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1. [CQ-Contest] Important Issues (score: 1): Author: "Bob Naumann - W5OV" <w5ov@w5ov.com>; Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:55:54 -0500; Despite the recent furor about UA9(S,T,W) zones, and other even less important frenzied debates, we in ham radio, and in contesting have a serious problem. It has been discussed before, and I think w; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-10/msg00513.html (8,122 bytes)
2. Re: [CQ-Contest] Important Issues (score: 1): Author: mike l dormann <w7dra@juno.com>; Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 11:02:43 -0700; i have worked had at getting my kids (4) and my grand kids (6) interested in ham radio, with poor to mixed results but my youngest daughter is a cub scout leader of some sort, and she is working with; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-10/msg00528.html (7,331 bytes)
3. Re: [CQ-Contest] Important Issues (score: 1): Author: Bill Turner <dezrat1242@ispwest.com>; Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 11:30:21 -0700; ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Do you *really* want millions of contesters on the air at the same time? Given the choice between hobbies, ham radio or computers, most kids choose c; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-10/msg00533.html (8,115 bytes)
4. Re: [CQ-Contest] Important Issues (score: 1): Author: "Bob Naumann - W5OV" <w5ov@w5ov.com>; Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:45:25 -0500; time? Of course not. However, if we got even a fraction of a percent of them, we would be way better off. Yes I do get the idea. Bill - please don't take this the wrong way, but continuing to list re; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-10/msg00536.html (7,769 bytes)
5. Re: [CQ-Contest] Important Issues (score: 1): Author: "Tony...RX9TL" <rx9tl@qrz.ru>; Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 17:53:20 +0600; Hi All! <<<We need to come up with a plan to get kids interested in ham radio and contesting. >>> I'm 18. I made my first QSO at RZ9SWP. Every September there are 15-20 childrens there. But stay only; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-10/msg00538.html (8,168 bytes)
6. Re: [CQ-Contest] Important Issues (score: 1): Author: "Barry " <w2up@mindspring.com>; Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:00:51 -0000; Did anyone see my article in Nov QST about the High Speed CW test in Macedonia? Look at the pics. Lots of kids. Girls too! What's different in E. Europe? Not every kid has Internet access in their be; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-10/msg00539.html (9,400 bytes)
7. Re: [CQ-Contest] Important Issues (score: 1): Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>; Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 12:25:51 -0700; This very topic came up recently on the CTDXCC reflector. As someone whose been licensed for 12 years but is still only 33, here's my perspective. Let's say hams die off at an average age of 80. If t; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-10/msg00542.html (9,591 bytes)
8. Re: [CQ-Contest] Important Issues (score: 1): Author: "K0HB " <k-zero-hb@earthlink.net>; Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:51:40 -00; Maybe CQ/ARRL should jointly sponsor a bunch of highway billboards "Hey, Kids, join thousands of participants in worldwide game of electronic splat-ball. Events almost every weekend. Free software a; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-10/msg00546.html (8,721 bytes)
9. Re: [CQ-Contest] Important Issues (score: 1): Author: Bill Coleman <aa4lr@arrl.net>; Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:35:23 -0400; At 44, I don't consider myself "old". And radio is still magic. I disagree. Most kids never have the opportunity to know about it. We've done too good a job of keeping it a secret. My daughter's midd; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-10/msg00555.html (8,633 bytes)
10. Re: [CQ-Contest] Important Issues (score: 1): Author: Jim Smith <jimsmith@shaw.ca>; Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 03:44:13 -0700; VE7FO's no-ticket newbies will be out in full force, well, LP force into a TH3, in CQ WW SSB. At the moment, of the 7 scheduled newbie ops from my club's Basic Licence class, 6 are women. See http://; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-10/msg00566.html (9,017 bytes)
11. Re: [CQ-Contest] Important Issues (score: 1): Author: Bill Turner <dezrat1242@ispwest.com>; Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 07:58:58 -0700; ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Having studied women all my life, I think I can answer your question: 1. Women do not like talking to men they do not know unless they are introduced; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-10/msg00576.html (10,007 bytes)
12. Re: [CQ-Contest] Important Issues (score: 1): Author: "W4ZW" <w4zw@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 11:54:02 -0400; I disagree. I routinely have a half dozen or more middle schoolers and high schoolers here for many SSB contests. They don't think it's "nerdy." "Nerd" is an in thing right now in this age of comput; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-10/msg00577.html (9,437 bytes)
13. Re: [CQ-Contest] Important Issues (score: 1): Author: "Michael Tope" <W4EF@dellroy.com>; Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:47:50 -0700; You hit the nail on the head, Jon. Towers weren't ugly when everyone needed them to get TV reception. Now that this is no longer necessary, they are considered eyesores by the urban lemmings who have; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-10/msg00580.html (8,730 bytes)
14. [CQ-Contest] Important issues (score: 1): Author: KBQRADIO@cs.com; Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:10:33 EDT; The prohibition of outdoor antennas by HOA's is a major issue. Once you make the sacrifice to move to an area where you can have a decent antenna, the proliferation of consumer grade electronic noise; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-10/msg00581.html (7,978 bytes)
15. Re: [CQ-Contest] Important Issues (score: 1): Author: "Milt Jensen" <n5ia@zia-connection.com>; Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 16:39:35 -0700; I agree, Of my 7 children, 2 girls and 5 boys, only 3 showed mild, passing interest during their growing up years. Finally, now at the age of 29, boy #2 decided he wanted to have VHF/UHF FM capabili; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-10/msg00585.html (9,106 bytes)
16. Re: [CQ-Contest] Important Issues (score: 1): Author: <ku8e@bellsouth.net>; Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 14:06:10 -0400; I think the perception that most contesters have big KW stations and have multiple towers with stacked monobanders. That is not the case. I'm sure the majority are in the same situation as me and are; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-10/msg00616.html (10,757 bytes)
17. Re: [CQ-Contest] Important Issues (score: 1): Author: Eric Hilding <dx35@hilding.com>; Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 21:58:28 -0700; Even before I got back on HF 2 years ago, I was chewing on thoughts of an Internet version of ham radio contesting. Let's face it...young kids today aren't gonna have the BIG BUCKS to build mega-cont; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-10/msg00621.html (10,088 bytes)
18. Re: [CQ-Contest] Important Issues (score: 1): Author: Bill Coleman <aa4lr@arrl.net>; Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 19:11:00 -0500; There's certainly a lot of "bedsprings" contesters out there. (defined as those without monobanders or stacks) In fact, most contesters fall into this category. The guys with huge antenna farms and l; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2005-10/msg00707.html (12,767 bytes)

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