ARLA/CLUSTER: EUA: O radioamadorismo é mais relevante que nunca, mesmo na "era digital"

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Amateur radio is as relevant as ever

The Vernon Morning Star newspaper interviews Bob Byrne VE7EZI
President of the North Okanagan Radio Amateur Club in British Columbia

Bob is reported as saying:

“The club provides education and training programs for this purpose.
Communication is what it’s all about, and yes, ham radio is still very
relevant, even in the so-called digital age,”

“Amateur radio operators have always been innovators in electronic
communications and have been using digital techniques for decades. In
fact the club has members whose personal ‘ham shack’ contains nothing
but software-defined radios. This is still ham radio, the only
difference is that there are no knobs to turn or switches to throw —
except the ‘power on’ button. It’s a virtual radio set!”

Read the full story at
http://www.vernonmorningstar.com/lifestyles/235810981.html

North Okanagan Radio Amateur Club (NORAC)
http://www.norac.bc.ca/