[CW] Re: CW in Emergency HF Comms System...

[N7DC@cs.com]

Its funny.  Back when I was a Novice on the bands, most of the people I spoke 
with were lots older than me.  As I turned to my 30s, it was the same. And in 
my 40s too.  I still run across the ocassinal young op, just like I did then. 
 I have never understood the attitude that so many have that hams are getting 
older.  They have always been older.

If you want to talk to younger people on the bands, get out there and recruit 
some.  There are hundreds of thousands of Scouts, 4H clubs, YMCA/YWCA, church 
groups, etc. who are just acheing to have new projects set up to help in 
their programs.  The easier requirments, the easier the test, and the easier it is 
to teach them.  I would almost best that 70 or more percent of those 
complaing about the ageing of ham radio have never recruited or taught a youth group 
what ham radio is all about.  

Yeah, I notice how the folk at the ham club are older than me, and Im no 
spring chicken.  What has your club done to encourage youngsters?  Are there 
contstant on-going classes, field days, fox hunts, simple and inexpensive projects 
for qrp or cw keyers?  Or, do you go in just to find a bunch of old men, 
talking over "what-was"?
Get all those old men active.  Ask them to provide guidance to a youngster.  
WOW, how much experience is going to disappear when they go SK, without 
passing it on.  THAT would be sad.


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