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Amateur Radio Has Never Been More Affordable — So Why Do Some Things Seem So Expensive? (qrper.com)
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[–] Mikina@programming.dev 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That is pretty cool!

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

My dad did this so often that he got to know some of the researchers really well. I think I was in third grade when one of them actually visited my school when he returned from a year in Antarctica. It was all thanks to my dad & his radio.