Ham radio (Fallout 3)

A ham radio is a small radio transceiver found throughout the wastelands.

Background
Throughout the Capital and Mojave Wastelands, radio communication is achieved by way of ham radios, which are known as transceivers. These devices, manufactured by Radiation King and paired with a microphone, are able to both transmit and receive information. Some radios are functioning and transmit radio stations and messages. Other ham radios broadcast a signal that serves as a beacon to lead the player character to locations.

The signal received by one's Pip-Boy is not sent from the above-ground tower, but rather from the actual ham radio unit itself. These transmitters can be found in various sheltered locations, such as drainage cisterns, tunnels, or caves. The broadcast will become more clear as one moves closer to the ham radio unit and conversely, turns to static and fades out completely as one moved farther away. The player character can turn the ham radio off once they reach it, which stops the broadcast. Ham radios are found both destroyed and intact, cannot be damaged by the player character, nor added to the inventory.

Fallout: New Vegas

 * One ham radio at a lookout point on Guardian Peak.
 * One inside the Jean Sky Diving building.
 * Two can be found in Camp Forlorn Hope command center.
 * Three can be found at Black Mountain, one under the toppled satellite dish, and two in the buildings on the summit.
 * Two can be found in Camp McCarran, inside one of the tents nearest the entrance (opposite the medical tent), and in the control tower.
 * Dead Money radios in the Sierra Madre can have the appearance of a ham radio. These can be targeted and destroyed, unlike normal ham radios, and they broadcast a decayed frequency that can detonate bomb collars.

Fallout 4

 * Relay tower 0BB-915

Fallout 76

 * At Sunnytop Station
 * Big Al's Tattoo Parlor
 * Camp Venture
 * Two in a tent at the Crater watchstation
 * On top of drop site V9
 * At Hunter's Ridge

Appearances
Ham radios appear only in Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4, and Fallout 76.

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