[Elecraft] Ham Radio and the Cloud

[EricJ]

Seems to me hobbyist computing is just following what ham radio went 
through with "appliance" operators. Bit by bit, electronic technology 
and packaging technology made the average ham rig come with a label 
"non-serviceable parts inside." Maybe what the hobbyist PC world needs 
to discover  is "QRP". And maybe they already have with Arduino and 
Raspberry Pi and all that--their version of SW+, Rockmites, K1s and 
Argonauts.

All the emphasis on remote rigs, computer rig control, SDR-based radios 
seem to indicate a natural progression towards a ham radio "cloud" for 
everything...including the RF deck. There have been superstations 
available for remote control by monthly subscription for decades. I 
belonged to one based in Orange County CA for a year that I could access 
with my FT470 HT in the late 80's. Now there is at least one system 
accessible using, I think, a dummy K3 connected via the internet . 
That's pretty much Cloud Hamming.

But I would hesitate to make any kind of projections about ham radio. It 
is too diverse and there are way to many inquisitive and clever hams to 
predict where it's going at any particular time.

Eric
KE6US










On 11/15/2013 8:53 AM, Milt -- N5IA wrote:
> http://www.zdnet.com/its-not-about-windows-the-repairable-pc-is-dead-7000023214/?s_cid=e539&ttag=e539
>
> Take time to read this article and see how it fits into our Amateur Radio world.
>
> Given a couple of exceptions, are we not now to the ‘throw-away’, not-repairable aspect in the Ham world in terms of some of our radios?
>
> And are we headed further, to a ‘base’ transceiver world and the ‘cloud’ for our apps?
>
> Makes you wonder.
>
> 73 de Milt, N5IA
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