You get your ham radio license expecting to talk on a repeater across town — and then you find out the hobby goes a lot further than that. These are the five things that genuinely surprised me about ham radio, including the one that I never saw coming during the Texas Snowpocalypse of 2021.
From stealth antennas that keep you on the air in an HOA neighborhood, to running digital modes without ever touching a microphone, to sending email with no internet, to bouncing your signal off the moon — here's what most beginners have no idea is even possible.
Links to items mentioned in this video:
- WSJT-X
- GridTracker
- PSKReporter
- Winlink
- ARISS (astronaut radio contacts)
- Heavens-Above (satellite tracking)
- AMSAT
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