TIL: Ham Radio

[wagslane]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio

[simonblack]

Before the internet, there was Ham Radio.

That let you send words, pictures, etc from one side of the world to somebody on the other side of the world with no corporation or government getting in the way.

The internet is merely a very poor imitation.

[8bitsrule → simonblack]

True! But: internet has less fading when the ionosphere gets rough.