Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

[Markus Heller]

Hi Tom,

that's right, I don't operate that much myself. I do from time to time,
and sometimes I also take great pleasure in worldwide CW contests, out
in the German wilderness, in a tent :-) But just twice a year. The rest
of the time I rather focus software development, APRS & Raspberry, SDR
development and understanding how you compare traditional AC signal
processing with maths, as most people on this list.

Our hobby is so diverse and it has so many interesting sides, and it is
a real pitty that in the public perception many people reduce it to
sitting in front of a box chatting with others. That is one important
aspect, but it is not the core of amateur radio. 

If you look at the laws that define amateur radio: It is a legal
framework for people who want to do private experiments with radio
devices whatsoever. It is not defined as a free alternative to
cellphones. 

best73
markus
dl8rds



Am Samstag, den 26.12.2015, 15:34 -0500 schrieb Tom Rondeau:
> On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 7:06 PM, Markus Heller <address@hidden>
> wrote:
>         Hi there,
>         
>         I'm very sorry that I cannot join this FOSDEM. I'd love to,
>         but I must
>         travel to see an old friend of our family who is seriously ill
>         - I
>         promised to visit him end of January.
>         
>         I'd like to contradict to Martin's observation. Last year's
>         FOSDEM
>         clearly showed that around 80% of the GNURadio audience holds
>         an Amateur
>         Radio callsign.
>         
>         There are many more HAMs than it seems around here. Keep in
>         mind that we
>         had a guest list at the UBA / DARC booth and we got around 90
>         signatures...
>         
>         I am also pretty sure that it will just be the same for the
>         next
>         FOSDEM.
>         
>         vy73
>         markus
>         dl8rds
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Markus,
> 
> 
> First, really too bad you can't make it this year, and we appreciate
> the hams that are building cool stuff with GNU Radio. However, I
> wanted to point out that while many of us /have/ an amateur license
> and call sign, there's a different question of how many really operate
> at hams? I think that second number in our project is significantly
> lower.
> 
> 
> This isn't meant to discourage anyone here. I just thought that should
> be more clear.
> 
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  
>         Am Donnerstag, den 24.12.2015, 15:05 -0800 schrieb Martin
>         Braun:
>         > Hey Daniel,
>         >
>         > thanks for this discussion. We don't get a whole lot of
>         hardcore hams
>         > here, despite the radio, and it'll be nice to make it easier
>         for them to
>         > join the community. I look forward to your wiki
>         contributions!
>         >
>         > On 12/24/2015 01:57 PM, Daniel Pocock wrote:
>         > > [...]
>         > > OK, I'll probably get into making some contributions like
>         that as I
>         > > start playing around with it.  I'm still at a very early
>         stage just
>         > > working out which hardware I need and how to get it.
>         > >
>         > > Will you or anybody else with an interest in this for
>         amateur purposes
>         > > be over at FOSDEM?  There is an SDR dev-room[1] again and
>         there was also
>         > > talk on the main FOSDEM list about an amateur radio
>         presence[2] of some
>         > > sort.
>         >
>         > We weren't able to find someone to speak on behalf of the
>         hams at next
>         > year's FOSDEM, but there'll be a booth. I do hope to find
>         some hams in
>         > the audience, though.
>         >
>         > Cheers,
>         > Martin
>         >
>         >
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