What have I become?!

[jamesb@fedi.duckduckpigeon.co.uk]

@neil True. It's the use of it that could be illegal.

[neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk]

@jamesb Quite!

[g7vkq@mastodon.radio]

@neil A Baofeng junkie

[holsta@mastodon.art]

@neil NEIL.

[jamesb@fedi.duckduckpigeon.co.uk]

@neil Although mere posession of it could be illegal in certain countries - the UK not being one of them.

And now I'm going to go on a rabbit hole of how Scotland implements radio legislation that follows England and Wales.

[neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk]

@jamesb I suspect that mere possession could be sufficient to be tortured or killed in some countries.

Probably not Scotland though.

[toaster@fluff.avery.lgbt]

@vgoller @neil
"Kochschinken Bediener", put that in your CV!

[stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@neil ham-radios!

[abmurrow@hachyderm.io]

@neil @jamesb Wait I never realized you could just be a read-only HAM radio person! This changes things.

[dianora@ottawa.place]

@neil A repeater?

[twohundredmotels@mastodon.social]

@neil my toy

[goingdownwithsundial@mastodon.social]

@neil and now I've got an ear worm! But it's a decent song so I don't mind.

Hurt by Johnny Cash (or if you prefer it, the NIN cover)

[msh@coales.co]

@neil an old man.

You have become an OLD MAN.

#DadJoke

[hananc@tooot.im]

@neil do you follow Ringway Manchester on YouTube?

[sheddi@mstdn.party]

@neil a Bao-fan?

[mbirth@social.mbirth.uk]

@wurzelmann @neil I’d say a ham radio hoarder…

[wurzelmann@mastodon.wurzelmann.at]

@mbirth @neil same thing, I just used the cool slang term for it.

[mbirth@social.mbirth.uk]

@wurzelmann @neil Like a true addict - speaking in coded language to hide the shame.

[mmiasma@mastodon.sdf.org]

@neil

A Ham radio operator?

[professor_stevens@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@neil

I have a couple of Baofeng UV-5Rs. I was anxious about them not being certified in the US, but when my oh-so-perfect Yaesu VX-5Rs button labels rubbed off after a few years, and Yaesu told me they don't stock replacement parts for "old equipment," I decided to go rogue.

My Baofengs are about ten years old now. And the labels are still there.