Starvin Larry

A boat load of DIY Transmitters, Tranceivers, Antennas, and anything else you may need for every band out there

I linked the 70cm section specifically for a reason- due to the sheer number of folks purchasing the Baofeng or other Chicom HTs, it might be prudent to help make the most out of what you have instead of listening to people tell you why you shouldn’t have bought it.

Radio Amateurs in the US, south of Line A, have the ability to use 420-450mHz, which is quite a large spread of bandwidth. Baofengs cover this space. And while it is broken down according to a recommended band plan,  there’s plenty of room to find a quiet spot for you and your group to talk relatively uninterrupted. A Tech license, relatively simple to obtain, allows all this to happen. Finding that frequency requires:

• Examining the band plan to find out what…