There's often a skill that seem interesting, but I can't see doing anything for me in my day-to-day life. What have you learned that was a lot more effort than the payoff was worth?

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[–] 8 points 2 months ago (1 child)

My limited experience listening to ham radio operators with my scanner (listening to voice, not Morse code) is that when hams do get in contact with each other, they mostly talk about ham radios. Which, I mean, I guess is understandable, since it's a common interest to all of them, but a lot of it is people who like building and tinkering with radios talking about building and tinkering with radios.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    That's often the topic on your local repeater or 80m ring.

    Morse tends to be a bit more brief like "I'm in grid ab12cd and read you 599", with a lot more abbreviations. Usually for competitions or just crossing off every square on your maidenhead-map.

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