How ham radio endures - and remains a disaster lifeline - in the iPhone era
How ham radio endures - and remains a disaster lifeline - in the iPhone era
When disaster strikes, and conventional communication systems fail, amateur ham radio operators step in to bridge the gap, providing a crucial link between those in affected areas and the outside world.
When disaster strikes, and conventional communication systems fail, amateur ham radio operators step in to bridge the gap, providing a crucial link between those in affected areas and the outside world.
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Um, hold up for a second. Did the author seriously at the very end of the article say 73 SK? I'm sorry, but those two things do not go well together. ROFL
Doesn't 73 mean "best regards" and SK just mean "end of contact"? I see that SK can also colloquially mean that an operator is deceased, though. Genuinely curious, not familiar with the hobby.
It's both. SK, Stop Keying, is used in CW (morse) whenever a station is done transmitting. SK is also Silent Key, but you'll rarely hear the abbreviation over voice or CW.
I don't know anybody who uses SK as end of contact. I've always heard it referred to as the operator being deceased.
It's a common prosign in CW at the end of a qso
Ah, okay, that might explain it. I was a voice in data-only person. I can't hear CW. Like, I suck at the patterns.