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KC9ECI
09-28-2006, 09:07 PM
The Off The Hook (http://www.wbai.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=362&Itemid=42) show that I listen to as a podcast had a short discussion about ham radio and the ISS on the most recent show. #If you'd like to check it out, go to 2600's Off the Hook page (http://www.2600.com/rss.xml) to learn how to download it.
KC9ECI
09-29-2006, 10:44 PM
So, have any of you actually listened?
W0LPQ
09-29-2006, 11:40 PM
Nope. The only pods that concern me are those green things...! Tasty.
Don't do Pods, IPods, NanoPods or any of them.
Bill, W0LPQ
KC9ECI
09-30-2006, 12:02 AM
I don't own an Ipod either. RCA Lyra for me, so I guess I should call it a LyraCast.
W0LPQ
09-30-2006, 12:32 AM
Whatever that is ..
KC9ECI
09-30-2006, 12:38 AM
It is an MP3 player. #Small, I wear it on a string around my neck. #Runs about 24 hours on an AAA battery.
ka5piu
09-30-2006, 01:41 AM
Hello.
First off, you do not NEED to do a podcast, you can download it to your PC and play it from there.
The amateur station call in question is N6H, have a QSO and get a fancy QSL card.
Most hackers are just now getting into amateur radio, most saw this an an extension of the government, not as a hobby of experimentation.
I have been super active in promotion of this hobby, and with a fair amount of sucess.
I know, quite a few hams are not going to be happy, but.
My primary demo is to show how a talkie on 220 can control a device several miles away.
Remember, in the days before the cellphone the big thing was the autopatch, now it is ATV, packet, RC control, including robotics, and voice.
All hate the stock "police radio" commercial products.
Making the things friendly to them is like a custom bike, it has its own identity, handiwork if you will.
Kind of like the hams of old who would roll their own.
Kitbuilding is VERY popular right now, not just radio kits but everything.
Quote[/b] (ka5piu @ Sep. 29 2006,20:41)]Most hackers are just now getting into amateur radio, most saw this an an extension of the government, not as a hobby of experimentation.
No, you are wrong. Quite a few of them have had ham licenses including Kevin Mitnick (N6NHG, who is really a social engineer, not a hacker, but that's not really that important). HAcking was their primary hobby but they may have gotten into ham radio at one time or another and held NCT or novice licenses (some hold higher classes too). Not surprising since experimenting is part of both hobbies.
The other type of hacker (as in software programmer/experimenter) has had hams in its fraternity for a long time.