Hmmm ... I swear I didn't see the project bench where they build electronic projects for ham radio, make up coax cables, or repair / restore transceivers. I didn't see a soldering iron or breadboard anywhere. I'll watch the video again I'm sure I missed that.
Ah the intern. So she’s basically unpaid and has been indoctrinated into the organisation. How American.
Ah the intern. So she’s basically unpaid and has been indoctrinated into the organisation. How American.
I would have guessed parents all over the world try to give their children opportunities and teach them useful skills. Pay wise, you would need to ask. I doubt it's unpaid and we have minimum wage laws.
Hmmm ... I swear I didn't see the project bench where they build electronic projects for ham radio, make up coax cables, or repair / restore transceivers. I didn't see a soldering iron or breadboard anywhere. I'll watch the video again I'm sure I missed that.
A lot of hams don't do any such thing---they buy ready made up cables, commercially made antennas, &,of course, radios.
On the other hand, you won't see a lot of people on this forum "making up coax cables", either.
It is distressingly common to see posts enthusing about the fully assembled coax leads someone has bought on eBay or whatever, here.
The problem is that, like sporting clubs, the people who get to run the National Amateur Radio Associations are often the same type as those who are in Management elsewhere, & apply the same thinking to their hobby.
If I may say so, they have the same attitude to the "Hobos" that is often exhibited on this Forum, with less justification, as at least those on eevBlog have the messy benches & old solder burns to prove they "mess around with Electronic crud!
As one of the "Hobos", I have dead radios & test equipment "awaiting repair", a huge quantity of horrible crusty old coax connectors & adaptors, plus various other junk.
Interestingly, the older & crustier the coax connectors are, the more likely they are to be good brands.
All the nice new shiny ones are "no-name" from the PRC!
I know several elderly people who use PCs and phones to get their social media fix. With these older hams, I wonder why they don't just give up the radio and convince their friends to use the email groups or other social outlets. They could run a full on meeting if they wanted. If their smoke filled, infested PC dies, they can easily replace it and the cost would be much less than a new radio. They also don't have to worry about people trying to impede their communications with their friends.
I know several elderly people who use PCs and phones to get their social media fix. With these older hams, I wonder why they don't just give up the radio and convince their friends to use the email groups or other social outlets. They could run a full on meeting if they wanted. If their smoke filled, infested PC dies, they can easily replace it and the cost would be much less than a new radio. They also don't have to worry about people trying to impede their communications with their friends.
He has a computer. He has zoom. But it "annoys him" and there are "only assholes, lefties and wokes on there". He's been banned from the Daily Mail web site, which for the folk not in the UK is a semi-right wing tabloid for retards, for his comments for being too extreme.
I know several elderly people who use PCs and phones to get their social media fix. With these older hams, I wonder why they don't just give up the radio and convince their friends to use the email groups or other social outlets. They could run a full on meeting if they wanted. If their smoke filled, infested PC dies, they can easily replace it and the cost would be much less than a new radio. They also don't have to worry about people trying to impede their communications with their friends.
The whole point is that radio is a technical hobby, you can always find another way of doing something else, much like anyones hobby.
I might write a book with a working title of:
"Ham Radio Without Hams On The Other End."
I know several elderly people who use PCs and phones to get their social media fix. With these older hams, I wonder why they don't just give up the radio and convince their friends to use the email groups or other social outlets. They could run a full on meeting if they wanted. If their smoke filled, infested PC dies, they can easily replace it and the cost would be much less than a new radio. They also don't have to worry about people trying to impede their communications with their friends.
The whole point is that radio is a technical hobby, you can always find another way of doing something else, much like anyones hobby.
I know several elderly people who use PCs and phones to get their social media fix. With these older hams, I wonder why they don't just give up the radio and convince their friends to use the email groups or other social outlets. They could run a full on meeting if they wanted. If their smoke filled, infested PC dies, they can easily replace it and the cost would be much less than a new radio. They also don't have to worry about people trying to impede their communications with their friends.
The whole point is that radio is a technical hobby, you can always find another way of doing something else, much like anyones hobby.
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No more so than my wife talking on her cell phone. If this was the goal, they would screen for it. Reading the questions for the exams, it's pretty clear what they are looking for. It's been a plug and play hobby for decades.