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This looks interesting, but is hidden behind a login/paywall. I can see how wihdrawing into your monks chamber away from the world to chase that ellusive conta
by RF_Savage 5y ago
This looks interesting, but is hidden behind a login/paywall.
I can see how wihdrawing into your monks chamber away from the world to chase that ellusive contact to St. Helens while pounding brass for hours might have some effect in your marriage.
Or waking up four or six in the morning to catch the grayline propagation.
- p0d 5y agoI think I learned to not let HAM take my Christmas holidays. I found a recurring pattern where I would tackle some difficult project during the holiday. Before I knew it the holidays were gone and I was back to work. I am starting to realise that we often replace busy work with other busy things. HAM for example. I have rediscovered walking and the outdoors and am happier for it. My wife has never had an issue with my HAM hobby. She did tell me off after I fell out of a tree when trying to put up a new antenna. I obviously didn't learn my lesson though as I recently fell off a ladder while working on my shed. Now the lesson has been definitely learned. The last fall rattled me.
- sciurus 5y ago> HAM for example. I have rediscovered walking and the outdoors and am happier for it. Why not both? :-) https://parksontheair.com/ https://parksontheair.com/
- op00to 5y agoPOTA is great. Gets people who want to be outside, outside. Gets people who want to play radio at home .. on the radio.
- beardedwizard 5y agoIt feels like most ham related activities are needlessly complicated and obscure to keep people away. 15 minutes and I still don't know how I can do POTA.
- tzs 5y agoWow...I thought you must be exaggerating, went to the site...and could not tell from it just what the heck POTA is. I could guess because I had heard previously of SOTA (Summits on the Air) and POTA is like SOTA but in parks instead of on summits. This site [1] gives a better idea of the basics. Here's an article on SOTA [2]. [1] http://www.hamparks.org/ http://www.hamparks.org/ [2] http://www.arrl.org/radio-operating-from-summits http://www.arrl.org/radio-operating-from-summits
- p0d 5y agoGood point, maybe I will :-)
- lightlyused 5y agoI kinda like https://www.beachesontheair.com/ https://www.beachesontheair.com/ Nothing like a vertical antenna and salt water.