I was talking with a friend over the weekend, grousing about some of our fellow hams who are all-in on internet-linked digital voice modes and getting cranky with those who aren't, when the inevitable statement surfaced: That's Not Real Ham Radio. (Who said it? The DRM/Fusion-heads or one of us? Who cares? Time for a blog post!)
So, once more, it's time to trot out Bob K0NR's power trio of posts from some time back:
- The Universal Reason [TLDR: it's To Have Fun Messing Around With Radios]
- Amateur Radio is Not for Talking
- That's Not Real Ham Radio
"You do you." "Live and let live." "Do what you wanna / Do what you like." [10 internet points and a bottle of Old Overholt rye if you can name the song on that last one.] And yes, if you're doing anything even peripherally related to transmitting or listening on the ham bands and working under related FCC rules, yes, it's real ham radio. Conversely it may be something I'm just not interested in, so don't push it too hard.
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