if you get bored with amateur radio, you're doing it wrong.
if your club sucks, contribute and make it better!
Comment on Regaining interest in amateur radio
K0STK@lemmy.radio 6 months ago
Amateur Radio is a niche hobby full of niches; most of them require a radio. Here’s one list of things you can do with/in Amateur Radio:
🔗 hamradiofornontechies.com/what-can-i-do-with-ham-…
Clubs are highly overrated. They are only beneficial if your interests in Amateur Radio coincide with a sizable segment of the club membership or with the club’s purpose. In my case our club is `primarily a social outlet for disheveled old folks who are only interested in DXing and contests; not my cup of tea.
ndz@noauthority.social 6 months ago
K0STK@lemmy.radio 6 months ago
if your club sucks, contribute and make it better!
That’s an idiotic, and more than a little bit insulting, kneejerk response.
You have no idea what I do for my club.
GadgeteerZA@beehaw.org 6 months ago
I’d second that amateur radio is way more than just chatting. There are so many digital modes, SDR, etc that can be explored. May be worth getting a mobile rig that can be pulled out and used in the QTH as well.
As a ham I’m helping right now to establish a backbone of Meshtastic radios across our city. It’s not ham radio, but it is something I can use my ham experience to build out and support others.
Personally I’ve been enjoying VarAc on HF for long range comms on low power, but I see they just standardised on some 2m and 70cm frequencies too, which I still want to try out.