Hams are quite a group. Aside from the ability to befriend each other over conversation they remain a distributed independent means of communication and contact during disasters. That's for an archive I was unaware about.
The days of the early internet along with Usenet, BBS, Fidonet were similar distributed communication networks now displaced by the www. Like with ham radio, those early tools required certain learned skills. Our computers and keyboards simply are easy enough for all. Fewer skills although the ease has allowed our privacy and tricksters some advantage and compromise.
Like a special type of cream this hobby keeps rising through the sludge. I suspect many things will come and go and still this endeavor will remain.
Hams are quite a group. Aside from the ability to befriend each other over conversation they remain a distributed independent means of communication and contact during disasters. That's for an archive I was unaware about.
The days of the early internet along with Usenet, BBS, Fidonet were similar distributed communication networks now displaced by the www. Like with ham radio, those early tools required certain learned skills. Our computers and keyboards simply are easy enough for all. Fewer skills although the ease has allowed our privacy and tricksters some advantage and compromise.
Barry Goldwater was a fanatic ham op. The Arizona Historical Society has a recreation of his radio shack on display: https://www.facebook.com/arizonahistoricalsociety/posts/now-open-barry-goldwater-k7uga-at-the-arizona-history-museum-in-tucson-view-the-/10159198931081842/
What a find! Shared with my husband who is a ham and active in his local club.
My grandma’s uncle was really really into ham radio. He used it during all sorts of disasters -- I wish I’d written down his stories.