Been a licensed ham for seven or so years. Five as a tech then took the test for General. Ham articles on Freerepublc are rare and apparently no one maintains a ham ping list that I’m aware of. But, I just may not be aware.
So, is there a ham ping list???
...and speaking of hobbies, I have enough expensive ones already which is why I have yet to make the radio leap other than a two meter Baofeng. Working on an outdoor antenna so I don’t communicate much due to HT rubber duck limitations.
I am not aware of a ping list.
A gain outside antenna should greatly increase you range as a duckie antenna is barley above a dummy load. However I reach a DMR repeater on a 700 ft tower about 20 miles from my home with my Anytone talkie.
It has been my experience that DMR gets better range than analog FM.