The Raleigh area has quite assortment of both older and *very* young hams..
Some 8 year olds have been heard on 2 meters. They may not own a radio yet,
but their parents have a 2meter rig in the car, and they speak up while
riding to school or whatever with their own call signs...
Outreach helps significantly. I spoke to a coworker who is not really
interested in Ham Radio, but he *is* highly into electronics... having
started down that path with Heathkits back in the 70's. Now he is the
"alpha geek" at a large storage company (he is the go-to guy for all
hardware issues, firmware and the like.)
He almost got into Ham Radio back in the 70's..but the Heathkit robotics kit
caught him...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brendon Whateley" <[email protected]>
To: "David Gilbert" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2013 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Has the KX3 rescued Ham radio?
I keep seeing this doom and gloom outlook from current hams. It is
unfortunate, because it gives a negative energy to those contemplating Ham
radio as a hobby. The truth is that we have more licensed hams than at any
other time. We even have a good number of young hams -- including my 12
year old daughter. Since she got her license (the same day I got mine --
due to her interest) we have met a fair number of young hams, some who have
been licensed since they were 9 years old.
Ham radio has a lot to offer young people, but to help encourage them to
participate… we need to stop acting like we are all old and boring!
- Brendon
KK6AYI
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