Comment Radio needs a makeover (Score 1) 153
The only thing that will save the hobby is for the ossified atmosphere about it to be stripped away. The word "ham" itself needs to go, because regardless of the fact that oldsters still dispute the origin, it's a stupid sounding word that makes people snort and move on. "Amateur radio" while correct and meaningful also sucks. Don't preserve the grand old hobby of years gone by; burn it down including the jargon. If Raspberry Pi builders and developers can be allowed to peek behind the bullshit, they might find a new comm channel worth breaking conventional thinking with.
Then again, at least 30% of traffic in the Eastern half of the USA is old white guys speaking blisteringly obscene Trumpian thought, no exaggeration. That also kills it for many who hear that stuff. Weather, equipment, and hatred, that's HF.
