This Plymoth, Massachusetts ham radio club got a video posted along with an article about them. I love the line about “…a bunch of crazy old men in cellars”.
With the availability of cell phones, the Internet and instant messaging, fewer and fewer young people are intrigued by the possibility of communicating via radio waves. Amateur radio operators, often derogatorily called “ham” radio operators, have long been the subjects of criticism by radio professionals.
Once thought of as just a bunch of crazy old men in cellars communicating with each other, the “ham” label was attached to them with the idea that they were just “hamming up” the airwaves.
Members of the Genesis Amateur Radio Society (GARS), based in Plymouth, are working to change that attitude. Read mote)
SOURCE: Wickedlocal.com
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