[ibz]

I got interested in Ham radio after listening to this episode with NVK: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nvk/id1694064646?i=100...

Seems that the movement is going through a small renaissance now. Basically - yes, the internet made it irrelevant for a long time if you think about Ham as a way to form communities, meet random people on the other side of the planet...

But imagine having devices talk to each other without the internet. This is where it starts to become really interesting!

[Cthulhu_]

I'd draw an analogy with analog (ha! word pun) music enthousiasts; vinyl is outselling CDs nowadays, casette tape has its own niche again, that kind of thing. And they're all viable for their purpose.

That said, the internet relies on a lot of infrastructure, while ham radio works off batteries and / or generators. Spotify won't work when the internet is down, but vinyl records will.