I saw an article online recently saying the state of California has declared >HAM radio is no longer a benefit, and they want to dismantle he HAM radio >repeater infrastructure. This seems a bit strange, and I'm wondering why? HAM
radio is still useful, isn't it?
http://offgridsurvival.com/california-officials-declare-ham-radio-no-longer-a-b
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(1) want to spend the money on something that buys them more votes;
(2) they want to sell the frequencies to other enterprises to make
I see the value in amateur radio. I am also an "old soul" and love more vintage styles of technology and tend to be a DIY-er, so this type of thing tugs at my heartstrings. But I don't see some evil person trying
to "buy votes" or "sell frequencies" as much as I see a reasonable
person doing the best they can for their entire electorate.
I believe it's similar to this, but not about votes, it's likely more about cost to maintain thing that unfortunately has a negligible user base in the grand scheme of things. What's the fraction of residents that use HAM radio? Why should the other residents pay for the infrastructure?
On the flip side, getting a HAM license has always been something I have wanted to do but never gotten off my ass to accomplish. I know the echicken is a HAM, maybe it is time I get around to doing it.
They will know why if they have some sort of major disaster. Back
several years ago, we had an unpredicted snow storm in this area that
shut most of the state (and parts of surrounding ones) down for most of
a week. It snowed a foot or more in a period of < 6 hours, and then the temperatures plunged with wind chills getting down into the -20 to -30F range.
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