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It's quite the hobby... (and you thought computer hacking was fun!)
Seriously... amateur radio has been seriously "dumbed down" from what it used to be, and therefore it is far more accessible to the common-man than it used to be. Which is actually a very good thing.
Aside from the "very useful" things it's good for, one very handy feature (vis-a-vis "family radio") is that you can be on a ski-slope all day and, by gosh and by golly, you've got a channel to yourself. Really. She's waiting in line on this lift and you're getting ready to make the last run to the lodge and ... your radio is dead-quiet except when the two of you are talking (directly) among yourselves.
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73S DE KC7HEA!
Last edited by sundialsvcs; 02-16-2010 at 06:02 PM.
It's quite the hobby... (and you thought computer hacking was fun!)
Seriously... amateur radio has been seriously "dumbed down" from what it used to be, and therefore it is far more accessible to the common-man than it used to be. Which is actually a very good thing.
There's been the creation of the various new entry-level licenses, which are dumbed-down I guess. And maybe even the top level exams have got simple; certainly, the removal of the Morse test means any science undergraduate should have no problem passing the exams. But there has been no loss of the highly complicated stuff for those who wish to do it. You still can design and build your own radio absolutely from scratch. You still can use CW at 40 wpm.
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Aside from the "very useful" things it's good for, one very handy feature (vis-a-vis "family radio") is that you can be on a ski-slope all day and, by gosh and by golly, you've got a channel to yourself. Really. She's waiting in line on this lift and you're getting ready to make the last run to the lodge and ... your radio is dead-quiet except when the two of you are talking (directly) among yourselves.
On VHF, sure. Not on 40 metres!
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Originally Posted by smeezekitty
What does that mean?
73 = best regards/best wishes
DE = from (DE is shorter in Morse)
KC7HEA = his callsign. The KC at the start indicates he's in the USA (and might indicate a specific part if I could remember how they're assigned).
My license was originally obtained in Arizona although I now live in Tennessee. Hence, the "K."
Seriously... amateur radio is still a fascinating hobby, and I personally think that with the shift away from Morse Code and other "barrier" requirements (which are no longer really so necessary in this computerized age) it has become much more accessible to a lot more people. I heartily encourage you to take a closer look. Entry into the hobby is, today, quite easy. And, worth it.
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