ARLA/CLUSTER: "What is a Radio Artisan?" por K3NG

[Sergio Matias]

Artigo de opinião do OM K3NG:

What is a Radio Artisan?

"I’ve felt for a long time that the moniker radio amateur is outdated. I
think the term ham is even worse, bringing to mind old, crusty, cynical,
balding overweight Archie Bunker stereotype. I avoid using the term ham,
though I find many non-amateurs in the general population don’t recognize
what I’m talking about until I call this hobby ham radio.

We have to consider how amateur radio has changed over the past 60 years.
We’re no longer a group that the gubermint is going to call up for radio
operators like they did in WWII. We’re not inventing any cutting edge
technology. Today we merely play with new ways to do things, mainly with
computers and software, and we have developed new applications like APRS
but it’s still the same basic communication. Industry is not coming to us
for the next 5G wireless technology. Amateur communications used to mirror
commercial communications on HF, with CW and Q signals, and a lot of jargon
and equipment that was nearly interchangeable. (...)"

continua em http://blog.radioartisan.com/what-is-a-radio-artisan/

P.S.: O projecto do keyer CW open source do mesmo autor é bastante
interessante..

73,
-- ct1hmn
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