What attracts people in Juneau to the hobby of ham radio?
Amateur radio is a great hobby by itself but it is particularly useful to active people interested in other activities. Boaters, kayakers, fishermen, hunters, and hikers like to use the Clubs repeaters and phone patches to inform their families of their well being. Para-sailors use their handy-talky radios to communicate with each other and with the control tower and charter services. Sailors use a wide variety of scheduled nets to track and communicate with each other and with home folks. Ham radio is useful for spouses to check on things they might pickup at the store and when traveling to the big cities the use of ham radio allows spouses to go to different places without losing each other.
