Zero Retries 0069
2022-10-21 - ARDC Is Looking For A Few Good People, An Embarrassment of ID-1s, ARRL Handbook 100th Edition
Zero Retries is an independent email newsletter about technological innovation in Amateur Radio, for a self-selecting niche audience. It’s free (as in beer) to subscribe.
Steve Stroh N8GNJ, Editor
Jack Stroh, Late Night Assistant Editor Emeritus
In this issue:
- Request To Send
- ARDC Is Looking For A Few Good People
- An Embarrassment of ID-1s
- The ARRL Handbook for Radio Communications - 100th Edition
- ZR > BEACON
- Join the Fun on Amateur Radio
- Closing The Channel
Request To Send
Finding The Mission
It took a while for Zero Retries to “find its mission”, which has gradually developed to be highlighting Technological Innovation In Amateur Radio. When I began Zero Retries, it wasn’t in service of “a mission”, but rather address that (in my opinion) there wasn’t enough discussion and recognition of the technological innovation that was happening in Amateur Radio. As Zero Retries… and my “deeper thinking” about Amateur Radio has evolved, I’ve developed a perspective that Amateur Radio as a research and development environment for developing new radio technology, especially by talented individuals with an interesting idea, is the best justification for the continued allocation of portions of spectrum to the semi-exclusive use of those licensed as Amateur Radio Operators.
Using Amateur Radio to foster technological innovation in radio technology is woefully under-explained to the public. Zero Retries (as currently constituted as a hobby project) isn’t capable of explaining “Technological Innovation in Amateur Radio” to the public. But, such “evangelism” has to start somewhere. Zero Retries, and my SuperPacket Blog are at least something, and they’re both reasonably discoverable if someone cares to come looking for examples of Technological Innovation In Amateur Radio.
However, I think there’s some potential for those of us who believe in effectively1 evangelizing the technological innovation in Amateur Radio to share ideas and cross fertilize. A great example is a recent YouTube video by Andreas Spiess HB9BLA - Overview for the Modern, Digital HAM Radio Operator (Hamnet, AREDN, Lora, etc.):
