Ham radio DX-ing is mainly an occupation for shut-ins and people stuck in remote stations around the world. You used to have to be a hardware genius to get the gear together but now there are software-based radios.
What he CANNOT do is lug around an antenna for the 15-meter band.
It’s kind of like fishing. You can buy any kind of fish most any time. Nice to learn and hone the skills, the technologies, the social connections… Plus, it may be useful at times.
Wow that brings up old memories. My Dad was a ham radio buff, and my brother and he had great fun messing around with it. Me, not so much, but I understand the complexity of it, and appreciate the connection those ham radio fans had. Of course now it seems like beating on drums from a distance so another tribe far away could hear it and they’d drum back. I guess it’s not unlike us here commenting on things to people we don’t actually know, but enjoy our connections either way :-)
seanfear 19 days ago
it’s the analog predecessor of ICQ, Amanda.
Kenneth Berkun Premium Member 19 days ago
Exactly as I have always felt about Ham radio. Why would I want to talk to strangers? I barely want to talk to people I know.
John Wiley Premium Member 18 days ago
73! de W4YBO
tims145 18 days ago
“Oy gevalt”? What dialect of Catholic North Dakotan is that :-)(If you knew me, you’d know that OF COURSE I know it’s Yiddish)
mistercatworks 18 days ago
Ham radio DX-ing is mainly an occupation for shut-ins and people stuck in remote stations around the world. You used to have to be a hardware genius to get the gear together but now there are software-based radios.
What he CANNOT do is lug around an antenna for the 15-meter band.
goboboyd 18 days ago
It’s kind of like fishing. You can buy any kind of fish most any time. Nice to learn and hone the skills, the technologies, the social connections… Plus, it may be useful at times.
willie_mctell 18 days ago
Meeting new people? Eeew.
BJIllistrated Premium Member 17 days ago
Wow that brings up old memories. My Dad was a ham radio buff, and my brother and he had great fun messing around with it. Me, not so much, but I understand the complexity of it, and appreciate the connection those ham radio fans had. Of course now it seems like beating on drums from a distance so another tribe far away could hear it and they’d drum back. I guess it’s not unlike us here commenting on things to people we don’t actually know, but enjoy our connections either way :-)