Eric I've watched kids use Morse practice oscillators of the simplest kind (we made a kit for <£3 including the key) and they are absolutely taken by it. I don't think they compare their cell phones with this system at all. We do because we are aware of the technology, but kids see things differently. David G3UNA
> On 18 October 2019 at 22:37 EricJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I wonder if kids today are going to be impressed with a commercial radio > that lets them talk 100' away. Most of them are packing a cellphone with > more power than even NASA envisioned when many of us were that age. > Radio was magic to us. Being able to talk to people in Russia was > unbelievable. These kids communicate worldwide almost every day. I think > they might be impressed with the simplicity of a more homebrew looking > (guts exposed) minimalist rig with an equally simple coded "language". > > Eric KE6US > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
