Is amatuer radio implicitly white?

You can communicate in Morse code ("CW") entirely by tapping on a "key" or paddle; no speaking required. Parts of the radio spectrum are set aside for Morse code broadcasts.

Provided it's combined with a generator/batteries in case the power takes a long-term shit. I can keep my little radios running for c. 1 week on backup power, though in practice longer than that since I wouldn't have stuff switched on all day and night.

Looks like 1980's vintage. I should emphasize that a lot of people in ham radio are OLD. There are guys who "got into computers" circa the early-80's to participate in radio protocols like RTTY, and their equipment still dates from that time. One of the active "communities" within ham radio is "WWII vets." As you might imagine, their gear is often downright ancient, including stuff like war surplus that the government sold cheaply after 1945.

I think a good solar setup could get you by in tough times?..

bumping a ham thread

i know its old, just trying to identify what kind of keyboard it is. I have a ham license, I know how those guys are. There are some interesting people on the HF bands.

I never got into it but I spent some time researching it a little some time ago after constantly seeing giant antennas on rapo vans with bumper stickers advertising it. I came to the conclusion I didn't want to affiliate with the people using it as they seemed to be the guy in every movie about infiltrating a white power militia.

I'm a black Systems Engineer that works on Public Safety Radio and help install and work on this stuff on a larger scale than amateur and get paid for it. I also work with a bunch of other non-whites.

In all seriousness, HAM is a dying hobby given the internet.

Fuck off LARPer. There hasn't been a code exam for any level of ham license for quite some time.

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That is such an old-school shack. That dude retired in the 60s and is still using the equipment he bought when he was working.

Here's a better, more modern shack.

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Based on the avocado-colored case and the lack of a number pad, it's probably from the mid-late 1970's. I wouldn't be surprised if it's military surplus, probably used as the keyboard they hooked up to a gigantic refrigerator-sized computer terminal way back then.

In a sunny area, it could probably work quite well. A modest radio setup doesn't take all that much power. Power usage scales quickly once you start introducing elements like more broadcasting wattage, though. Receiving signals doesn't have to use much power, but if you want to broadcast yourself far and wide, that can run down your batteries quickly.

You need to know CW to broadcast on the CW bands. There's not much point in upgrading to extra if you're just going to use more voice spectrum.

FCC General Radiotelephone licensed tech here.

Today, programming with Arduino's and Raspberry Pi's is what hardware orientated tech interested young people do.

Ham radio is dead, but knowing how to fix radio equipment could get you a job.

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Not true. Extra class licensees get extra voice space, as well, on 80m, 40m, 20m, and 15m. They also gain other benefits (though many don't use them): ability to have 2x1 or 1x2 callsigns, ability to be a VEC or administer Extra tests as a VE, etc. And there's a bit of bragging rights, as the Extra test is quite a bit harder than the General (although they're all pretty easy).

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>Ham radio is dead

Complete bullshit. We're in a generational shift, though, that's true. A lot of OMs are dying, and a lot of new tech is being born. Check out the growth of FT8 in the past year, for example. Or software-defined radios. I use Pis in amateur radio, as well as SDRs. More people are doing EME and VHF weak signal work than ever before. Etc.

I won't point to "growth of licenses" as I think much of that is bullshit; your wife getting a Tech license she'll almost never use isn't useful. But amateur radio is nowhere near dead. Maybe get into it and you'll see that. And if you're at all interested in point-to-point communication during a power outage or SHTF scenario, getting into ham radio now is a great way to learn the tech and the operating procedures before you actually need them.

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EVERYTHING INTELECTUAL IS WHITE

AS EVERYTHING INVOLVING A BALL AND SHOWING OFF IS BLACK.

1) We don’t, “broadcast” in amateur radio...we transmit.
2) Code hasn’t been required for many years now to obtain any license & there are 3 license classes. You’re a fucking moron and poser.

You’re a fucking poser and an idiot. I hold an extra class license and you obtain it so that you can operate on more frequencies. Many of those frequencies are “dx” windows on the various bands where international communications are the norm. Go suck your dogs dick and quit larping.

And once again...we don’t fucking, “broadcast”...broadcasting can get you a hefty fine from the FCC. Larper!

Yeah my uncle gave me his 2 meters too
Too bad he said he gave it to OP first

No. My neighbor is a 50 something black guy with an amazing setup.

lots of good collins gear there.. I have new computerized hf radios (rigs) and old ones, like the KWM-2 there.. mine are KWM-2A... it absolutely IS NOT DEAD.. during the storm, people were at MY HOUSE GETTING NEWS... PEOPLE WERE AT MY HOUSE notifying relatives they were ok...

just because you don't see it or understand it, doesn't mean its DEAD