how many do you own

Fed lol

I like AR pistols because unlike SBR's I can legally conceal them, carry them and keep them loaded even in my vehicle.

How is it constitutional?

@@DJ-cp8hz Well this didn't age well lmao

They may have to bump up HF higher up in the PACE plan if the friendly competitors who aren't bad guys take out US SATCOM.

You’re right about the capability but, most Army units have no idea how to employ HF.

@@rbrudder sadly true :/

That would be AWESOME, and is much needed for those of us that are serious about establishing solid communications but lack the experience and knowhow.

your comment is exactly why people like you need to have a license to operate. You are talking about a situation where there is a puclib emergency or natural disaster. when you dont need a license. and even so when power is down and the emergency generators have run out of gas on a repeater or cell tower. HF is low frequency and not everyone has an HF radio and HF radios are usually large and heavy

There's offline maps tho

Yes

'KZfaq is having problems' 'Bla bla bla censorship bla bla' And we're live! Haha it was a good moment

You do not have to be and expert to know that when radio chatter increased something is going down. I have managed oil rigs all over Asia on multinational projects and I could tell that some shit is going down just by listening to the radio with zero knowledge of the language. Saying on the radio that you have oil spill would get you banned in Russia or Canada since government would listen in on our radios. It is not a spill but loss of primary containment.

People should be publicly flogged for breaches like that.

Yeah it’s awesome I used to talk skip all the time

I don’t for one moment believe cb is totally dead bcuz as soon as things go sideways tens of thousands of cb and antennas will go right back up that have sat in basements for 20-30 years. That said they suck as hand held radios but any am with side band will be very important

@@Burns14223375 Yes, I totally agree

I would want that in a SHTF scenario, if i owned the repeater at least...

you can shut this feature off in most radios, the proper way is for the repeater owner to just not allow you access. first thing i did when i got my radio was turning off all remote /OTA stuff like that

Just get two radios and and "revive" the dead one with your working one if you can't disable it in the CPS. I don't know how well that works with Motorola's but with the Chinese ones, they don't seem to care which radio the revive command comes from so long as it has the correct radio ID.

@@nicksanjay3902 that would be stupid in a shtf situation. Someone using the repeater isn't harming you or your repeater in anyway. It just allows them to be able to transmit a message. Only reason I could see it being an issue is if someone is they are causing interference to specifically tie up the repeater

@@collinjones311 That is true, but what about a hostige group attempting to use your repeater to relay their own messagers in a SHTF scenario? In that case I would love to SIGINT them first and shut them out of their means of comms second.

Radio is wonderful isn't it

Absolutely love mine. It's my primary (and favorite) HT and all the 'Fengs have been collecting dust for a while.

I agree with you on the Anytone. 2nd place for best budget do all SHTF radio right now is the TYT MD-UV390 Plus GPS. 100ish bucks for a dual band, ip67 rated DMR/analog HT that can be firmware-flashed to unlock a bunch of features.. Its got a loud speaker, mic gain adjustment, and a bright screen and feels like a commercial radio (it really is one) Can do digital simplex and can handle 256 AES encryption (as of Sep 2023) as well as digital messaging and GPS coords. There are a lot of quirks with this radio but it is a super solid piece of kit once you flash it to MD380 tools or GD77.

@@krevo81 what kind of quirks? I'm gonna look into it. Currently looking for a good speaker mic for the anytone. Looking at either the powerwerx or the impact platinum series. Want something that can handle the elements but also not suck at it's primary job or randomly just cut out

Quirks such as being a Chinese clone of MotoTRBO (which is already a pain to program via CPS) They are just kinda weird with the standard firmware (no screen dim, volume on low isn't low enough, not superhet like their single band predecessors, etc) Otherwise they are super-rugged from my experience and ip67 rated so I deal with the quirks and flash them over to one of many improved firmwares that open up a lot of features@@collinjones311

What’s the range on the pd782 ?

Use this

Freq. Usage. Power. Location

Those were always already taken into account, as well as retransmit sites in support.

i've hacked up a couple of cheap Chinese 70cm - 2m mag mount antennas, made it onto a vertical dipole type of thing, and mounted it on a 20ft tube (insulated from the tubing.) on the chimney, Works great with half inch low loss coaxial cable.

digital channels are totally quiet and 'secret' - no unwanted visitors on your channels of choice

@@MHLivestreams : …but you don’t have the range of transmission, or reach the 10 meter band does (CB is in that band-and anyone can have a “Children’s Band” radio ;)

you mean the state gets the priority.

Love my DTR410 for neighbors on Public channels. The family has DTR550’s with private group calls and direct text messaging. The Dads and Tac teams then have full DTR650’s in manager modes and use private, digital frequency hopping spread spectrum. Excellent license free push to talk coms … with repeaters if you wanted. Texting and paging is awesome…

Doesn't that make you dependant on other tech?

@@walterp380 Yes on network equipment, but not on other people's network / Internet. If you set it up properly the first time, it will last

So it's like a cooperative of amateur radio hobbyists who maintain repeaters/network that pass signals to cover larger geographic areas? Am I getting that right, on a very basic level?

Whats a good cheap floppy antenna?

What are your thoughts on the walkers razor walkie talkie attachment since the baofengs are also roughly the same range?

Licensed HAMs have access to repeaters and depending on what repeaters you are near, you can talk globally. Example is the winsystem www.winsystem.org/

DStar n System Fusion are open if you have a radio that supports it from my understanding. DMR is probably popular since it’s been out longer. But isn’t easy to program. They really are talking about things that they don’t know much about. I’ve seen a guy hit a repeater from a HandHeld talk to someone in Washington State via repeater. echo link or something like that.

DMR is the worst of the digital modes honestly.

*BAT FEces

@@ChickenShackIRL lols

That's bad ass dude

8-10 miles will require a repeater for city use. You will need either a GMRS or ham radio license for this.

I would check out Ham Radio Crash Course or Ham Radio 2.0 for that answer. Not sure if you're a HAM or not but they are both great resources for information beyond T.Rex Arms basic videos.

@@lloydcastleton thanks

I've yet to find a "repeater in a box" solution. I don't consider an Crossband radio a repeater.

@@SteelWolf13 You are surely right - you typically need two radios (one for tx and the other rx for offset), a controller and a duplexer. So yeah, you build a repeater. I was referring to 17:09 when he grabs a Hytera repeater. But my remark was specifically for a normal amateur radio repeater, commonly 2 meter or 70 cm. A frequency coordinator (an designated person) has a listing of repeaters, their range to each other and the frequency pairs (for tx and rx) and also the power out in watts. It's up to them to ensure mathematically (a little RF physics) that the combinations of these parameters work well across a certain territory. Not doing so can cause sporadic emissions and interference. A crossband repeater like you mention, such as the iCom 5100 mobile unit just has about 50 watts I believe. And although it can do some neat stuff, it's not a tower-based repeater at all. You can jury-rig your own crossband repeater with two baofeng 4 watt radios by cross-connecting the audio in/out ports and enabling the vox mode. Kind of a goofy thing to do, but it will work for short range if you want to convert from vhf to uhf or the other way. : ) If you were to install a tower repeater without talking it out with the frequency coordinator you might get into an argument from legitimate repeater stations nearby when they find out. And they will of course. Usually you don't just arbitrarily choose your own frequencies. They are assigned to you through a process. To find your local coordinator's contact information, just ask a nearby HAM radio club and speak to one of the officers.

They don't have to mention that, they should've, but they have their own req so it doesn't matter.

@@skm9420 So. My comment was for general knowledge and not directed at T.Rex. I'm simply adding to the conversation. Not putting anyone down or making a correction. I could care less if these fellas put up a repeater with totally off the wall configs. But so that other folks interested in the detail I decided to mention it. Nothing beyond and zero emotion on the topic. Cheers.

@Cassie Harry I mean like 911iNET

The shooting club, mma gym or even church might be good starting points. Joining an ambulance, rescue, police or firefighter volunteer program might also work.

@@wolfza2630 i think you missed the joke...

It seems to be solid. I have yet to find a radio that is the perfect radio. Trying to find something that is durable, long battery life, versatile, and has a quality tx and Rx is near impossible. You will generally find a couple of those specs but missing something else that is important. The closer you get to finding all of them, the more expensive it gets and they still have random issues, just a bit more few and far between. I just picked up the d878 uvii plus and seems like it will be solid. Ip54 so not crazy, but got a case and better than no up rating, long battery life,and from what I hear sounds great on tx and Rx. That will be my main radio with a baofeng and maybe an hf radio or 2nd baofeng.

@@collinjones311 Thanx Collin. Semper Fi ... ^v^

Motorola is the gold standard for commercial radios and Kenwood as well as ICOM. Harris is a pos, nobody at work likes them and had better luck with ge radios

@@cujo229 yeah our local Sherrifs went Harris and all they do is complain now. It was cheaper to purchase. Sometimes you get what you pay for LOL :)

@@mikemcdonald5147 Harris radios did a p25 system for us and it can't handle the radio traffic and went down several times. And after hurricane Irene we had no coms for several hours

You make some defund the ATF t-shirts

@@stevederjones7340 alright, will you sell them?