Has anyone here, especially non native speakers, tried to get the necessary licensing to operate ham radios in Japan?
I'm trying to figure out a method of communicating between vehicles in Japan and the laws are very restrictive.
while they have normal family use radios, they are limited to 10mW which is fricking useless.
my only other option it seems is maybe CB radios, which are limited to 500mW and operate in a different band range than most of the other world.
is there any other option, or perhaps a way to rent business band licensed radios?
Otherwise looks like ham radio is the only convenient way to me
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Don't care, nerd. Get a baofang and enjoy prison.
I used a baofeng and endes up arrested 23 days without lawer.
why not just use phones
I accidentally ordered baofeng at a chinese restaurant and got 23 days detention
Do you have two smart phones?
Can you get a phone signal?
Could you just use...whatsapp? Skype? Facebook?
I don't get why you wouldn't use the internet, especially given that you've got maps compatibility with internet.
USx Marines don't even do maps over radio, they use Ipad GPS and a satlink.
are there actually areas in Japan that are so remote you don't have cell service? My understanding is that most of the country was fairly populated, even in the most remote parts
>baofang
Even landing in Tokyo, you see wide swaths of farmland before it all turns to concrete.
>are there actually areas in Japan that are so remote you don't have cell service?
no, unless you're in the ass end of some remote Okinawan/Izu island or far rural Hokkaido.
the only way you're losing signal in Japan is if you're deep in the mountains, which a ham radio wont help you with either.
>I'm trying to figure out a method of communicating between vehicles in Japan
obviously he needs broadcast capability
if you send short messages and not data at all then APRS
https://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap&z=12&lat=60.2573&lng=24.9272&timerange=3600&tail=3600
If you need vehicle to vehicle "radio" then install Zello on your phones. Problem solved.
Do you have a loicense in your home country? iirc it's possible to use your home callsign for some time without getting a new permit, just add a prefix to it
>using ham radio for commercial purposes