Re:Back to the future: Are hackers the future of amateur radio?
by resters on Monday July 22, 2024 @01:01PM
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It sounds like you listened to rag chewers on 75 and came up with a knee-jerk impression that ham radio is boring.
Ham radio is far more than what you observed. I advise that you check out some of the following before you give up on it:
- QEX magazine
- MSK144 meteor scatter and similar modes
- CW Ops, CW radiosport
- FlexRadio, SmartSDR, PowerSDR
- The QDX transceiver, QRP Labs, etc.
There is a tremendously active community of experimenters and people doing really interesting things. It takes a little bit of digging to find it. Much of it is on email lists rather than traditional discussion forums.
Ham radio is far more than what you observed. I advise that you check out some of the following before you give up on it:
- QEX magazine
- MSK144 meteor scatter and similar modes
- CW Ops, CW radiosport
- FlexRadio, SmartSDR, PowerSDR
- The QDX transceiver, QRP Labs, etc.
There is a tremendously active community of experimenters and people doing really interesting things. It takes a little bit of digging to find it. Much of it is on email lists rather than traditional discussion forums.