People call me a designer but I am closer to the ham radio people by a huge margin than to designers. So naturally want to represent the interests of ham radio people. Ham radio people are interested in excelling at ham radio things. Therefore, they build things that help them with efficient ham radio operations. My objective is to take their philosophy and distill important aspects of what makes them efficient at ham radio operations. As, there is a considerable amount of natural gatekeeping from normies to entering the field, the prerequisite of understanding the magical world of RF keeps the football fans and such people out. Ham radio people are purely a group of high interest and low tolerance for nonsense. It is also extremely boring to sit on top of a mountain and scan for contacts in freezing cold and scorching sun, hence there is a great deal of peace and contemplation for sharpening their tools. It must be the finest stuff. It is the finest stuff. In a different universe, there would be a distinct tribe of ham radio people, a distinct culture with distinct etiquette and customs. They'd curtly communicate over CW in deliberate pulses of pure intent and information. A tribe entirely devoid of fancy coffee machines and mood boards. Their user interfaces match this philosophy of high grade minimalism and extreme straightforwardness. Football people think it is complex, for they do not understand the difference between organization and chaos in a more general sense. I pledge my arm to protect these people with constancy of my fervour and my might. They are my people and this is our flag.
- 73, AD8K.