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Which band are you on? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Where I'm from, 2m band seems to be popular due to the small antenna requirement. The fact we're in densely populated area probably also play a role.

There should be the 70cm band as well, but I haven't seen any sign of life around here.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Usually 40 and 20. I often only use 2 when I'm on road trips or hiking.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Funny that what got me here was actually the occasional difficulty of reaching folks in the other cars during road trips.

How far can you reach with that 2m HT?

Where I'm from, the license-free HT operation is in a specific UHF range with low power, which I have very little faith on.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

I can generally hit a repeater 17mi (27km) away from at home. When I'm outside, I can be heard well, when I'm inside, I'll break the repeater's squelch but may not be clearly copied. HT to HT is generally much less, but I'd generally expect a mile or two (3km)