Question about MURS

[NopeNadda]

There are two 2 meter band repeaters and one 70 centimeter band repeater in your county that you can probably reach with those radios.
With the scanner, you can program them up and see what you hear. That'll help you learn by listening to others:

York County, Nebraska (NE) Amateur Radio

Amateur Radio in York County, Nebraska (NE)

www.radioreference.com

Might be other clubs nearby. Most ham clubs are eager to find new people and should be more than willing to help you.



Well, you've got some suitable radios already. I always recommend waiting until you have your license before spending any more money. Talk to the other hams to see what they recommend for your specific area.
At minimum, you probably want a VHF mobile, a 12 volt power supply and an outdoor antenna. Which ones will depend entirely on your budget.

10-4, I will get on my local Ham's group and see what I can manage to accomplish.

 

[mmckenna]

Meantime, tune your scanner to those repeater output frequencies and see what you hear. Listen in the mornings/evenings and you may hear something. A good ham club will hold weekly meetings/nets on the repeater.

 

[nd5y]

Get a shortwave receiver and listen in here:

Code Transmissions

The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.

www.arrl.org

Or, get a shortwave radio and listen to active amateur radio frequencies.

You don't need a shortwave receiver. You can listen to several SDRs on line at websdr.org.

 

[hill]

just trying to find a frequency I can LEGALLY send and receive morse code without a license and without hurting my wallet, and not making the FCC upset.

Our Radio Club's CW guru conducts a CW training net for hams in local area on a 2 meter simplex frequency on Sunday evenings. She has been doing this training for years.

There are many 2 meter simplex frequencies to use and doesn't really upset anyone with the other hams in area rag chewing on another 2 meter simplex frequency.

 

[K9KLC]

Our Radio Club's CW guru conducts a CW training net for hams in local area on a 2 meter simplex frequency on Sunday evenings. She has been doing this training for years.

We had this down by me in the mid 90's helped me get my tech plus ticket to some degree at least. We did it on a UHF machine but same principal. Good to know this kind of thing is still going on some places.

 

[NopeNadda]

Meantime, tune your scanner to those repeater output frequencies and see what you hear. Listen in the mornings/evenings and you may hear something. A good ham club will hold weekly meetings/nets on the repeater.

already have. I will keep on listening to them

 

[AK9R]

An amateur radio license is fairly inexpensive. FCC license fee is something like $15. You may have to pay a few bucks for the license exam.

Up to $15 examination fee payable at the testing session.

--Plus--

$35 license application fee collected by the FCC when the application is processed.

 

[ecps92]

Thanks for the info, but the reason being is I cannot afford a Ham License at the moment and especially not the classes near me or online classes

There are plenty of classes being sponsored, some on-line, for FREE

already have. I will keep on listening to them

Contact your local club(s) they may have resources or plans they can share with you

 

[K9KLC]

There are plenty of classes being sponsored, some on-line, for FREE

Contact your local club(s) they may have resources or plans they can share with you

There may be some guys with some equipment laying around they might be willing to loan you as you get started. I've loaned out radios and antennas to folks along the way to help them along the way in the beginning. One fellow has a 33cm HT of mine for about 3 years now and I've had more fun talking to him on it at various places around town then I ever would have had with it just sitting here in a box.

 

[NopeNadda]

There may be some guys with some equipment laying around they might be willing to loan you as you get started. I've loaned out radios and antennas to folks along the way to help them along the way in the beginning. One fellow has a 33cm HT of mine for about 3 years now and I've had more fun talking to him on it at various places around town then I ever would have had with it just sitting here in a box.

Ok. I will see what I can do. I am not sure when I am going to be able to talk to my local hams, but hopefully it is soon.

 

[ecps92]

I have a few friends in mind, and I am still trying to get in touch with the local hams in the town I reside in

Learning CW Online" (lcwo.net) which is a web-based cw training program