“What Do Hams DO?”
“What do hams do?” Seems like such a simple question. And it’s tempting to try to answer a simple question with a simple answer … but in our case, it usually doesn’t stay that way for long:
“What do hams do?”… “We talk to people all over the world” … “and on the International Space Station” … “and we provide emergency communications when the normal channels fail, which they do, surprisingly often.” …
“What do hams do?” … “A lot of us build our own gear” … “and take it on hikes into the woods where we communicate ‘off the grid’ using battery power and a wire thrown into a tree” … “and some of us design, build, and operate through our own fleet of communication…
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CQ Amateur Radio (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2015