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What Can We Do to Get Youth into Ham Radio? (www.onallbands.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh, the other thing is I live in a very large city. I don’t have room for any antennas so everything has to be ultra portable. Ham radio doesn’t really fit in. Chatting on a local repeater (I don’t even like taking on the phone) isn’t appealing.

I hear what your saying, it’s just not practical for me beyond tinkering….and if I’m going to tinker, I have a world of radio (SDR) that doesn’t have a lot of infrastructure to transmit on….so being a ham does not do much for me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

City living is tough for ham activities, that's fair. I'm in an apartment myself. But I go hiking and bring the radio, set up a hammock and vibe. But that's not for everyone either.

I agree wholeheartedly, local repeaters don't really have much of a place anymore. My buddies and I used to chat on our respective drives to work every day, and home. That was a fun way to keep in touch. But we kind of drifted out of the habit.

You have a transmitting SDR? That's basically a ham radio, which is cool! And also technically illegal to transmit anywhere without a license as it's not type certified. Maybe the ISM bands are ok? I can't remember. Anywho I'm no snitch, just letting you know 🤷‍♂️

Bottom line I guess is yeah, sometimes it's just not for everyone. And that's ok.