A Day at the Range with My Son
My son is in the middle of a two-week fall break. Today, I took him shooting, along with my brother.
Do not Get your Ham License.
This author has many preppers for friends, due to obvious reasons . One of the topics that comes up often is comms in an emergency situation. I have decided the hill I will stop on is local comms - as can be had via normal handheld walkies or similar. To get more range, ham radio is about the only civilian option, and I will NOT be going that way. It is a protest. And this is why . From the tweets : "I hate to be discouraging, but I must remind everyone that even in a time of emergency, unlicensed operation is against FCC regulations. I know that personally I've received a few tattle-telling messages from hams over the past few days who have reported to me people sharing life-saving information over the radio without a license. This is a constant reminder that for the overwhelming majority of the ham radio hobby, there is NO emergency so severe that unlicensed operation will be accepted. Sure, net control for formal nets can operate under emergency rules, but for most ...
1st pic - if you look closely, you can see the slide is open as the pistol has just fired. Got lucky.
ReplyDeleteIf you look really closely, you can see the spent shell mid-air.