What have done towards your prep?

[MikeA]

[BeardyMan]

[Midnitemo]

Just looked at the uv5r transceiver....looks like a good bit of kit and i can't believe how cheap they are, last time i looked at a cheap transceiver it was well over a hundred quid.

[BeardyMan]

Just looked at the uv5r transceiver....looks like a good bit of kit and i can't believe how cheap they are, last time i looked at a cheap transceiver it was well over a hundred quid.

Very good investment there. Handy if you're hiking in the moors etc, as you can use them to contact mountain rescue / coastguard (if you have the freq's stored!)

[Midnitemo]

is a ham licence required for a uv5r? or can you just use it to listen in at the moment...then use it to transmit after the event

[BeardyMan]

is a ham licence required for a uv5r? or can you just use it to listen in at the moment...then use it to transmit after the event

Legally, you need a license to transmit.
BUT, it's a hand held radio, you'd have to be REALLY unlucky to get busted for transmitting. Just remember not to transmit on any official freqs. (Coast guard etc) They DO NOT like that!!

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Just found out that my contract is being extended until March 2014
Not technically a prep, but it keeps the cash flowing in, so it definitely helps!

[Midnitemo]

i'm going to buy a couple for future use.

[Highlander]

is a ham licence required for a uv5r? or can you just use it to listen in at the moment...then use it to transmit after the event

Legally, you need a license to transmit.
BUT, it's a hand held radio, you'd have to be REALLY unlucky to get busted for transmitting. Just remember not to transmit on any official freqs. (Coast guard etc) They DO NOT like that!!

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Just found out that my contract is being extended until March 2014
Not technically a prep, but it keeps the cash flowing in, so it definitely helps!

I would not recommend transmitting on the ham radio channels, apart from it being illegal, fellow radio users will report you, and rightly so, there are people out there that will be able to track you down, its not worth it

It is not illegal to listen in to any channel though

[Steve]

You could minimise the risk of having ofcom jump on you by turning the power down, setting the bandwidth to narrow, and using them only in the pmr446 band. They are capable of operating between the assigned pmr channels, and are also capable of transmitting on one freguency and receiving on another, to give you some small amount of privacy.

[I-K-E]

or could go on a foundation ham course and do the test