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I am a ham and I also Tweet…

I also use Skype, I blog, I have a facebook page and am on LinkedIn… so?  I like my ham radio and doing digital that way…  It is just a lot more fun!.  – WD0AJG   DAVID ROWAN Why ham radio endures in a world of tweets

By David Rowan

03 February 11

Somehow it makes little sense that amateur "ham" radio continues to thrive in the age of Twitter, Facebook and iPhones. Yet the century-old communications technology — which demands such commitment that you must generally pass an exam to receive a licence — currently attracts around 350,000 practitioners in Europe, and a further 700,000 in the United States, some 60 per cent more than 30 years ago. What is it about a

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