Ham radio, the way boomers practice it, is very expensive and gatekeepey. I don't have money for some fancy expensive SDR. Also, I'm sorry, but the ham radio co

Ham radio, the way boomers practice it, is very expensive and gatekeepey. I don't have money for some fancy expensive SDR. Also, I'm sorry, but the ham radio community these days is not actually that technically savvy. Most largely know enough to get their license. There's a weird crossover between the free energy community and preppers and ham radio. A lot just get their license and get expensive rigs and compare them. If I wanna get at the good engineers and have good technical chats, I just go to the extra-only bands but that's even more gatekeepey.