This type of serendipity is one of the things HN does best. Generally someone here will know an answer or be from the area.

Plus, hams have a lot of geek history, so anything that’s about ham radio is probably going to get votes. I’m sure the time of day doesn’t hurt either. This is hitting at a good time of day for a US based post like this.

Hams are like druids wandering in an Elven forest around these parts.

They are somewhat rare, have some cultural overlap, and definitely get free upvotes.

Once upon a time radio might have seemed like a perfectly reasonable topic for "Hacker" news...

Because hams are very much a part of hacker culture, they were using the same mentality and skillset of the hacker long before people had ready access to computers. If ham content isn't HN worthy then basically nothing else is.

It's the hacker spirit I guess. I was excited to see it.

Because I'd rather upvote this a thousand times than see another "I vibe coded HackerF, a repository of HackerNews posts that start with the letter F"

+15 in < 1 hour is a pretty decent start. HN doesn't just try to display the most voted thing of the day.

Because if you read this and didn’t upvote then wtf.

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