Back to the future: Are hackers the future of amateur radio?

Re:Back to the future: Are hackers the future of amateur radio? by bobmcnamara on Thursday July 18, 2024 @07:28PM (#41000714)

A few weeks ago I heard the following exchange.

Canadian: Is this frequency in use?

...Silence...

Canadian: Cqcqcqcqcq...

MM: THIS FREQUENCY IS RESERVED FOR MARITIME MOBILE EMERGENCY TRAFFIC!

Me: What is the nature of the emergency? Can I be of assistance?

MM: no emergency, just you know, in case there's an emergency please stay off

A cultured Canadian: kindly fuck off.

MM: hey now you can't swear on the radio FCCs gonna jumpya...

Canadian: proceeds to make several contacts over the protests of MM lid calling out FCC profanity regulation numbers.

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Re:Back to the future: Are hackers the future of amateur radio? by bityard on Thursday July 18, 2024 @10:09PM (#41001523)

Yes, the MM "net" is known to just be a bunch of lids looking to pick fights with strangers for their own entertainment. They've been doing it forever.

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Re:Back to the future: Are hackers the future of amateur radio? by doom2 on Friday July 19, 2024 @07:02AM (#41004894)

Ah, welcome to the wonderful world of 14.300

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