Do we need to pick? I love xbox. If we're talking emergency, I'd have to say radio. If we're talking normal day, I'm going to have to go with the xbox.
Ham too. I laugh when people think there cells will work in a catastrophic storm or quake.They don't understand the infrastructure needed for cell phones to operate,just let them believe that little cell is puttin'out some watts right to the phone on the receiving end,Sure...understanding radio transmission is cool,Not X-box
I like the people that say cell phones... I'm not a ham or anything just a bit of interest in all electronics. There's two major flaws in the cell phone fall back.
1) The tower is likely going to be down in an emergency such as a flood or storm.
2) If the tower is "operationally" functioning during the emergency they are not designed nor capable of handling the amount of traffic they would receive. Meaning your calls out would either go immediately busy or be dropped.
Great vid. I was the "nerd" always having a radio on my side hell I would even have two sometimes for Fire and ham but when we had the hurricanes here in Fl I wonder who got to talk to people and find out information before anyone because they were involved with ARES/RACES/SATERN/ through the local EOC. hmm Me. I was 1st licensed at 16 I'm now a week away from my 22nd birthday. i enjoy the occasional video game but I would rather spend my money on useful things. Thank you
I'd spend my money on guns/knives so in an emergency I can steal your radio and anything else I can run away with. :D (incudling your buddys xbox) hee hee
like your video. Might talk to you some time if you can hit baraboo .880 I'm kc9koq in The corner on the state. keep working on your friends My son is thinking of becoming a ham soon.
Excellent point. I am currently studying for my Tech, Its nice to see the younger generation keep the hobby going. thanks a lot for posting this. keep up the good work.
I think in a real situation though the people who said XBOX would soon change their minds after thery run out of fuel.. Or they need to get a message somewhere.
It would actually be possible if someone would write the software to transmit the packets from the xbox live over the radio, maybe as packet or Dstar so you could combine both.
i would pefer to have ham radio any day over a game system. us fellow hams are a very important part of emergency communcations. i am to be a ham my call sign is KJ4FDQ
i totally agree with you kid. I was once stuck in a bloody tornado and i only had my stinkin xbox, i tried to go to the store to get a generator but the store had blown away! Bugger i thought, i wish i had a HAM RADIO.
Kid you smart!
Although u cant play COD of duty on a pork radio, so i aint so certain?
You know it's funny, I just retired (@46) And I thought i'd buy a video game system as i have time now. I opted to spend the time and study for the Ham tests on QRZ.com. after two weeks of long hours I took my tec and gen test and did very well,
I missed 6 out of 70 questions, I bought a yeasu ft-8800r, and hoked it up as a base station, I am going back for my extra this thusday. I could have spent the same amount of effort (and money) on a video ganme system and had nothing to show for it. 73
I choose the Amateur Radio. When I got my license as a teenager several years ago we did not have high speed internet out here. Ham radio was my link to the world and still is a great passion. You may want to check into ARES (and RACES if/when you are 18 y.o.) and get involved if you have not done so already. Take time to enjoy, have fun, and learn more about radio in the good times and apply what you have learned and know in the bad times with emergency communications. 73
@ab8xx Oh and by the way: get a pelican case to store your 2m HT and accessories in. They are waterproof, crush resistant, and are downright rugged. That way the thing will work after "tornado has rattled it around" lol. Also keep a fresh set of batteries in there. Get an external magnet mount antenna to put on a car or cookie sheet as a ground plane to extend it's range. This makes for a true grab and go radio kit.
@Drafter3 most of the hand held ham radios have a strap to carry them with and the mobiles can be mounted to almost anything that will hold it down plus we can make emergecy kits to carry our radio equipment in
Similar stuff happens all the time. Good Hams have back-up. Many Hams have extra gear they can share with somebody who has an equipment problem. There are Hams who don't use any other equipment other then what they build. When Katrina hit New Orleans, ALL COMMUNICATION was wiped out including the local Ham radio repeaters. It was only a matter of hours that hams started responding. They responded from local areas as well as Nationwide.
It is so refreshing seeing a level-headed youngster on youtube. I've got xbox and a wii and would trade them in a minute for more radio gear. You've completely got the right idea.
Hey there! I myself have both a Ham Radio and an Xbox 360. Yeah, the Xbox is cool, sure, but Ham Radio is much more interesting to me. 73's Have a good one.
Well I would have the ham radio anyday.. I have just passed my foundation which is like the US technician licence.. We dont get many emergency situations here in the UK like you guys do, but its better than being sat infront of a tv all day playing games.....
And to all those mush heads out there (the ones who are going to get a generator) spending your days in front of a TV screen, I am praying for you that in a case where you need your friends help, that heel give it to YOU!
@ethanwj14 Cell phones are just expensive radios (They work on a portion of the UHF Band) that you need to pay monthly to use. Ham Radio is free, other than getting a radio which is actually the same cost as a fancy cell phone now. Any by the way, I have a life, that's a little insulting.
Ham radio of course. what are they going to do when the satellites fail or crash to earth. That means no telephone, television, and internet. So who are they going to come crying to. People that use ham radios. They need to wake up.
i could go on and on about thouse kids who have no ability beyond sitting in front of a mind scrambling tv. when the xbox doesnt work and they want to know whats going on tell them im sorry but youll need a radio good bye.
tell them to watch fall of the republic ( v=F8LPNRI_6T8) and when the net is shut down during the next national emergency you wont be a geek your be god.
An XBOX over a HAM RADIO? Lulz... are your friends on crack? Seriously though, I can't see how a bunch of xbox gamer fanboys could have the right to call anyone a loser or whatever, may wanna point that out to 'em, since gaming is like the geekiest hobby known to mankind.
When a f-3 tornado comes through, and you're the only one able to get any information about what's going on, i guarantee they'll change their tunes.
Radio is way better, no internet no xbox as you say.
On hf radio you can have worldwide communications or at least over there in the usa statewide communications with a wire antenna up a tree and low power on the hf frequencies.
And there are neat modes that use computers aswell like psk31 and rtty and sstv and so on.
There are so many things to do in this hobbie, talking thru the space station on a handheld radio is neat aswell !!!!
Congrats on your lisence! I got min back on march! And just upgrades to general on friday! my lisence hasnt shown it yet but it will change from KI6WTX to a general class call! I am also in school AND...i would rather have a HT or a HF rig that i can communicate with!!!!
Congrats on using your brain! Ham radio is a really cool pursuit - you learn about the physics of the real world and how it works instead of a virtual game world. I wish you many years of enjoyment. Steve VK3TDX
Well I must say I'm impressed! It's nice to see kids thinking about what to do in case of a emergency. Very well done for your first video and don't forget about the furkids in a emergency to.
Will ham radio work after a neclear explosion?
streetmuggedbypolice 1 month ago
Do we need to pick? I love xbox. If we're talking emergency, I'd have to say radio. If we're talking normal day, I'm going to have to go with the xbox.
otterk 1 month ago
Ham too. I laugh when people think there cells will work in a catastrophic storm or quake.They don't understand the infrastructure needed for cell phones to operate,just let them believe that little cell is puttin'out some watts right to the phone on the receiving end,Sure...understanding radio transmission is cool,Not X-box
forcefed38 2 months ago
Amateur radio wins 100% of the time. Nice job! I have my general and next month my extra..
bailenforcer 6 months ago
I like the people that say cell phones... I'm not a ham or anything just a bit of interest in all electronics. There's two major flaws in the cell phone fall back.
1) The tower is likely going to be down in an emergency such as a flood or storm.
2) If the tower is "operationally" functioning during the emergency they are not designed nor capable of handling the amount of traffic they would receive. Meaning your calls out would either go immediately busy or be dropped.
painlessguy 6 months ago
Great vid. I was the "nerd" always having a radio on my side hell I would even have two sometimes for Fire and ham but when we had the hurricanes here in Fl I wonder who got to talk to people and find out information before anyone because they were involved with ARES/RACES/SATERN/ through the local EOC. hmm Me. I was 1st licensed at 16 I'm now a week away from my 22nd birthday. i enjoy the occasional video game but I would rather spend my money on useful things. Thank you
Sean WW4EOC
xonelifexonechancex 11 months ago
Been there done that... take the radio... then buy the guns and ammo.
n5vei 11 months ago
I live in california, I'm going xbox.
Rykershot101 1 year ago
I'd spend my money on guns/knives so in an emergency I can steal your radio and anything else I can run away with. :D (incudling your buddys xbox) hee hee
Lacider 1 year ago
like your video. Might talk to you some time if you can hit baraboo .880 I'm kc9koq in The corner on the state. keep working on your friends My son is thinking of becoming a ham soon.
mrdana2u 1 year ago
Excellent point. I am currently studying for my Tech, Its nice to see the younger generation keep the hobby going. thanks a lot for posting this. keep up the good work.
Ace411275 1 year ago
Ham radio.
MatisyahuBoone 1 year ago
Ham radio for sure..
I think in a real situation though the people who said XBOX would soon change their minds after thery run out of fuel.. Or they need to get a message somewhere.
It would actually be possible if someone would write the software to transmit the packets from the xbox live over the radio, maybe as packet or Dstar so you could combine both.
Congrats on the Tech License
73 from England
de M0VST - KD8MGW - Mark
markbeermonster 1 year ago
RADIO
N4ANE 1 year ago
i would pefer to have ham radio any day over a game system. us fellow hams are a very important part of emergency communcations. i am to be a ham my call sign is KJ4FDQ
kj4fdq 1 year ago
i totally agree with you kid. I was once stuck in a bloody tornado and i only had my stinkin xbox, i tried to go to the store to get a generator but the store had blown away! Bugger i thought, i wish i had a HAM RADIO.
Kid you smart!
Although u cant play COD of duty on a pork radio, so i aint so certain?
dumbT1Ts 1 year ago
You know it's funny, I just retired (@46) And I thought i'd buy a video game system as i have time now. I opted to spend the time and study for the Ham tests on QRZ.com. after two weeks of long hours I took my tec and gen test and did very well,
I missed 6 out of 70 questions, I bought a yeasu ft-8800r, and hoked it up as a base station, I am going back for my extra this thusday. I could have spent the same amount of effort (and money) on a video ganme system and had nothing to show for it. 73
anthonydangelo 1 year ago
Ham Radio. When I get it lol.
lifesaucks6 1 year ago
ham radio of course.......
ve7tyb
yinglyca 1 year ago
I choose the Amateur Radio. When I got my license as a teenager several years ago we did not have high speed internet out here. Ham radio was my link to the world and still is a great passion. You may want to check into ARES (and RACES if/when you are 18 y.o.) and get involved if you have not done so already. Take time to enjoy, have fun, and learn more about radio in the good times and apply what you have learned and know in the bad times with emergency communications. 73
ab8xx 1 year ago
@ab8xx Oh and by the way: get a pelican case to store your 2m HT and accessories in. They are waterproof, crush resistant, and are downright rugged. That way the thing will work after "tornado has rattled it around" lol. Also keep a fresh set of batteries in there. Get an external magnet mount antenna to put on a car or cookie sheet as a ground plane to extend it's range. This makes for a true grab and go radio kit.
ab8xx 1 year ago
lets assume for the sake of discussion, that the tornado blew that radio out of your hand and smashed it against a brick wall into a million pieces?
or what if your batteries supernova'd?
Drafter3 1 year ago
@Drafter3 most of the hand held ham radios have a strap to carry them with and the mobiles can be mounted to almost anything that will hold it down plus we can make emergecy kits to carry our radio equipment in
kj4fdq 1 year ago
@Drafter3
Similar stuff happens all the time. Good Hams have back-up. Many Hams have extra gear they can share with somebody who has an equipment problem. There are Hams who don't use any other equipment other then what they build. When Katrina hit New Orleans, ALL COMMUNICATION was wiped out including the local Ham radio repeaters. It was only a matter of hours that hams started responding. They responded from local areas as well as Nationwide.
kc0rey 1 year ago
It is so refreshing seeing a level-headed youngster on youtube. I've got xbox and a wii and would trade them in a minute for more radio gear. You've completely got the right idea.
aristoworks 1 year ago
Ham wins. Xbox sucks, and so do your friends. Ha!
UndeadAnimation 1 year ago
Ham radio all the way
Emergency comms are life saveing
See my vids of equepment
M3ypu
m3ypu 1 year ago
Hey there! I myself have both a Ham Radio and an Xbox 360. Yeah, the Xbox is cool, sure, but Ham Radio is much more interesting to me. 73's Have a good one.
RyGuy5320 1 year ago
Either way your a nerd. But Xbox is useless in real life, fun but useless. You made the right choice.
PGTRegard 1 year ago
Well I would have the ham radio anyday.. I have just passed my foundation which is like the US technician licence.. We dont get many emergency situations here in the UK like you guys do, but its better than being sat infront of a tv all day playing games.....
m6pcg 1 year ago
HAM RADIO!!!!!!!!
FOR SHURE!!!!!
And to all those mush heads out there (the ones who are going to get a generator) spending your days in front of a TV screen, I am praying for you that in a case where you need your friends help, that heel give it to YOU!
Im taking my techchnical exam may 8th!
wish me luck!!!
SK8terBEAST2 1 year ago
u people need lives, oh boy a ham radio, i think thats what a cell phone is for... *cough* nerds *cough*
ethanwj14 2 years ago
@ethanwj14 Cell phones are just expensive radios (They work on a portion of the UHF Band) that you need to pay monthly to use. Ham Radio is free, other than getting a radio which is actually the same cost as a fancy cell phone now. Any by the way, I have a life, that's a little insulting.
RyGuy5320 1 year ago
KD0HON
Kilo Delta zero Hotel Oscar November
HAM Radio all the way
whistlesun 2 years ago
Ham radio of course. what are they going to do when the satellites fail or crash to earth. That means no telephone, television, and internet. So who are they going to come crying to. People that use ham radios. They need to wake up.
h1pp1e2000 2 years ago
You are a wise young man.
wingzofsteel 2 years ago
i could go on and on about thouse kids who have no ability beyond sitting in front of a mind scrambling tv. when the xbox doesnt work and they want to know whats going on tell them im sorry but youll need a radio good bye.
tell them to watch fall of the republic ( v=F8LPNRI_6T8) and when the net is shut down during the next national emergency you wont be a geek your be god.
IRSFRAUDEXPOSED 2 years ago
I will take the radio please!!
tribalmasters 2 years ago
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Proster999 2 years ago
An XBOX over a HAM RADIO? Lulz... are your friends on crack? Seriously though, I can't see how a bunch of xbox gamer fanboys could have the right to call anyone a loser or whatever, may wanna point that out to 'em, since gaming is like the geekiest hobby known to mankind.
When a f-3 tornado comes through, and you're the only one able to get any information about what's going on, i guarantee they'll change their tunes.
Get that general, bro!
73!
Chris aka W4WXP
w4wxp 2 years ago
Thank you so much for all of the veiws and comments. 73 to all of you.
-KC9PST
KC9PST 2 years ago
Keep up the good video work and ham radio. You will talk to some interesting people on HF from all over the world.
Pitcaran Island is a interesting place where there are ham radio operators.
The home of the Bounty in Bounty bay where she rest.
KZ4USA 2 years ago
Radio is way better, no internet no xbox as you say.
On hf radio you can have worldwide communications or at least over there in the usa statewide communications with a wire antenna up a tree and low power on the hf frequencies.
And there are neat modes that use computers aswell like psk31 and rtty and sstv and so on.
There are so many things to do in this hobbie, talking thru the space station on a handheld radio is neat aswell !!!!
73's from New Zealand
Jason ZL2FT
jashoon 2 years ago
Congrats on your lisence! I got min back on march! And just upgrades to general on friday! my lisence hasnt shown it yet but it will change from KI6WTX to a general class call! I am also in school AND...i would rather have a HT or a HF rig that i can communicate with!!!!
73's KI6WTX/AG
6619723510 2 years ago
Congrats on using your brain! Ham radio is a really cool pursuit - you learn about the physics of the real world and how it works instead of a virtual game world. I wish you many years of enjoyment. Steve VK3TDX
xyachtie 2 years ago
Keep going
Game consoles are for looser....they waste their money for a Xbox360 although Microsoft is already developing a new console.
inkontinentius 2 years ago
73's - de K5FLI
jermut1 2 years ago
congratulations on passing your technical license.
Might want to point out that VOIP (used by XBox live, skpe etc) was developed by radio amateurs.
Anyway for me amateur radio wins over Xbox 360
Hope to see you down the log.
73 Paul M3XPR
meterbands 2 years ago 3
Thank you everyone. There is now exactly 100 veiws on this video!
KC9PST 2 years ago
job well done body! im geting my tec lic soon
kaatsal 2 years ago
Well I must say I'm impressed! It's nice to see kids thinking about what to do in case of a emergency. Very well done for your first video and don't forget about the furkids in a emergency to.
Love you,
Auntie Mary
TH8007 2 years ago 4
nice view... lol... 73 from portugal
VictoreCelia 2 years ago