Walter,
Someone did comment (maybe a different thread/group) about reading
Scouter and Boys Life at the barber shop and noted that ARRL has NO ads
about radio in the mags. He or someone else noted that SWL mags have no
ARRL ads, either...
I think ARRL has "missed the boat"...
ARRL has flyers for DIY, but no "push" to the youth to go along with it.
Radio Merit Badge does at least provide a sample of ham radio...
73/YIS, Steve WB3LGC
On 12/24/19 1:06 PM, Walter Underwood wrote:
Interesting that nobody has yet mentioned Scouting and Jamboree on the Air
(JOTA).
Here is an article about a troop using amateur radio to coordinate dispersed
camping groups and train for em-comm.
https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2019/12/24/assistant-scoutmasters-help-scouts-get-trained-to-be-amateur-radio-operators/
A troop in our area uses radios to allow groups of older youth to hike in
separate groups. The fast group (always the youth, oddly) checks in every 15
minutes. If they can’t make contact, they stop until they can. With a license,
they can switch from FRS/GMRS to amateur bands and hike with a bigger gap.
JOTA is on the third full weekend of October every year. This year, we had over
9000 Scouts participate in the US.
https://k2bsa.net/jota-usa-reports/
From running a JOTA station a couple of times, I believe that prospective hams
have just as wide a range of interests as active hams. We need a shotgun
approach with each pellet (metaphor falling apart here) being someone who is
excited about that activity. You don’t have to be an expert—I ran the “send
your name in Morse Code” station and I’m not a CW operator—but you do need to
represent how that activity could be exciting.
Hands on, do everything hands on. No butts in seats for PowerPoint. Anybody
ever say “I think I’ll go home and watch a nice PowerPoint preso tonight”?
Here are some photos from our JOTA station this year. I’m the guy with the
white hair. Oh, that doesn’t help. White hair and beard. Note the empty log
sheet in front of the KX-line. HF was pretty dead. Must do digital modes next
year.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/walter_underwood/albums/72157711437854946
wunder
K6WRU
Walter Underwood
Radio Scouting Chair, Pacific Skyline Council
http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/walterunderwood/
On Dec 23, 2019, at 9:59 PM, donov...@starpower.net wrote:
Eric,
If you've grown tired of the usual awards, there's the "Alphabet Sandwich"
Call Letter Award. See page 4:
https://ftp.unpad.ac.id/orari/orari-diklat/pemula/organisasi/internasional/REG%203/JAPAN.pdf
73
Frank
W3LPL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric J" <eric_c...@hotmail.com>
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Monday, December 23, 2019 6:56:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Reaching Across the Chronological Divide
I mean this sincerely. I'm NOT in grumpy-old-man mode, though I can do that
very well. The majority of QSOs with new people are about as interesting,
enduring and deep as a short chat in the checkout line at Safeway. Many aren't
even that interesting. PSK ops just throw on a brag tape and walk away. It's a
pleasant few minutes, but it rarely leads to anything more. It does happen, but
who in their right mind would spend thousands of dollars and hours on the
outside chance it does? The opportunity for superficial chit chat with
strangers was NEVER on my mind at 14 when I got interested in ham radio so it's
a bit much to expect teenagers today to care about that.
Ham radio has always been chock full of quick award-qualifying or contest
contacts. Worked All Continents, countries, states, provinces, counties, grids,
lighthouses, summits, guys named Fred. Go back as far as you want in QST and
it's full of honor rolls, contest results...and SKs. It's nothing new to this
period in ham radio. But ham radio has also been full of interesting challenges
too. It's never been a very homogeneous hobby. I have no predictions except
things are rapidly changing and that will continue in whatever direction those
entering the hobby take it. The Baofeng Techs will change it as much as us
Heathkit Kids did. Change is good.
Eric KE6US
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