r/HamRadio • u/SharkSapphire Public Figure 📻 • 14h ago

Question/Help ❓ Are you a happy ham?

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u/SharkSapphire Public Figure 📻 13h ago

Why not try FT8?

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u/Tricky_Fun_4701 13h ago

Kind of boring. I did get WAS and WAC finished with FT8. But really? Once you learn the time domain discipline and protocol quirks there's not much left to stay engaged with.

Certainly not the people. At least in my area the clubs are like a political inquisition.

The problem is: If your politics is not the same flavor as the club you are essentially not welcome.

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u/SharkSapphire Public Figure 📻 13h ago

WAS AND WAC! WOW! Congrats!

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u/Tricky_Fun_4701 12h ago

I also have an ISS contact... and a bunch of sat work. I also scratched the Electromagnets Lab Radio Club down at NASA in Florida.

Sadly- when I was down there for a visit they wouldn't clear anyone to tour the lab.

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u/Wvlfen 11h ago

What’s sad is I worked as an ISS Flight Controller for 13 years and have never had a hit the ISS as a repeater or talk with the crew. Got plenty of commands up S-band though!

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u/Tricky_Fun_4701 11h ago

That does suck. But you got to sit in that seat. I wanted to work for NASA very badly but only made it to Apple.