i love spell check and not wearing glasses when i type, plz replace
embarrassing with embracing
sorry
mike w7dra
On Fri, 24 May 2013 14:15:48 -0700 w7dra@juno.com writes:
> my daughter is taking a radio course leading to a license, through
> her
> Mormon church. she lives in an out of the way place (minimal fire,
> police) and the church is embarrassing ham radio as a means of
> emergency
> communication. if there is ANYTHING that would capture youth it is
> this.....and America is full of storms and tornadoes etc, needing
> ham
> radio as emergency backup.
>
> mike w7dra
> On Fri, 24 May 2013 13:56:37 -0700 David Gilbert
> <xdavid@cis-broadband.com> writes:
> >
> > Attracting youth to ham radio in general is not going to happen,
> and
> > I
> > can list several reasons why not. That being said, the ONLY
> aspect
> > of
> > ham radio with any general appeal to "youth" (i.e., anyone less
> than
> > the
> > current median age of hams) is likely to to be contesting.
> > Everything
> > else can be done better, cheaper, and easier via other means, but
>
> > competition is competition as long as the barriers to entry are
> not
> > great.
> >
> > 73,
> > Dave AB7E
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 5/24/2013 8:55 AM, Shane Mattson-->K1ZR wrote:
> > > Fellow contesters,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > We have a much bigger problem than the top 5 topics discussed on
>
> > this
> > > reflector ad nauseam.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Open the CQWW presentation Randy presented during Dayton this
> > year:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
http://cqww.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/CQ-WW-for-Dayton-Contest-
> For
> > > um-2013.pdf
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Go to slide 15. Look at the data in the first 3 columns. The
>
> > future does
> > > not look good for this sport unless we find a way to attract
> more
> > youth to
> > > ham radio and contesting, especially in the US.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Something to ponder during the off-season. At the very least I
>
> > recommended
> > > adding a special category in CQWW to recognize competition
> amongst
> > the
> > > youth.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -Shane K1ZR
> > >
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