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This is an absurd fantasy. Ham radio operators love to promote these “end of days” scenarios. But, Amateur radio is a hobby of largely elderly white men who are completely disconnected from app culture, streaming, social media. Anything more advanced than a Zoom call or surfing the web is beyond their reach. Moreover they have no interest in learning. Ham radio is the only culture where you will hear men dismiss the need for a smart phone, brag that their PC is years old and “just fine”.  In ham radio culture, formal education is often belittled and academic achievment and professional expertise is denigrated (Its a hoax!) This was probably a fun experiment to conduct but has no demonstrated value as a tool. Yet this kind of ham radio propaganda is the life blood of a hobby  that aches to have something meaningful to do.  (See : The increasing irrelevance of Emcomm The author sugggest ways to explore ham radio.  12 year old kids routinely pass these exams as the questions and answers are published in the open.  One of the great myths about Ham radio is that it is a hobby of technology enthusiasts.  But most of the on-air discourse is about radio equipment that is decades old.   If you would like to spend time with  a group of overwhelmingly white middle age to elderly men– where you will never hear discussions of “last book read” or  general conversations about VR, AI, Machine learning, Augmented reality, Quantum computing, or best  PC game or app or device– then Ham radio is the place for you.  Mike WA4D Charlottesville, Va

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This is an absurd fantasy. Ham radio operators love to promote these “end of days” scenarios. But, Amateur radio is a hobby of largely elderly white men who are completely disconnected from app culture, streaming, social media. Anything more advanced than a Zoom call or surfing the web is beyond their reach. Moreover they have no interest in learning. Ham radio is the only culture where you will hear men dismiss the need for a smart phone, brag that their PC is years old and “just fine”.  In ham radio culture, formal education is often belittled and academic achievment and professional expertise is denigrated (Its a hoax!) This was probably a fun experiment to conduct but has no demonstrated value as a tool. Yet this kind of ham radio propaganda is the life blood of a hobby  that aches to have something meaningful to do.  (See : The increasing irrelevance of Emcomm The author sugggest ways to explore ham radio.  12 year old kids routinely pass these exams as the questions and answers are published in the open.  One of the great myths about Ham radio is that it is a hobby of technology enthusiasts.  But most of the on-air discourse is about radio equipment that is decades old.   If you would like to spend time with  a group of overwhelmingly white middle age to elderly men– where you will never hear discussions of “last book read” or  general conversations about VR, AI, Machine learning, Augmented reality, Quantum computing, or best  PC game or app or device– then Ham radio is the place for you.  Mike WA4D Charlottesville, Va