Beaglemom3
TUG Member
Wondered if any Tuggers are Ham radio operators .
My DF is and has been for 50 years (since he was a kid).
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My DF is and has been for 50 years (since he was a kid).
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I have a question about this subject.
My question is, are these anything a ham operator could use? If so I will look into local Ham operator clubs to offer them for sale. If not I may have to go through eBay if I can't find anyone on Craig's.
Thanks for any help you can give me.
A few listings on ebay. Check out completed listings for sales, you could get a few $$ for those.Those are 16 channel, 5 watt VHF radios which with a frequency range just above HAM 2M frequencies. I don't know if they can be programmed to be used below their lower end of 150 Mhz. My sense is they don't. A Chinese made Baofeng or Wouxun can be had for anywhere from $30 - $100 which can do multiple bands, 4 watts and have 127 -200 memory channels & include the accessories.
Yours are a commercial radio known as Radius series P1225 and I've not heard of them being used in HAM, but someone, someplace may use them. Probably can sell them on e-bay.
Wondered if any Tuggers are Ham radio operators .
My DF is and has been for 50 years (since he was a kid).
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Thank you all for the answer to my question. I'm going to take the link out so I'm not skirting any TUG rules.
Doug has bought/sold things on Craigslist, eBay and at Ham radio swap meets.
I have seen Collins, Rockwell-Collins, Hammarlunds and all sorts of VHF antennae fly in/out of this place.
You should do well. Just see how things are priced and proceed from there.
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Thank you Beags. I'll keep my ad in at a lower price. I can always keep them for weather radios since I sold my boat and don't have a weather radio now.
I'm not a ham operator, but have a quick story about them.
The most memorable phone call I ever received was made possible by ham radio operators.
One evening my phone rang, and a gentleman on the other end explained he was calling from New York, but was going to attempt a telephone to ham radio communication through a series of operators, naming the countries, with the final link, Antarctica. My buddy was on Antarctica on a scientetific expedition at one of the US bases there. I was given instructions, including the fact that I dare not talk politics. There was a series of clicking, squelching, jibberish, and noise, a pause, and then I heard my name!
We talked for a few minutes, always fininishing with "over" and a pause. He called to let me know when he would be getting back home since we had a ski vacation pending, but sometimes weather prevented flights out of the Antarctic.
Yep, I talked on the phone with my buddy in Antarctica, only possible by ham radio operators. Very cool indeed.