hot spot.( Circa 1966)
Lol, you and Dustin from Stranger Things could go along well!
Lol dit gebeurde een paar maanden geleden met mn basgitaar
Ha! I "modded" a guitar pedal when I was about 13 (by "modded" I mean more like... soldering and unsoldering random things), and when I brought it to band practice, the same thing happened and we were all very confused. Now I have a reel to reel player that does the same thing when I hit the rewind button (random radio signals start playing)
walking dead is proof you need ham radio in your life
Walking Dead is proof you can turn even the apocalypse into a soap opera.
bruh
the chances of that happening are astronomically small, and if it happens you can always still make one easily since ham radio's are very easy to make.
Both good points but better to be familiar with using ham radio before you need to use it in an emergency situation.
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That....actually sounds like a really fun hobby. I've heard of amateur radios before (mostly about how they can communicate with the ISS on certain frequencies), but I haven't given it any serious thought until now. It seems like a lot of fun involving lots of learning, challenges and a dedicated community.
Go for it! You can get into it for as little as 30 with a cheapo handheld
( baofengradio.us for example )
I got my License at 9
73 kc9pop
Thanks for the info guys. You really got me hyped to try it. Will check out the subreddit for more info, because there's a lot I don't know about how to get started.
Awesome! Feel free to stop by the IRC and ask questions there, lots of helpful people hang out there! Otherwise there is a wiki in the sidebar! I hope to hear you on the air sometime!
73 K0NJR
Ham radio general license
I really hope you stayed interested and got your license! I’m studying for my general license and hope to pass the test at the end of the month. Best of luck and hopefully you’re enjoying the hobby like us fellow hams! 73 - KC3EZP
This video reignited the flame for HAM radio inside of my during 2020 so when my exams were cancelled i decided to take the plunge an get my licence. Thank you for this and talking about this as we need more young people like me in this hobby.
M7BLJ (UK)
Jake
9/11 proved the worth of "ham" radio, and in a SHTF situation regular radio is still vital, Even good 'ol C.B. (it's in the SW band, so with proper equipment, you can get more than "caugh,caugh" legal distance.
Ham Radio proved its worth hundreds of times its just most people don't notice until its pointed out. For example it comes into play at pretty much every natural disaster world wide providing emergency communications like during the months of recovery of Hurricane Katrina.
Most people think handhelds and mobiles are just 2way frs/gmr/CBs. Hams don't really advertise that much(which is a shame, it is a great hobby).
Also in Katrina, a lot of us were able to use text msging since it kind of sits in a queue on your phone till the phone could get a faint signal. It was incredibly slow to wait for them to send, but when you are msging people's loved ones a txt msg was usually easier to facilitate.
This is a response to "Ron Overdrive" because of the latest effing up date to TH-cam doesn't seem to allow "reply" on Android (this week...) I only pointed out 9/11 on account of media attention, as I meant when SHTF, Radio (and I mean radio in the usual point to point regular sense (as cellular ,wifi, satellite and Bluetooth are technically radio) was AND will be the one "service" that can still work without a "grid" or "network".
It's sad how little it's know with how many people it's saved and helped
Nicely done with a balanced perspective.
Thx, N4RLM
The Canadian on 14.313 shitting up the airwaves is actually Linus
God damnit.
Ive heard that guy down here in the states quite a lot on the air.
Have you heard KC4TVZ on 10m? I use him as a prop beacon. I often hear him +10 in the UK on the beam.
I do the VHF and UHF radios for a bunch of paving companies. Working with numbers around 100k-500MHz day after day makes me forget there's actually radio chatter at 14.313, lol.
Also, I love how data packets are mentioned as cool and futuristic technology here. No one wants to mention how it's several (6-7-8) times more expensive for very little benefit (if at all) and how Digital radio is kinda a joke right now. Cool seeing radio guys here though, didn't expect that.
You just said you work with Vhf-Uhf comm systems... Then you said you work with stuff as low as 100kc's? 50mhz+ is vhf.
I was early.. Came down to comments to find early jokes. Found a bunch of educated replies. Wat
When people talk Ham Radio it gets serious.
Hey, thanks for making this video. Not bad, and you touched the subject quite well. :)
73..
Hey!! Thought I was alone here! 73
How can you get a free amature radio license? So what do you need to know to pass? What level should people get and why?
TexasTimelapse Definitely not alone, and glad to find another!
Start off with Technician. If you can learn computer technical terms and understand it, you're halfway there and the rest will make sense to you. Part is RF safety. Super easy. Frequency ranges in meters to MHz. Basic electrical grounding. Look online for Ham Radio practice tests and study guides. I even have an app on my phone that's helping me study for my Extra Class
And don't look at it as finding a "free license". You are paying volunteers for their time.
Beef radio fast as possible
Chicken Radio pls.
Vegan radio.
Turnip radio
pizza radio plzzzz!!
As a ham it's great to see someone advocating the hobby to a larger group of the general public on the internet. One thing that you have done Linus, whether you realize it or not, is get many more interested in a hobby that desperately needs young people to help keep it sustainable in the future.
Thanks Linus for the video on Ham Radio. I am a Ham Radio Operator in Australia. It is good to hear that companies like yours are aware of the benefits of the Hobby of Amateur Radio.
I just found a link to your video on a amateur radio forum.
I just wanted to say it's an excellent video that gives a nice intro into the Hobby.
A few things that I would love to add is that Amateur radio users can talk all the way across the Planet both day and night with anywhere from 5 watts of power to 1500 watts. We do not need moon bounces or anything else to make this happen. Our frequency allocations give us frequency ranges that work in the day and ones that work at night. We can do this kind of thing with home made antennas made from wire that we string between trees.
These kinds of antennas can be rolled up and thrown in a back pack along with 100 Watt radios that only weights about 8 pounds. Almost all our equipment runs from 12VDC, so we can always use car batteries or 12v UPS batteries to power them.
We have digital modes that allow us to communicate much like tweeting. We also have digital modes that allow us to use a laptop to send HD pictures to one another on any part of the planet.
It's a great Hobby and yes I agree with the other poster, if Rick and the other members of the Walking Dead had a Ham Radio they would know exactly where to go and what area is safe and what area was not. Negan would have a very hard time trapping us :)
73s
Yea nothing beats putting a radio together. Out of scraps. First radio made when I was 7 years Old. 61 years still doing my thing.
Amateur/ham radio: It's kind of a "smart people" hobby, because when EVERYTHING ELSE "BREAKS", we can take a random bin full of scrap parts, throw a wire in a tree or even tap into old phone landlines and use those as an antenna to talk around the world!
Funny how most people think their hobby is a “smart people” hobby
As a "ham" radio operator myself, I would like to say good job! This video is very accurate compared to most videos about the hobby.
I had no idea Linus covered Ham until I saw this this morning! After the last year and a half, I've become more interested in crisis management and survival. I got into radio through a nerdy fascination with shortwave. Seems to be a slight resurgence in interest for the radio hobby online recently too so I know I'm not alone. I think the hobby needs more coverage like this, by individuals people of my age group and younger relate to. Not to disparage the expertise of the older, wiser and clearly more proficient HAMs that have kept the hobby alive but there can be an air of an elitist "old Boy's club" about certain radio clubs and groups these days. I think with the current spate of crises due to climate change and all, the importance of radio in a true emergency needs to be emphasised! You never know when some loon will burn down your local 5G tower! Haha!
Be great if they checked out LoRa. Super cool tech
The old guard is dying off. The kids got in and charged up the walkie talkies.
Thanks for the shout out; always great to spread the word to new ears/eyes...
been ham radio operator for 16 years it's great i use alot i've talked to space station and used it for local events and search and rescue and assisting local police and used it to assist the redcross during Hurricane Katina relaying relaying reports to the coast guard for search and rescue operations. also use it for spotting and storm chasing during floods when cell network was overloaded.
As a long time viewer of all things ltt and techquicky as well as a licenced ham I have no idea why I am only now just seeing this video, really well summed up. Thank you and 73 from M6YEN
Great video, Ham Radio needs more exposure and a larger following! Cheers
Thanks Linus for the video, you've done an excellent job summarizing a pretty tech intensive and diverse hobby. 73 to all from a Michigan ham. Bill KD8YUQ
this video makes me happy to see on my feed. I am one of those 700,000 US ham radio operators. I actually just learned morse code for the sake of more operating area (I'm only a technician, but plan to go to general, then extra). I was actually able to build my first dual band j-pole yesterday (deseret design). any other hams here?
~KI7EDJ
I am not a ham yet but I want to be. I recently bought an rtlsdr dongle and I am exploring and learning some of the different uses of radio frequencies. Any good places to start to become licensed?
I think it would be fun to add more repeaters to our huge ERC repeater (we can use it for casual use if emergency communications aren't being used) to make a repeater network. I hear utah (or maybe some other state, arizona?) has a state wide relay network, and that just sounds super fun.
and it's not unreasonable that I might be able to hit you up on HF once I get general (just gotta find out when they're gonna do the next test, they're so quite about it). I live in SE Idaho, so Connecticut could be reached.
+Trevader I live in Phoenix, Arizona, and the local repeater organization has over 30 repeaters across Arizona, allowing instantaneous communication with ham operators across the state. Additionally, the repeater networks can be linked to California's or Utah's repeater networks with a simple key tone. It's super helpful and fun!
+Pyruvate Personage Sounds much like the Colorado Connect. In the Denver, Colorado Springs areas (and much of the reat of the state) our band plan for repeaters is full.
This is a great video! Really good intro to Amateur Radio made for the Internet generation. Thanks for putting this together. You are making it work, brother!
A lot of us off-road trail folks are licensed operators. It makes keeping up to date on trail dangers much easier.
I used HAM radio to find hot girls.
Did it work?
@@brandoncharbonneau846 Well, the guy is using HAM radio, so that kinda answers your question, right?
Word is he's still looking to this day.
Still looking? Lmao
He's the guy that fooled Sandra Bullock into thinking it was a husky.
Best summary of his video: "Cool right? Well to some it is." There's tons of uses for HAM radio once you get into it, just look around and see what you like.
I'm currently designing a system of RaspberryPI servers and clients that forms a makeshift "Internet" during emergencies. It could theoretically re-broadcast news from a more stable location that still has internet access or even just host the "Have you seen this person?" style boards seen in every movie.
How is this going/status?
Zombie Chibi XD lol 3 years later. I got pretty far actually but still never published my GitHub repo. I’ve been wanting to revisit it here soon. The biggest things I need to improve are 1) PCBs/hardware. 2) My caching algorithm, which helps greatly with low bandwidth networks.
@@aaronchamberlain4698 It's pretty cool. The first thing I think of when revisiting HAM radio was, I need my own makeshift internet/network. So when I see someone who have the same thought, it excites me. I honestly want to see more of this.
@@zombiechibixd If you haven't come across this already, ham radio "internet" already exists. It is called packet radio, on the 2 meter band. It is somewhat limited to BBS style boards, but the primary purpose is communications, not browsing. The stations that have TNC's running can act as nodes that re-transmit the signals that come across them, creating a rather far reaching network.
@@tylerdean980 Mhm, I am aware. I'm more interested in the codes to be honest, there might be something I can learn. Common Radio waves is already a bit too crowded, so I'm looking into another medium instead of it.
@Techquickie I watch your videos quite often and I am super happy to see that Amateur Radio was a topic for one of them in your videos. Thank you for informing users to another medium of communication that has long since existed.
Thank you for this video that will make known our hobby to new people and congratulations for being able to describe well this giant hobby in a 5 minutes video. I would rather have inserted QRP and Morse code in the video. Thank you Linus, 73 --... ...--
this was so cool, ive been a licensed ham radio operator for the past couple of years, i have to say its super fun. you hit just about every point there was to hit.
73's.
How did you get into ham radio? And where did you start?
@@mitchellmatyasse4592 Read about basic electronics and radio theory first
I literally just stopped listening on sw, come inside, pop open computer, than wham! This vid shows up
callum barbra I think 1, though it was bad reception so i'm not sure, but it was mostly Japan, CW, and Digicode transmissions.
callum barbra np, greetings from the US haha, the BBC can be... bland. can we petition them to spice it up
callum barbra haha, yeah... it's pretty bad
You know the BBC has gone the wrong direction when the titles on the home page this week include "The Instagram star that didn't exist" and "Which Star Trek captain are you?"
KK6FUT yeah, it's REALLY bad
Thanks for promoting amateur radio. Its certainly a varied and time consuming hobby. Oh! and an awful lot of fun.....C
Voltage step up and step down converters as fast as possible.
One raises the voltage, the other lowers it
that was fast
Old stuff uses transformers and linear means to lower and raise voltage, newer stuff uses high frequency switching and capacitor filtering to clean it up, basically lowering the voltage can be equated to the way PWM fan control works. Raising the voltage basically passes that PWM signal through big inductor coils to generate higher voltages by passing current through it, then opening the circuit to stop current flow, and a higher voltage is generated by the magnetic field. Step up is called a boost converter, step down is a buck converter.
Yup, can't get much more detailed than that before going too deep into power electronics and losing most of his viewers.
chadmasta5 @
Been watching your vids for a long time. Thanks for promoting this.
A big driver for ham radio is use in remote area's. Large part's of where i live have 0 cell access, sometimes your even 30-50k from the closest point a cell will get a signal. HAM (VHF\UHF) radio's offer the power, and antenna's nessecary to get a communication out almost anywhere. Repeaters are typically solar powered and reside on mountain peaks. Once you connect to a repeater your range is virtually limitless.
Even without a license it's legal to own the hardware, just not broadcast unless it's a emergency. I carry one in my jeep because of the extensive logging in my area. Not only can I listen in and hear logging trucks coming (so I can find a safe place to pull over, which the trucks very much appreciate), but if there's a major road hazard I can warn the truckers of it, or any other serious hazard or emergency. Another key piece of kit is my PLB (personal locator beacon), it's kind of like the popular SPOT beacon, but much more powerful, rugged, and reliable. (hint hint, a video on these would be very cool)
perhaps in America, but in Japan they are really advancing things with D-star, wires, and fusion.
in Japan IP repeaters are popular and they use them to talk to other Towns, Cities, Prefecture another Country or another Continent.
I keep coming back to linus media for exactly this kind of content! Informative and obscure.
You guys should do something hands on with this for fun, basic communications between home, office, and the linusmobile or something like that... keep it around and have it be something unique as a prop or something.
Keep it up guys!
Glad to see this video. You did a nice job covering the basics, without the goofy spin some groups put on it for whatever reason. When it comes down to it, amateur radio is a hobby filled with people who enjoy radio/RF communications and experimenting. We also like to talk, a lot :D For those interested in more of the digital side, look up DMR and APRS. Two of my favorite modes.
DMR is one I started with to have more people to talk to when I was a technician, now I have upgraded to General and find it more organic to get QSLs without infrastructure, don't get me wrong I still use DMR, not as much as I used to though, used to do 4 nets a week on various talkgroups, now I am lucky if I get one
Meteor scatter isn't bouncing the signal off the meteor itself, its instead bouncing the signal off the ionized trail a meteorite leaves behind as it burns up in the Earths atmosphere. Its one of the hardest things to do in ham radio, and to say you've done is a huge accomplishment.
That was pretty well covered, thanks for doing it! - KC5FAZ
Was an alright description of amateur radio.
Honestly the whole 'It's used for emergencies!' thing is something people who are trying to explain amateur radio mention but it's almost irrelevant.
The fun in amateur radio comes from learning. There's so much to learn, about so many different subjects. It's not just 'talking to someone'. It's about electronics, astronomy, chemistry, physics, meteorology etcetc and how they all work together in radio.
So managing to speak to someone the other side of the world, where you're sending radio waves out, which bounce off the ionosphere, a layer of ionised particles in the atmosphere caused by the sun's radiation, which depends on many factors including sun spots, geomagnetic activity etc and managing to come down and reach that person on the other side of our planet, it's amazing, it gives me goosebumps.
We take technology for granted, it's everywhere and most of us don't have a clue how a lot of it works. Amateur radio is amazing because you learn so much and can learn and share your knowledge with other people.
Amateur radio is the gateway into a completely different world, unseen, and huge. I would highly recommend looking into it if you have an interest in technology.
ft6755, you hit the spot of my interest long put off. Learning and the myriad tendrils of science and the thrill of connecting with people anywhere on earth. The time has come for me to step into your world, in spite of 23 other hobbies and two jobs. It’s time to get up and step through that door, given the fact that I’m seventy-four.
When there were the floods in Serbia in May 2014, radio amaterus helped a lot because no phone communication was possible in the flooded areas.
I thought Europe had PMR 446 and FM CB ?
@@leo2395 - I thought EU had Unlicensed Digital Radios ?
Well said. Been a ham since 2009, and have enjoyed various parts of the hobby.
And only limited by what you do, or do not want to explore. Hope to be back to hf, once the tower and new antenna are in place. Looking forward to the dx already, 73 from VE1JES
Hello to everyone from 9A5CPL!
Member of the 9A1A team!
73's from Croatia!
QSL De MM6HHP
QTH Scotland
9A5CPL S55JJ lep pozdrav 73
Just bought a book to study for my license. Apparently, there are parallels between how Tesla Coils work and Ham Radio. Being someone intensely interested in Tesla Coils, I was recommended to get my Ham Radio license. Hopefully, I will learn a lot about the concepts as well as find a new hobby.
HAM radio is widely used in the sailing industry, almost every private sailboat who sails around the world has one.
its Great. someone is always able to hear you, used mostly for weather alerts and emergency situations.
HAM operators are very helpful people, they will place a call for you, many have saved lives.
you can be in the middle of the Pacific ocean, transmit and get someone who can help or just say "hi" to.
There are some who will listen for your call and track your daily progress, if you do not call in they can provide last known location for search and rescue.
Was my first watch, I’ll watch more. Thanks for the info on tunnel bear
Nice to see a video about my hobby in such a positive light. Are you licensed Linus? 73s M0JSX
Congratulations! well explained in a nice short summary.
73
Luis
My parents are heavy into HAM radio. There's 4 big antennas in my yard, and like seven radios on their little radio table.
***** I know a good bit about it, and I've taken the test a couple of times. I just don't have the interest to retain any of the information to be honest. I like to keep to myself. I don't really enjoy talking to people I don't know well, and none of my close friends are interested.
***** Haha! If you ever talk to Semmes, listen out for KJ4YNW, and KM4JXY!
I don't like talking to people either. Chewing the rag isn't for me.
I enjoy projects with my SDR such listening to airplane transponders, local police, listening to the local amateurs talk about their tomato plants, listening to the state's trunked radio system, decoding terrestrial television, etc.
My point is: It doesn't have to be social. ;) 73s
+zachschwenk Yeah! Im basically the same way.Been licensed since the late 90's.Im tinkerer and a listener
Amateur radio bands were essentially authorized before AM or FM bands. They aren't just bands that commercial entities don't want anymore. Corporate America would pay millions for any of the ham bands. BTW, ham remote controls are limited to 1 Watt of power, not much more, if any more than unlicensed remote controls, although I suspect hams can use a lot better antennas, though I haven't checked into it.
AHHH IM A TRUCKER AND THEIRS A BEAR ON MY SIX!
Breaker 1-9. I can't see it from my rocking chair, Roger?
negative! hes my pet, over
Truckers use CB
That's CB, it's frowned upon in the amateur community
CB (also known as the 11 meter band) was once part of the amateur spectrum. A lot of people who enjoy both Ham and CB have radios that will work CB and the 10 meter band as they border each other, and the propagation characteristics of both are usually pretty similar. Lots of Hams are CBers.
HAM here. We use amateur radio for running communications at road rallies (like WRC) since it is a much more reliable form of communication in the remote locations where these events take place
genuinely learned something that I found interesting.
Key point, getting your amateur license is relative easy DEPENDING ON WHAT COUNTRY YOU ARE LIVING. It's a nightmare in Canada.
I'm a long time Ham Radio operator and I TOTALLY endorse this video!
Great work!
73
SBF
sparkybluefox what do you mean 73
73 is a way of ending your conversation. meaning best regards
sparkybluefox Jesus I just became a furry today but this shits fucked to the moon
Hamfurs unite ^w^
@@d.i.n.g.u.s being a hamfur is great ^w^
Excellent work on this video. Great breadth of explanation. Thanks for sharing the knowledge!
as a 14 year old im rlly interested in ham radio and i wanna start saving up money for a radio set, maybe even 2 incase i ever convince a friend or family of mine to start getting into ham and give it to them both as a gift and as a secondary way to communicate
well done Linus, you explained the hobby pretty well mate
Why is your face red in last few videos, Linus? :/
Sunburn
For how long? 😀
Doesn't last long, but they record videos weeks in advance and more than one a day.
Linus does a great job covering the main aspects of Amateur Radio. I really like how he didn't just lean on emergency communications etc... Well done Linus! I decided to just search TH-cam for amateur radio to see what the top his would be and this video was right at the top. The fact that there are over 700+ comments says something. I'm not going to read all of them, but I wonder if Linus is licensed. ;) 73 (best regards) Linux de (from) Max NG7M
he talks from a perspective of being licensed, so if he is not, he is very good, and Linus if you are not licensed, join us, we have the best cookies
"Even in 2016" - the Stranger Things kids LOVE Ham Radio.
And Eugene in TWD.
cept that was in the 80s
Ham, CB, and all sorts of amateur radio are a cool hobby, esp for tech geeks. Radio modding and whatnot is a big thing, and people are just as passionate about it as computer modding. Just the other day I bought a Galaxy DX 959 and started inspecting the field service manual to "tweak" it. I got it from 4 watts deadkey to 12 watts deadkey, swinging 15 watts with a great carrier. All of this is on a homemade dual bazooka 17 ft antenna in my attic. 73's and cheers!
Just so you know, it's illegal to sue that much transmit power on CB.
I also rip the tags off my mattresses. [I hope my parents aren't reading this.....]
But seriously the 4 watt limit is old and needs to be revised. It makes no sense anymore considering how much electronics have evolved and how few people chatter on the airwaves anymore. I'm not saying we all need 100 watt amplifiers, but at least a bump to 10 or even 20 would help a lot of people out who cant hook up 108" whips to their cars.
I can agree with that, FIshmonger.
Cannot transmit music! just so you all know. I thought the same before I originally got my license in 2011.
tons of fun things to do with it otherwise though
You Cant do anything commercial on HAM radio, including TH-cam, Podcasts, Religious Programs even just a HAM talkshow. SW you can Commercally Broadcast almost anything, from Music to Sports, to Religion, or just a Talk Show. but SW costs $$$$ and you need a powerful transmitter and a Tower.
Hi Linus, thank you for making this video about amateur radio, I just wish I could reach that much people with my TH-cam channel and attract the new generation into this 100 years old greatest geeks hobby. Amateur Radio is alive and we are still up to date in technologies in some case in advance, anything you know about telecommunications like cell phone, Internet, satellite, etc, there’s a paralleled universe in amateur radio. The difference is that this universe is operated and manage by geeks for geeks, it’s the best place to get hands-on experience in a working lab environment where you’re the telecom operator. Thanks again.
I have been listening to shortwave radio and thus some hams since I was about 14. I'm now 65 and when I listen to the shortwave freqs. I hear very few hams. I would guess that the vast majority of all these 700,000 hams are new tech. class hams using the FM freqs. and not general or extra class hams. He says getting into ham radio is not that expensive, but to talk to other countries you need a good transceiver with a good antenna and you are probably looking at a $1200 radio and a few hundred for the antenna. A mobile HF radio will run you about $250. + antenna. He also says it is easy. For general and extra you will need a good knowledge of math like algebra. If you just want the technician class, yes that is only a 35 question test. You can get a walkie-talkie ham rig for under $50.
I've been in the hobby just over a year. I'm a General now and working to have my Extra very soon. Equipment-wise, I'm still FM only via a mobile rig and an HT. Hoping to get the equipment soon to begin working QRP digital modes portable in area parks.
Smooth transition. I expect nothing less of you Linus.Love your videos
Ham radio is certainly NOT as simple as communication via the computer. To speak to someone in Japan on the computer, you call them on Skype. To communicate with someone in Japan via ham radio you have to obtain a ham license, acquire the proper radio, antenna, etc, consider the operating band, propagation conditions, time of day or night, time of year, sunspot cycle, etc. But that's what makes ham radio more fun than Skype.
chansetwo why you want to complicate your life, just send him one wassap message
You forgot SWR lol
De MM6HHP
As an Operator, I thank you for doing this Very much.
Great video. Thanks.
WG7AV
Hey Linus, I’m a Extra Class( gone all the way, full privages) Ham Radio is and has been a big part of my life. It saddens me that I’m among the typical hams 50+ male and white. My oldest grandson is now working to get on. I also teach and am a VE as well. My main outlet due to living in a Condo is the Raspberry Pi and DMR Brandmeister. I talk all over the world with friends just using my HTand relaxing in the house or when we camp with our trailer. I’m a retired DJ so since I was 15 radio has been in my life. It’s what you make it and it’s ultimate fun for me. Thanks Linus, best video ever! 73, Harry K9HDT
Great video! Thank you for making it.
KD2JPV
Thank you for doing this.... we need more people to continue amateur radio. I've had my license for a long time now. And the field days and ham fest are great fun... just a little old. . . . .
Kei Ouji - Field Days are one of my favorite activities in ham radio!
last time you said something was affordable I didn't have a $2,000 computer and an angry wife
I know I was just joking because I remember watching one of his videos a long time ago about PC Building and he said something to the effect of it could be a cheap Hobby.
Try the Baofeng UV-5R ($25)
It can go from stupid cheap to stupidly expensive
+Caleb Gardner Just dont buy a programming cable on Ebay,mine was junk.Ordered a real chip for the cable,but never arrived.So it just sits on a table gathering dust
On 9/11, I was sitting on my radio (well, not sitting actually ON it, but in front of it, ready to help), in case a relay was needed to my area. Thankfully, nobody needed a message relayed to someone in my neighborhood, but I was ready to serve.
Amateur Radio (Ham Radio) as Fast As Possible
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When people post statuses to their Google plus it can show up as a comment
purplegill10 Who the fuck uses Google plus?
Pim Nelissen People like puffnpluky76 it looks like
+Pim Nelissen I use G+. when I tell people they laugh.
started watching Jericho about 2 hours ago and immediately I looked up ham Radios and guess who already made a video about them one of my favorite youtubers!!!
I need to learn this for the coming zombie apocalypse
Yes! I knew I wasn’t the only person excited for a zombie apocalypse! :-D
Yep, HAM is how the zombie herds will be staying coordinated...
I'm impressed Linus... Ether your a Ham yourself or you really did your homework. Thanks for putting Amateur Radio in the lime light.
I watched this expecting drivel like NotaRubicon spews (yea I have been labeled a Sad Ham by that toolbox) but instead I was pleasantly surprised, Linus did his homework or he is a licensed ham and we all didn't know it
Nice intro for people who are totally unaware of our hobby!
Has anyone at LTT got a license? I,d like a sket on HF!
73's de PA3L
Excellent intro! Thank you for this. 73!
Also on Ham Radio you can connect to the internet
To a limited degree yes. Pretty much anything involving encryption over the air like SSL is a violation of the rules so pretty much everything involving the internet over the air is usually clear text or you're VoIP with the internet to link repeaters.
Well, not quite. You can set up a mesh network, send data between computers using modems and alike, and there are stations that are set to receive email transmissions that forward emails onto the internet. You wouldn't really use amateur radio to connect to the web. It's possible, but it's illegal to encrypt or cipher amateur radio transmissions, so anybody could see your web traffic if they happened to be tuned in to your ham radio wi-fi connection.
How? I have an SDR and the closest thing I know of are digital modes.
Well mesh networks and wi-fi would involve taking ordinary wireless access points and/or routers and flashing third-party firmware onto them in order to make them use frequencies on the amateur spectrum. In that case, all that changes are the frequencies, the transmission power, and the antennas if desired. Everything else works the same as on 802.11. As for email, you have to get a special modem for your computer, install proprietary software, hook the modem up to a radio, and set it to the appropriate HF frequencies in order to send your message to the receiving station.
Rebelkid1112 Dstar has a internet service but need a Ham Radio that can support it
One good thing here in the US, is that the FCC got rid of the morse code test requirement a few years back. This made getting a license easier.
0:44 - laptop has a parallel port. Unsubscribed.
My main rig still has a parallel port funnily enough lol
my grandpa was a ham operator and when I was a little kid like 5 years old it was so cool. He had buddies all over the world.
2:50 That feel when you realize that the moon is a satellite.
Nice introductory video. Thanks for sharing with your audience!
What is 73?
As Fast As Possible
***** thanks mate
good wishes or farewell
73 = Fuck You in HAM speak...….LOL.
As a amateur radio operator, I'll let you know that 90% of the frequencies we operate on for voice communication, we use ether FM or AM. As those are just acronyms for methods of encoding intelligence onto a carrier frequency.
A ham wrote this script for Linus, but the average viewer isn't going to really know what AM and FM are, let alone how IS spectrum allocation works, so calling them that is simpler and gets the point across.
- WU2F
I know guys,
I just got a chuckle when he said "HAM radio... ..uses allocated frequencies that aren't being used by things like AM and FM"
If you take it literately, HAMs would be left with Packet and CW. Although I know a few who wouldn't mind that! hi hi!
73s
Ravens Reign Like 90% of my HF contacts are on digital modes, so I wouldn't be too affected. :P
Isn't packet still basically an FM, AM, or SSB signal? Just different content?
For the vast majority of it, exactly.
I am a operator
Alex Kinch 73
I'm an operator ….....but I kill people for a living and we use Radios too.
Nice explanation.
Still don't know why its called "ham" radio.
Its a similar story to The PC Master Race. The popular theory dates back before the licensing came into place where Professional Radio operators would talk trash about Amateurs calling their morse code quality "ham fisted." Eventually the community adopted the nickname Ham Radio as a joke and turned the derogatory term into a positive one.
Hertz-Armstrong-Marconi. It is sometimes claimed that HAM came from the first letter from the last names of three radio pioneers: Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, Edwin Armstrong, and Guglielmo Marconi. However, this cannot be the source of the term as Armstrong was an unknown college student when the term first appeared.
paul anthony bulao that is from Wikipedia
The story is that when military ratio operators (who were much more proficient) heard amateur operators sending Morse code, they said it sounded so sloppy like they were hitting the Morse code key with a piece of ham. Hence they were nicknamed ham operators.
bdpa kaknox they used to eat ham while transmitting
A beautifully done video that makes it apparent that amateur radio is not the dinosaur some made it out to be. Shows many aspects of the hobby that many may not have known about or considered.
yeah there are probably at least 5 videos per every positive one that is blah blah blah ham radio is dying, but it seems like I am with some help getting more new techs licensed in my local area than ever before, I teach the class, and I have some VE friends that grade the tests because I am not a VE myself, holding out for getting my extra before I do that
Thanks for the video Linus! 73 KC9IZS
There is a world wide Amateure Radio DMR (digital mobile radio) web, we invented ham net (an internet like thing just for amateure radio operators) in europe, there are a lot of ham radio sattelites and you have a good coverage for repeater. So short wave is a little thing, we have much more.
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20 over ol' man!
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KD2AJN, KD2LES. 73s sir :)
De kk6non
Linus...Thank You!!!