Check into whether there are any Ham Radio clubs in your city. When I moved to London, in 2019 I had been thinking of getting into Ham Radio for many years. Years ago you were required to learn morse code and I was not interested in code. Closer to 2019 I heard that code was no longer required and my brother who was a Ham gave me a handheld Ham Radio and I brought it to London, so I was browsing around the web one night and discovered LARC (London Amateur Radio Club) had a club and web site. I then saw they were holding a class for training for the exam a couple months later. I took the plunge and signed up and passed the exam on the last session. After getting my License VE3YRG I was able to join in on the Tuesday night 2M elmer net. A group of us noobs listen to a more experienced Ham talk about a subject Ham related and can ask questions. It is a safe place to chat and learn how to operate on radio without worrying about stumbling over our tougues. I then asked my brother VE6RBN if he had a spare radio that I could get on the HF bands (frequencies not covered on hand held). The hand held operates on VHF bands and are only line of sight (20-50 miles) wereas HF bands can bounce around the world depending on power and sun spot activity.
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There is and one of my mates is going through the process you did at the moment. I am pretty keen to do the same but it's a matter of time for me at the moment, lack of it. I've got a long happening over here and with that, other hobbies work and all...Time is very difficult to find. I'm intending to do it though. I'm keen for the HF thing, worldwide.
Yes, we could possible chat then real time while exploring a great hobby.
That's the idea - get connected. I like the idea of having a method of gaining information without relying on the traditional ways.
Plus I am sure that it fits in with you prepper mindset.
Yes, that's the driving factor.
I didn't know you were in London, I had thought Canada.
London, Ontario Canada
Lol...I was right then. You just said London though and I thought England. 😂
There is a club here in Yuma. A lot of retirees bring their radios with them and a lot of retirees want to 'learn the ropes'. They meet for breakfast on Thursday mornings from October through April.
LARC is a great club, and an awesome group. Due to Covid the Saturday get togethers for breakfast have stopped as well as the Tuesday coffee shop gatherings. We do get together on the air, so still some social activity still goes on.
Damn. I got my third class and second class radio engineer ticket punched in 1970. I wonder if it's still good :)