HAM People VS GMRS People - Who Uses GMRS & Who Uses HAM? Whats The Difference Between HAM & GMRS?

**CORRECTION!! I mis-spoke when I said "GMRS has 8 channels" - In fact, GMRS has 22 channels, plus 8 channels for repeater usage.. My deepest apologies for making this kind of human mistake.
In this video I explain some of the differences between GMRS and HAM systems and the differences in the people that might use either HAM or GMRS. I also explain what a "SAD HAM" is.

00:00 - I didn't sleep at all last night!
00:22 - What I have in store for you in this video
01:40 - Difference between GMRS and HAM
02:24 - Who is my Youtube hero?
02:35 - HAM repeaters vs GMRS repeaters
04:03 - How long has HAM been around?
05:19 - HAM radio emergency communications infrastructure
07:27 - Are GMRS radios just "toys" ?
11:35 - What is a "SAD HAM" ? - Sad Hams defined and explained
13:18 - Tell us about your SAD HAM sightings!
13:54 - TL;DR / TL;DW
14:24 - Sad goodbye

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