I'm vacationing in Japan at the moment, visiting relatives. It is sweltering so we stay mostly indoors, but I have been a couple of trips to akihabara. Initially I only meant to buy a used ic-7100 this year, but then of course I also needed a new psu, so alinco was it. After a couple of days I realize that an brand spanking new ic-7300 was half price compared to home (provided I manage to avoid VAT coming home) so I bought one. And now I of course need a new antenna for all this fancy new equipment..... It snowballs.
I know I'll have to do mars mod on the radios. No trouble. That's easy.
Actually my main worry is my baggage allotment when flying back home.
This popped up only my Lemmy feed and am curious who the amateur radio people talk to? I like the idea of getting a ham license just to learn more about radio but I don’t really have any desire to talk to people. Who do you talk to? What do you say? Is it just casual conversations across radios or is there more to it?
@assembly @LB8EI It's ham radio people taking to other ham radio people, mostly about ham radio. :) But it could be about almost anything... But conversation is optional, depending on what you're doing. I recently noticed this book, although I have no idea if it's any good: https://www.amazon.com/Amateur-Radio-Antisocial-about-ragchew/dp/B08FB4VH74/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3W2ISDMGTVI61&keywords=ham+radio+antisocial&qid=1689480559&sprefix=ham+radio+antisocial%2Caps%2C173&sr=8-3
That is fantastic! I am definitely grabbing a copy. Thanks!