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    Amateur Radio: The Next 50 Years

    Jan 01, 2020 3 minutes
    By Bryan P. Bergeron, NU1N

    Fifty years ago "state of the art” in amateur radio meant vacuum tubes, discrete components and vernier dials. Sputnik was still a dream, and the transistor hadn't been invented. What amateur in 1945 could even have imagined today’s computer-controlled HF rigs, pocket-sized handhelds, packet radio or a fleet of amateur satellites?

    Given the incredible evolution that amateur radio has expe-rienced in the past 50 years, what advances can we expect during the next 50?

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