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General Category => General Radio Discussion => Topic started by: ChrisSmolinski on March 18, 2020, 1522 UTC

Title: Interest in Ham Radio soaring as country grips with virus outbreak
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on March 18, 2020, 1522 UTC

http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2020/march/interest-in-ham-radio-soaring-as-country-grips-with-virus-outbreak.htm

Title: Re: Interest in Ham Radio soaring as country grips with virus outbreak
Post by: KaySeeks on March 21, 2020, 0926 UTC

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In a comparison of the time period from March 5-13, 2020, to the same days in 2019, the number of persons signing up for amateur radio license courses on HamRadioPrep.com has soared more than 700% since news of the coronavirus outbreak dominated headlines.

They've gone from 1 student to 8. Throw a party!

Title: Re: Interest in Ham Radio soaring as country grips with virus outbreak
Post by: chanito on March 21, 2020, 1359 UTC

Hearing more unusual signals hitting the local repeaters, so Baofeng sales are probably up.

Title: Re: Interest in Ham Radio soaring as country grips with virus outbreak
Post by: Josh on March 21, 2020, 2012 UTC

Quote from: chanito on March 21, 2020, 1359 UTC

Hearing more unusual signals hitting the local repeaters, so Baofeng sales are probably up.

LOL!!!

Title: Re: Interest in Ham Radio soaring as country grips with virus outbreak
Post by: JimIO on March 22, 2020, 0116 UTC

I do not encourage any radio regulations.    8)

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Title: Re: Interest in Ham Radio soaring as country grips with virus outbreak
Post by: ThaDood on March 22, 2020, 1823 UTC

Yeah... This month we've got new HAM's and Generals upgrades. Ironically, not more repeater activity, but I did talk to one of the new HAM's on our area 10M USB chit-chat FREQ.