Seeking Amateur Radio Operators General Class and higher

[william]

Question

would this radio be able to receive a signal?

 

[Friendly Engineer]

Question

would this radio be able to receive a signal?

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[Friendly Engineer]

Question

would this radio be able to receive a signal?

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I don't think so.

 

[Friendly Engineer]

Well, at least not on the popular amateur radio frequencies.

 

[Friendly Engineer]

I don't know what the licensing is like across the pond, but it's worth getting an amateur radio licence william.
I got one a few years ago and don't regret it.

 

[Friendly Engineer]

Proper HF equipment isn't cheap though. https://www.radioworld.co.uk/used_ham_radio_equipment

 

[william]

I don't know what the licensing is like across the pond, but it's worth getting an amateur radio licence william.
I got one a few years ago and don't regret it.

Thank you. I'm going to look into it.

 

[Friendly Engineer]

HF is better than VHF. You can potentially get all around the world with HF if you get lucky with the conditions.

 

[alphaecho]

HF is better than VHF. You can potentially get all around the world with HF if you get lucky with the conditions.

The ideal is to have both, local VHF/UHF up to 40 or 60 km in simplex, depending on the topography of the terrain, beyond that HF range

 

[Dr Arthur]

The ideal is to have both, local VHF/UHF up to 40 or 60 km in simplex, depending on the topography of the terrain, beyond that HF range

Are there still any of the oscar series still available?