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Ham Radio - A golden age of opportunity

Posted: 14 Jun 2016 10:25 AM PDT
https://amsat-uk.org/2016/06/14/ham-radio-golden-age/

Rupert Goodwins G6HVY

Broadcaster and technology journalist Rupert Goodwins G6HVY writes about
amateur radio on the Technology and Gadget website ARS Technica. He
highlights the STEM work carried out by the Amateur Radio on the
International Space Station (ARISS) program.

Rupert says: It’s a good time to be technical. Maker communities are
thriving around the world, tools and materials to create and adapt are
cheaper and more powerful now than ever, and open source hardware,
software, and information mean that if you can think it, you can learn how
to do it and then make it happen.

For one group of technological explorers, this is more than just a golden
age of opportunity: it’s providing the means to save one of the oldest
traditions in electronic invention and self-education, one that helped
shape the modern world: amateur radio.

Read the article at
http://arstechnica.co.uk/gadgets/201...-and-thriving/

Rupert Goodwins G6HVY

http://twitter.com/rupertg

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/ruperts-diary/

What is Amateur Radio? http://www.essexham.co.uk/what-is-amateur-radio

Find an amateur radio training course near you
https://thersgb.org/services/coursefinder/

A free booklet is available aimed at introducing newcomers to the hobby
that can also be used as a handy reference while getting started, see

http://rsgb.org/main/get-started-in-...ateur-radio-2/

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