ARLA/CLUSTER: Radioamadorismo é uma Rede Social antes do Twitter e Facebook.

[João Gonçalves Costa]

Amateur Radio and Social Networking

Amateur Radio gets a prominent mention in a BA Business News article about Email, Twitter and Facebook by former Short Wave Listener (SWL) Jonathan Margolis.

Jonathan, a Financial Times newspaper columnist, is the brother of well known Radio Amateur Laurie Margolis G3UML. In the article he describes how he grew up in a family of radio hams and says he sees Facebook and Twitter as the new ham radio.

Read the BA Business Life article 'Is Email Dead?' at
http://www.babusinesslife.com/Tools/Tech-And-Gadgets/Is-email-dead.html

Jonathan Margolis (SimplyBestTech) on Twitter
http://twitter.com/SimplyBestTech

Read how BBC reporter Laurie Margolis G3UML scooped the 1982 Falkland Islands invasion news. This page also has an audio recording containing Amateur Radio transmissions from the Falkland Islands
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6514011.stm

Laurie Margolis G3UML on Twitter
http://twitter.com/lauriemargolis