• @NineMileTower
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        37 hours ago

        I’m asking for a reason. People of a certain age are aware of HAM radios and how they are used, but clearly there’s a generation or two that’s not and I’m interested in where that cutoff lies.

        • @[email protected]
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          13 hours ago

          I’m born late 80s, and I’m fully aware of it, just never had the time to dive in. Nevermind that I rent and erecting a tower would be an interesting conversation, as I’m mainly curious on the hardware side.

        • TimeSquirrel
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          37 hours ago

          Another person here, I was born 1982, and definitely know what ham radio is and have used such equipment. But I had a pretty nerdy grandfather who infected me with his tech curiosity and introduced me to it. Sometimes I still break out a little shortwave radio with SSB and hook it up to my laptop to see everyone’s messages flying back and forth. I like to screw around with SDRs too (and of course I own a Flipper Zero 😉).

          My 12 year old son knows next to nothing about it.