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My offroad club has switched from CB to 2m. It really was not a challenge to convince people once they saw/heard the difference between AM and FM and the incre
by anon776 6y ago
My offroad club has switched from CB to 2m. It really was not a challenge to convince people once they saw/heard the difference between AM and FM and the increased safety factor. Biggest hurdle was getting everyone licensed but the practice tests online make it pretty simple now.
I think the future of HAM is finding practical uses for it that the average joe can take advantage of. Hikers, campers etc can buy a $40 radio on amazon now and have a great backup for when they are out of cell service.
- hakfoo 6y agoI wonder if part of the problem is that if someone finds a sufficiently compelling application, it will be adapted into a product that avoids the need for a license. I know that the CB band was originally intended to be licensed, but they gave up on that once it became wildly popular in the 1970s, and it sounds like those FRS products are basically designed to avoid the user having to acquire a license. In that sort of situation, the Ham community is basically an incubator of communications products, 90% of which will remain niche or fail and 1% of which will be tweaked slightly and sold to non-Hams.