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So, the world of ham radio is basically full of personal websites that all look like they came directly from 1998, many of which are routinely updated. You’ll have radio amateurs posting really sophisticated antenna and circuit designs on these lovely old webpages. A notable example is eQSL (eqsl.cc), which is one of the central sites for confirming on-air contacts; it definitely has that late-90s flair to it. The outmoded web design is truly one of the underappreciated joys and charms of the hobby.



Homebrew modular synthesizer websites are the same way. Straight out of 1998, but literal gold mines in terms of domain knowledge and circuit diagrams.

Here's a pretty run-of-the-mill example:

https://www.elby-designs.com/webtek/cgs/cgs.htm


Isn't there some provision for low bandwidth data transfer in ham radio? Are the sites in that arena intentionally kept friendly to that kind of use?


You wouldn't access internet over ham. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMPRNet exists, but you're not really supposed to send encrypted data over ham networks, so practical use is limited and you wouldn't be accessing those pages.


High power amateur rocketry is the same way. It seems like everyone made their site at the same time in 1999.




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