BluetreefrogWhat hobby seems boring to most people but is actually fascinating if you dive into it?
LrdThndrHam radio.
On the surface, it just sounds like listening to a bunch of old farts babbling on about their enlarged prostates, and tbf, there is a bit of that if you never go any deeper than 2M/70cm voice modes.
But there’s just SOOOO much you can do.
Want to see how far you can bounce a signal off a mirror on the moon? Yup. You can do that.
Want to launch and communicate with your own satellite? Yup. It’s a thing.
Want to remotely control devices from hundreds of miles away without using the internet? Yup.
Want to gps track your car at all times, even when there’s no cell phone service? That’s called APRS.
It just goes so deep.
Woah, woah, woah. You had me at babbling prostates…
agent_flounderThey talk about many other illnesses too! (Not the babbling prostates, the babbling ham operators)