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Ham Radio—There’s Still Magic In It. Ask 3 Million People


Many believe that the hobby of ham radio is dying with all of the modern communications technology. Not so. There are currently three million hams around the world, a quarter of them in America.


Ham radio operator Frank Krizan of Texas, who spends his summers in Scarborough, performs "Hunt and Pounce," a method of scanning the radio band for stations waiting for a turn to call them, during the 24-hour annual "Field Day" event capping off "Amateur Radio Week." The local chapter, the Portland Amateur Wireless Association, held the event at Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth.(Photo by Jill Brady/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)..
Ham radio operator Frank Krizan of Texas, who spends his summers in Scarborough, performs "Hunt and Pounce," a method of scanning the radio band for stations waiting for a turn to call them, during the 24-hour annual "Field Day" event capping off "Amateur Radio Week." The local chapter, the Portland Amateur Wireless Association, held the event at Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth.(Photo by Jill Brady/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)..

With all of the easy ways to communicate internationally now, many ask whether amateur "ham" radio still has relevance. Some call the hobby, which is communicating with other hams via radio waves, a dying breed of old fogies who haven't fully embraced new technology such as email and social media.



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