What Are the Pride Radio Folx Up To?
By Vance, N3VEM (he/him)
I've been meaning to sit down and write some posts for the Pride Radio Group (PRG) for quite some time now, but ran into the standard hurdles of being busy with family, projects, work, and also struggling to narrow down exactly what I wanted to write about. Of all the radio clubs I have been involved in, the PRG is by far the largest (roughly 130 members the last time I checked!) and has members involved in what feels like every nook and cranny of the amateur radio hobby, and beyond.
This incredible diversity is one of the things that drew me to the PRG. I tend to be easily fascinated by all the cool stuff people are doing, so I was very quickly hooked after participating in one of the PRG's nets, and hearing all the different things people were doing. Because of the diveristy of the people, the diversity of their interests, and their strong commitment to their values and their CoC, I knew it was a great place to be!
As I reflected on the above, it dawned on me that all of this awesome stuff basically was the posts I was wanting to write! Over the next number of months, it's my intent to share some of this awesomeness in a series of posts in interview format, that will highlight members of the club, and what they are passionate about. If I'm lucky, I'll even get to learn some stuff myself in the process!
As a teaser, below are some of the topics that are regularly discussed in the PRG's Discord server. Since hams are people first and foremost, the community shares a lot more than just radio with each other, so I hope we'll get to learn more about all of these interesting topics as I delve into them with all of these awesome folx!
Packet Radio
FARPN (Federated Amateur Radio Packet Network)
RF Design Projects
Art
Repeaters
SSTV
Festivals
Being a Licensed Ham, While Maintaining Privacy
Net Operations
Coming Out
License Exams
Club Endorsements
Music
Networking
Model Rockets (Okay - that one's mostly me..)
Skeds
Digital Networks
HRT
AMPRnet
Gaming
Weak Signal Modes
Sondehub
Track and Field
Special Events
Microwave
