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 # About Amateur Radio
 
-Radio amateurs want to cultivate communication between humans,
-by learning and improving:
+## How I understand the goals
 
-- technical skills concerning electromagnetism and propagation,
-- operational skills concerning organization and procedures,
-- and communication skills concerning mutual understanding.
+Radio amateurs practice communication by electromagnetic interaction for
+
+- their personal pleasure,
+- learning technical skills and knowledge about electronics and propagation,
+- improving operational skills concerning organization and procedures,
+- facilitating mutual understanding of their human fellows near and far.
+
+## What I like in amateur radio
+
+- Morse code transmission with simple and low-power equipment
+- analog modes where I am as close as possible to the radio waves
+- chatting with fellows, without intermediate networks
+
+---
+
+*2018-June / HB9KNS*