I remember what sparked my interest, an old radio shack dx100 I think it was, a little, crappy receiver that LOOKED nice, it was really a transistor radio with some short wave bands and a BFO. But I heard some interesting AM qso's on it, got my general so I could join in. Way back, CB was nice, no foul mouth or CB lingo, just people talking, and I was into that before the ham stuff. I would not bother with CB these days.
Realistically, I don't think ham radio has much future, not when you can call someone on a cell phone, text them, surf the web, do VoIP, etc, its kind of silly to have a basement full of equipment so you can talk with the other 20 old guys about their basement full of equipment. I don't see much to attract young people to the hobby. Most hams would not think of building any radio stuff as far as I can tell. Kids might be interested in the flex radio stuff, with its computers and displays and so on.... Brett N2DTS ----- Original Message ----- From: "D. Chester" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 3:34 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] WABOOF - Good News on HAM RADIO > >> WABOOF WHAT A BUNCH OF OLD FARTS!! ( I can say that because I am old >> too! ) >> >> Here a guy is trying to convey a little good news and all you guys can do >> is make disparaging remarks!! ... >> A new ham is a new ham, it doesn't matter what the initial motivation >> was, >> if they have a license it's our job as Elmer's to mold them into amateur >> radio operators! Don't sit around and whine!!! Get up and do something to >> help them appreciate and enjoy the hobby. >> >> K3PID Ron H > > To me, what really counts is hams who gain HF privileges, and who might > potentially become AM'ers. I doubt that would be of interest to many of > the > shack-on-a-belt wannabe cops the the least bit. But maybe a few will > become > curious enough to listen to what's on HF. There certainly isn't anything > much on shortwave to attract SWL's any more. > > Once upon a time most new hams who didn't happen to have a personal > mentor, > first got exposed to radio by listening to foreign broadcasts on AM radios > that also included a couple of shortwave bands, and ran across hams > conversing on AM phone. When most hams converted to SSB, we lost that > avenue, and CB became the new gateway. Now that interest in CB has about > fizzled, what do we have left? > > Don k4kyv > > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
