Radio geeks say you can still get 'lost' DoD hurricane data

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• Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  As usual, ham radio operators are saving the world.

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  • comador@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They prefer the term Hams and love to remind people (in morris code of course) that not all heroes wear capes.

    Hams are responsible for helping out in just about ever natural disaster, war, power outage and just about anything else where a cellphone signal cannot be had.

    In truth though, hams are just a bunch of likeminded nerds with a love of the airwaves.

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    • jimerson@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Fun fact! I’m studying for my amateur radio technician license and learned that ham came from calling amateur telegraph operators’ sloppy work ‘ham-fisted’. The amateur radio community decided to lean into it, and thus the ham radio operator was born

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• Gigasser@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Alright Datahoarders…get on it!

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• roguetrick@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Those are the worst el reg comments I’ve ever seen.

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  • bassomitron@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s mostly just 2 or 3 MAGA zealots trying to pretend to be a, “disinterested third-party denizen that doesn’t believe the mainstream, so they can’t make a solid judgment on Trump or his actions until they have a dinner conversation with him in private.”

    I’m so very tired of shills and cultists.

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