Re:Radio users reminded not to use radios in crimes
by blhack on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @04:31PM
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How is it a "byzantine nightmare"? I plug it into my computer, put in the frequencies (and names I want for the channels.), and upload the configuration. That seems pretty straightforward to me.
Re:Radio users reminded not to use radios in crimes
by jimktrains2 on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @09:20PM
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Im pretty aure they meant programming from the radio itself, without using a computer.
Re:Radio users reminded not to use radios in crimes
by sbierwagen on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @07:31PM
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As a fun ham toy, it's fine. For critical safety-of-life communication... do you want to be using any amateur radio? Maybe you'd want a Motorola or ICOM cop radio.
My baofeng 5 died two hours into a 12 mile backpackign trip across catalina island. It couldn't do a quarter mile line of sight with an airport 2m amateur tower and when turning on the flashlight feature in my tent it died entirely and would not power back on. I was entirely reliant on it for ranger station as well as general comms and phone patch/weather. Packing this plastic trash couldnt have been more dangerous.
Programming is also a byzantine nightmare.