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!amateursatellites@lemmy.world and any ham radio communities.
I have an RTLSDR connected to satnogs. It's not a huge setup but it's mine.
Thanks for letting me know about the community!
Would you consider Earth's moon an amateur satellite or a professional? I mean, she's been doing it for a really long time. But IDK if she does it as a hobby or to pay the bills.
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Take a look now my child.
Any ham radio communutues you'd recommend?
Been considering it as a hobby in case shit goes down
I just know there's
!amateur_radio@sh.itjust.works
!amateur_radio@lemmy.radio (far more active)
!sdfarc@lemmy.sdf.org (basically dead)
Why is it called "ham radio"? What do lunch meats have to do with this???
Basically, it was a prejoritive term insulting those bad at morse code ("Ham fisted"), and it stuck around