[CQ-Contest] A call to action

[Ken Alexander]

Hi Dave,

All true, but they were hams already and The Magic Of
Radio means something to them.  I haven't gotten that
far with my non-ham nephew yet.

I think that computers will provide the initial hook. 
Then we'll see what he finds any magic in the radio
aspect of making the contact.

73,

Ken Alexander, VE3HLS


--- Dave Lawley <g4buo at compuserve.com> wrote:

> VE3HLS wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I've been encouraging my 18 year old nephew to
> join me
> > in a contest.  I've been emphasizing digital modes
> > mainly because I think they would appeal to his
> love
> > of online chatting.  SSB would be the nexty
> choice,
> > but there might be some initial mic shyness to
> > overcome.  CW contests?  Well...
> > 
> > 73,
> > 
> > Ken Alexander, VE3HLS
> 
> Don't be so sure about datamodes. A while ago G3GVV,
> who ran a club at a 
> local school, asked me to go along and demonstrate
> RTTY and PSK31 to 
> some of the boys in the club. They had got their
> Foundation licences 
> (M3) but they were somewhat mic shy, as most newly
> licensed hams are. 
> The teacher thought they might relate better to
> digimodes. Their 
> unanimous conclusion was that datamodes took away
> all of the magic of 
> radio communication and after all, if all you want
> to do is to have two 
> computers talk to one another there are much better
> systems than RTTY 
> and PSK31.
> 
> Dave G4BUO
> 
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