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How ham radio endures - and remains a disaster lifeline - in the iPhone era (www.zdnet.com)
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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Never been a better time to get into HF communications I think.

Also because the sun is in the middle of some kind of ~10 year cycle that means a ton of sun spots! That makes propagation go further.

[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Yeah, we're not too too far removed from the last solar minimum either, so we got a good deal of solar cycle left before the next minimum too. I say this all the time but hams are the coolest sun worshiping group I've ever been a part of.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

Thats my boy Solaire, Praise the sun!