I passed my Technician license last spring so I could start integrating it into our Scout troop. I’m setting up my radio room and I can’t wait to get a nice antenna and link it to a good ratio that links to my computer. I have become fascinated with the visual representation of the traffic on the bands.
Congrats on tech. And teaching young people.
Computers have really taken over and integrating in the hobby. But Ham Radio was the ancient social media, internet.
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My advice on antennas, to start, is use a dipole you build yourself FIRST.
The beauty of dipoles is you can wind them up and put them in a backpack. Now there are SDRs that work on cellphones without needing wifi.
Everything is getting smaller.