Category: Radio
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I Passed My HAM Technician License Test!
I just got my Technician-class ham radio license! After diving into study sessions, practice exams, and learning the ropes of amateur radio, I finally passed the test and earned my call sign. I used hamradioprep.com and it made it super easy to study from my phone, or wherever I had internet and a few minutes…
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BTech RPT50 GMRS Repeater
This is the first time I’ve ever bought a radio the day it gets released! Expectations A buddy of mine and I were discussing how we wanted to set up a repeater for ourselves to have control over who we network it with and when. We also wanted to learn more about radio and see…
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The Mini-Base | Data-Base Station
A Nerd’s Warehouse In this little package is a full home lab and GMRS radio repeater all-in-one! On the left you’ll see 4 mini-PCs that are all clustered together under ProxMox, hosting a variety of different things. Moving right, the upside-down thing is a Protectli Vault that hosts my firewall to the network. Speaking of…
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GMRS Repeater – Haiku GMRS is now live!
I’ve been getting into GMRS recently and have finally committed to setting up my own repeater! What is GMRS? GMRS is basically Walkie-Talkies on steroids. It uses the same channels and frequencies as the walkie-talkies from Wal-Mart, but after you buy a $35 license that covers you and the whole immediate family for 10 years,…