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Dumbed down licensing actually hurt amateur radio.
I ran into a person at a radio event recently. A non ham. He liked technical things and I thought he would enjoy getting into ham radio. I asked him "why not get a license, it's easier now. Some hams are experimenting in new methods of sending digital signals over radio and have a lot of fun experimenting." He said years ago he thought about getting into ham radio and almost did, but at the time he was just too busy working, and time constraints meant it wouldn't have made sense for him to spend money on things he wouldn't get to use much. Then he said, "I have time and money now to get into the hobby, but I won't because it sounds just like CB anymore." After he said that, I felt like I was just punched in the guts. SC |
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