[VHFcontesting] Bringing newbies to VHF-UHF

[Robert Cumming]

Don't forget "Field Day" in June to Introduce new hams to 6M and 
up.  6M in June can easily add 200+ QSOs to a clubs effort with no 
increase in transmitter class. It is a good starting point for many 
newer hams not wanting to get into the stress of HF 
Contesting  (Yeah, I know its not a contest).

VRY 73
Bob Cumming
W2BZY
QRV 160M-3CM (5760 next)
from EL98hr

At 11:13 AM 3/1/2007, jcplatt1 at mmm.com wrote:
><snip>
>The better idea as spoken here is to do either or both of offering loaner
>equipment and antennas, or taking the newbie with you to see how much fun
>rovering, hilltopping and portable operating can be.  Also, to get the
>newbies involved in the local state or provincial QSO Parties, as they are
>friendly and less intimidating.
><unsnip>
>
>Hi Bill.   Well said.  Like many of us, I too have given several
>presentations to local, mostly FM, radio clubs, and I too learned that the
>best way to deliver the message is to concentrate on what makes VHF/UHF/uW
>fun.  I found that if you launch into how to operate, bands, antennas,
>feedlines, blah blah blah, you turn them off if they never understood the
>fun part to being with.  Its all about the fun.   How to show that ?   Wow
>them with pictures, sound files, stories, and experiences.  Once they get
>an idea about the fun, then the learning can start.   Most of us are
>technical people, so we like to talk about technical stuff first - and we
>do need to do some of that - but the presentations need to be about FUN.
>We also need to recognize that not everyone will be interested in weak
>signal work (ya, hard to believe, huh).
>
>In summary, lets make those presentations to the potential newbies about
>FUN.   Perhaps the most seasoned Extra class guy isn't the best person to
>present to newbies if they are going to droll on about feedline loss.   Its
>all about the fun.
>
>PS:  Thanks for the QSL from the MnQP, great rover picture.
>
>73, Jon
>W0ZQ
>
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