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A Lemmy Community to share links about and for amateur (ham) radio to advance the technology, and promote communication and international goodwill. This community IS NOT for CB, GMRS, MURS, FRS, etc topics unless they are related to ham radio in some way.

We won't tolerate personal insults, illegal activity, or anything contrary to good amateur practice.

If asking questions about regulations, please include your country because we recognize that, while the hobby is international, regulations often aren't.

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[US] ARRL's gone done it. Raising dues. (www.arrl.org)

submitted 1 year ago by TrojanHam@sh.itjust.works to c/amateur_radio@sh.itjust.works

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What are peoples' thoughts?

I will probably stay on but won't get QST delivered any longer. I use the buro and LOTW but that's about it. If they raise rates again I'm not going to renew.

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[–] solidgrue@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've only ever held the license, not ever a membership.

[–] martin77@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I usually try to support the local association wherever I leave. I have been a member of the REF in France, the DARC in Germany, the SARTS in Singapore and now RATS in Thailand. I don't really care for what they offer ( indeed I don't even applied for a reciprocal Thai callsign) but it's more so they have the funds to support and lobby for our bands. They are the voice of our hobby against telcos who are willing to pay billions in fees for our frequencies especially in the SHF and up landscape. If no one defends those bands, we can say bye bye to anything above 70cm within a couple of years.

[–] ham_bitious@lemmy.radio 2 points 1 year ago

This is the reason to support ARRL