The video's actual title "Ham radio is doomed" is a rather different and more reasonable claim than the post title "ham radio is dead." Likely the old ham cult

The video's actual title "Ham radio is doomed" is a rather different and more reasonable claim than the post title "ham radio is dead." Likely the old ham culture is doomed. Perhaps a new one will arise. I am studying to get an amateur radio license, and so are a number of my friends. The group we're studying with are all a bunch of lefty radical types in their 20s and 30s; at 44, I am one of the older folks involved. I've been connected to the Internet and previously BBS culture for effectively my entire life, and I've worked on a couple of mesh network projects and a bit of low-power radio hackery (zigbee walkie-talkies with store-and-forward text messaging, woohoo). I had no idea that ham radio could be related to the kinds of decentralized communication networks I've enjoyed playing with over the years. I thought it was all just a bunch of cranky old right-wing dudes chatting with each other, CB style. I got interested last year after seeing how VHF walkie-talkies could be useful for coordinating large group activities, where FRS is too limited. Now I'm learning about repeaters, DMR, Echolink, APRS...