EMCOMM

**K.L. Davis** · 03-05-23, 22:47

Maybe you broke the thread by mentioning Not a Rubicon 😆

**B52U** · 03-05-23, 22:52

Originally Posted by K.L. Davis

Maybe you broke the thread by mentioning Not a Rubicon

Apparently so. Is everyone in this thread a Sad Ham?

**kerplode** · 11-20-23, 13:21

The topic of EMCOMM popped onto my radar a bit ago and I've been digging into it. I was originally leaning towards getting a Technician license, but to be honest, the situation with HAM seems like it's largely a bunch of grumpy 70+ year-old white guys with nothing to say gatekeeping "their" channels and bootlicking the FCC. That doesn't sound like any fun.

SO...New plan is to go GRMS-only and call it a day. It'll be more than enough for what I need to do, and with the proliferation of repeaters it seems just as flexible as Technician-level HAM, minus all the bullshit. Plus, the overarching goal isn't to pick up another expensive hobby.

I submitted the license app a bit ago. For radios, I'm probably gonna grab a Radioddity GM-30 and an Baofeng UV-9G to start and then maybe bump up to a Wouxun KG-UV9G down the line after I mess with it a bit. We'll see how it goes.

And yeah...Not a Rubicon is awesome!

**B52U** · 11-20-23, 13:42

Originally Posted by kerplode

The topic of EMCOMM popped onto my radar a bit ago and I've been digging into it. I was originally leaning towards getting a Technician license, but to be honest, the situation with HAM seems like it's largely a bunch of grumpy 70+ year-old white guys with nothing to say gatekeeping "their" channels and bootlicking the FCC. That doesn't sound like any fun.

SO...New plan is to go GRMS-only and call it a day. It'll be more than enough for what I need to do, and with the proliferation of repeaters it seems just as flexible as Technician-level HAM, minus all the bullshit. Plus, the overarching goal isn't to pick up another expensive hobby.

I submitted the license app a bit ago. For radios, I'm probably gonna grab a Radioddity GM-30 and an Baofeng UV-9G to start and then maybe bump up to a Wouxun KG-UV9G down the line after I mess with it a bit. We'll see how it goes.

And yeah...Not a Rubicon is awesome!

Lord Xenu approves!