Recently, I had an experience that reminded me of a “hidden” benefit of ham radio that goes beyond the radio. I was in Florida with my wife and son (who’s also a ham) to celebrate my mom’s 100th (!) birthday. We didn’t have time to do any ham radio stuff but we were able to do some bird- and butterfly-watching at a couple of the state’s many nature preserves. My son, among other things, is an excellent wildlife photographer and has a lens on his camera that extends halfway to the moon. While walking through one of the preserves just before sunset, we encountered another photographer with his camera on a tripod and a lens that extended well beyond the moon!
We made our way over to find out what…
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CQ Amateur Radio (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2023