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Is amateur radio itself ready for the next century? While I still think its cool to talk half way around the world using a box in my basement and a copper wire strung between a few trees in the backyard …. I find few others that do. In the 70s the killer app was “auto patch” then came cellphones …. In the 80s “packet radio” and promises of a long distance radio based “network” had some steam till the internet took off …. What’s the killer app for the future???
Is amateur radio itself ready for the next century? While I still think its cool to talk half way around the world using a box in my basement and a copper wire strung between a few trees in the backyard …. I find few others that do. In the 70s the killer app was “auto patch” then came cellphones …. In the 80s “packet radio” and promises of a long distance radio based “network” had some steam till the internet took off …. What’s the killer app for the future???