Why 2.6 Million People Can Push This Button But We Can't

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The International Space Station is also available to amateur radio operators with just a technician license. It's kind of a badge of honor to talk to people in outer space.

My uncle had a CB radio in the truck. When I was 12, I was inside his truck alone and started playing with the radio. I heard some guys talking and decided to chime in. I ended using a lot of profanity and those guys said they were looking for me and were going to kick my ass. To this day, I'm not sure they could do that but it scared the shit out of me.

I worked for an AM radio station in the early 80's for a VERY short time. Having done that, I have a piece of paper that I signed saying I have permission to transmit radio frequencies. There is no expiration date on the piece of paper.

Everybody around 76”-77” had CB’s, for my birthday I got one for my bike. The CB on the handlebars And the antenna was behind the banana seat. 😂

"I have found... The drug money." His eyes bulge out in fear.

my dad is an amateur radio technician, we used to do demos for our boyscout troop at camping events, he had a car setup with a giant antenna and license plate with his call sign, and his hand radio saved our lives when we got stuck in the middle of the green river after our canoe washed out overnight. we were able to radio someone like 500 miles away who called the canoe rental company who were able to come out and rescue us. Ham radio has played a much larger role in my life than most people would assume for the average human. EDIT* that time we got stuck was before cell phones where a normal thing everyone had. this was like late 90s

One time during winter I was able to receive British Columbia, and receive and talk with Tahoe.... I was in the BayArea. On top of a mountain. I had a cheap CB radio I bought for $5 @ garage sale, hooked it up to a toy train- track power converter, and a 5ft. Portable antenna.

I was a fairly avid CBer from the late-1970s until the mid-1990s. My most memorable CB-related experience occurred in the early-1990s. It was early-summer and I was in Victor Steinbrueck Park immediately adjacent to downtown Seattle. Around 2:00pm PDT I keyed up my little 2- or 3-watt handheld with a rubber ducky antenna and requested a 10-32 (radio check). The reply that I almost immediately received originated from a trucker in Illinois! I'm aware of "atmospheric skip" but that normally occurs at night -- not in the middle of a sunny afternoon. We spent several minutes just shooting the shit, and then we both went our separate ways.

If you like the idea of amateur satellites, you're gonna lose your minds when you find out you can bounce radio off the moon and hear yourself (about 2.5 seconds light lag) and communicate with people. All with that lowest tier Technician license (and a good station). Get. Yo. License.

The only repeaters I know are redstone, and even then I’m kinda shaky on my knowledge...

18 year old ham here, been a general for awhile, it's a dying but fun hobby that I think is an important skill to have. Thanks for helping make it more known with this vid!

Having a HAM license myself, I’ve ALWAYS preferred Citizens Band. It’s much more relaxed & interesting to me personally, especially if you know how to navigate the band and beyond. Alpha 76A out of a Sigma 5/8 wave, and talk just about anywhere on earth depending on propagation conditions of the firmament. I just think it’s nice to have a hobby that’s so interesting. Respect to all of those who key down no matter the frequency, power, modulation, transistor, or tubes. Remember, once you announce your call sign (and you must on all HAM bands), anyone can then know your name, address, and more via the database available to the public & Google. Oh and don’t mess about on a HAM band without a license, they will eventually find you, more so if your local and piss them off enough. (I) think the reason radio is so interesting & motivating is because we live in an electric realm of frequency and vibration. Tapping into this is like dancing in the unseen ether, connecting to something that is already in and around all of us. The sound of skip gives me goosebumps.

...they totally need to upload a full session of them playing dungeons and dragons now, lol

In the apocalypse, there's no license required.

4G: I have the largest cell coverage! 5G: I have the strongest signal ever! 2m: Amateurs!

I still have a cb radio in my pickup. still use it on the logging roads.

This is the video that got me into radio a few months ago. Just took the test and got my tech license yesterday! 73 from KJ7PZH

I remember as a kid my father was into ham radio and morse code and he use to talk to people from China, Vietnam, etc through Morse code and I always found it fascinating. My father would've loved the internet age and the fact he could talk to anyone anywhere. We tend to take this stuff for granted but he would be in awe of the technology available today.

No cell towers? No Wi-Fi? Then it's a fair bet there's no FCC.