We're in a Golden Age for Amateur Radio
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#2I'm almost 40 and never quite managed to get into amateur radio, but my kids are getting old enough that they might be interested. Reading articles like this gets me excited to finally give it a try.
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#3I guess it might be of as old fashioned, but there's nrarely a "Resource Limit Reached. Error 508" with radio.
Shame, I was interested in reading about this.
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#4The title of this piece is "HF Ham Radio on a Budget: QRP Labs, QRPGuys, CW Academy" and probably should at least just be the first part. The article doesn't really talk about being it a golden age for amateurs except for the existence of SOTA.
It's actually a pretty bad time for HF right now because of low solar activity; in fact, it's probably one of the worst times in recent memory to try doing HF beyond SOTA.
Re: We're in a Golden Age for Amateur Radio
#5The title of this piece is "HF Ham Radio on a Budget: QRP Labs, QRPGuys, CW Academy" and probably should at least just be the first part. The article doesn't really talk about being it a golden age for amateurs except for the existence of SOTA. It's actually a pretty bad time for HF right now because of low solar activity; in fact, it's probably one of the worst times in recent memory to try doing HF beyond SOTA.
While i wouldn't call it a golden age, its definitely not a bad time if you want to do things like digital or satellite work.
New modes like FT8 really allow hams to work in at this crappy solar level. Pricing on HTs has gone down a lot due to the now illegal Chinese knockoffs, so Satellite work and local stuff is more accessible.
Personally I've only done FT8 for the last year and its great. I've been able to make contacts 8000mi+.
Re: We're in a Golden Age for Amateur Radio
#6I'm almost 40 and never quite managed to get into amateur radio, but my kids are getting old enough that they might be interested. Reading articles like this gets me excited to finally give it a try.
do it! you can get started with some cheap SDR stuff to "see" whats out there. I you want to participate it is really a great hobby. I can't wait until my daughters can participate.
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#7Backup link: http://archive.is/tH0Ae
Re: We're in a Golden Age for Amateur Radio
#8I guess it might be of as old fashioned, but there's nrarely a "Resource Limit Reached. Error 508" with radio. Shame, I was interested in reading about this.
Re: We're in a Golden Age for Amateur Radio
#9The title of this piece is "HF Ham Radio on a Budget: QRP Labs, QRPGuys, CW Academy" and probably should at least just be the first part. The article doesn't really talk about being it a golden age for amateurs except for the existence of SOTA. It's actually a pretty bad time for HF right now because of low solar activity; in fact, it's probably one of the worst times in recent memory to try doing HF beyond SOTA.
While i wouldn't call it a golden age, its definitely not a bad time if you want to do things like digital or satellite work. New modes like FT8 really allow hams to work in at this crappy solar level. Pricing on HTs has gone down a lot due to the now illegal Chinese knockoffs, so Satellite work and local stuff is more accessible. Personally I've only done FT8 for the last year and its great. I've been able to make c…
Got any links for getting started with SATCOM other than the SDR to weather satellite stuff you typically see?
Re: We're in a Golden Age for Amateur Radio
#10The title of this piece is "HF Ham Radio on a Budget: QRP Labs, QRPGuys, CW Academy" and probably should at least just be the first part. The article doesn't really talk about being it a golden age for amateurs except for the existence of SOTA. It's actually a pretty bad time for HF right now because of low solar activity; in fact, it's probably one of the worst times in recent memory to try doing HF beyond SOTA.
Why is low solar activity bad for amateur radio?