[UK-CONTEST] Alienation

[Roger Cooke]

HI Tammie.

   Don't worry about being a male-dominated hobby. That is only natural, as it 
is perceived to
be a quasi-scientific hobby. However, that was the case when I was first 
licenced in 1956 as you
had to build all your own gear. These days, very little construction is 
undertaken by the newbies,
it is now being looked at as a "communications" hobby. Most equipment is bought 
these days
and even Grumpy Old Men like me have left the construction days behind, although 
I still mess 

around with antennas and bits and pieces.
  As I said before ladies make good CW ops. I have taught several around here 
and one in particular
spent all her time on CW and could do 30 wpm with no problem. Dave suggested the 
G4FON method
of learning, called the Koch method after the guy who invented it. There are a 
number of programs on
the net you can use. Try the AA9PW site. He has a self-training course on there. 
Teach4 is another one,
written by ZL1AN, and there are loads of others.

Go for the M0, you have nothing to lose. Remember: Winners never Quit but 
Quitters never Win

  As to your last paragraph, I am afraid I qualify for the "Odd Wierdo" award. 
At 72, licenced in 1956
AND I have an anorak, sad isn't it!!! 

 

Regards from Roger, G3LDI
Swardeston, Norfolk.





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From: Tammie Evans <tammie1983 at gmail.com>
To: uk-contest at contesting.com
Sent: Wed, 26 January, 2011 12:29:29
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Alienation

Hello Callum

Well, amateur radio doesn't seem to be the only hobby I have 
"approached" that is male dominated... I seem to pick hobbies that are 
male dominated (amateur radio, shooting and Nascar!).

Actually, I can't recall seeing another YL on this group?  I can't be 
the only one?

I try to avoid debates and "strong" opinions purely because sometimes I 
speak without thinking so I find it best to keep quiet, plus on this 
reflector (and other amateur radio ones that I am in) I am amongst many 
world class DX'ers so my opinion probably doesn't matter!!!

Granted, there are the "odd" weirdoes in amateur radio (as in any hobby) 
- not that I have seen any in this reflector but I am of the generation 
of internet-centric world... I seem to be surgically attached to my 
iPhone, I regularly Tweet but still my passion for amateur radio and 
contacting people across the world in the middle of the night on a 
seemingly dead band is far better than anything my iPhone can do for me :-)

73s Tammie
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