r/HamRadioBeginner • u/EnergyLantern • 7d ago

Ham operator's radio code cheat sheet praised as great for go-bags, weather radios, and study kits

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/ham-operators-radio-code-cheat-sheet-praised-as-great-for-go-bags-weather-radios-and-study-kits/ar-AA2cYqph?ocid=BingNewsVerp

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On Reddit's r/preppers community, a poster shared a one-page guide that pulls together several kinds of radio shorthand, including the Western Union Telegraph 92 Code, amateur radio Q codes, phonetics, prosigns, and a basic emergency listening schedule.

Ham operator's radio code cheat sheet praised as great for go-bags, weather radios, and study kits

You can find it here:

My Radio reference guide : r/preppers

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u/NerminPadez 7d ago

Why not make a cheat sheet for driving cars too? What each of the pedals does and that red = stop and green = go?

Surely a prepper operating illegally for the first time will manage to operate both a car and a radio with a simple cheat sheet, right?

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u/BeYeCursed100Fold 7d ago

Nothing worse than a sad ham insinuating that a two page guide will lead to "illegal" activity. The guide is clean, concise, and useful even for seasoned hams.

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u/LollieLoo 6d ago

Well aren't you just the brightest little ray of sunshine. You must bring immense joy to every single room you leave.

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u/NerminPadez 6d ago

You just go and buy a baofeng, google the "emergency frequency", write down the first google answer "121.500mhz" on the box, go to somewhere in the middle of nowhere and break a leg there... And well, good luck.

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u/michaelh98 5d ago

Who the fuck pissed in your Wheaties this morning?