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How far can you transmit ham radio?
Even though Ham radio has more inherent range than other options like the FRS walkie talkies, the popular 2m and 70 cm bands available to Technician-level Hams are generally limited to line-of-horizon or line-of-sight range. If you’re using a handheld unit, you may only get 1-2 miles.
Can you talk on ham radio?
Talking to someone using ham radio is commonly known as a ‘QSO’ or a ‘contact’. Although it can seem really scary at first, you won’t regret a moment of it. There are many ways to make a QSO, some of the most common being through morse code (CW), phone (voice communications), and data (RTTY, teletype).
How far does a 2 meter ham radio transmit?
On VHF frequencies such as 2-meters, antenna height greatly influences how far one can talk. Typical reliable repeater range is about 25 miles (40 km). Some repeaters in unusually high locations, such as skyscrapers or mountain tops, can be usable as far out as 75 miles (121 km).
What ham bands are the best?
40 meters – 7.0–7.3 MHz – Considered the most reliable all-season DX band. Popular for DX at night, 40 meters is also reliable for medium distance (1500 km; 1000 miles) contacts during the day. Much of this band was shared with broadcasters, and in most countries the bottom 100 kHz or 200 kHz are available to amateurs.
How far does a ham radio signal travel?
There are some Hams that do Moon bounce, bounce their signals off the Moon and it returns to Earth far way. So in this mode I guess one can say the signal travels about 500,000 miles. It depends on the power, the antenna configuration, the frequency and atmospheric conditions.
Can you talk all around the world on ham radio?
One answer is “all around the world.” An equally common, but equally vague, answer is, “It depends.” Both answers are correct, but perhaps an even better answer is a combination of the two. What I’d say is, “You can talk all around the world on ham radio, but it depends.”
What is hamham radio’s low frequency band?
Ham Radio has a BUNCH of bands (we got 2 new ones recently in the Very Low Frequency bands) in High Frequency. Our lowest frequency one used to be, and the lowest built in most radios, is the 160 Meter Band at 1.8 to 2.0 mHz.
How far can you talk on the radio?
Arguably, the biggest factor that determines how far you can talk on the radio is the frequency you’re operating on. Here’s a chart that shows the radio spectrum and all the different frequency bands that are available to amateur radio operators: Amateur radio operators can transmit on frequencies as low as 136 kHz and as high as 250 GHz.