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====== The Uncertain Future of Ham Radio ====== | ====== The Uncertain Future of Ham Radio ====== | ||
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An interesting article on the [[https:// | An interesting article on the [[https:// | ||
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* A platform to tinker and build equipment using the latest technologies. Now kids learn to program computers. | * A platform to tinker and build equipment using the latest technologies. Now kids learn to program computers. | ||
- | >"Instead, many [younger hams] are interested in the capacity for public service, such as providing communications in the wake of a disaster, or event comms for activities like city marathons." | + | <QUOTE> |
Since the radio spectrum that ham operators use is a finite resource (in greater demand today), this raises a debate as to whether ham radio should be seen as a hobby or a public utility (see this [[blog/ | Since the radio spectrum that ham operators use is a finite resource (in greater demand today), this raises a debate as to whether ham radio should be seen as a hobby or a public utility (see this [[blog/ | ||
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On the bright side, cheap Chinese radios and SDRs are lowering the bar of entry for new hams in terms of cost, but even that can be a contentious issue. | On the bright side, cheap Chinese radios and SDRs are lowering the bar of entry for new hams in terms of cost, but even that can be a contentious issue. | ||
- | >"As Michel, the former ARRL CEO, puts it: —Every ham has [their] own perspective. What we’ve learned over the hundred-plus years is that there will always be these battles -- AM modulation versus single-sideband modulation, whatever it may be. The technology evolves. And the marketplace will follow where the interests lie.—" | + | <QUOTE>As Michel, the former ARRL CEO, puts it: `Every ham has [their] own perspective. What we’ve learned over the hundred-plus years is that there will always be these battles -- AM modulation versus single-sideband modulation, whatever it may be. The technology evolves. And the marketplace will follow where the interests lie.</ |
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