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HAM Radio - the future in Adair County Anderson Ray, a 16-year-old Amateur Operator from Columbia and student at Adair County High School, gives his perspective of how Amateur Radio can compete with cell phones for the interest of young people today. By Anderson Ray My up and coming in radio was not like most peoples, I have never talked on CB, no one in my family were radio operators, so you can say that my up and coming isn't very normal. My main interest in this hobby is portable operation and digital modes. I am active in a program called parks on the air. Parks On The Air is where you take a radio station and set up inside a National or State park. In the Parks On The Air program I have over 226 contacts in 5 different park activations across Kentucky and Tennessee. More recently I have taken a liking to digital modes. There are many different digital modes in Amatur radio. These could be D-STAR, which is found in many Kenwood and ICOM radios, Yaesu System Fusion, which is only in Yaesu Radios, and DMR, which is found in many different radios since the code is open source. I enjoy D-STAR and YSF. I also enjoy FT8, Which is a HF digital mode. On all different types of digital modes I have talked around the globe. When I tell most people that I am a Radio Operator, most are confused at first. Young People are needed to keep the hobby alive. In the local area there are about four known young amateurs, two of which are active regularly, and the other two I only hear every once in a while. There are many ways to bring people into the hobby. One of which is demonstration and spreading the word of the hobby, which I hope to do with this article. Amateur radio operators are also known as radio amateurs or hams. The term "ham" as a nickname for amateur radio operators was first heard in 1909 by operators in commercial and professional radio communities. To follow the previous parts of this feature exploring amateur radio in the region, visit the following stories: Part I: HAM Radio is an active service in Central Kentucky Dave Leach, President, Central Kentucky Amateur Radio Club Part II: Amateur Radio used daily locally By Mike Keltner, Emergency Management Director This story was posted on 2022-02-01 09:08:39
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