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K0STK

K0STK@lemmy.radio
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As fas as the mainstream media (M5M) are concerned, ham radio doesn’t exist. All I’ve heard about are heroic efforts to distribute Starlink terminals.

As past FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, KK4INZ, said in Ham Radio Now Emcomm Extra #8, when an incident occurs “they just want their email to work.”

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Now you’ll have to find something else to complain about.

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Some people may prefer to assemble their node from parts rather then buying a completed appliance.

Why are you against that?

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if your club sucks, contribute and make it better!

That’s an idiotic, and more than a little bit insulting, kneejerk response.

You have no idea what I do for my club.

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Amateur Radio is a niche hobby full of niches; most of them require a radio. Here’s one list of things you can do with/in Amateur Radio:

🔗 https://hamradiofornontechies.com/what-can-i-do-with-ham-radio/

Clubs are highly overrated. They are only beneficial if your interests in Amateur Radio coincide with a sizable segment of the club membership or with the club’s purpose. In my case our club is `primarily a social outlet for disheveled old folks who are only interested in DXing and contests; not my cup of tea.

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None … because I won’t play in that cesspool.

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The APRSLink callsign reverted to WLNK-1 around February 3rd.

Edit: Found the approximate reversion date

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Forgot to mention that I was using APRSLink to check-in to the FediFridayWinlinkNet

https://coloradodigital.net/nets/fedifridaywinlinknet/

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Please use a more specific subject so that readers can easily understand what your post is actually about.

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seems awesome for recreational and emergency communication.

Can we please stop using “emergency communication” as a badge of worthiness?

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