How does a post like this get onto the 1st page of HN?

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.

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"

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

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

+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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