| Geeky Hams Okay. Let's make this point abundantly clear. Ham radio operators are some of the original electronics geeks. How many people were fooling around with electronics in the 1920's and 30's? Nearly all of the basic radio theory work that holds up the wireless spectrum we know and love today was done either by hams, or by guys fooling around with radio before there was such a thing as a "ham". So hams have been united by a desire to be on the cutting edge since THE TURN OF LAST CENTURY.
So tell me... in a group of people constantly striving to be more technologically advanced... why would we be opposed to a technology that would legitimately bring us better/faster internet service?
Oh, that's right- because it's NOT WORTH IT. It's cost-per-home-passed is about equivalent to DSL, and DSL doesn't make shortwave radio impossible. If you wanted to bring access to everyone, everyone has phone lines. Deploy RT's and get it done with.
I hear rumors of BPL in my neighborhood. 1.5KW amp, here I come.
73 DE AE6YD |
