And yet the trend shows growth...
...It would be interesting to know the demographics.
Mostly cranky old white guys wearing orange vests.
And yet the trend shows growth...
...It would be interesting to know the demographics.
When the Baby Boomers pass on you will see the decline.
No kid will sit in front of a radio when they have an iPhone or a Xbox they can play with;without Communication.
Sad but fact
God forbid you have a 102 inch CB whip on your bumper when you arrive at the Ham meeting.George, nice to meet you today, I had the same treatment when I mentioned CB at a 'ham' meeting. LOL.
73s DE VE5JL.
God forbid you have a 102 inch CB whip on your bumper when you arrive at the Ham meeting.
There are old timers that think 11 meters was robbed from them.
There was actually once a slice of the millimeter band that was available for GMRS under part 95 at one time. It's gone now as well.I'm one of the few old-timers that thinks everything above 10GHz was robbed from us. =)
There was actually once a slice of the millimeter band that was available for GMRS under part 95 at one time. It's gone now as well.
I bet that not one ham in twenty knows anything about their world above 440 MHz.
Plenty of blank stares, I am sure will be there if the average amateur is asked, for instance
Interesting. I wasn't aware of that. Any idea what the intended purpose was?
Does this count?I bet that not one ham in twenty knows anything about their world above 440 MHz.
Plenty of blank stares, I am sure will be there if the average amateur is asked, for instance;
"What frequency bands are the 9cm ? 1.2cm ? 2mm?" *
With the apathy of the vast majority to these bands is it any wonder they are easy pickings by other interests ?
Like taking candy from a baby
Lauri
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* 3.4-3.475, 24.0-24.25 and 134-142 GHz
...repeaters are doomed.
...traffic nets are doomed.
...SSB DXing and contesting and ragchewing is doomed.
...ARES/RACES/SATERN/Skywarn are doomed.
The prepper aspect of amateur radio will flourish.
The prepper aspect of amateur radio will flourish.
The exact opposite happend to me. They thought the scanner was cool. This was about 1980 in Texas before I got licensed.I was at a local Ham meeting a number years ago. I was just taking in requirements to get my ham "ticket", but as soon as they saw the scanner on my belt, I became aware of suddenly being as welcome as a rat in a high end restaurant! ...
Does this count?
I fired up 10.525 GHz this past few days.
I have a problem with a racoon doing nasty things in my swimming pool and while I await a humane trap from Amazon, my industrial grade stereo doppler intrusion alarm is providing 24/7 surveillance over the pool and cat door. It caught him once already and I was within a few inches of whacking him with a broom but he escaped. I intend to relocate him to a new grid square.