But is that really the future? The shack on a belt
walkthon type person could care less about BPL,
because it won't affect them, but that is one of the
ARRL's biggest focuses right now. Contest activity
and DXing seem to be at an all time high. Are we
right to assume that most of these people won't join
the ARRL?
--- Bob Naumann <n5nj@gte.net> wrote:
> While we all hate the fact that the line scores are
> out of QST, and we all know that the biggest
> spenders in ham radio are contesters, the future ham
> demographic shows that ARRL members will not be the
> "million points in every contest" type of operator.
>
>
> The ARRL sees the future in shack-on-the-belt,
> no-coders who thrive on "public service", and
> providing communications for walkathons, etc.
>
> It's obvious that it's a #'s game - isn't it?
>
> 73,
> N5NJ
> Contester
> ARRL Life Member
>
>
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