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Cake day: June 11th, 2024

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  • You can listen live without a license. Baofeng is the standard entry-level radio and they are great for listening and super cheap. Odd UI but you can use CHIRP. They are decent for transmitting low power local, but if you do want to transmit seriously the Baofeng is pretty shitty. I have a Yaesu FT5D that was damn cheap for how well it performs and it’s in the HandiTalk format so I can carry it around. I can also slot it right into a real antenna in my shack and that’s where it really shines.


  • oof. I gotta say, anything with that opacity of color for THAT cheap… please torch the thing before you smoke out of it. I bought some “pink elephant” pipes once for resale and threw them in the trash because the pink coloring was some sort of plastic sprayed on after the piece was complete and kilned. It was in the bowl. In. The. Bowl.

    Stay safe and if you’re not going to buy US made glass, test your shit before use.