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Why is ham radio more popular than ever?
by Nick Henderson on Nov 10, 2014 • 6:42 am
With a smartphone in every pocket, isn’t amateur radio a thing of the past?
The answer, as was clear at the Woodstock Rescue Squad Headquarters on a recent Saturday afternoon, is no, far from it.
“Year to year [the number of licenses issued is] increasing, which is not what most people would tend to expect,” said Keith Tilley, certified instructor with the American Radio Relay League.
The occasion was a two-day licensing class organized by the 55-member-strong Overlook Mountain Amateur Radio Club, which was founded in the 1960s. Participants learned the basics, took a test and
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