[CQ-Contest] Kids, contesting, and ham radio

[RT Clay]

Best analogy for them: multi-user video gaming...

Tor
N4OGW

--- On Thu, 8/27/09, Pete Smith N4ZR <n4zr at contesting.com> wrote:

> From: Pete Smith N4ZR <n4zr at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Kids, contesting, and ham radio
> To: "Rudy Bakalov" <r_bakalov at yahoo.com>
> Cc: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Date: Thursday, August 27, 2009, 9:37 AM
> Or how about analogies with other
> sports.  One I like is sailboat 
> racing, where the highest technology is OK so long as the
> boat is 
> propelled only by the wind.
> 
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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> On 8/27/2009 6:42 AM, Rudy Bakalov wrote:
> > IMHO, selling ham radio and contesting to kids as
> making contacts with other
> > hams around the world is impossible and simply
> disconnected from today's
> > world; KE3X gives us a good example by sharing his
> experience talking to his
> > kids.
> >
> > An alternative way of looking at contesting is to
> compare it to car racing
> > (e.g, F1, NASCAR, etc.) where equipment,
> stamina/endurance, and strategy come
> > together to compete against others.  Pushing the
> "communications" aspect of
> > contesting, or ham radio for that matter, IMHO, is a
> dead end as there are
> > much sexier and kids-relevant communications
> mediums.  What we need is
> > excitement, adrenaline, and overall coolness, the one
> you would expect to see
> > in Survivor or similar shows; pictures of towers and
> antennas or older hams
> > holding plaques/certificates won't cut it.
> >
> > Rudy N2WQ
> >
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