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How ham radio endures

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161 points CrankyBear | 1 comments | 14 Oct 24 17:26 UTC | HN request time: 0.198s | source
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melling ◴[14 Oct 24 19:09 UTC] No.41840805[source]▶
Ham radio always seemed a bit boring compared to the Internet, computers, and software development.

What are the most interesting things people are doing with Ham these days? I’ve had a technical class license for a couple decades but never used it, which I keep renewing. Willing to get a more advanced license.

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1. _whiteCaps_ ◴[16 Oct 24 17:05 UTC] No.41861350[source]▶
For me it's:

FT8 - a weak signal mode that lets you make contacts around the world with not much power. From Canada, I've made contacts with Japan and Romania on 10W of power.

Satellites - the ISS has a repeater, so you can make VHF/UHF contacts with people in a huge footprint.