Amateur radio knows no boundaries (Indiana)

Today, with a few keystrokes or buttons, we can communicate with people around the world.

Imagine, however, that the cell towers and internet are down. With amateur radio, communication is still possible.

In fact, the only limit to amateur radio is your imagination, according to John Maag, call sign KD9QDL, and John Chalmers, call sign W9GOO. They have taken different paths in amateur radio, but explain there are many avenues to pursue.

“One thing about this hobby is there’s multiple hobbies within the hobby,” Chalmers said. “What John Maag does is very different from what this John does.

“I mostly do CW, which is Morse code these days,” Chalmers continued.

“I do a lot of experimenting, setting up different scenarios,” Maag said. “The latest one we’re working on now is we’re building a satellite tracker because we have 18 satellites up – the hams do – and they have repeaters on them.

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