{"id":39941,"date":"2019-09-30T10:38:31","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T14:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=39941"},"modified":"2019-09-30T10:38:31","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T14:38:31","slug":"amateur-radio-connecting-without-judgement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/amateur-radio-connecting-without-judgement\/","title":{"rendered":"Amateur radio connecting without judgement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Elecraft-K2-100-Front-Angle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-32518\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Elecraft-K2-100-Front-Angle-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Elecraft-K2-100-Front-Angle-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Elecraft-K2-100-Front-Angle-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Elecraft-K2-100-Front-Angle-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Elecraft-K2-100-Front-Angle-624x415.jpg 624w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Elecraft-K2-100-Front-Angle.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think this is a brilliant story from the CBC:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.cbc.ca\/i\/caffeine\/syndicate\/?mediaId=1610095683844\" width=\"625\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Almost every morning and night, Therese Mair can be found sitting on her favourite chair in her living room, in front of a ham radio.<\/p>\n<p>Mair lives in Georgetown, P.E.I., but by fiddling with a dial and searching through static, she can speak with people from around the world.<\/p>\n<p>On a recent evening, Mair reached someone on a ship in Scotland, who \u2014 to her delight \u2014 struck up a conversation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The main thing I&#8217;m hoping for is a connection with somebody else \u2014 even just for a few minutes,&#8221; Mair said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s no pressure at all. We&#8217;re never going to meet. So it&#8217;s just a chance to talk with somebody else from a different part of the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As a self-described introvert living alone in a small town, Mair says amateur radio has opened a social part of her life she didn&#8217;t know existed.<\/p>\n<p>It has also allowed her to meet people, free of judgment, she says.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;m a normal person at all, and so finding ways of connecting with people face-to-face hasn&#8217;t always been the most successful,&#8221; Mair said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Once I come home from work and close my doors, I don&#8217;t really communicate with people very much at all. The radio is a way for me to make that connection without being judged at all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She first picked up her hobby in 2017, after hearing that ham radios were the only way people in Puerto Rico could communicate in the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Maria.<\/p>\n<p>Mair says speaking with people around the world through her radio reminds her that there are caring people everywhere, &#8220;no matter what the news brings.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are all these people around the world; they just want a human connection, just for a few moments, and then that fills you up, makes you feel really good.&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And then \u2014 great. On with the rest of the day.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/nowornever\/amateur-radio-connects-p-e-i-woman-with-people-around-the-world-1.5298807\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to read this story and listen to the interview.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think this is a brilliant story from the CBC: Almost every morning and night, Therese Mair can be found sitting on her favourite chair in her living room, in front of a ham radio. Mair lives in Georgetown, P.E.I., but by fiddling with a dial and searching through static, she can speak with people 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