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Unfortunately, hams don't seem to actually use radio for much except complaining about their ailments and/or Windows 95 PCs. I say this as someone who went thr
by jff 14y ago
Unfortunately, hams don't seem to actually use radio for much except complaining about their ailments and/or Windows 95 PCs.
I say this as someone who went through the trouble of acquiring a license, getting VHF and HF rigs, and then discovering that it's a wasteland of "So what kinda radio you got there?". The government's forbidding of encrypted traffic also helps ensure no-one will use it for anything more important than complaining about "kids these days and their computers".
- tomsthumb 14y ago> The government's forbidding of encrypted traffic also helps ensure no-one will use it for anything more important than complaining about "kids these days and their computers". Isn't that pretty much the use case of steganography?
- lotyrin 14y agoYeah, if you don't have the codebook HAM discussion will be very bland. Darn kids = Federal government Computers = Intelligence agencies arthritis = surveilance getting old = getting ready to commence with the plan mortgage = jail term "Yeah, Dan. I hear you about them darn kids and their computers... I hear Bob's just about got his mortgage paid off finally, but I'm getting old and my arthritis is acting up, so I'm going to sign off for tonight."
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