Right... but this is for old farts, too! ;-)
The guys I had lunch with and discussed all sorts of Arduino based gear
this week are both over 65! Each of us had something to present to the
others - I talked about the TT rig and a new antenna analyzer I have,
and the other guys each had an Arduino project they were working on.
Chuck is installing remote controls into our 17-site linked repeater
system, and Mike is building an automatic compass he plans to use to
beat me at fox hunting (which will, of course, fail...)
So... I think the cool part is that, not only kids, but lots of retired
programmer type OLD GUYS might take this up.
Some old guys are constantly crying about younger hams don't go under
the hood to fix their own rigs ... well... Heck... once again guys CAN
once again go under the hood and build or repair their own rigs, and
they will be computer based, not older analog sets, as in the old days.
It is coming full circle, I guess. After all, today's larger rigs
computer based, why not QRP rigs, also?
Parenthetically, all this does nothing for me. But ham radio is big
enough for the both of us!
Great fun.
----------------------- K8JHR -----------------
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