bill4long
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Okay. I posted the question. (Someone "had" to. )
If W9BU jumped off a bridge.... Never mind - you would too!
Make Ham Radio Great Again.
The prepper aspect of amateur radio will flourish. As folks figure out that their cell phones and Internet access could disappear in a heartbeat, they will take greater interest in amateur radio. Sadly, without some training and familiarity in how to use their radios, these preppers will find that they still can't communicate. Note, this is a prime opportunity for the ARRL and every local amateur radio club to start addressing this aspect of amateur radio. These organizations need to start catering to the prepper crowd. I take the recent QST article about stockpiling water and food as a positive sign that maybe one person at the ARRL gets it.
The prepper aspect of amateur radio will flourish.
Followed with "I'm selling all my gear!".I think it's the END OF THE HOBBY!!!!!
I think ARES/RACES/SATERN/Skywarn are doomed. The served agencies will have less and less use for amateur radio as they become more and more reliant on infrastructure-based communications systems and social media.
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The prepper aspect of amateur radio will flourish. As folks figure out that their cell phones and Internet access could disappear in a heartbeat, they will take greater interest in amateur radio. Sadly, without some training and familiarity in how to use their radios, these preppers will find that they still can't communicate. Note, this is a prime opportunity for the ARRL and every local amateur radio club to start addressing this aspect of amateur radio. These organizations need to start catering to the prepper crowd. I take the recent QST article about stockpiling water and food as a positive sign that maybe one person at the ARRL gets it.
So, chew on those topics for a while.
Followed with "I'm selling all my gear!".
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I agree about the microwave bands. I don't know how amateur radio has kept their allocations at 23cm and 13cm as long as it has. Looks like "Radio Location" is primary on those bands. If they are being used by the military, then that's probably why commercial interests haven't shown much interest.