Ed W8EMV 
What's the most interesting radio related thing you do that has been dissed as "not real ham radio" ?
May 6, 2024 at 10:28pmWeb
Show threadb4ux1t3 #1️⃣May 6, 2024

@w8emv so far, I myself have never experienced this, but apparently "digital modes aren't real ham radio".

It doesn't make sense to me; it's much easier and requires less knowledge to key a microphone and talk than to configure WSJTX, so, on the face of it, you'd think digital modes would be "more ham radio" than phone.

/shrug

(I don't actually think phone is lesser than digital modes, I'm just questioning the logic of those who claim the opposite)

Show threadTim N7KOMMay 7, 2024
@b4ux1t3 @w8emv haters gonna FTHate
Show threadb4ux1t3 #1️⃣May 7, 2024
@tsherrygeo @w8emv this needs to be on a t-shirt.
Show threadDan KB6NU 🇺🇦May 6, 2024
Conditions on 30 meters still bad here this evening. #hamradio
Show threadPatrick WD9EWK/VA7EWKMay 7, 2024
@w8emv A few have told me satellite operating isn't "real ham radio", like working HF or 6m. Even when I have done demonstrations at hamfests.
Show threadEndaf - N6UTC/MW1BQOMay 7, 2024
@w8emv using digital voice networks #dstar #fusion & #dmr because they use the internet. DV doesn't necessarily need the internet.
Show threadmerton ac7kyMay 7, 2024
@w8emv I still remember, as a young ham in the 80s, picking up QST and reading a letter someone had written saying that packet "isn't ham radio".
Show threadRob W1RCPMay 7, 2024

@w8emv I posted a video of me doing a CW POTA activation to YouTube. Apparently you can do CW on CB now?

A portion of my #POTA activation at Reed Bingham (“Parks in the Dark” -KB2FMH)
https://youtu.be/vJmWRoYwTZE

A portion of my #POTA activation at Reed Bingham (“Parks in the Dark” -KB2FMH)

YouTube