>>To be frank, ham radio has NOT been the technology leader for many,
>>many years. That is falacy. Put it this way, the concept of cellular
>>telephones was developed in the 1950s!
>
>Maybe ham radio was not the direct leader, but it would be interesting to
>see how many of the new developments were done in industry by hams.
I would agree with that. You are right. Much of the development of the
technology was done by engineers/folks who happened to have ham radio as
their hobby. No question about it. I know one of the inventors of the
transistor was a ham as well as I am sure many more high profile
scientists. Would they have made the inventions w/o ham radio? Who
knows......
73,
Jon
KE9NA
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Jon Ogden
KE9NA
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