Posted on 03/02/2007 8:07:51 PM PST by vintage patriot
Where Will Ham Radio Be in 50 Years? What will it be like? Or will it even exist?
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A small chip will be implanted directly into your brain. You won't even need head phones to listen to the radio.
Ping!
I am not a HAM operator but it will still be around because it is a proven way to communicate that does not use VOIP or GPS.
No, I'm not happy about that and I hope I die before it happens.
IMHO? Dead. There will be no need for amateur radio. We are getting there pretty fast already. 50 years? Not a chance it will survive.
When I first started looking into ham radio, SSTV was cutting-edge. If you couldn't suss out analog schematics and do a fair job of soldering, forget it.
If the amateur bands survive at all, I assume they will be packet-switched. Any sort of IP gateway can link the short-wave IP world to the rest of us in comfy chairs with fast links.
It will not exist, everybody will have implants that cover all of the earth with full sound, video, location and all prior history at their command!
I wonder how many Hams still use vacuum tube sets. I know it was quite a number back in the 80's. Tubes are less susceptible to EMP.
I was going to calculate the odds on my slide rule, but the battery was dead.
There will be a tiny group that will hide from their masters.
They will have a barter culture as all finances can only be done through an implant.
They will be reviled as they will not be PC!
It will be closer than 50 years.
Well, since hams use satellites also for operating, maybe that will help keep it going...?
"I am not a HAM operator but it will still be around because it is a proven way to communicate that does not use VOIP or GPS."
I heard somewhere on 440, repeaters are being used with computer access to get all around the world. I think there's a monthly service fee
Quite a number do, I can vouch that there are plenty of tube rigs on CW. Also have a few 'tube' shortwave radios
"I wonder how many Hams still use vacuum tube sets. I know it was quite a number back in the 80's. Tubes are less susceptible to EMP."
In 50 years we will be so "wired" by glass, HAM will be a dead tech. HAM is already dying. Look at the increase of the average age of the HAM radio operators. The always gets thru willl be a thing of the past as well. Satcom and glass will ensure this far better than a CW rig.
That is an echolink repeater. It is free, but you have to have the equipment and broadband....and a ham license.
That is an echolink repeater. It is free, but you have to have the equipment and broadband....and a ham license.
unless some IT geek sets all the sends to 5 MHZ when the users are set at 3 MHZ.
LOL! :-)
(BTW, in 50 years - we will be talking Petabits/sec - possibly even Exobits)
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