[geeks] Moved to geeks: Cheap Ham radios (was Dayton Hamfest)

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: Anthony Ortenzi <geeks at litfire.com>
>Date: 2008/05/19 Mon PM 05:29:21 EDT
>To: 'The Geeks List' <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] Moved to geeks: Cheap Ham radios (was Dayton Hamfest)

>Sridhar Ayengar said:
>> Please don't feed the trolls.  8-)
>
>Please do explain, though, why people care about HAM.  At this point in
>time, as someone who's not been involved in HAM, it looks like long-range CB
>with cranky ol' geeks on it.

It has to do with speaking to people you don't know, sharing a common technical interest, and overcoming natural barriers to connect with other people.

I would draw parallels between fishing and going to the store for a fish. Either way, you'll probably have fish for dinner, but some people prefer fishing to shopping...

Lionel