Ham Radio Operators

[Clayton k Cross]

How many of y'all are Ham Radio technician class or higher?

 

[dhodges]

I hold a higher-class license plus MARS endorsement

 

[Clayton k Cross]

What is a MARS endorsement @dhodges?

 

[Jim Bayer]

How many of y'all are Ham Radio technician class or higher?

KC9AOP - Jim. General

 

[Shaun Kelly]

Extra.

 

[RPatrickDTW]

What is a MARS endorsement @dhodges?

Air Force Military Auxiliary Radio Systems (AFMARS)

afmars.com

 

[Ben Holcomb]

General - WX8BEN

Really not a lot of radio traffic out there anymore on chases. I assume everyone just using phones nowadays for comms?

 

[Shaun Kelly]

During the last two years, and especially during my vacation slot down south, I heard chasers on 2m only maybe a handful of times, and FRS/GMRS maybe twice as often, but not as often as I would expect. I know a bunch of streaming chasers are using PTT over Cellular/Network radio type things, I think based on some of the talk permit tones probably Motorola Wave, but that's just guesswork.

My local chase partners are still coordinating on 2m ham frequencies.