Ham radio is a nice hobby, with a bit of overlap with the hacker community.
It's a very technical hobby, with a lot of variation. Much more than an Old Man talking on the radio all day.
Ham radio is a nice hobby, with a bit of overlap with the hacker community.
It's a very technical hobby, with a lot of variation. Much more than an Old Man talking on the radio all day.
As a licensed HAM you have access to many frequency bands
- HF, these are low frequencies that can travel 1000ths of kilometers without repeater
- But also frequencies close to 'commercial' products, a ham could use LoRa 433MHz with over 100W to see what that does.
- Also on 2.4GHz and 5GHz there is a HAM radio frequency band next to the WiFi band that can be used with much power.
- There are a bunch of satellites that can be used for (data) communication as well.
I'll show you some possibilities with a HAM radio license, and tell you a bit about how you can get into it.