Exactly. The connotation of the word is still negative in the eyes of the public. I still see reports in the local news media about “Hams Radio Hackers” interfering with Public Safety radio systems here in the tri-state Philly area over
the last few years. Boefungs I am sure. They are not hams, just criminals harassing police on analog repeater systems. But you know we all get thrown in the same bucket.
Bob Famiglio, K3RF
ARRL Atlantic Division Director
610-359-7300
www.QRZ.com/db/K3RF
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Subject: [arrl-odv:35127] Re: Fwd: Ham Radio Operators Hack a NASA Spacecraft | Spaceweather.com
Interesting! I also wish they had used a word other than “hack”. It makes it sound really malicious, when in actuality all they did was receive and decode the signals.
73;
Mike
W7VO
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On Aug 16, 2023, at 7:57 PM, Art Zygielbaum <k0aiz@arrl.org> wrote: