The rich history of ham radio culture

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By Kristen Haring / MIT Press Reader

Posted on Jul 27, 2024 12:00 PM EDT

Drawing on a wealth of personal accounts found in magazines, newsletters, and trade journals, historian Kristen Haring provides an inside look at ham radio culture and its impact on hobbyists' lives.

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Don Schmidt at his ham radio in Strongsville, Ohio, August 3, 1977. Credit: The U.S. National Archives/Public Domain

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This article was originally featured on MIT Press Reader. This article is excerpted from Kristen Haring’s book “Ham Radio’s Technical Culture.”

Every night thousands of men retreat to radio stations elaborately outfitted in suburban basements or tucked into closets of city apartments to talk to local friends or to strangers on the other side of the world. They communicate by speaking into a microphone, tapping out Morse code on a te…login to view the rest of this post