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@zydeho 21 сағат бұрын
All of you guys just don’t get it. It sounds like most of you are just completely biased against anything other than a Ham radio. First of all this KZbinr is lying to you. These are not line of sight. These connect to cell towers just like your phone does. Does your phone only get one to 2 miles of coverage, no ! These have the same coverage that your cell phone would and certainly not one to 2 miles so quit lying to people. And that’s why these are so great. I have a team of 100 people and we need to communicate instantly over an encrypted network where we can’t be spied upon and where we can be in our house or down the road or anywhere in the city. These do exactly that. And y’all are worried about the grid going down and all the electricity is gonna stop. I think that’s a little bit overblown. There might be short periods of time where it’s down but it’s mostly gonna be reliable. HAM Radios are only useful when the grid goes down And even then they are not private and you have to have an antenna in your backyard to hit all the repeaters within say 60 miles. Do you use your Ham radio for every day communication needs? Of course not. These rapid radios are far more powerful and functional in terms of pragmatic communications than a Ham radio. For example within your private network you can communicate to the entire group or just to a single person and you can even create subgroups within your network. So my group of 100 men this is what we are using and they work perfectly great! We don’t have any problems with Dropped coverage or limited coverage or line of sight types of limitations. It really pisses me off when like through your teeth and pretend like you know everything
@keithshamradioworld2793 20 сағат бұрын
First thing I don't appreciate you calling me a liar. Apparently you don't pay attention very well. What I said was that if the cell tower is down these radios will not talk line of siight to each other. Or if they do it would only be for a couple miles WITHOUT the cell tower. Also you're wrong these rapid radios are not more powerful than ham radio. I have VHF and UHF radios that put out up to 50 watts I sure rapid radios don't transmitt with that much power. Plus I have HF radios that put out 100 watts that I can talk as far away as the other side of the earth without any infrastructure such as cell towers or the internet. If I wanted to I could buy an amp and run as much as 1,500 watts. So to say that rapid radios are more powerful than ham radio is a joke.
@zydeho 3 сағат бұрын
@@keithshamradioworld2793 it’s clear you’re just trying to badmouth and unduly criticize these devices. Just look at the title of your video. You’re presenting a lot of distorted information. And it seems your only argument is that if the grid goes down these are useless. When’s the last time we had widespread grid outages affecting multiple states?? Then these devices work perfectly and are far more convenient and reliable than Ham radios. If there’s an emergency and I need to call up a large group of 100 people at a moments notice these are invaluable. Now compare that to a Ham radio. In our town we have our own private repeater on a rooftop but not on a mountain. You would need all 100 of those people to be trained on the use of a Ham radio. Because they couldn’t afford an expensive base unit they would need to have an HT and they would need to sleep outside every night with a radio on and they would need to be several miles from the repeater in order to have a decent signal line of sight. But now the problem becomes what if they need to drive to the next city to go to the grocery store. Now I can no longer reach them. The problem with radios is that their line of sight and that they have limitations because of that. Everyone in your group would have to have a mobile unit in their car as well as the radio on their hip. But they walk outside of their car now we can no longer reach them. Now do you get it? Ham radios are not practical for having an alert system no matter where anyone is and no matter what time it is. And that’s not even talking about all the custom functionality that you can get with say rapid radio where you can communicate with one person or a group or a sub group within your private encrypted network. Just a regular cheap ham radio you don’t get any of this functionality and it’s not private and encrypted. Wake up bozo. Quit badmouthing technology that fits a need perfectly where ham radios fail. You basing your whole argument on the grid going down. Lots of fear mongering amongst ham radio groups that the grid is going to go down. Overblown fear
@keithshamradioworld2793 3 сағат бұрын
@@zydeho you’re the one that needs to go back and watch the video. I said they probably don’t connect together without the cell tower and IF they did it would be limited to line of sight.
@bhamptonkc7 Күн бұрын
I join ed the navy 1985 got my no code tech soon after did disaster communications since, also MARS I have my no code general, I volunteer with search and rescue for communications. Love it
@dangherasim-n4v Күн бұрын
Not a scam, an overpriced product for uninitiated, this is life..😂
@chrisdelong2932 2 күн бұрын
No, they were NOT. Every ID-10-T CB’er is now on every band. Like everything else, they lower the standards and misfits come into the mix. If lowering standards is your idea of improvement. They do it everywhere else, why not amateur radio. The decline of society is about to come to fruition. Jesus is coming back soon … very soon! 73’
@michaelallen3172 4 күн бұрын
My deceased father in law was a ham K0MXK and he got me hooked on Ham back in the 80's.I started studying and the code was going to eventually be what caused me to fade away from getting licensed. I watched my FIL work code as much as he did voice and the code always intrigued me and still does today.Code is what I believed separated the men from the wana be hams .Even if I never get licensed I will always feel that way . He used to tell me all the time that 11 meters used to be a good band .
@itzhim2533 4 күн бұрын
I appreciate all being said in this comment section, but if all of you think for 1 sec they don't already have a plan to shut down your ham radio communications, you are living in denial. stay safe.
@kd5ozy 4 күн бұрын
learning code does not make you a better operator.
@garycook5125 4 күн бұрын
They need to bring the Morse code back, or require some form of IQ test so the Amateur licensees (CB radio rule breakers), can be purged from the Amateur community. It's too easy for appliance operators (who don't care about rules), to clog the repeaters with prohibited transmissions.
@smithsterj 4 күн бұрын
For me the Code was a pain in the rear. It took me 3 times to pass the test. At my Witt’s end I just literally wrote down the dots and dashes as fast as I could and then decoded it. The examiner told me I was the first to ever seen anyone do that 🤷♂️. From that point on I never used code on the air but I do have an Advanced license to this day. The irony to my story, is, all I have is a 2/440 radio. 🤣
@berettamod961 4 күн бұрын
I am an extra and became an extra without CW. That being said, I now use CW. I became a member of the Long Island CW club. Going with CW greatly expands the allocated spectrum into HF for techs and it can be far more enjoyable.
@1958johndeere620 6 күн бұрын
No way could I be an extra if code was required. I have learned code on my own, but its painfully slow for me.
@bduff5004 7 күн бұрын
New ham here. I got both Tech and Gen this year at 61. I am having a ball and really enjoy talking to people all over the world in voice. I enjoy the accents and the QRZ pages of my contacts. I could see the animosity of the older folks and the code requirement but I have no interest in CW or digital modes personally. That might change but thanks for the video. 73 N4STS
@PeterCole-f2t 7 күн бұрын
Schaden Expressway
@0grounded 8 күн бұрын
You are right. You ARE BEING MISS LEAD. If you use a cell service, even half duplex, the service wants to know who you are because you are going to be billed for using their service. (IT IS NOT FREE) Maybe the 1st year is a no charge, but some how it is paid for. I have worked for AT&T and other service providers for over 30 years. Providers don’t provide their service free. Buyer beware!!!
@jamesalderman4162 8 күн бұрын
It's not really a scam in the true sense, it's just a different comm method than we've seen before, and that's not made clear in the advertising. It is cell technology. But the big advantage of Rapid Radio is that they are a bonded cellular technology which utilizes data services from all three cell carriers (AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon). News media use similar bonded cellular data services to do their remote broadcasts. If one cell system is weak or loaded down, data traffic can be spread among the others. That said, ALL THREE cell systems would have to go down before Rapid Radio would be off the air. During the AT&T cell outage a few months ago, Rapid Radios continued to work. They say there is no monthly fee--that's because it's YEARLY. The service costs $50 per year per radio. This is a real bargain, but depends entirely on the long term solvency of Rapid Radio as a company to keep the three carriers paid up. The only down side I see is that the radios don't have the capability to access the Rapid Radio network over a wifi connection at home like Zellow does. They can only work on the cell system. But again, ALL THREE would have to go down before Rapid Radio would stop working. I bought two Rapid Radio handhelds, and plan on buying more, including mobiles. When you order, you can specify what talk group names you want, and can have more added at any time. I asked for four talk groups in each radio for our different family locations, and so far the radios are working great.
@veritasweasel 9 күн бұрын
Excellent video! Having to learn the language of CW before being allowed to use a ham radio for voice or messaging is like being forced to learn Spanish before you’re allowed to speak English or Russian. All of them are forms of communication.
@Revolverguy38 9 күн бұрын
Was there a Discount Code?
@Kq4hcuDan 9 күн бұрын
Ive seen power supplys that cost 20 bucks
@Kq4hcuDan 9 күн бұрын
I wouldn't mind obtaining a xeigu sdr HF radio, mountain-topper radio, pixie HF radio, htx-100 and, a ft-891 eventually.
@Kq4hcuDan 9 күн бұрын
I agree, and I almost got discouraged although i was gifted a uv5r i like it. I ended getting a ft-817 but its complicated and frustrating for me at times i have a nice vertical hf antenna and a crummy 2m/70cm antenna mag mount. I do have a ADI ar-147 and a Kenwood tm-221a im saving up for a antenna, coax and power supply. I really should get a elmer but i suspect the local radio club in my area. 73, kq4hcu
@Kq4hcuDan 9 күн бұрын
I became a technician, to learn cw and chew the rag as well as be portable. 73, kq4hcu
@ky4rod 10 күн бұрын
I have 2 of those antennas and love them. I have no trouble making repeaters 30 - 35 miles away with just an HT.. They are great for portable operations and camping trips with an HT. It works even better with a 50w radio.
@ManuelPinner 10 күн бұрын
the FCC was quite correct when they no longer require Morse code to get a ham license, it's just another digital mode like ready packet, and now it's a small people got the ham license because the way it is a lot of people starting to also use Morse code even more,
@jeremycole3008 10 күн бұрын
What gets me about this code thing, was , back in 1989 when my uncle and I got into Ham, he HAD a Commodore 64 with the MFJ 1278(i think) terminal node controller, and I could have used THAT to do code as fast as you wanted to receive it, but since my hear couldnt, I couldnt, least on the HF bands. Question: Can an operator use a rotary phone dialing plan to send a numerical set of dits, and use a computer to convert THAT into text? Three digits represent an ASKII letter, and go THAT route? I could have counted dits way better than hearing patterns.
@jeremycole3008 10 күн бұрын
This guy perfectly explains why I kinda got away from Ham Radio for 20 years. Tested for Novice , 5 WPM, 1989. Didnt even bother even reading Gordon West's test questions for General and above cause I bearly could pass the code listening test. If I had HAD to transmit code, would have just played with the CB and been done with it. Then, in the 1990s, America Online was available, which had GIRLS!!!!!! No body on a 2 meter repeater was as interesting as girls on AOL. By the time the code requirement was gone, yep the internet was here, and I got married. Now my fascination with Ham Radio is how it works, and I still dont have any real intention of modulating my voice. I had gotten a 10 Meter HR2510, but was limited to 28.3 to 28.5 mhz (even now). I hated USB with a passion. You can run AM on a cb, but i have to be a general class to run AM in the 29 mhz area. The only thing that would interest me would be EME, and I havent even gotten around to that. Maybe a general class to do 29.6Mhz repeater, but since i dont wanna talk, its not really a burning desire. N9IZX
@ralphnunn3 10 күн бұрын
I agree - It was a good thing that the FCC dropped the code requirement. Many folks have now joined the ranks since that happened. Even my wife, who originally told me that it was my hobby, and she didn't want to do anything with it, eventually decided to get her license, too. She did tell me, however, that she would get her license, as long as she didn't have to do the 'beepity beeps'... ;-)
@Heymoe666 10 күн бұрын
Rapid Radio is parsing words. There is no monthly charge. There is an annual charge of $50 per radio. Quite misleading.
@mattbrown2996 11 күн бұрын
I tried for quite some time to learn CW back in the late seventies. I could easily send CW around 8-10 wpm but could never learn to copy it at all. My brain just didn’t hear and interpret it. I gave up on it until around 2016 when I got interested in fpv drones. They required a ham license. I found that the code requirement had been dropped so I got my license. A couple years later I picked up an ht and started learning more about real ham radio. I’m now an Extra class operator, tech team member for our state Auxcomm team and regular net control operator for a few local and regional nets. Had CW still been a requirement, I’d have flown my drones outlaw and never got into ham radio at all.
@daveengstrom9250 11 күн бұрын
Code is not for everyone. New license testing plummeted until they dropped the code. The younger guys are on fire for Ham radio. They have fired up the hobby. Not everyone like to just sit on the sofa. How many "old hams" go out and activate POTA? Or SOTA? Or ARES? I think you can count them all on one hand. You are right. Sometimes older guys just need to keep quiet and try to keep up.
@keithshamradioworld2793 11 күн бұрын
I guesss I can't agree with all you have said I happen to be an old ham I have known old hams who have activated POTA And I don't plan on shutting up
@mikeholmstrom1899 11 күн бұрын
I'm a CW klutz. That said, I am now Extra Class, that took some studying, even with electronics knowledge.
@steinshaw2490 11 күн бұрын
Congratulations!!! I did enjoy the aurora video and respected the comments on the maritime mobile video. Keep it going!!! de ki7cia 73
@radiohobbyist13 11 күн бұрын
I've been a General since the late 80's and HAD to learn the code @13 WPM. I hated every minute of it and never used it. Back in those days all of the OM's said it kept out the riff-raff. Learning Morse Code didn't make me any better of a person than I already am. 🤷🙄
@randyfox4611 12 күн бұрын
I remember the nextel days of the 1990s. In the contracting business you couldnt work anywhere without having a nextel. It was just that popular.....and worked great. Seems like rapid radio is the same thing.
@acepharmer 12 күн бұрын
Me and my dad got caught up in the CB craze of the late 70s. Code requirement is what kept us out of ham radio. My dad really wanted to talk long distances and that was rare on cb then. I became a licensed ham in 2020 and would not have tried if code was still required.
@brianblanche5006 12 күн бұрын
I use them for my business and they work flawless. Clear as DMR
@edschellens9411 6 күн бұрын
Is there a delay? Are the speakers good? Loud?
@EvanK2EJT 12 күн бұрын
It's funny, because when I was studying for my license exam, I remember reading all of the stuff about CW and thinking "Morse code? People still use Morse code? Why on earth would you want to do that?" That was in 2022. Now I'm almost exclusively a CW operator, and an intermediate instructor at the Long Island CW Club. I love CW. I liken it to being forced to read a book by a teacher when you were in school. When the teacher assigned the book, you didn't want to read it, and resented the fact that you had to. Now, if you chose to read that book on your own, for your own enjoyment, it was an entirely different experience. People who learn Morse code now WANT to learn code, they're not being forced to.....and that's a HUGE difference.
@ThatGuy89349 12 күн бұрын
I was the same way. I had no interest in Morse Code when I started. Then in 2023 I got the urge to learn it and have been having a great time with it. A code requirement definitely would have kept me out of the hobby. I think it was a good decision to drop it.
@ralphnunn3 10 күн бұрын
Yep - same story with me. When I got my license in 2016, I had no predilection to learn code. It wasn't until I saw someone actually doing it at Field Day that I saw how COOL it was. I then decided to learn it myself, and was then at the key myself for Field Day for the next year, and have been every year since. And, I dare say that I also probably wouldn't have become a ham since they dropped the requirement. But, since I didn't HAVE to learn it, I was more inclined TO learn it. BTW @EvanK2EJT - I enjoy your videos, as well.
@richsuroveysr6855 12 күн бұрын
We love you're vido ! We like to see more!
@LawyerCalhoun1 12 күн бұрын
The same thinking exists for car enthusiasts. If you can't drive a stick, you aren't a real driver.
@LawyerCalhoun1 12 күн бұрын
Code used to be used extensively by the military. By having a pool of civilians with code experience, it enhanced national security. But the military dropped code years ago. By requiring it for amateur radio, it became a form of hazing to join the amateur fraternity. Only crusty old timers think code tests should be mandatory.
@rogersherrill5741 12 күн бұрын
I loved your story 👍👏
@GG-vx7gi 13 күн бұрын
In the early 80s, one of my instructors in the electronics program, was a ham. I was very interested in becoming licensed and the radio and electronics portion was a breeze. However, I couldn't master the code portion. Fast forward to covid time where I rediscovered ham radii and took exam first time held locally. Over next 3 years upgraded to General, then Extra. Ironically, now starting to learn CW because I want to
@ironheart6704 13 күн бұрын
Congratz man!
@vicmiller7191 13 күн бұрын
Congrats Mister Keith
@kb5elv 13 күн бұрын
The interesting thing to me, is that a lot of people who were scared off by the code requirement are now making an effort to learn it, now that it isn't a requirement. And morse is still a vibrant aspect of amateur radio. As a code guy myself, it's my first ham radio love, this does my heart good!
@BrianFields 13 күн бұрын
People love to blame the FCC, but it was really the IARU advocating for eliminating the code internationally that drove the change.
@travelonward1811 13 күн бұрын
Appreciate that type of mentality. I think it made sense for the times when it was required. Hot on the market. Alot of responsibility. The challenge and work to finish it should be respected. But now a days with the fastest computers and the tech coming out in ai. Radio is being left way way way behind. Promoting the few young ones interested to be more inviting and have an easier time in a very small niche hobby hoped to keep alive is important stuff. Ham radio is hitting a wall that needs to be brought down atleast a few levels for a bridge to be made.
@kb5elv 13 күн бұрын
Also, the code speed change was 2000, not 2001.
@kb5elv 13 күн бұрын
Actually, the code-free tech came out in 1991, not 1993. Valentine's Day of 1991, to be exact. I didn't think that would be a good thing either, in my 18 year old wisdom, but I, too, was wrong.
@sparty837 13 күн бұрын
99% of my contacts are CW and I agree with them dropping the requirement. Anything that can help increase the number of hams is good. We need to think outside the box to make it easier for people to do ham radio. I would love to see POTA start including city parks because most hams aren't going to spend the time and money to go to state or federal parks.
@russblahetka4742 13 күн бұрын
Great video. I passed the 5wpm code in the 70's for my Novice class and quickly passed the General technical exam to get my Tech. I could never get fast enough to get my General class license. When they dropped the code requirement I studied and passed the Extra Class. I've enjoyed the hobby more since then. I was never against dropping the code requirement as I know there are other hams like me who enjoy the challenges and technical aspects of the hobby, but have difficulty with code. Thanks for posting this video. Russ WD9DD