Finally, I got to read this month's #rsgb #RadCom, and what can I say... It's 2025, and they still publish letters to the editor from some who argue how only their favourite pastime is "real hamradio" and nothing else is 🙄 They surely know how to attract youth to #hamradio.
I suppose dafties ranting about FT8 in #radcom keeps them from joining #Reform or screaming in the street.
#amateurradio #hamradio #FT8
John Telek, VK1JT, continues his on air harrasment and stalking

AINSLIE, ACT. — John Telek, VK1JT, located in Ainslie, Canberra, continues dialling into various digital amateur ‘ham’ radio networks, causing intentional interference in breach of Australian federal law, Australian amateur radio regulations and international law.

VicNews
Russia’s 'Buzzer' resumes broadcasting with secret codes

The shortwave radio station UVB-76, famously known as “The Buzzer” and located near Moscow, Russia, has resumed broadcasting encrypted messages after years of continuous monotone buzzing.

VicNews

This is amazing. I want this on the cover of #Radcom with the express intent of upsetting the po-faced old guard of #hamradio.

From: @AJ9BM
https://mastodon.radio/@AJ9BM/114719413770246358

jbm (@[email protected])

The perfect QRZ page doesn't exis… https://www.qrz.com/db/VB2CATGIRL Also, Canada's ISED is now the coolest radio regulatory body in the world, at least in my book. H/T @K0UWU #HamRadio #MemeAppreciationMonth

Mastodon.Radio
Crikey the #RadCom letters page, where to start! Climate change denial, FT8 is the death of amateur radio, it’s not “real radio”… “Sorry but…”. as if The Only Right Way To Communicate Is Via A Pre-Information-Theory Mode! “There’s no activity … we had a great operation with over 6,400 human mode contacts” - invalidating his point. I agree there are fewer band users now, but there are many other factors contributing to this decline.

The #radcom letters page is always a nutter magnet, but this month—now that antennagate is over—we have the holy trinity of

✅ climate change denial;
#FT8 hate-whinging; and
✅ a healthy smattering of ‘sorry but…’.

Is #QST the same? Enquiring minds need to know!

#amateurradio #hamradio #nimby

The #rsgb must be trying a novel approach to attracting youth to #hamradio: printing conspiracy theory-ladden letters to the editor of #radcom 🙄 In this month's issue: global warming is just a hoax, and WiFi routers are, for some inexplicable reason, bad.
After the antenna vs aerial nonsense, and the current wave vs cycle rubbish (which I’m not convinced isn’t a wind-up), what could I write to #radcom about to really get the dictionary-bashers angry? #fridayfun #amateurradio

#RSGB: ‘we’re a forward-thinking organisation championing the leading edge of technology!’

Also RSGB: ‘please buy this CD of our printed magazine’

#RadCom