Archive for August 23rd, 2006

Explaining ham radio - the fishing comparison

In my 26+ years of ham radio, I’ve had several opportunities to explain ham radio to the general public. Sometimes, folks politely smile, nod and say something like “hmmm… playing with antennas and radios for fun?… different strokes for different folks I guess.”
I’ve found that over the years, analogies and comparisons to fishing work quite [...]