NewTechHams
From Zero Retries 0227:
The above is a screen capture of one of the slides by OK5VAS.
Here’s a (text) version for easier searching and copy / paste:
AMATEUR RADIO
“A radiocommunication service for the purpose of self-training, intercommunication and technical investigations carried out by amateur.”
Access to frequencies unavailable to the public
Higher transmit power, experiments allowed
Focus on education and technical research
Vlastimil Slinták OK5VAS at OpenAlt 2025
That… is a fantastically wise… and wonderfully distilled explanation of Amateur Radio of the 21st Century.
First use of NewTechHams in Zero Retries
Editorial about ARRL
Discovered this community of new Amateur Radio Operators in writing Zero Retries
Generally younger and involved in tech such as IT, software development, hackers makers, EE students. Example - DEF Con and GRCon attendees.
Not recognized by mainstream Amateur Radio because
They don’t “advance” to General
They don’t participate in conventional Amateur Radio - DX, HF, voice chatting
They don’t attend / join Amateur Radio clubs
They don’t join big orgs like ARRL (no value proposition for them)