Future of C-band Radio Content Distribution

[freddylq]

Comptech,

I think most of the younger generation today, is basically too lazy to take part in our hobby.
They can get instant gratification by streaming. They don't possess the thrill of the search for feeds, like we have. They are too impatient.
Ours is a dying hobby that only we can appreciate, for what it allowed us to do.

John

Most younger people I know don't even know what an OTA antenna is. I still use two of them for recording OTA programming with my Tablos

 

[navychop]

Ham Radio.

 

[k4otl]

Ham Radio.

There are some younger people into Amateur radio that I know, as well as GMRS. OTA and FTA just don't seem to penetrate us youngsters as well (which is odd since OTA is easy)

 

[N5XZS]

You know that's interesting to see tons of young people talking about ham radio on Reddit forums.

So there's no shortage of young people nowadays getting into ham radio with the POTA craze going on nowdays!!

 

[comfortably_numb]

OTA and FTA just don't seem to penetrate us youngsters as well (which is odd since OTA is easy)

I suspect to them that tech feels a little like being analog in a digital world, and that's "old." I was born in 1979 so I've been on both sides of the coin. My daughter however, was born in 2003 and never experienced the "other" world.

And yes, I'm cognizant of the fact that both OTA and FTA are digital now.. but I hope my analogy makes sense

 

[telstar_1]

The guy in the video said that the FCC was going to auction off the rest of C-band. If that means radio is going away then so is TVRO?

C-band TVRO (been awhile since I've seen that term) has been gone for years now, hasn't it? I mean as a subscription service.