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I feel like HAM Radio just can't compete for the minds of young people. There are just so many amazing things to play with these days. If I were a teen again,

I feel like HAM Radio just can't compete for the minds of young people. There are just so many amazing things to play with these days. If I were a teen again, I probably wouldn't even bother with getting my HAM license because I'd be so busy programming and designing with microcontrollers, WiFi, LTE, lasers, genetic engineering, etc, etc... HAM Radio feels almost like a solved problem these days. Sure, there is room for advancement but to do anything interesting starts to require quite a strong background in communications theory.

bink 5y ago
heh, I was with you until you got to "genetic engineering". What opportunities are out there for a teenager to participate in that?
- tejtm 5y ago
  https://www.edvotek.com/303 https://www.edvotek.com/303 first hit for home gfp experiment kit
- 01100011 5y ago
  I get ads all the time for https://www.the-odin.com/ https://www.the-odin.com/ I feel like people aren't really taking note of how much power is in the hands of individuals these days. We may find ourselves caught off guard by the creation of a biohacker in the next decade or so.